Kant’s essay ‘Project for Perpetual Peace’, written in 1795, was seminal in the relationship it constructed between the individual, national governance and international relations. Peace became a rallying cry after the Napoleonic wars and for a century, societies for peace sprou…
"8" Result
Sort By:
The U.S. military and diplomatic involvements in Iraq have stretched thin the resources of the U.S. government. As a result, outsourcing to private security contracting firms has reached an all time high, bringing with it much debate about whether or not the U.S. should use them…
The narrative production of healthful and diseased environments and populations was a central feature of the nascent Turkish republic’s efforts to distance itself from its Ottoman legacy. In this dissertation, I explore the production of these narratives while paying particular …
The continued maintenance of sanitation services post-implementation is a persistent challenge in less-developed countries that can often negate the anticipated health and economic impacts of sanitation investments. The school setting, in particular, may present an even greater …
This dissertation argues that media practices and communicative technologies in modern hygienic education—and the media objects they are used to create—are assessed for their “hygienic value:” whether and how they function as useful practices for bringing about circumstances con…
This dissertation describes the forces that shape the perceptions and practices in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH) services in the community of Sulphur Springs, Tampa, Florida. It also explores how these forces, perceptions, and practices produce adverse experiences and in…
In the United States, under OSHA regulations, all respirators used in the workplace must be certified by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Under current NIOSH standards, loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirators (PAPR) must provide a minimum…
This dissertation studies the social construction of child hygiene in the United States. I ask how a hygienic child is possible? I explore the ideas of clean and dirty through the contexts of childcare and analyze how the relevant social actors—state governments, daycare teacher…