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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Sociology) by Type "Thesis"
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-07-12)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-05)This study illustrates how indigenous social protection systems deal with covariate shocks in Southeastern Nigeria. It emphasises the dimensions, functions, and potential of these indigenous systems in managing the risks ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The national project of the African National Congress (ANC), the National Democratic Revolution (NDR), guides the post-apartheid state’s work to develop a new African middle class through policies such as Affirmative Action ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-04-18)The present study examines social, demographic and behavioural factors that influence contraceptive use and method choice among young Namibian women. The study also explores ways to improve the accessibility of health ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The aim of this study is to explore the cross-border migration of Zimbabwean women who undertake various types of care work within the domestic sector in South Africa. The study seeks to understand the female labour migration ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)This thesis contributes to an understanding of the continued reliance on mining migrant labour. It explores why men from Mpondoland in Flagstaff and Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape Province continue to leave their homes to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Little is known about the everyday racialisation experiences and self-identification practices of foreign-born non-South African communities in South Africa such as refugees, asylumseekers and immigrants. To explore this ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-11)This thesis is based on a doctoral study that aimed to explore the livelihood challenges and strategies of unemployed graduate youth in Botswana and the extent to which current active labour market programmes in the country ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009)Despite apparent feminist advancements within contemporary South Africa, media representations continue to reproduce discourses that inhibit processes of gender transformation. As such, the media represents an important ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-11)Obstetric violence has increasingly become visible following research, advocacy, and activism by researchers, feminists, birth advocates, and scholars worldwide. This visibility is a result of the courage of women who ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Indigenous community associations make a significant social and economic contribution to development in Nigeria. They are structures and units of organisation in a community that encompass the norms, values, and beliefs ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-04-10)This study commences with an overview of the concept “quality of life” as perceived from a developmental point of view. The study focuses on the current measures of the improvements in quality of life which operate at ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)In this thesis, I examine the centrality of travel geographies – with a specific focus on urban commuter railway lines between Mamelodi and central Tshwane – and their influence upon political identities of South African ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004-03-03)This study is about the perceptions, feelings, attitudes and knowledge of people towards government with regard to service delivery and participation with communities in order to accelerate social development. Government's ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-11)The Democratic Republic of Congo experienced a merciless war from 1998 to 2002 that seriously affected its labour market, as it did all other aspects of society. The effects on the labour market have aroused various debates. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The dilemma of accounting for race, class and equity in admission to university education is not a new one. And yet it remains a heated debate and an unsolved problem to this day. The grey areas surrounding this dilemma ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-01-13)By posing a provocative question, “What is a Woman?” this thesis intended to deconstruct normative conceptions of womanhood which are essentialised to marriage. To achieve these ends, I located the key questions of this ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The current global environment is vibrant, volatile and highly competitive. Many developing societies and emerging economies are seeking to establish ways in which they can gain advantages at the international level but ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007)This study highlights the importance of national factors in explaining the wide variations in child malnutrition that exists among population groups in the three Central Asian Republics under study, and as an avenue through ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-05-17)This study presents a qualitative analysis of the dichotomy between official HIV and AIDS policy and its implementation in a Human Rights based, United Nations (UN) agency, located in South Africa. The study demonstrates ...
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