The thesis addresses questions of both the methodology and the substantive content of 'cultural reproduction' studies. At the methodological level, the thesis examines the use of 'images of the future' as a tool for ...

The experience of people aging with long-term physical impairments is a relatively new area of research which requires further attention. There will be more people who reach old age who have lived with a long-term physical ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate aspects and specific events of health care intervention techniques rendered to chronic, non-acutely ill elderly patients, (henceforth known as CNIE), while in an acute care ...

Current research into retiree migration has focused on identifying geographical patterns of migration and on analysing the personal characteristics of retirees. Very few studies have investigated the community context of ...

One of Dorothy Smith's most important contributions to feminist theory was the development of her concept called'the standpoint of women' (Smith, 1979). This thesis traces the evolution of this concept In her work from ...

Introduction Anxiety accompanies human/machine intersections. This condition is, however, relatively new. Early work on machinic extensions of humans (men in particular) for space travel occurred at roughly the same ...

Historically women have often been confined to the home while their husbands were expected to earn a living to support their families. This was particularly true in resource communities as little job diversity existed, ...