Browsing Masters Theses by Author "Parpart, Jane L."

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Cultural application of theoretical principles of practice in the transfer of knowledge

Taylor, Sandra Elizabeth (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1996)

One of the main critiques of the process of the transfer of knowledge is that little consideration is given to the cultural context in which the knowledge is to be integrated and applied. This study promotes the inclusion ...
From combat to the kitchen : the reintegration of female soldiers in Mozambique

Guertin, Trista V. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2004)

The process of demobilisation, demilitarisation and reintegration is a critical component of post-war reconstruction, where soldiers create a new civilian life for themselves and re-establish roots within their community. ...
Interpreting the impasse in radical development theory : a postmodern intervention

Wall, Denis,1964- (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1994)

The modernist dream of a grand or master narrative is a now dead project, the recognition of the futility and oppression of such a project is the postmodern condition. This thesis suggests that while postmodernism expresses ...
Looking within : postmodern reflections on feminism and development

Guest, Robyn (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1994)

The last twenty years have borne witness to a crisis of momentous proportions -- a crisis of knowledge. Debates have raged throughout the academic world, bringing into question the theoretical foundations of Western ...
Powerful or powerless? : the impact of the formal/informal dichotomy on the analysis of women's informal labour in Latin America

Suski, Laura A. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1995)

In most of the general thinking on the informal sector, the informal/formal division marks a distinction between a "modern", capitalist formal economy and a more "backward", subsistent informal economy. Both Marxist and ...
Reconceptualizing feminisms and social movements : praxes of resistance and theories of conjuncture in Latin America

Ast, David (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1995)

Within our postcolonial era, the contemporary crises of late-capitalism, modernity, and development have not only marginalized subaltern peoples throughout the world, but have also led to the alternative and eclectic ...
Women and employment in the third world : the implications of a Lesotho case study for development theory and practice

Goebel, Allison (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1991)

Feminist inquiry has supported paid employment for women as an advancement from their economic dependence on men. Recent studies have questioned this, as employment does not always bring economic independence, or other ...

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