‘A discussion of race and heroism within the nineteenth century travel writings of Richard Lander’ Travel writing within the mid nineteenth century was one of the most useful forms of ‘geographical knowledge’ and primary agents of British imperialism. This was due to narrative accounts being embedded with the ideologies of the subsequent western authors and explorers who constructed them (Pratt, 1992; Youngs, 2006). Driver (2000:27) furthermore adds that the “culture of exploration was heterogeneous”…
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Introducing Pierre Bourdieu’s Analysis of Class, Gender and Sexuality Beverley Skeggs (from L.Adkins & B.Skeggs (2005) Feminism After Bourdieu. Oxford. Blackwell. Pierre Bourdieu died in January 2002, leaving a huge legacy of work, across a range of topics and disciplines. Although institutionally established as professor of sociology at the prestigious College de France his first substantive research was anthropological – on the Kabliya in Algeria (The Algerians 1958)1. From this he developed…
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18 Critical Discourse Analysis TEUN A. VAN DIJK 0 Introduction: What Is Critical Discourse Analysis? Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is a type of discourse analytical research that primarily studies the way social power abuse, dominance, and inequality are enacted, reproduced, and resisted by text and talk in the social and political context. With such dissident research, critical discourse analysts take explicit position, and thus want to understand, expose, and ultimately resist social inequality…
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Coursework Cover Sheet UG COURSEWORK COVERSHEET School of Politics and International Relations Declaration: By submission of this coversheet, I declare that this coursework is my own unaided work and that where I have quoted or referred to the opinions or writings of others this has been fully and clearly acknowledged. I permit the piece of coursework to be electronically submitted to the antiplagiarism software Turnitin. STUDENT NUMBER: 120532320 Use your 9 digit student number only…
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There is an increasing awareness in South Africa that water is limited and that careful management should be applied when dealing with this scarce resource. In recent years, we have witnessed recurring protests in townships and informal settlements around South Africa arising from disputes over housing, water, and electricity, which are often accompanied by violence against material infrastructures (ripping out of pipes and meters, spilling sewage and trash outside municipal buildings).This essay…
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you essay is recorded. | | | | | | | poor | 1. SOURCES: Evidence of reading/research | | | | | | | No evidence of reading/research | Empirically accurate | | | | | | | Full of empirical errors | 2. ANALYSIS: Shows independent thought | | | | | | | Does not show independent thought | Analytical | | | | | | | Descriptive | Critically reflective | | | | | | | Uncritical | 3. ARGUMENT:…
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``Looking out of the black-hole'' Non-union relations in an SME Tony Dundon, Irena Grugulis ``Looking out of the black-hole'' 251 Manchester School of Management, UMIST, Manchester, UK, and Adrian Wilkinson Loughborough University Business School, Loughborough, UK Keywords Employee relations, Management styles, Small firms, Trade unions Abstract Using a single case study approach this paper provides empirical evidence about managerial practices in a small, non-unionised firm…
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Feminist Criminology: How useful is it in its analysis of female crime? MSc Criminology and Forensic Psychology Feminist criminology emerged out of the realisation that criminology has from its inception centred on men and the crimes they commit. Although it can be argued female criminality was researched by Lombroso, as far back as 1800’s, female crime, it’s causes and the impact in which it had on society was largely ignored by the criminological futurity. Those Criminologist who did…
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complex relationship between race and identity. Race has always been a hot topic, even when the United States was still being established. Since then, theorists have not only struggled with their own ways of interpreting the two, but opposing perspectives as well. In addition to the complex components of race and identity, social scientists also must to deal with the ramifications that arise given the issues that surround the two. The sociology of race and of ethnic relations is the area of discipline…
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Papers in Education. 1987-96 British Regional Editor: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 1987 Visiting Summer School Tutor, Faculty of Education,University of Western Ontario. 1988-92 1988-92 1989-1990 1991 1991 1992-93 1994 1995 1995-99 19961997 1998 1998 1999 2000- 2000- External Examiner, MA EPDM, University of Sussex. External Examiner, B.Ed course in sociology of education, University of Warwick. Adviser to the NUT Executive on the National…
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