Choosing while black: examining Afro-Caribbean families' engagement with school choice in Birmingham by Mazyck, R, Rachel Mazyck

“…Over the past twenty years, parental choice has become the favoured Government policy governing school allocation and the dominant legislative approach for improving educational attainment. The existing sociological research on school choice has primarily focused on the ways in which families of different socioeconomic backgrounds have engaged with the process of listing preferences for secondary schools; while class has been emphasised, the choice processes of ethnic minorities have received little attention. …”

Cavafy hero: literary appropriations and cultural projections of the poet in English and American literature by Dimirouli, F

“…Inspired by Pierre Bourdieu's sociological theory, I view literary canonization as involving a variety of factors at play beyond creative achievement: in particular, relationships of 'authorial consecration' whereby writers create and circulate cultural capital through their power to legitimize other artists.…”

Modernism, empathy, and the contemporary novel by Marton, A

“…Drawing on philosophical, psychological, sociological, neuroscientific, and aesthetic theories of empathy, my chapters offer close readings of contemporary and modernist novelists’ representations of empathic experience to ultimately demonstrate how McEwan’s, Carson’s, and Smith’s reclaiming of modernist empathies is at the same time formally, creatively, ethically, and attentively enabling.…”

Urban musical modernism in ‘broken Britain’ by Vellianitis, A

“…The thesis balances issues of intention against matters of reception, considered through texts aimed at a broad audience – newspaper and magazine sources, radio and television broadcasts, publicly available musical scores, and websites – which it reads critically alongside primarily historical musicological literature, with the addition of some work on urban geography, and sociological work on artistic consumption. Modernist and urban popular music prove to have found common ground in a strand of vernacular modernism that has often been concerned with popular or folk influences, and anxieties surrounding the machine-age; composers of contemporary modernist music appropriate rap, dance, and electronic musical styles in an attempt to resist cultural superiority, with a view to achieving the cultural superiority associated with modes of resistance. …”

Storylines of self-management: narratives of people with diabetes from a multiethnic inner city population. by Greenhalgh, T, Collard, A, Campbell-Richards, D, Vijayaraghavan, S, Malik, F, Morris, J, Claydon, A

“…Analysis was informed by both biomedical and sociological theories of self-management. RESULTS: people with diabetes identified seven self-management domains: knowledge; diet; exercise; medication; foot care; self-monitoring; and attending check-ups. …”

'Team capital’ in quality improvement teams: findings from an ethnographic study of front-line quality improvement in the NHS by Montgomery, C, Parkin, S, Chisholm, A, Locock, L

“…</p> <p><strong>Objective</strong> To explain the functioning of front-line healthcare teams working on patient-centred QI using Bourdieu’s sociological construct of capital.</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong> One medical ward from each of six NHS Trusts in England participated in the study, purposively selected for a range of performance levels on patient experience metrics. …”

The political ideas of Lorenz Stein and their influence on Rudolf Gneist and Gustav Schmoller by Pope, GA

“…Stein's theory of <u>Verwaltung</u> was legalistic and philosophical, whereas Schmoller's was more sociological. Stein, Gneist and Schmoller represent a current in German political thought which was authoritarian, yet socially liberal. …”

Out in Morocco: homosexuality and transnationalism in the writings of Rachid O. and Abdellah Taïa by Panizzon, P

“…Drawing upon western queer theory, postcolonial studies and a wide range of sociological accounts of homoeroticism in the West and North African society, this study makes an empirical and theoretical contribution to queer theory, to transnational conceptualizations of gender and sexuality, and to new understandings of masculinity in Morocco today. …”

Ce qui s’enseigne. The Querelle des collèges and the Emergence of Littérature, 1750–1789 by Tidman, G

“…</p> <p>Using a combination of close reading, sociological methodologies, and scholarly approaches to the study of early modern querelles, I examine how a diverse corpus of texts debated how to reform collège literary teaching practices. …”

Prediction of incidence and bio-psycho-socio-cultural risk factors of post-partum depression immediately after birth in an Iranian population by Abdollahi, Fatemeh, Zarghami, Mehran, Shariff Ghazali, Sazlina, Md Zain, Azhar, Mohammad, Asghari Jafarabadi, Lye, Munn Sann

“…Conclusions: The findings indicated that a combination of demographic, sociological, psychological and cultural risk factors can make mothers vulnerable to PPD. …”
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Attitude Towards Women Managers and Barriers in Their Career Advancement by Abd Aziz, Nurzarina

“…A comprehensive study covering factors such as psychological and sociological factors are also recommended for future research to enrich the present literature…”
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The Representation Of Syrian Refugees In The Online Media News Reports Of Host And Non-Host Countries: A Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis by Abid, Raith Zeher

“…This study uses Van Leeuwen‟s (2008) sociological categories of discourse, namely role allocation, genericisation and specification, assimilation, association, indetermination, and identification, as well as Lakoff and Johnson‟s (2003) conceptual metaphor theory to examine the representation of Syrian refugees in the online media news reports of both their host and non-host countries. …”
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Elite Politics of Arfak Tribe of Manokwari in The Era of Special Autonomy by Sunarso, Budi

“…The strengthening of the practice of identity politics in Manokwari was also marked by the strengthening of the identity of differences in tribes in Manokwari where the sociological implications of the strengthening of tribal organizations of the ethnic Papuan Manokwari, as well as non Manokwari and non-Papuan tribes, were also influenced by bureaucrats, the role of the chief, clergy, other religious leaders.…”
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Street design, traffic, and fear of crime : moving from gated communities to transit villages by Switzky, Joshua (Joshua Edward), 1974-

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Prestige, manipulation, and coercion : elite power struggles and the fate of three revolutions by Torigian, Joseph (Joseph P.)

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Negotiating with the II && ! : reading codes and their symbolic structures of control by Cardoso Zylbersztajn, Pedro

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The generative powers of demolition by Muskopf, Christopher Jon Dalton, 1975-

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How can art change the meaning of the city? : an examination of an installation in a public setting, Compton Court, M.I.T. by Shamash, Diane Alexandria.

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What’s kindergarten got to do with It? Access to early childhood education and care and reproduction of social inequalities in regular education: Analysis of PISA and TIMSS data by Matković, T, Dobrotic, I, Baran, J

Border economy: Issues and problems faced by traders in the Rantau Panjang Duty-free Zone by Hussin, Fauzi, Abdullah, Norehan, Maamor, Selamah, Abdullah, Hussin

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