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The Status of Poor Women in Rural Bangladesh: Survival Through Socio-political Conflict
(2011-09-06)
This study is based on how rural poor Muslim women in Bangladesh have become the target of both international donor agencies and of Islamic preachers. In Bangladesh, religion and politics are not viewed separately, nor are ...
RESETTLEMENT CHALLENGES AND GENDER: A CASE STUDY OF LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2011-01-04)
This Master’s level research project investigates how gender shapes the resettlement challenges that liberian refugees have faced in Nova Scotia. The study investigates the impact of the reframing of gender relations during ...
NUESTRA REVOLUCION NO SERA TELEVISADA: NEW FORMS OF EXPRESSION IN CUBA’S CIVIL SOCIETY
(2011-12-14)
In an effort to expand the scholarship dealing with the topic of civil society in Cuba, this
thesis deals with the question of Cuban civil society and its relationship with socially conscious
underground musicians. It ...
Senghor's Contribution to Development: Culture, Cosmopolitanism and Earth Wisdom
(2011-09-06)
This thesis is an exploration of how Senghorian thought can be useful for rethinking development. I argue that the criticisms provided by post-development are valid but that we need not reject development entirely. Rather ...
140 Years Of Disparities: Regional Development In The Maritimes Past, Present And Future
(2011-05-11)
The study is an exploration and analysis of regional economic development programs and policies in the Maritimes from the start of Confederation to the present day. The study revolves around three major time periods in ...
"Take a Picture with a Real Indian": (Self-) Representation, Ecotourism, and Indigeneity in Amazonia
(2011-09-06)
This thesis uses three case studies to analyze and contextualize the interface between Western conceptions of indigenous peoples and nature and community-based conservation and development schemes in the Amazon: Kapawi ...
Making Development Marketable: The Politics of Image and Representation within Consumer Driven Schemes of Development Fundraising
(2011-09-06)
This project examines a new and growing form of international development fundraising, which constructs and packages development as a product of consumption in order to achieve its goals of awareness and fundraising. These ...
Gates, GAVI and Giving: Philanthropic Foundations, Public-Private Partnerships and the Governing of Government
(2011-05-02)
International development has become an increasingly fragmented and complex undertaking, with private wealth assuming an increasingly important role. At the forefront of this group sits the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, ...
MAIDS, MEDIA, AND MIGRATION: FILIPINO NEWS MEDIA IN MONTRÉAL AND THE TRANSNATIONAL LIVES OF LIVE-IN CAREGIVERS
(2011-05-05)
This thesis explores the role of media in the lives of live-in caregivers in Montréal by looking at two Filipino newspapers and mainstream news coverage on Filipinas and the Philippines. While Filipino newspapers elaborate ...