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This thesis contributes to a relatively small but burgeoning body of feminist and critical discourse analytic research into the social construction of gender and gender inequality conducted within critical social psychology. It begins by critically discussing the various theorie…
This thesis considers a theoretical tradition which is concerned with how adult literacies education might not always serve to socialise students into existing society, instead encouraging possibilities for desirable alternatives to it. Without this possibility, adult literacies…
Freedom is a fundamental concept for anarchism; but what does that mean, exactly? What sort of freedom do anarchists seek, and how do they hope to realise this freedom? Starting with the premise that such questions, though vital to the anarchist project, have mostly been ignored…
It is commonly contended by the political right that freedom and equality are mutually incompatible values. This ‘incompatibility argument’ can be characterized as positing a trade-off between freedom and equality, such that the more a society realizes of one, the less it is abl…
In this dissertation, I discuss two distributive principles in moral philosophy: Derek Parfit's Prioritarianism and Egalitarianism. I attempt to defend a version of Egalitarianism, which I call Weighted Egalitarianism. Although Parfit claims that Egalitarianism is subject to wha…
Physical education (PE) for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) is an important contemporary issue for primary teachers and other practitioners. In particular, how they are to include pupils with SEN in their classroom activity is a processing concern. This study is conc…
This dissertation in Pauline theology and ethics builds on Paul's understanding of God's disruptive and subversive grace and a new ethical paradigm revealed in the Christ event. Paul demands a distributive ethic that radically cuts across the dominant socioeconomic system of pat…
Equity in educational outcomes, particularly reading, is an important policy issue in countries around the world. This dissertation used data from PIRLS 2006 to explore an approach to measuring equity in reading achievement internationally at the fourth grade. Relative risk rati…
The purpose of this study was to examine whether or not the Athens County Retention Program (ACRP) at Hocking College, Nelsonville, Ohio assisted students from low socioeconomic backgrounds in obtaining a college degree. A comparison of students who participated in ACRP (n=100) …
The Israeli Kibbutzim are thought-provoking organizations. In my dissertation, I identify an economic puzzle underlying the Kibbutzim's persistence, suggest an analytical approach that solves the puzzle, draw out the testable implications of that approach and then test those imp…
This study provided a historical analysis of the 1968 court ordered desegregation of South Holland School District 151. The purpose of this case study was to examine, according to primary source evidence, how the superintendents grounded their decisions within the prevailing soc…
This dissertation studies the consistent and systematic official Ottoman policy to legally ban torture that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century. I explore mainly why the practice of torture was legally banned and how this policy was implemented from the mid-nineteenth up until…
In 1941 and 1944, two women arrived as art students at the progressive and experimental Black Mountain College in North Carolina. There, under the college’s mission, experienced a progressive education model influenced by John Dewey. As they moved to serving as instructors, howe…
Rebels haven’t always been sexy. In fact, throughout history “fighting the power” has often revealed the ugliest side of human nature. Of course, sometimes rebellion is necessary, even if it isn’t pretty, but it should never be considered lightly. So, under what circumstances is…
The vision of New Jerusalem in Revelation 21:1-22:5 communicates hope for all peoples, especially the oppressed and the marginalized. The vision stands in direct contrast to imperial-colonial claims of supremacy, and to imperial-colonial self-satisfaction with wealth, democracy,…
In American political thought, it is commonly supposed we make political communities more democratic by making them more equal. In this dissertation, I show that this common supposition is a mistake: efforts to enact equality in America in fact frequently undermine democratic in…
This thesis argues that William Blake transforms the tale of Jacob and Esau, as well as a broader notion of biblical brotherhood, through using three modes of reading. Blake introduces his three modes of reading in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1793), but develops the third r…
