Dissertations / Theses: 'Mauritius'

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Mngomezulu, Nosipho Sthabiso Thandiwe. "Re-imagining the nation." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019999.

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This thesis examines young people’s constructions of nationhood in Mauritius. In 2008, the Mauritian government instituted a Truth and Justice Commission (TJC), set up to investigate the consequences of slavery and indentured labour. Through the Truth and Justice Commission, the Mauritian government indicated its desire to achieve social justice and national unity. Drawing on developments in studies of national identification practices in the 21st Century, this thesis addresses the question of young Mauritian’s locally and globally informed identification practices and asks how their unofficial narratives of nationhood challenge, or divert, or relate to official state narratives of nationhood. The basis of the study emerges from data collected from 132 participants during fieldwork in multiple fieldsites from May to September 2010 as well as research on Mauritian youth on-line from 2011-2014. The advent of the TJC offers an ideal moment to evaluate the dynamics of post-colonial nation-building and nationhood in a selfstyled multi-cultural state. Nationhood, does not exist apriori to the constructions of narratives of the nation, thus the stories told about the nation, imagine the nation into being. By situating the Truth and Justice Commission and other official state narratives alongside young people’s narratives, I argue that contemporary narratives of nationhood in Mauritius represent an intergenerational struggle to define the meaning of the past in the present and consequently outline the future. Reflecting on the ideas and socio-economic and political processes that induce national consciousness, I argue that young people’s narratives of everyday lived experiences are vital for an interpretation of how nationhood is produced in everyday life. The cultural projects of young people – often rendered as liminal or marginal – offer a critical vantage point from where to read constructions of nationhood. Far from being growing pains or childish games, young people’s identity making practices are what Sherry B. Ortner has called “serious games.” This research suggests that official state government narratives of multicultural nationhood in Mauritius narrowly define national identification along communal loyalties, overlooking the dynamism of interculturality and transnationalism in daily practice on the island. Although communalism and rigid colonial interpretations of ethnicity attempt to police and limit the possibilities of alternative modes of being in Mauritius, young people’s identification practices question, challenge, and threaten to disrupt official discourses of ethnic identification in Mauritius Scholarly investigations of young peoples’ lived experiences of nationhood extend theoretical and methodological frames for the study of nationalized subjects and deepen the understanding of the construction of national consciousness. The construction of nationhood always involves narratives of some sort – scholarship on this area has usually focused on official state narratives from social theorists, state governments, and state elites. I argue for the importance of considering subjectivity and lived experience in conceptions of nationhood. In contemporary post-colonial societies, young people are the numerical majority, however, their voices are seldom represented in theories and narratives of nationhood. Whilst young people may appear in state policies (especially education) and official narratives about the future of the nation, their creative imagining and reimagining of narratives of selfhood is often ignored. I examine how young people increasingly are aware of their transnational connections, through participation in transnational youth cultures, and they are consequently increasingly multi-lingual and multicultural. Fixed notions of ethnic identification and discourses of trauma are not at the forefront of young people’s identification of selfhood, rather their ability to take advantage of their multiply situated identification processes allows them new means to evade and transform these narratives. Their identification of selfhood is characterised by a greater degree of dynamism than previous generations had access to, and thus they do not only identify themselves through officially sanctioned national forms of identification. Loyalty to nationhood is thus less predictable, and young people represent a potential threat to the continuation of older forms of nationhood. While official narratives of nationhood may manipulate ethnic and racial cleavages to secure old loyalties, not all young people are persuaded by these notions

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O'Brien, Morgan J. III. "Religious Pluralism in Mauritius and Turkey." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1183648967.

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Lajtai, Laszlo. "Multilingualism, social inequalities, and mental health : an anthropological study in Mauritius." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/14189.

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This thesis analyses two different features of Mauritian society in relation to multilingualism. The first is how multilingualism appears in everyday Mauritian life. The second is how it influences mental health provision in this country. The sociolinguistics of Mauritius has drawn the attention of many linguists in the past (Baker 1972; Stein 1982; Rajah- Carrim 2004; Biltoo 2004; Atchia-Emmerich 2005; Thomson 2008), but linguists tend to have quite different views on Mauritian languages than many Mauritians themselves. Language shifts and diverse language games in the Wittgensteinian sense are commonplace in Mauritius, and have been in the focus of linguistic and anthropological interest (Rajah-Carrim 2004 and Eisenlohr 2007), but this is the first research so far about the situation in the clinical arena. Sociolinguistic studies tend to revolve only around a few other domains of language; in particular, there is great attention on proper language use – or the lack of it – in education, which diverts attention away from equally important domains of social life. Little has been published and is known about mental health, the state of psychology and psychiatry in Mauritius and its relationship with language use. This work demonstrates that mental health can provide a new viewpoint to understand complex social processes in Mauritius. People dealing with mental health problems come across certain, dedicated social institutions that reflect, represent and form an important part of the wider society. This encounter is to a great extent verbal; therefore, the use of language or languages here can serve as an object of observation for the researcher. The agency of the social actors in question – patients, relatives and staff members in selected settings – manifests largely in speaking, including sometimes a choice of available languages and language variations. This choice is influenced by the pragmatism of the ‘problem’ that brings the patient to those institutions but also simultaneously determined by the dynamic complexity of sociohistorical and economic circumstances. It is surprising for many policy makers and theorists that social suffering has not lessened in recent decades in spite of global technological advancements and increased democracy. This thesis demonstrates through ethnographic examples that existing provisions (particularly in biomedicine) that have been created to attend to problems of mental health may operate contrary to the principle of help. In the case of Mauritius, this distress is significantly due to postcolonial inequities and elite rivalries that are in significant measure associated with the use of postcolonial languages. Biomedical institutions and particularly the encounters among social actors in biomedical institutions, which are not isolated or independent from the prevailing social context, can contribute to the reproduction of social suffering.

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Ramtoola, Shenaz. "Diabetes and pregnancy in Mauritius." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299533.

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Ternel, Maeva. "Sustainable tourism opportunities for Mauritius." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6118.

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Sustainable Tourism (ST) integrates governance, economic, socio-cultural and environmental dimensions of tourism in tourism development and management. Growing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) concerns suggest that traditionally, tourism tends to corrupt the very resources it needs to thrive, and thus its sustainability over the long haul has become of general concern. However, despite the vast and extensive literature dedicated to ST, including preeminent journals providing both a theoretical base and reliable empirical evidence to the subject, the concept of sustainability in tourism remains somehow at its embryonic stage, especially in the case of a small island developing state (SIDS). The research occurred within the context of the destination (Mauritius), with however, a focus on five sizeable Mauritian hotel groups. With tourism being one of the pillars of the Mauritian economy, this research intended to explore the different repercussions of such an industry. The aim of the research was to determine to what extent tourism’s operations and development, was appropriately managed in Mauritius by assessing the country’s current tourism situation relating to sustainability and identifying priority areas for intervention. This, was done using different tools, including the United Nations World Tourism Organisation's framework, the Global Sustainable Tourism Council's guidelines and the Sustainable Tourism Attitude Scale. The contribution this research intended to make was to suggest sustainable tourism opportunities and make recommendations for the tourism sector and its stakeholders for the island of Mauritius. Overall, the research concluded that despite the increased importance of ST, the need for Managed Tourism (MT) and the formulation of general principles and guidelines, tourism governance; poverty reduction; and the sustainability of the natural and cultural environment were identified as areas of particular need and should be considered with high priority for intervention/action.

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Sulimani, Foday. "The False Promise of International Financial Institutions in Building Stable Democracies in Third World Countries." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1183402800.

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Börngen, Michael, and Gerd Tetzlaff. "Die Wetteraufzeichnungen des Abtes Mauritius Knauer." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-214241.

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Der "Hundertjährige Kalender" basiert auf Wetteraufzeichnungen von Mauritius Knauer (1613-1664 ), der als Abt im oberfränkischen Zisterzienserkloster Langheim wirkte. Die zwischen März 1652 und März 1659 fast täglich notierten Beobachtungen ermöglichen eine statistische Auswertung und die - teilweise sogar quantitative - Gegenüberstellung damaliger und heutiger Wetterverhältnisse. Vergleiche mit Niederschriften weiterer zeitgenössischer Autoren belegen den wissenschaftlichen Wert der Knauerschen Aufzeichnungen. Der Beobachtungszeitraum fällt in die "kleine Eiszeit" und zeichnet sich durch eine Reihe sehr strenger Winter aus
The "Hundred Year's Calendar" is based on weather recordings of Mauritius Knauer (1613-1664 ), which worked as an abbot in the upper-Frankish Cistercian monastery Langheim. Between March 1652 and March 1659 almost daily noted observations enable a statistical analysis and - partly even quantitative - the confrontation weather conditions at that time and of today's. Comparisons with notes of further contemporary authors show the scientific value of the Knauer recordings. The observation period falls into the "little ice age" and is characterised by a series very severe winter

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Börngen, Michael, and Gerd Tetzlaff. "Die Wetteraufzeichnungen des Abtes Mauritius Knauer." Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen des Leipziger Instituts für Meteorologie ; 12 = Meteorologische Arbeiten aus Leipzig ; 4 (1999), S. 106-119, 1999. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A15113.

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Der "Hundertjährige Kalender" basiert auf Wetteraufzeichnungen von Mauritius Knauer (1613-1664 ), der als Abt im oberfränkischen Zisterzienserkloster Langheim wirkte. Die zwischen März 1652 und März 1659 fast täglich notierten Beobachtungen ermöglichen eine statistische Auswertung und die - teilweise sogar quantitative - Gegenüberstellung damaliger und heutiger Wetterverhältnisse. Vergleiche mit Niederschriften weiterer zeitgenössischer Autoren belegen den wissenschaftlichen Wert der Knauerschen Aufzeichnungen. Der Beobachtungszeitraum fällt in die "kleine Eiszeit" und zeichnet sich durch eine Reihe sehr strenger Winter aus.
The "Hundred Year''s Calendar" is based on weather recordings of Mauritius Knauer (1613-1664 ), which worked as an abbot in the upper-Frankish Cistercian monastery Langheim. Between March 1652 and March 1659 almost daily noted observations enable a statistical analysis and - partly even quantitative - the confrontation weather conditions at that time and of today''s. Comparisons with notes of further contemporary authors show the scientific value of the Knauer recordings. The observation period falls into the "little ice age" and is characterised by a series very severe winter.

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Gopee, Shafiiq Muhammad. "Digital Inequality: The Internet in Mauritius." Thesis, Curtin University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49778.

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The research explores the existence of and factors relating to the experience of Digital Inequality in the context of a small island developing state, Mauritius. It investigates the dimensions of Digital Inequality and its socio-economic determinants among Mauritian Internet users. This is achieved through a combination of analysis of existing literature, a survey of users, and interviews with key local Internet stakeholders. The outcome provides a holistic insight into these phenomena in such milieu.

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Wallis, Colin E. "Genetic disorders on the island of Mauritius." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26606.

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Inherited disorders are an important cause of physical handicap, deafness, mental retardation and blindness. There is considerable variation in the geographic and ethnic distribution of genetic disease due to biological pressures and historical accidents. In this context the relative prevalence of common inherited disorders and the recognition of rare conditions in isolated communities is of great academic importance. Oceanic islands are of special significance in the study of inherited disease. Virtually nothing has been documented concerning genetic disorders on the Island of Mauritius with a population of one million people. This study was undertaken to document the impact of inherited disorders on handicapping conditions in this community. As genetic disease concentrates in institutions, formal screening of all the schools for the deaf and blind, and the associations for the physically and mentally handicapped on Mauritius was undertaken. This involved a careful history, clinical examination and genealogical study, with radiographic, biochemical and ancillary testing performed where appropriate. Referral clinics were also established for the assessment of individuals and families known, or thought to be afflicted with abnormalities or handicap of a genetic origin. To ensure completeness, a similar survey was performed on Rodrigues, a neighbouring island, as this community is included under the responsibilities of the Mauritian Ministry of Health. Accumulated data concerning 681 patients were analysed. Genetic disorders accounted for disability in 265 individuals representing 38,6% of the causes of handicap. Of these persons 54 were deaf, 30 were blind, 99 were mentally retarded and 80 were physically handicapped. Several new entities, considered unique to the area and a consequence of either consanguinity or the founder effect, were documented. Karyotyping on selected individuals was undertaken in the laboratories of the Department of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town. A molecular genetic study of a large family with X-linked deafness of Nance, conducted by the same laboratory, revealed tight linkage with the probe pDP34; linkage analysis was performed on patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The collation of these original data, the delineation of the new genetic conditions and an analysis of the results form the subject of this thesis and provide a basis for the future development of genetic services on Mauritius.

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Atchia-Emmerich, Bilkiss. "La situation linguistique à l'île Maurice les développements récents à la lumière d'une enquête empirique = Die Sprachsituation auf Mauritius /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=974297240.

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Mongwa, Themba. "Rainfall intensity, kinetic energy and erosivity of individual rainfall events on the island of Mauritius." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/452.

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On most tropical volcanic islands the risk for soil erosion is enhanced due to a complex topography, high intensity rainfall and the exploitation of land for agriculture. Mauritius is a typical maritime tropical volcanic island with a distinct elevated interior. Rainfall is dominated by tropical weather systems and trade winds and the island is under intensive cultivation. Rainfall depth, duration, intensity, kinetic energy and erosivity were analysed for 385 erosive rainfall events at five locations over a five year period (2004 to 2008) on the island of Mauritius. Two stations located on the west coast and three stations sited on the Central Plateau above 550 m a.s.l. are used to provide detailed rainfall data at six minute intervals. Erosive storm events, defined here as a total rainfall exceeding 12.5 mm and a maximum 6-minute intensity exceeding 25 mm/hour, are found to differ markedly between the coastal lowlands and the elevated interior with regards to the frequency, the total rainfall generated, the duration, total kinetic energy and total erosivity of individual events. However, mean kinetic energy, mean and maximum rainfall erosivity (EI30) and maximum intensities (I30) from individual erosive events do not show this distinct differentiation. Erosivity measured during summer exceeds that recorded in winter, but the data indicate that large percentages of winter rainfall on Mauritius are defined as erosive and non-tropical cyclone rainfall can pose a substantial erosion risk. In this maritime tropical environment with its elevated interior, soil erosion risk occurs from storm scale to synoptic scale rainfall events and extreme events generate the bulk of the erosivity. Findings show that using rainfall records at an event scale within soil erosion risk assessments on tropical islands with a complex topography will increase the effectiveness of erosivity estimates

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Griffiths, Michelle. "Stakeholders' voices : A socio-cultural approach to describing and extending an understanding of primary education in Mauritius." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1998. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1455.

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This study describes and expands an understanding of primary education in one developing country, Mauritius. The need for the study was argued from a review of literature which brought to notice the lack of social action perspectives in analysis of education in and about developing countries and the necessity and importance of knowing about the reality of schooling in developing countries. The research was conceptualised as a socio-cultural approach. It gave analytical priority to the actions, experiences and perceptions of teachers, pupils, parents and educationists in order to create an account of what Mauritian education was like and meant to individuals involved in or closely associated with Mauritian primary educational processes and functionings. The research was conceptualised on the premise that, as a social construction, Mauritian primary education was to be understood in its social milieu but also was located and had to be understood in the broader context of national and global circumstances, influences and pressures. The research can be taken as an attempt to integrate micro and macro levels of analysis. Data was collected in Mauritius over a period of four months, for the most part in two primary schools and also in participants' places of work and homes and methods were triangulated to ensure validity. They comprised: (a) observation to describe people and educational settings and to document school routines and processes; (b) in-depth interviews to elicit participants' constructs and document the issues and priorities they brought to their understanding of Mauritian primary education and; (c) stories and drawings to elicit pupils' own views. Data analysis has been emergent and inductive and the research findings were presented through diverse instrumental short case studies. The findings of the study showed that Mauritian primary education was construed by participant stakeholders as a means to an end, a credential enabling the achievement of a cultural aspiration for individual social upgrading and to succeed at an examination Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) which put pupils in competition to rank for a restricted number of 'good' secondary colleges. The findings highlighted teacher-centered instructional methods, the valuing of encyclopedic knowledge, hard work and uniformity and the practices of 'ability privileging' and 'differential treatment' of pupils as prominent characteristics of Mauritian primary education. They also revealed a polarisation between the 'official' intent of Mauritian primary education and their realisation at school level with regard to educational opportunity and the degree to which Mauritian primary education promoted and provided the appropriate attitudes, skills and knowledge for individuals and for the social and economic good of the nation. The study concluded asserting that the research exemplified a conceptual and theoretical approach that may be replicated for collecting rich micro data, useful for pursuing a quality agenda for basic education in developing countries. The study has provided an illustration of the interactions between context, educational processes and the ways in which primary education was experienced by participant stakeholders. It has also located Mauritian primary education within the framework of international educational ideals and principles. In doing so, the study has served to remind that one way of looking at education is to see it as a developmental undertaking that should serve childrens' immediate as well as future interests and has brought to light foundational and detailed information about Mauritian educational processes that could be useful for educational change trying to achieve a developmental objective in Mauritius.

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Kinnoo, Basti Rishi. "Utilisation of dental services in Mauritius by adults 35-44 years, 1993." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4897.

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Appavoo, Moodelly Sandra. "Towards an understanding of a changing food system in Mauritius: A case study of rural and urban Mauritius." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12817.

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Nutrition transition is a phenomenon occurring throughout most of the developing world whereby traditional diets are increasingly being replaced by Western diets. In the literature, globalization is described as the main factor promoting such a transition. In adopting Western lifestyles, people abandon their traditional foods and adopt a Western diet which largely consists of energy-dense, nutritionally poor and highly processed foods. The nutrition transition, the underlying causes and its subsequent impacts on public health are well documented in the literature. However, there is a gap in the literature explaining the different ways in which the nutrition transition unfolds in the lives of people. Therefore this research project tries to document the lived experience of a changing food system in the Mauritian context. Mauritius has been selected as the study site because it is a microcosm of the casual factors driving the nutrition transition and also because the food system is rapidly changing. In 2008, the status of the country changed from being a net food exporter to a net food importer. A rural and urban site namely, Bambous Virieux and Tranquebar, Port-Louis have been selected to understand the different food geographies and to investigate the ways people in different locations experience a changing food system. By means of in-depth interviews, narratives and observation, the difference aspects of a changing food system is investigated. This study approaches the phenomenon of nutrition transition from the research participants’ lens.

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Ramlugan, Amaresh Singh. "Public private partnerships (PPPS) for road infrastructure development in Mauritius : the case of small island developing states (SIDS)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97175.

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Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Governments have a pivotal role in meeting the ever-increasing demand for socio-economic services in transport, energy, telecommunications, water, education, health and delivery of other social services. However, the major issue in Mauritius is the lapsus in road infrastructure. The road infrastructure agenda in Mauritius needs to be revisited, as such, maintenance has been insufficient to prevent deterioration and there are some other reasons for the damage. Urgent rehabilitation and reconstruction is required to avoid further damage. Factors such as, deficit of funding, absence of coordination between the public and the private sector, changes in political regimes, lack of transparency in the procurement process and lack of adequate legal framework are factors to which the failure of implementing Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Mauritius can be attributed. However, the implementation of PPP might enhance the nature and efficacy of the way in which public money is spent and encourage resilience and competency of the taxation structure. Governments will therefore be apt to consider strategic partnerships in order to promote state-of-the-art technological advancement and enhance managerial skills and capabilities. Reviews discussed by the Government of Mauritius were taken from annual reports and an in-depth study was carried out. Moreover, as secondary analysis differs from systematic reviews and meta-analyses of qualitative studies, which aim instead to compile and assess the evidence relating to a common concern or area of practice, both secondary analysis and meta-analysis have been used. Therefore, this study comprised of a thorough, narrative discussions of research studies which epitomize attempts to make sense of the rapidly expanding research on PPP in Mauritius. From the narrative discussion, it can be highlighted that, controversy arose over the claims for surplus expenses of Rs 709 million on a preliminary agreement of Rs 2.2 billion. Moreover, due to factors such as massive non-alignment between government and private sector, unclear government goals and duties, multifaceted resolution, sectoral policies not well defined, regulatory challenges and limitations, risk management issues, poor reliability of public policies, insufficient local capital markets, poor mechanisms to attract cheaper long term capital, weak lucidity and absence of a competitive landscape, a delay in the implementation of PPP was encountered. However, an emergence in the number of PPPs has been witnessed in developing countries, not only because of their increasingly being viewed as value-for-money but also for the reasons that follow: enhancing the delivery of public sector services at lower costs, integrating protection of the environment by ensuring fulfilment of green requirements and promoting competition. Reviews and extracts show that Mauritius requires financial support to implement PPP projects. However, the availability of international aid has helped the country to gain faith in the implementation of PPP projects thus, helping the Small Island Developing State of Mauritius to look at the future of its development with confidence.

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Fredriksson, Jennie, and Frida Johansson. "Turismindustrins & klimatförändringars påverkan på paradiset Mauritius." Thesis, University of Kalmar, Baltic Business School, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-359.

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Syftet med denna kandidatuppsats är att göra en kvalitativ undersökning av turismens betydelse för Mauritius och hur klimatförändringarna och turismindustrin påverkar denna turistdestination. Uppsatsens forskningsfrågor som vi har arbetat efter är; Vilken betydelse har turismen för Mauritius? Hur har den lokala miljön på Mauritius påverkats av turismindustrin? Hur kommer eventuella klimatförändringar att påverka destinationen Mauritius?

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Fowdar, Narud. "Agricultural diversification and economic development in Mauritius." Thesis, University of the West of Scotland, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.387302.

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Slabbert, Nica-Elize. "Demokratiese konsolidasie in Afrika : 'n vergelykende studie tussen Botswana en Mauritius." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1209.

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Wong, Kong Luong Sheila Piin Kiow. "The history and practice of English studies in Mauritian schools." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313540.

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Phaahla, Letuku Elias. "Development with Social Justice? Social Democracy in Mauritius." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4123.

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Thesis (MA (Political Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the advent of independence in 1968, Mauritius’ economic trajectory evolved from the one of a monocrop sugar economy, with the latter noticeably being the backbone of the country’s economy, to one that progressed into being the custodian of a dynamic and sophisticated garment-dominated manufacturing industry. Condemned with the misfortune of not being endowed with natural resources, relative to her mainland African counterparts, Mauritius, nonetheless, was able to break the shackles of limited economic options and one of being the ‘basket-case’ to gradually evolving into being the upper-middle-income country - thus depicting it to be one of the most encouraging economies within the developing world. Indeed it is captivating that the fruits of the island’s prosperous sugar industry went a long way in meeting the island’s diversification agenda. Moreover, the ‘Mauritian miracle’ is glorified by the emergence and sustenance of a comprehensive welfare state which was able to withstand the harshest economic challenges the country ever faced. This thesis seeks to provide a broad historical over-view of the factors which aided the construction of the social democratic regime in Mauritius. It is of the premise that the social consciousness of the post-colonial leadership in Mauritius laid the foundation for the entrenchment of ideals of social justice into the Mauritian polity. Instead of letting market forces operate in their pure form, the state was propelled instead, to take the driver’s seat into the running of the economy so as to ensure the market and labour become partners in a bid to help the state meet its social development ideals. It is no wonder that current day welfare state in Mauritius is the one which is inextricably linked to elections, not just as tool to duck socio-ethnic disharmony.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Sedert onafhanklikheidswording in 1968 het Mauritius se ekonomiese ontwikkeling gevorder van die van ’n enkel kommoditeit suiker uitvoerder as die basis van die ekonomie tot een met ’n dinamiese en gesofistikeerde tekstiel vervaardigingingssektor. Verdoem weens ’n tekort aan natuurlike hulpbronne in vergelyking met ander state in Afrika, het Mauritius nogtans daarin geslaag om sy tekortkominge te bowe te kom en geleidelik te ontwikkel tot ’n opper-middel inkomste staat. Suiker uitvoere het inderdaad ’n sleutelrol gespeel in die diversifikasie van die ekonomie. Die sukses van die ‘Mauritius wonderwerk’ is verder stukrag gegee deur die inwerkingstelling en voortbestaan van ’n omvattende welvaart staat wat gehelp het om die ergste ekonomiese uitdagings die hoof te bied. Hierdie tesis poog om ’n breë historiese oorsig te bied van die faktore wat die konstruksie van ’n sosiale demokratiese orde in Mauritius aangehelp het. Daar word gewerk van die premis dat die sosiale bewussyn van die na-koloniale leierskap in Mauritius die grondleggers was vir die vestiging van ideale van sosiale geregtigheid in die staat se politieke kultuur. In plaas van ’n ongebreidelde vrye mark ekonomie het die staat egter ’n sleutel rigtinggewende rol in die ontwikkeling van die ekonomie gespeel en om seker te maak dat die privaatsektor en arbeid vennote word om sleutel sosiale ekonomiese doelwitte te bereik. Dit is dus geen wonder dat die bestaande welvaartstaat in Mauritius nou verweef is met plaaslike verkiesingsverwagtinge nie en nie bloot ’n manier is om sosio-etniese onstabiliteit te verminder nie.

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Senapathi, Grace Deepa. "Assessing the effect of changing climatic conditions in Mauritius on the population dynamics of the endemic Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus)." Thesis, University of Reading, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.507006.

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Fredriksson, Jennie, Frida Johansson, and Alexandra Pettersson. "Att marknadsföra paradisdestinationen Mauritius : En fallstudie om platsmarknadsföring." Thesis, University of Kalmar, Baltic Business School, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-173.

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Denna kandidatuppsats berör platsmarknadsföring på semesterön Mauritius. Vi författare har under en tre veckor lång fältstudie undersökt varför Mauritius utvecklats till att bli en exklusiv paradisö samt hur detta arbete har gått till väga. För att få en helhetsbild av ön samt direktkontakt med berörda aktörer har vi under vår studie intervjuat olika aktörer såsom marknadsföringsorganisationer, myndigheter, lokala entreprenörer samt turister. En intressant synvinkel för Mauritius del är hur denna lilla ö så snabbt kunnat växa fram till vad många i västvärlden kallar ett paradis. Vi åkte till Mauritius i ett tidigt stadium i uppsatsprocessen för att undersöka vilka grundläggande förutsättningar som krävs för att bygga upp en destination samt vilken ekonomisk betydelse turismen har för Mauritius.

Uppsatsen fokuserar på de tre begreppen platsmarknadsföring, platsvarumärkesbyggande samt platsimage. Dessa fenomen tillsammans berör destinationen för att slutligen fullborda i en förhoppningsvis positiv helhetsbild av platsen.

I dag är turismen en snabbväxande näring där platsmarknadsföring blir allt mer vitalt. En förutsättning för att lyckas bygga upp en väl fungerande turismdestination grundar sig i ett aktivt arbete med såväl samarbetspartners som marknadsföringsaktiviteter. Samverkan mellan myndigheter, lokalbefolkningen, turister och företagare har visat sig vara grundläggande faktorer i en destinations utveckling samt för att vidmakthålla ett konkurrenskraftigt värde på den globala marknaden.

Mauritius har tidigare varit en stark stat vad det gäller export av socker samt textil, men i och med stegrad global konkurrens har de varit tvungna att diversifiera landets ekonomi. Detta har lett dem till att investera i turismen, mycket tack vare deras naturliga förutsättningar med tropiskt klimat, sandstränder samt turkost hav.

För vår studie har vi valt att tillämpa grundad teori som strategi, med både intervjuer, deltagande observationer samt marknadsundersökning och där vår forskningsfråga är;

”Varför har Mauritius utvecklats till att bli en exklusiv paradisö och hur har det gått till?”

Vi har utfört en marknadsundersökning med 120 respondenter som har varit betydande i vårt arbete med att ta fram hur människor uppfattar platsens image samt om marknadsföringen stämmer överens mellan vad leverantören levererar samt hur mottagaren uppfattar den. Utöver vår frågeställning har vi kompletterande frågor som vi använt oss av i vår studie;

Vad spelar olika aktörer för roll i platsmarknadsföringen av Mauritius?

Hur byggs platsvarumärket Mauritius upp?

Har Mauritius lyckats med sin image av att vara en exklusiv destination?

Det empiriska materialet samlades in under fallstudien i samråd med våra respondenter genom såväl deltagande observationer, semistrukturerade -, strukturerade - samt ostrukturerade intervjuer och har i övrigt styrkts av vetenskapliga artiklar, rapporter samt relevant kurslitteratur.

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Cartwright, Samantha J. "Agriculture and the life histories of Mauritius kestrels." Thesis, University of Reading, 2012. http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/37110/.

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Habitat modification for agriculture is one of the greatest current threats to global biodiversity. Studies show large-scale population declines and short-term demographic impacts, but knowledge of the long-term effects of agriculture on individuals remains poor. This thesis examines the short- and long-term impact of agriculture on a reintroduced population of the Mauritius kestrel Falco punctatus, a tropical forest-dwelling raptor endemic to the island of Mauritius, that also utilises agricultural habitats. This population is a particularly appropriate model system, because complete life history data exists for individuals over a 22-year period, alongside detailed habitat and climate data. Agriculture has a short-term detrimental effect on Mauritius kestrel breeding success by exacerbating the seasonal decline in fledgling production. This is partly driven by the habitat-specific composition of the prey community that kestrels exploit to feed their chicks. The fledglings from agricultural territories tend to recruit in agricultural territories. This is largely due to poor natal dispersal and fine-scale spatial autocorrelation in the habitat matrix. Breeders do not respond to agriculture in the breeding territory by dispersing, unless the pair bond is broken. Therefore, individuals originating in agricultural territories tend to recruit, and remain in, agricultural territories throughout their lives. In addition to this, females from agricultural natal territories have shorter lifespans, schedule their peak reproductive output earlier in life, and exhibit more rapid senescence than non-agricultural females. The combination of this long-term effect and the adult experience of agriculture imposed by life history and environmental constraints, leads to a lower mean lifetime reproductive rate compared to females originating in non-agricultural habitats. These results demonstrate that agriculture experienced in early life has a lifelong effect on individuals. The effects can persist in time and space, with potentially delayed effects on population dynamics. These findings are important for understanding species’ responses to agricultural expansion.

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Reddi, Sadasivam Jaganada. "State, economy and society in Mauritius 1929-1945." Thesis, University of London, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.427744.

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This dissertation investigates the role of the colonial state in mediating the impact of the great depression and the Second World War on Mauritius and situates the changes in the process of state formation. It analyses the responses of the economy and society to these major events and shows how the colonial state was forced to transform itself to meet the new challenges. The impact of the depression and the Second World War on the colonial economy and society was profound and highlighted the dependence of the economy on external factors. At the local level, deep structural forces such as the economic power of capital, the social structure as well as its own priorities led the colonial state, despite its relative autonomy, to give inadequate protection to labour and the other classes. The colonial state tilted the balance on the side of capital with the result that the relations between capital and the other classes deteriorated and culminated into the colonial crisis of 1937. This was a turning point in the history of the island. The colonial state was compelled to respond to the crisis to save the colonial order and to address age-long problems which had plagued colonial society. In the aftermath of the crisis, the colonial state took the initiative to embark on a policy of reconstruction. The outbreak of the Second World War exacerbated a number of economic and social problems and created others. But the war for also strengthened the colonial state to plan the reconstruction of the post-war society. Emboldened by the imperial policy of colonial development and welfare, state intervention, supported by a sophisticated bureaucracy, was relatively successful in modernising colonial society by pursuing a policy of accommodation and creating new structures of collaboration.

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Anderson, Ryan Leigh. "Rainfall erosivity attributes on central and western Mauritius." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24748.

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Rainfall can be the most erosive agent with respect to rainfall induced erosion, particularly within the context of a tropical maritime environment. Mauritius provides an example of such an environment, which, due to its location and elevated topography, is subject to frequent erosive rainfall events as well as occasional cyclones which potentially threaten loss of soil and may accelerate land degradation. Such intense rainfall forms a key part of the “R-factor” in the USLE and RUSLE soil loss equations, which are commonly used worldwide in deriving the soil loss of an area. This project focuses on various attributes of rainfall erosivity on the central and western parts of Mauritius over a six year assessment period. A steep rainfall gradient exists; 600mm in the western plains and 4000mm per year in the higher central region. Rainfall and erosivity attributes are investigated in these two regions on the island to assess the role that topographic elevation has on rainfall erosivity. Using the EI30 method to find the “R-factor”, erosivity is calculated for the period of 2003 – 2008. Varying time intervals were used in calculating EI30 to determine the value that high resolution data has in erosivity calculations and is compared to the use of the Modified Fournier Index. This project also speculates on the potential impacts of changing rainfall intensity and erosivity associated with climate change in the future. A difference was found in the erosivity experienced in the elevated central interior and the rain-shadowed western lava plains. Stations on the western plains recorded 25% of the erosivity experienced by stations in the interior and large differences were found in the number of erosive events, rainfall, erosive rainfall totals, seasonality, and annual erosivity totals of erosivity. The central interior showed greater variability in R-factor values; however these remained similar in extent despite the large difference in total annual rainfall and the number of events that each station recorded. High resolution data did account for erosivity that lower resolution does not, but the extent of erosivity for all stations within the respective regions were markedly similar. Use of the Modified Fournier Index caused erosivity to be overestimated on the island when compared to the EI30 method. Changes in erosivity are speculated to occur with changes in rainfall intensities but the central interior of the island will notice fluctuations in climate (with respect to rainfall erosivity) more than the western plains.
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology
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Anderson, Clare. "Kala Pani : Indian convicts in Mauritius, 1815-1853." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21268.

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Between 1815 and 1837 almost fifteen hundred Indian convicts were transported from the Presidencies of Bengal and Bombay and the colony of Ceylon to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Transportation was then abandoned. After the convicts' arrival in Mauritius, they were put to work on various private and public works projects on the island. They were a crucial labour supply in important sectors of the rapidly expanding Mauritian economy. Above all they built and maintained the island's necessary infrastructure. This thesis begins with an analysis of the context in which a system of transportation was set up in the Indian Presidencies. It is shown that transportation was a 'humanist' penal strategy, given particular resonance in the South Asian region due to colonial perceptions of the significance of race and caste there. At the same time, transportation was implemented as an economic strategy. It removed relatively costly prisoners from the Indian jails and satisfied the demand for certain categories of labour in Mauritius, which could not easily be procured from among the island's existing workforce. Extensive analysis is then made of a highly original source: convict ship indents. It is clear that the convicts came from the margins of Indian society, comprising groups which had been placed under the most pressure by East India Company penetration into north India. The focus of the thesis then shifts to Mauritius and the operation of the convict system there. The main thrust of the remaining chapters is that although transportation was founded on 'disciplinary' principles, these were often far removed from the actual practices of convict management. The convicts' labour capacity was exploited, but this was sometimes challenged through convict resistance. Otherwise, there was a general lack of surveillance and control over the convicts which led to their widespread integration in Mauritian society - through cohabitation, religious activities, leisure and acquisition of private property - despite colonial directives to effect their social segregation. These conclusion lead to serious reservations about Foucauldian understandings of the matters addressed, which tend to totalise the effects of disciplinary and surveillance technologies.

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Foo, Kune Natacha M. R. "Globalization and psychology training Mauritius as a case study /." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1119950059.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005.
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Le, Roux Jacobus Johannes. "Soil erosion prediction under changing land use on Mauritius." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06122006-105202.

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Petersson, Liselott. "Traffic-Related Metals in Soil and Sediment in Mauritius." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-88833.

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Trafik utgör en stor föroreningskälla av tungmetaller i vägnära jordar och särskilt är det koppar (Cu), bly (Pb) och zink (Zn) som associeras med fordonstrafik. I ett historiskt perspektiv härrör blyutsläpp främst från bränsleförbränning, medan kopparemissioner (i första hand från slitage av bromsbelägg) och zinkutsläpp (från däck) från trafik står för så mycket som hälften av det urbana utsläppet av koppar och zink till omgivningen.

Koppar-, bly- och zinkkoncentrationer i vägnära jord och sediment undersöktes inom avrinningsområdet för Grand River North West i Mauritius. Eftersom totalmetall utgör en dålig indikator på den mängd metall som finns potentiellt tillgänglig för biota användes extraktion med hjälp av 0.5 M HCl tillsammans med totalkoncentrationer.

Den rumsliga variationen längsmed transekt vinkelrätt mot vägar undersöktes liksom variationen med djupet. Observerade kopparkoncentrationer var jämförbara med bakgrundsnivåer. Till skillnad från Cu var koncentrationer av Pb och Zn förhöjda i den omedelbara närheten till vägar med relativt stor trafikintensitet, men halterna minskade snabbt med avståndet. Resultat från platserna för jordreferenser visar på storskalig förorening av Pb på ön. Uppmätta kopparkoncentrationer kunde inte knytas till trafikens påverkan.

Vid regn kan metaller som finns i förorenat vägdamm och förorenad jord övergå till löslig form, eller sköljas bort i partikulär form, och transporteras till närliggande vattendrag. I Mauritius är det här av speciell vikt eftersom flodsediment till slut kommer att deponeras i de känsliga kustområdena som omger ön. Dock tyder inte resultaten på förhöjda metallhalter i sediment nära de studerade vägarna.

Även om erhållna resultat av Cu inte visar på någon förhöjning och zonen med hög förorening av Pb och Zn är relativt smal, är det angeläget att följa utvecklingen eftersom antalet fordon växer snabbt i Mauritius, vilket kan förändra dagens situation och ge upphov till större miljöpåverkan. För att undvika eventuella ekologiska skador är det därför av stor vikt att i fortsättningen övervaka situationen längs landets vägar.

Traffic has been identified as a significant heavy metal polluter of roadside soils, and copper (Cu), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) in particular are associated with road travel. In a historic perspective, the Pb contribution from anthropogenic sources to nature has predominantly been a result of fuel combustion. There are indications that Cu (mainly through braking system) and Zn (emissions from tires) released from traffic give rise to as much as half of the total urban contribution of copper and zinc to the environment.

Concentrations of Cu, Pb and Zn in roadside soils and sediment have been determined at selected roads within the Grand River North West watershed in Mauritius. As total metal concentrations are not a suitable indicator of the metal concentrations that are potentially available to biota, metals extractable in 0.5 M HCl have been determined along with total concentrations. The spatial variation in metal concentration along soil transects perpendicular to roads were investigated, as was the variation with depth.

Observed Pb and Zn concentrations exhibited elevated levels in topsoil in the immediate vicinity of roads with relatively large traffic densities, but the decrease in concentration with distance was rapid. Results from soil reference sites pointed to a large scale Pb pollution on the island. In comparison, observed Cu concentrations could not be assigned any influence from traffic at the selected study sites.

In the event of rain, metals contained in polluted road dust and soil may be released into soluble form, or flushed from roadways as particulate matter, and transported to nearby water courses. In Mauritius, this is of particular importance as sediment in rivers eventually may be deposited in the sensitive coastal areas of the island. However, results do not indicate that there were any elevated levels of heavy metals in sediment close to roads that were investigated in this study.

Although Cu concentrations in roadside soils did not show any enrichment and the zone of elevated Pb and Zn concentrations was not wide, there is a concern that the continuing rapid increase in the number of vehicles in Mauritius will change the situation, possibly resulting in greater impact on the surrounding environment. Hence, in order to avoid any ecological damage, it is desirable to continue monitoring the situation along highways in the country.

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Jeffery, L. R. "The politics of victimhood among displaced Chagossians in Mauritius." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.605076.

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In this thesis I examine the politics of victimhood among Chagossians in Mauritius, who were displaced from the Chagos Archipelago in the 1960s and early 1970s to make way for a US military base on Diego Garcia. The Chagossian case study calls for modification of several aspects of recent anthropological theories on displacement and the politics of victimhood. First, previous ethnographies of displacement have focused on relationships within displaced ‘communities’ and have only tangentially seen displaced people as political actors. By contrast, an understanding of the complex and changing relationships between Chagossians and Mauritians and a recognition of the Chagossians as political actors involved in their own struggles (for compensation and the right to return) and in local political movements are crucial for understanding the experiences of Chagossians in Mauritius, the emergence of collective Chagossian identification, and the form taken by the Chagossian struggle in Mauritius. Second, I show that Liisa Malkki’s categorically distinct concepts of ‘mythico-history’ and ‘cosmopolitanism’ are not necessarily mutually exclusive since many Chagossians have embraced both simultaneously. Collective historical imagination inspires self-identification as a victimised community and attracts external support, while interaction and intermarriage with Mauritians and integration into the Mauritian job-market are a necessary strategy by which to manage life in Mauritius and are not seen as threatening to the ethnic or cultural purity of the Chagossian community. Third, ethnographers of displacement have not yet shown adequate attention to the impacts of the passage of time in exile and of generational shifts on conceptions of a displaced ‘community’. As an ever increasing proportion of the Chagossian ‘community’ was born and brought up outwith the Chagos Archipelago and has never been there, Chagossians distinguish amongst themselves according to degrees of suffering, which they correlate with generational indicators such as place of birth, place of upbringing, and first-hand experience of the displacement. Fourth, the Chagossian case study offers a new perspective on community-building in exile, the ‘myth of return’ and visions of the future among displaced people. Most accounts of displacement assume the two likely outcomes are to remain in the host country or to return to the homeland. Since Chagossians and their first-generation offspring were awarded the right to UK passports in 2002, however, Chagossians now have the opportunity to migrate elsewhere entirely. While the ‘myth of return’ is strong among the older generations, the younger generations are instead migrating to the UK, implying contrasting visions of the future and contrasting concepts of the Chagossian ‘community’ in exile. My analysis recognises both the political mobilisation of a victimised community and internal divisions within that ‘community’ simultaneously.

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Teelock, Vijayalakshmi. "Bitter sugar : slavery and emancipation in nineteenth century Mauritius." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241817.

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Payneeandy, Shakuntala. "Teacher autonomy and the quality of education in Mauritius." Thesis, University of London, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.402076.

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Safford, Roger. "Conservation of the forest-living native birds of Mauritius." Thesis, University of Kent, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386987.

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Roberts, David Lesford. "Reproductive biology and conservation of the orchids of Mauritius." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367505.

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Bihel, Jasmina, and Khatimah Fathoni. "Kvinnor i politiken i Mauritius : Konsekvenser av ökad kvinnorepresentation." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för vård, arbetsliv och välfärd, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-8755.

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Syftet med kandidatuppsatsen är att förstå och analysera ledamöternas syn på kvinnor i politiken i Mauritius. Denna avhandling fokuserar på politikernas erfarenheter efter implementering av könskvotering i den lokala politiken som resulterade i en ökad kvinnorepresentation och dess konsekvenser. Det empiriska materialet för avhandlingen har samlats in genom kvalitativa intervjuer med manliga och kvinnliga ledamöter från tre kommuner i Mauritius. Det teoretiska ramverket är uppdelad i tre delar som används för att analysera olika punkter från det empiriska materialet. I det teoretiska ramverket har vi inkluderat teorier om de tillvägagångssätt att öka kvinnors representation, varför kvinnor bör vara aktiva i politiken, och om könskvotering. För att analysera empirin från en teoretisk synvinkel har resultaten delats upp i tre underkategorier vilket är respondenternas inställning till könskvotering och kvinnors representation i politiken, teorin om kritisk massa och förändringar i den politiska agenda, samt kommunpolitikernas attityder gentemot kvinnliga politiker. Resultaten från vår avhandling visar att föreställningen att politiken enbart är en mans domän har börjat förändras. Den ökade kvinnorepresentationen har visat att kvinnor är lika kompetenta som män att verka i den politiska världen. Dock visar inte resultaten någon märkbar förändring i den politiska agendan. Kvinnor i Mauritius är numera accepterade att delta i politiken, men det är fortfarande en lång väg att gå för dem att betraktas som likvärdiga medlemmar som män i den politiska världen.
The purpose of the thesis is to understand and analyse councillors’ view on women in Mauritian politics. This thesis focuses on their experiences after the implementation of gender quota in local government which led to an increased women’s representation in local politics as well as the consequences derived from it. The empirical material for this thesis has been gathered through qualitative interviews with male and female councillors from three municipalities in Mauritius. The theoretical framework is divided into three parts which are used to analyse different points from the empirical material. In the theoretical framework we have included theories about the ways to increase women’s representation, why women should be active in politics, and about gender quota. To analyse the empirics from a theoretical point of view, we have divided the results into three sub-categories which are the respondents’ stance to gender quota and women’s representation in politics, the theory of critical mass and the change in political agenda, as well as the councillors’ attitudes towards female politicians. The results from this thesis show that the notion that politics is solely a male domain has begun to change. The increased women’s representation has shown that women are as competent as men in the political field. However, the results do not show a notable change in the political agenda, because not enough time has passed to see any differences. Women in Mauritius are today more accepted to partake in politics but there is still a long way to go for them to be considered equal members as men in the political world.

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Sanmukhiya, Chintamanee. "Social returns to education in the Republic of Mauritius." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2007. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10006684/.

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This is the first attempt to estimate social returns, by which is meant pre-tax wage gains, to education in the Republic of Mauritius. Social returns are estimated for both sexes, by gender, by private and public sectors, and by rural and urban areas. This study uses cross sectional data from a sample of the 2000 Population Census. Although Psacharopoulos along with other researchers have estimated returns to education for many countries, the Republic of Mauritius had not so far been included due to lack of data prior to 2000. The Mincerian approach is used to estimate social returns for the Republic of Mauritius, using the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method. All wage equations are adjusted for selectivity bias. Findings are similar to those reported in the literature. First, there is evidence of diminishing marginal returns to education when the social return to a year of education is estimated. Second, when highest academic qualifications are considered, tertiary education yields the highest social return relative to no schooling at all or to primary schooling only. Third, social returns to academic and vocational qualifications are higher for women than for men, a finding consistent with those reported for other countries and attributed to women's lower foregone earnings. Fourth, social returns to high level academic qualifications (' A' level and above) and vocational qualifications are higher in the private sector than in the public sector. Fifth, social returns are higher for those who reside in urban areas. Sixth, selectivity bias is minimal in most cases. This study also uses the instrumental variable (IV) approach to deal with the omitted variable bias, endogeneity of schooling and measurement error. The 1976 free secondary education law is used as an instrument. This instrument only predicts the schooling of women for the Republic of Mauritius. IV estimates are consistently higher than OLS estimates. Implications of these results are discussed.

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Buckland, Jack Dany Steeves. "Status, ecology and conservation of endemic geckos in Mauritius." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.653090.

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In the past 400 years, there has been a drastic decline in the number of endemic species on mainland Mauritius, with the island losing 69% of its original reptile community. Of 17 endemic species, only five mostly Phelsuma species survived the human mediated disturbances on mainland Mauritius. These remaining arboreal endemic geckos still play important ecological roles in the Mauritian ecosystem. However, habitat fragmentation and introduction of invasive species have increased the threats to these endemic geckos. The recent invasion of the bigger Phelsuma grandis (giant Madagascar day gecko) has increased the threats posed to the existence of endemic geckos, while habitat loss and fragmentation is also playing a major role in gecko decline, particularly for Phelsuma guimbeaui (lowland forest day gecko). In this thesis, I studied the ecological effects of P. grandis on endemic geckos at a landscape and local scale using species .distribution and binomial mixture models. I also designed markers from microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA to research the population. genetics of P. guimbeaui in response to habitat fragmentation. Finally, I explored habitat selection of P. guimbeaui to find suita~le sites for potential translocations. First, I showed that P. grandis shared many characteristics of an invasive species and could persist in a relatively large range of environmental conditions. The results highlight that P. grandis and endemic gecko distributions can overlap. Where P .. grandis has invaded areas occupied by endemic geckos, the abundance of the Mauritian species has declined by an average of 89%. This study provides strong evidence that P. grandis and endemic geckos are unlikely to coexist in sympatry. Second, I designed arid amplified 44 markers from an enriched-microsatellite genomic library. They were tested on ten subpopulations and 20 were selected to examine the population genetics of the fragmented population of P. guimbeaui. Here, the microsatellite results suggested that most subpopulations were genetically different, with low effective population sizes and no migrations, while simulations showed that the different subpopulations were at high risks of losing genetic diversity and extinction. Mitochondrial DNA showed that the fragmented subpopulations used to be part of a panmictic population. Using the findings of this genetic study, 12 subpopulations were identified as viable and 18 subpopulations were at high risk. Third, I showed that P. guimbeaui males had a larger home range than females and males overlap more with females than males and geckos selected habitats with higher plant diversity, with trees that had taller and larger trunks and a higher cavity density. Adult geckos selected different habitat features compared to sub-adults and juveniles. The findings of this research were synthesised into a review to formulate the conservation assessment of the endemic geckos on mainland Mauritius.

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Carter, Marina D. "Servants, sirdars and settlers : Indians in Mauritius 1834-1874 /." Delhi : Oxford university press, 1995. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb366917546.

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Jouan, Jean Karl. "Financial liberalisation in Mauritius and the finance-growth nexus." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2005. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3598.

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The purpose of the thesis is to explore the empirical relevance of the theory of financial liberalisation in the Mauritian context. After confronting the conflicting views in the literature, the changes that have taken place in the financial sector in terms of monetary policy and the institutional developments are examined. The study shows that government has played a role in boosting financial intermediation before liberalisation and that it has still a role to play after liberalisation. It also explains the measuresta ken to improve financial stability. The high concentration in both the banking and insurance sectors are also discussed. The thesis finds no evidence of an increase in real interest rate after liberalisation or any consequential improvement in domestic savings as suggested by the liberalisation theories. Further external liberalisation has not led to a drop in real interest rate and increased savings. Some minor episodes of banking and stock market crises have been identified. The research also examines the links between interest spread after liberalisation, fund cost and market share and the results tend to support the proposition that there is unidirectional causality from market share to interest spread. No significant change in share market size, liquidity and activity has been observed after liberalisation and the collective investment schemes have not yet indicated signs of ability to considerably mobilize savings and hence to boost the security market. There is evidence of a slow down of the financial deepening process as the liquidity ratio M2 Y exceeds 65%. Financial deepening is not found to be positively i related to real interest rate. This applies not only to Mauritius but equally to some other countries of the region. Although the evidence does not support the McKinnon and Shaw predictions concerning interest rate and mobilization of savings, yet there has been freer access to credit after liberalisation and the study has shown that private sector credit as a share of GDP is positively related to economic growth and that there is bidirectional causality between them. With respect to corporate financing the study shows that the behaviour of listed firins is consistent with the pecking order theory of finance and that the listed companies are now more sensitive to external financing for the acquisition of physical investment, in relation to their internal growth strategy.

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Gath, Helen Claire. "Conservation management of the endangered Mauritius parakeet, Psittacula echo." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10045494/.

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Effectively managing wild populations requires drawing upon a range of skills from multiple scientific disciplines. Given the current biodiversity crisis the world now faces, developing these skills is a high priority in conservation science. Improving the success of species recovery programmes and sustaining them requires adopting the correct monitoring regime and implementing suitable restorative tools. To then evaluate their effectiveness and adjust methods accordingly is fundamental to ensuring continued success. The principal aim of this study has been to explore key approaches to conservation practice and their suitability for the management of the Mauritius (echo) parakeet, once considered the rarest parrot in the world. Nearly 25 years after intensive recovery efforts were initiated, their conservation is entering a new phase that looks toward a long-term strategy of minimal management. Achieving this requires a basic knowledge of the population’s demography and an assessment of the demographic response to management actions and infectious disease, knowledge which to date, has remained limited Accurately estimating demographic rates is a cornerstone to assessing the impact of management strategies or environmental conditions. Capture-mark-recapture (CMR) data plays an important role in this, but the accuracy of multistate models used to interpret such data is well debated when a species’ life history includes unobservable states. My analysis explored such potential inaccuracies and found that for the echo parakeets at least, unobservable multistate models led to biased estimates of vital rates and excluded important information regarding transitions between states. Combining the extensive CMR data with detailed breeding records, I explored the demographic impact of supplementary feeding (SF), a widely employed conservation tool but one often reporting varied responses from target populations. This study quantified the positive impact that SF has had on fecundity rates, which no doubt played a key role in the population’s growth. However, further work as part of this study also revealed that SF exacerbated the negative impact of an outbreak of psittacine beak and feather disease. I explore the extent of the outbreak and its demographic impact during and after its emergence in the echo population, and discuss the value of my findings in the context of the growing global threat of emerging infectious disease. The findings from my research provide a basis of vital information that could support evidence-based adaptations to the current management programme. Understanding the influence of management strategies will lead management toward better targeting and more efficient use of resources that will ultimately help to ensure the long term survival of the echo parakeet.

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Gopal, R., and Brenda Louw. "An Electronic Database to Improve Cleft Care in Mauritius." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2121.

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Gobin, Khemil. "Stress in managers in the hotel industry in Mauritius." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17376.

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Work-related stress is a hindrance to the quality of working life. Stressful circumstances occur when individuals are no more able to handle, manage and cope with difficult situations. Events and situations are themselves not inherently stressful; it is the capability of people to face these situations and handle these effectively which will cause less or more stress. Hotel operations have to compete by constantly offering an increasingly better comparative product and service. Being at the centre stage, hotel managers, therefore, have to respond to this challenge. The exigencies of the tourists and of the industry are exerting additional pressures on hotel managers. The main findings of this study carried out from the human resource management perspective indicate the following: pressure from work and from both occupation-home and home-occupation interfaces do not have a positive influence on hotel managers’ psychological health. However, there is a positive effect of work on both the occupation-home and home-occupation interfaces and of manager interests and hobbies on the health and home-occupation interface. Potential areas of future research are identified and new research directions are proposed.

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Techane, Meskerem Geset. "Where is the African Charter? Assessing the impact of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Mauritius." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18643.

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The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights is turning 30 since its adoption. The Charter is also soon turning to its 20 in Mauritius since ratification. The Charter indeed has been hailed for its unique normative content and aspired to be a beacon of human rights in the Continent which has attracted the attention of academicians as well as experts in the field of human rights. The Charter has undoubtedly affected domestic systems through the promotional and protective mandates exercised by the African Commission. How much the Charter has actually influenced domestic human rights practices however, has not yet formed much of the available literature. More so, Mauritius being a party to the Charter for nearly two decades has not enjoyed the attention of writers on the African Charter. Not much is known as to the interactions of Mauritius with the African system which calls for investigation of how much the Charter has influenced the domestic system for two decades long. Beyond formidable normative content, the success of a human rights system depends on the impact it exerts on domestic systems through shaping the behaviours, actions and practice of domestic institutions. Such reflection is therefore, important to gauge the impact of the African Charter and profile its future towards success. This study attempts to enlighten the impact of the African Charter in Mauritius by embarking on examination of the practices of domestic institutions and actors offering unexploited area to ponder critically.
Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Hills, Laura. "Literacy and the vernacular : a case study based on the post-colonial history of Mauritius, with particular reference to Mauritian Creole." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6454.

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This thesis examines the process of the literization of the vernacular, and seeks to establish the island of Mauritius as a case study of this process. The concept of literization equates standardization of the vernacular with its use as a written language. Four issues are established as central to this process: ideological, educational, sociocultural and technical. The thesis investigates the particular sociolinguistic situation of Mauritius, and examines each of these issues in relation to Mauritian Creole. It demonstrates the role that Mauritian Creole plays in Mauritian society, and how, since independence, issues relating to ideology, education, and the cultural and technical aspects of standardization, have been involved in the promotion of the language. The interaction between these issues is apparent throughout the thesis, and manifested in the work of Ledikasyon pu Travayer (LPT), the only organization in Mauritius to provide literacy tuition in Mauritian Creole. The thesis seeks to show that their unified approach to literacy, standardization, and the promotion of Mauritian Creole exemplifies the issues involved, and provides the best basis for the establishment of Mauritian Creole as a standard language. The analysis of the situation in Mauritius within the framework of wider issues of the literization of the vernacular permits a comparison to other former colonies facing problems of language choice, and places these issues within the wider sociolinguistic context of standardization.

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Lowe, Candice Marie. "When diaspora rules (dis)qualifying Creoles for a multicultural Mauritius /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3204313.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Anthropology, 2006.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-01, Section: A, page: 0238. Advisers: Richard R. Wilk; Anya Peterson-Royce. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 20, 2007)."

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Tollington, Simon. "Ecological immunology and genetic diversity of the endangered Mauritius parakeet." Thesis, University of Kent, 2012. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/64301/.

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Studies of avian ecological immunology attempt to describe the biotic and abiotic factors which explain natural variation in immune function within and among free-living bird species. Understanding this variation and the trade-offs associated with maintaining appropriate immune defences and individual life history variables has important implications for the conservation of endangered species, many of which are characterised by small population size and reduced genetic diversity. Such species often display increased susceptibility to infectious diseases as a result of inbreeding depression and are prone to the effects of novel parasites and pathogens. This thesis aims to explain the variation in immune function in the endangered, island-endemic Mauritius parakeet (Psittacula echo), a species which has passed through a considerable population bottleneck but now thrives by virtue of ongoing conservation management despite the presence of a highly infectious disease. Identifying the ecological, environmental and genetic elements which define individual immunity offers the potential to predict the survival probability of juvenile individuals in a disease landscape thereby representing an exciting prospect for the field of conservation reintroduction biology. Interactions among indices of immune function are investigated at the individual level for Mauritius parakeets and also at the species level with the sympatrically occurring and non-native Indian ringneck parakeet (Psittacula krameri). Patterns of species-level genetic diversity of the Mauritius parakeet spanning two decades are examined and interspecies variation in immune function and genetic diversity is explored. Productivity and survival of Mauritius parakeets is summarised during and after a disease outbreak and an in depth analysis of the predictors of infection status and immunocompetence in this species is offered. This study highlights the complexity of the immune system and the challenges faced when trying to characterise it among individuals in an ecological context. I reveal a declining trend in species-level genetic diversity among Mauritius parakeets due to low natural dispersal demonstrating the importance of adaptively managing endangered species. I illustrate how, as a result of population bottlenecks or contrasting evolutionary histories that the Mauritius parakeet displays an attenuated immune function when compared to the Indian ringneck parakeet. I find no evidence to suggest that genetic diversity or inbreeding predicts disease infection in Mauritius parakeet nestlings and finally I use long-term monitoring data to cherry pick suitable individuals for reintroduction.

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Lingayah, Siramloo. "The origins and development of social service positions in Mauritius." Thesis, Middlesex University, 1995. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/13418/.

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This is a 'client-oriented' study, initiated for the first time in Mauritius in the area of research in social welfare, aiming specifically at outdoor relief or residential institutions, and health services. It is postulated that the service--users are the best judge of their needs. Thus, departing from the colonially inherited research methodologies and techniques by applying a down-up approach, 225 respondents, 25 from each of the 9 Districts in the island. were interviewed. using a combination of open-ended interview schedules, audio-tape, observational techniques for data collection. Also interviewed were some key senior and junior members of staff from the relevant government departments, politicians, and the ordinary folks. Covert and observational processes were used in relation to some residential establishments and the psychiatric hospital because of the problems of access. The findings have shown that 98% of the recipients experience physical difficulties and 40% of this figure also have one or another form of mental illness. Other problems encountered by them include inadequate income, loneliness, alienation, the stigma attached to disabilities, and abuses and violence of all forms, bureaucratic, racist, physical, mental, verbal, and emotional, inflicted, in some cases, deliberately by the carers, relatives, staff, and, in others', unconsciously. It was not an uncommon sight during fieldwork to witness recipients being strapped to cots or beds, locked out during the day, kept in specially built tin sheds, hidden inside the house, transferred to remote corners at the back of the house beyond the public's view, or administered overdose of medication to exercise control. Welfare support is principally confined to a pension much below subsistence level and some health care. 81% of the respondents receive these two services, but 19% of the sample population receive no welfare support at all in spite of their disabilities and inability to support themselves. No less than an average of 86% of the respondents are dissatisfied with both the quantity and quality of services received, whilst, in the context of residential care, there is an impression of gratitude for the services. With the industrialization of the country, there is a corrosive impact on informal support in the family and in the community, which is resulting in a growing dependency culture and increasing reliance on the Welfare state across the socio-economic spectrum. 91% of the sample population believe that the government has a constitutional and moral duty to provide welfare assistance in time of need, thereby confronting the Mauritian society with difficult and complex issues, requiring honest and experienced leadership and determined and pragmatic political will to resolve.

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Prang, Davina. "Tourism and its relationship to community development in Chamarel, Mauritius." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2016. http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1140/.

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This study focuses on the Creole village of Chamarel in the south of Mauritius. It examines trends in Mauritian tourism and how this has changed to include ecologically sensitive areas. It will discuss the historical context of Mauritius and the relevance of a plural society to tourism, with a particular focus on the representation of Mauritian culture, the Creole identity and the relevance of this to community development. The research explores community tourism in Chamarel, utilising a multifaceted qualitative approach involving an ethnographic investigation intertwined with data from other techniques. Data was collected from semi-structured interviews, participant observation, casual conversations, narratives, social events and netnographic sources. The data was expanded over a ten year period to identify patterns and themes in community tourism during 2004 to 2014. This multifaceted approach represents a new methodology for the study of Mauritian tourism. There has been a significant change in Chamarel to cater for ecotourism and community tourism. The findings shed light on community participation. This is achieved through the analysis of Government reports and development plans. The range of sources used enables a very rich, multi-perspectival account of community tourism through ‘native eyes.’ The research suggests that interpretations of being Mauritian take on new meanings through the development of community tourism and reveals that ethnicity amongst other factors influenced the success of development in Chamarel.

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Brouillette, W. Ronald. "The development of special education in Mauritius: A case study." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185779.

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Special education development progresses through predictable stages as a result of social, political and economic forces. These influential forces are conveyed through efforts of agencies and individuals from within and outside the nation. Despite these efforts, approximately 2% of the estimated 140 million disabled children in developing nations receive an education (UNESCO, 1988). A case study in Mauritius investigated the interrelationships among forces influencing special education development for the benchmark years 1976, 1982 and 1991. The study employed six methods for data collection: (1) a document search, (2) personal communications, (3) an inventory of resources and a survey of needs, (4) the researcher's participation, (5) a survey questionnaire, and (6) an interview questionnaire. There were eight major findings of the investigation: (1) A relationship exists between economic growth and special education development. This finding supports a Resource Hypothesis posited by Putnam (1979). (2) Economics is not the only force influencing special education development. Interviewed leaders regarded social forces as somewhat more influential than economic and political forces. Additionally, analysis of 480 events related to special education revealed that 55% were social/political and 45% were economic. (3) The vast majority (96% to 98%) of the estimated 32,186 children with disabilities in Mauritius were not enrolled in special education. (4) Special education development in Mauritius adhered to sequential pattern of development as suggested in UNESCO's (1974) Developmental Stages Hypothesis. (5) The per pupil costs for special education students was 1.6 times less expensive than for pupils in ordinary education. This contradicts findings that special education is more expensive than ordinary education (Hegarty, 1990). (6) Ideologies and individual efforts are the most influential social forces. The role of religion, culture and social advocates, especially parents, has largely affected special education development in Mauritius. (7) Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are more influential than government agencies in special education development. NGOs were involved in 62% of the events studied. (8) International assistance is highly influential in special education development. International agencies were involved in 44% of special education events in Mauritius between 1976 and 1991.

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