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Fahrenberger, Theresa C. "Minority voting /." Zürich : ETH, 2008. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=18193.
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Kler, Satveer. "LGBTQ+ POC MINORITY STRESS, MINORITY STRENGTHS, AND ALCOHOL USE DISORDER." OpenSIUC, 2021. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2845.
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Researchers have documented the prevalence of alcohol use disorder among various populations. For example, researchers have argued that those who are sexual minorities, gender minorities, or racial or ethnic minorities may be disproportionately affected by alcohol use disorder. Furthermore, researchers have explored minority stress-related factors and minority strengths-related factors as predictors of alcohol use disorder among these populations. However, researchers in few studies have described the prevalence of alcohol use disorder among LGBTQ+ People of Color who may have sexual minority, gender minority, and racial or ethnic minority identities. The purpose of the current study was two-fold: (1) to address existing literature gaps by documenting prevalence of alcohol use disorder among LGBTQ+ People of Color, and (2) to explore whether minority-stress and minority-strengths factors predicted alcohol use via an intersectional framework. I recruited a sample of 267 LGBTQ+ POC and had individuals fill out the following measures: LGBT-POC Microaggression Scale, The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and the Collective Identity Self-Esteem Scale, and a Likert-type measure of LGBTQ+ POC Community Connectedness designed for this study. I conducted a hierarchical logistic regression analysis to determine whether LGBTQ+ POC minority stress and LGBTQ+ POC minority strengths predicted alcohol use. Neither LGBTQ+ POC minority stress nor the LGBTQ+ POC minority strengths variables were significant predictors in the current study. The findings from this study may help describe the specific social context for alcohol use among LGBTQ+ People of Color which would assist researchers and practitioners with their knowledge of how alcohol use affects LGBTQ+ People of Color.
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Williams, Stacey L. "Sexual Minority Stress." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8077.
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Johansson, Sofie. "Language Minority Students." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-35835.
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Syftet med detta arbete var att ta reda på vilket stöd det finns för språkminoritetselever, dvs elever i USA som inte har engelskan som modersmål, i de amerikanske klassrummen. Jag intervjuade fem amerikanska lärare i Atlanta. Jag ville ta reda på hur medvetna dessa lärare är om de speciella behov språkminoritetselever har. De fem intervjuade lärarna kände till grundläggande ideer om att undervisa språkminoritetselever i sina klassrum men ingen av dem hade läst om det under sin utbildning. Undersökningen indikerar att andra språk än engelska inte har så stor betydelse i skolor i Atlanta och att lärare inte får tillräckligt med undervisning om språkminoritetselever. Något som är överraskande eftersom det är förutspått att år 2020 kommer tjugofem procent av de amerikanska eleverna ha ett annat modersmål än engelska.In order to find out what support there is for ELL students, students with a first language other than English in mainstream classrooms in the US, I have interviewed five teachers in Atlanta. I was interested in seeing how much these teachers know of the special needs these students have. The five teachers interviewed knew basic idea of how to instruct ELL students in their mainstream classroom but no one had been taught anything about second language acquisition or theories about the needs of ELL students in their education. This study also indicates that other languages than English are not of importance in the schools in Atlanta and teachers are not taught how to deal with ELL students. This is surprising since predictions say that in 2020 twenty five percent of students in the US will speak a first language others than English.
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Zuta, Jehona. "Minority Rights in Macedonia : - The Right to Use a Minority Language." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-259451.
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Mitchell, Sian. "Minority within a minority : stakeholders' perceptions of deaf education in Wales." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2018. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/114622/.
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The number of deaf children and young people (CYP) being educated in inclusive settings rather than special schools has grown over recent years (Swanwick & Gregory, 2007) and current statistics show that the majority of deaf CYP are now educated in mainstream schools (Consortium for Research in Deaf Education, CRIDE, 2015). This has not been without challenges and literature has highlighted these from the perspective of CYP (Sutherland & Young, 2007; Doherty, 2012); parental views (Rasebopye, 2010) and stakeholder experiences (National Deaf Children’s Society, NDCS, 2008). This qualitative study aims to address a gap in the research literature through investigating what stakeholders consider to be the implications for deaf CYP from Welsh speaking homes when educated in English medium resource units. It is hoped to provide a useful insight into the perceptions of the key stakeholders in this field and through this identify how to best support deaf CYP in Wales. Eleven semi-structured interviews were conducted with a sample of stakeholders from five Local Authorities (LAs) across Wales. Thematic Analysis was utilised to analyse the data following the guidelines of Braun and Clarke (2006). The main themes constructed were: ‘Being deaf’, ‘Being Welsh’, ‘The need for English’ and ‘The emotional impact of deafness’. In particular, the evidence from this research highlights the challenges that Welsh speaking deaf CYP and their parents, encounter and the impact of being a minority within a minority. The implications for the potential role of Educational Psychologists (EPs) working with deaf CYP as well as the strengths, limitations of the research and the need for further studies are discussed.
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Liu, Yu-Shan. "Minority within a minority : being Bonpo in the Tibetan community in exile." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6382.
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This thesis presents a study of the Bonpo in Dolanji, a Tibetan refugee settlement in North India. The Bonpo are a distinctive religious minority within the Tibetan refugee population. In the 1950s, Chinese Communist forces occupied Tibet and, in 1959, the fourteenth Dalai Lama fled Tibet into exile in India. In 1960, the Tibetan Government-in-Exile was established in Dharamsala, and emphasised a ‘shared’ Buddhist heritage as being central to the Tibetan national identity. This discourse, which represents the Tibetans as being homogeneously Buddhist, effectively marginalised followers of non-Buddhist religions, including the Bonpo. As a result, the Bonpo have been compelled to adapt, whilst resisting the marginalisation of their religious identity and the constraints embedded in their refugee status. Based on twelve months of fieldwork carried out in 2007-2008 in Dolanji, this thesis explores the ways in which the Bonpo engage with their marginality and manipulate the constraints applied to their situation in order to empower themselves. It argues that on the margins, where the boundaries between inclusion and exclusion are contested and negotiable, the Bonpo are permitted some flexibility to create their identity with different ‘others,’ and to develop new affiliations in order to modify their situation. This thesis unpicks the ‘dialogues’ the Bonpo have established with the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, including their discourse on ‘the Bon traditions’, the participation of the Bonpo in the Tibetan national community, their relationship with foreign patrons and the Chinese Government, and the representation of the Bon religion in school textbooks. It is contended that the margins provide a consistent energy which feeds the dynamics of social relationships, informing cultural and social change. Today’s Bonpo remain situated on the margins of the Tibetan refugee population. However, this thesis demonstrates that in the past decades of exile, the Bonpo have utilised the marginalisation that was forced upon them by multiple ‘others’ to develop what they claim to be ‘Bon traditions’, in order to illustrate their distinctive, but equally important, status in contrast to Buddhism within the Tibetan ‘national’ identity.
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Jones, Alwyn Peter. "Minority rights in international law : minority rights and identity-conscious decision-making." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/31088.
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The work aims to test a simple idea with complex implications. Minority rights, as currently posited in international law, can be interpreted according to either a strong or weak model of minority rights. This thesis defends the position that neither model deserves recognition as the sole paradigm for our understanding of minority rights in international law. It shall be argued that minority rights should be given (and are increasingly being given) a `context-sensitive' interpretation both in the definition and classification of minorities (dealt with in the first two chapters) and in the analysis of the scope of the rights of persons belonging to minorities (which is dealt with in the remaining chapters). It shall be argued that, in both the definition and classification of minorities and in the treatment of minority rights, the relevant law can be interpreted according to either of two traditional paradigms, the weak and strong models of minority rights. Both of these traditional paradigms are consistent with (but are not exclusively based upon) particular approaches to the definition of a 'minority'.
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Job, Sarah A., Stacey M. Williams, and Emma G. Fredrick. "Sexual Minority Women’s Experiences of Minority Stress and Resources in Northeast Tennessee." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8048.
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Job, Sarah A., Stacey L. Williams, and Emma G. Fredrick. "Sexual Minority Women’s Experiences of Minority Stress and Resources in Northeast Tennessee." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8057.
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Dahl, Angie L. "The Religious Experience of Sexual Minority Youth: Identity, Integration and Minority Stress." DigitalCommons@USU, 2009. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/441.
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Recent researchers have highlighted the need to consider the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individual's experience in various social contexts. Only a few studies have examined LGBTQ adolescent and young adult religious experiences. In the current study, 106 LGBTQ adolescent and young adults (18-24 years) were surveyed to gain a better understanding of LGBTQ religious experience, identity integration and the relationship between LGBTQ religiosity and psychosocial outcomes. A multidimensional understanding of LGBTQ religious experiences is presented; participants exhibited a propensity to disidentify with religion and reported religious and sexual identity conflict. While participants did not report a high degree of religious and sexual identity integration, factors related to successful identity integration are presented. Finally, levels of reported depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and minority stress are discussed with suggestions for future research.
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Stennett, Sabrina. "Minority stress in people who identify as transgender : testing the minority stress model." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36582/.
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Objectives: People who identify as transgender are reported to experience high levels of mental health problems in comparison to people who do not identify as transgender. The minority stress model has been used to explain these high prevalence rates. But this model was designed to be used in lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) populations (Meyer, 1995, 2003). Researchers have applied some of the hypothesised processes of the model to people who identify as transgender. However, evidence testing the minority stress model in this population is limited. The model postulates that minority stress processes (namely, distal stress, internalised stigma, vigilance and concealment) lead to adverse mental health outcomes. It also states that coping and social support moderate and ameliorate the stress processes. However research on this aspect is inconclusive, with other researchers stating that coping and social support meditate the relationship between internalised stigma and psychological distress. In light of the current literature, this research aimed to test the application of the minority stress model in a sample of people who identified as transgender. It also aimed to test the moderating and mediating roles of coping and social support. Furthermore, this research endeavoured to develop an alternative model (i.e. based on the findings and the literature). Methods: A cross-sectional design was used. Participants were recruited from transgender forums, social groups, transgender events and social media. Those who identified as transgender, under the umbrella term, were invited to complete an online survey (N = 270; mean age = 27.5). The majority of participants (60.4%) described their gender identity as trans women. Results: Multiple linear regression, mediation and moderation analyses were conducted. Results showed that, individually, all the stress processes (distal stress process, internalised stigma, vigilance and concealment) were significantly associated with psychological distress. However, when assessed in combination, only certain stress processes emerged as being significant. With internalised stigma emerging as being significant in all the regression models (i.e. depression, anxiety and stress). No moderation effects were found for coping and social support. Instead, passive coping and social support were found to partially mediate the relationship between internalised stigma and psychological distress. Structural equation modelling was also used to develop hypothesised models based on this data. Conclusion: Limited support was found for the minority stress model within this sample. Hypothesised models were developed instead, to highlight the stress processes involved in depression, anxiety and stress. However, future research is warranted to test these models.
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Job, Sarah. "Proximal Minority Stress, Drinking Motives, and Alcohol Use in Appalachian Sexual Minority Women." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3440.
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Sexual minorities face identity-specific stressors (minority stress). Minority stress often predicts worse health outcomes and behaviors, like increased substance use. The current study examined the relationship between proximal minority stress and hazardous alcohol use. Possible mediators were considered. The current study involved a secondary data analysis of data from 48 sexual minority women who completed an online survey. Measures included the Lesbian Internalized Homophobia Scale, the Connectedness to the LGBT Community Scale, the AUDIT-5, the Drinking Motives scale, and an item that measured frequency of drinking. Data, analyzed via R, included t-tests, correlations, regression, and mediational analyses. Results showed that internalized stigma significantly predicted concealment. Community connectedness was neither predicted by internalized stigma nor correlated with concealment. Concealment did not predict coping motives; coping motives significantly predicted problematic drinking. Limitations included a low sample size and low observed power. Therefore, significant results may be found with a higher sample size.
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Kraus, Charles. "The Correlates of Number of Minority Faculty, Minority Student Organizations, Diversity Course Offerings, and Geographic Location to Minority Student Enrollment in Texas Colleges." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc33131/.
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This study examined the correlates between the dependent variables African-American and Hispanic student enrollment in Texas public higher education to the independent variables institution type, education region, faculty demographics, curricular offerings and student organizations. Data for African-American (n = 124,000) and Hispanic enrollment (n = 314,000) in all Texas public higher education institutions (n = 109) for the 2008 academic year were examined. Significant results, using a statistical significance of p = .005, were reported for two of the variables. A correlation of Pearson's r = .946 and statistical significance of p = .000 was observed between African-American student enrollment and the percentage representation of African-American faculty in the same institution. A correlation of Pearson's r = .982 and statistical significance of p = .000 was observed between Hispanic student enrollment and the percentage representation of Hispanic faculty in the same institution. The results of this study found significant relationships between the presence of African-American and Hispanic faculty and enrollment of African-American and Hispanic students. Recommendations are made for exploring these findings in further detail.
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Zizmond, Helena. "National Minority Rights : A Caste Study of Croatia and the National Minority Croatian Serbs." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Social Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1917.
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The Serbs are a national group which has been disliked by the Croats for hundreds of years. Even before Croatia became a part of Yugoslavia, the country wanted its independence. However, before and after the break up of Yugoslavia, there was a strong nationalism in the country which led to hatred towards the Serbs and the Serb minorities in Croatia. Studies have shown that minorities often are disfavoured by the majority decisions. This leads to a disadvantageous position for the minorities in the relation to the majority. The problem is how a state should compensate these groups for their disadvantageous position to be able to ensure justice and equality for all citizens within the country.
The aim of this thesis is to compare Croatia’s formal national minority rights with the actual national minority rights of the Serbs and to see whether they coincide with each other. The research questions are:
• What formal minority rights do Croatian Serbs have in Croatia?
• What minority rights do Croatian Serbs have in reality?
The method used in this study is the qualitative text analysis.
The conclusion of this thesis is that Croatia has a positive attitude towards minority rights and the Serb minority, as Croatia has allocated group-differentiated rights to its national minorities. The Croatian view upon national minority rights coincides to a large extent with Will Kymlicka´s theory. Furthermore, the formal rights and the virtual rights regarding education, language, culture and proportional representation coincides to a great extent if not precisely.
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Maor, Moshe. "The dynamics of minority rule : intra-party politics and minority governments in Western Europe." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1992. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1174/.
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The aim of this study is to provide a theoretical and empirical explanation of the question: How do conflicts within a party affect its coalitional behaviour insofar as such conflicts may influence the bargaining power of party elites in the parliamentary arena. There are three major themes around which the theoretical explanation is organized. The first theme is that 'party institutionalization' and the nature of intra-party conflicts are important factors in shaping the ability of the party elites to neutralize internal conflicts. The second theme - a particular application of the first - is that the strength of a party in the parliamentary bargaining plane (i.e. its relative bargaining power) lies in its organization weakness. The third theme reveals that political parties, which are characterized by the existence of heterogeneous and diffused mechanisms for internal dissent, can handle internal conflicts in a variety of ways without forcing members to leave the party. Based upon a comparative analysis of intra-party conflicts and minority governments in Denmark, Norway, France, Italy and the U.K., the study suggests that weakly institutionalized parties can enter into conflict inducing coalition negotiations without risking their hold on their membership, whereas inter-party negotiations can lead to disintegration of highly institutionalized parties as members may be forced to leave the party as their primary mechanism for expression of discontent. A major implication of this study is that in multi-party systems in which minority situations occur, the most attractive strategy (i.e. in terms of bargaining power) for highly institutionalized parties occupying a governmental position is the formation of informal minority governments, whereas the most attractive strategy for weakly institutionalized parties is the formation of formal minority governments.
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Schultz, Marni. "Volunteer behavior of minority youth." CONNECT TO ELECTRONIC THESIS, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1961/3644.
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Martin, R. P. A. "Minority influence and social categorization." Thesis, Open University, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.380798.
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Ebot, Ayuk Samuel. "Sexual minority rights in Cameroon." Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3381.
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Magister Legum - LLMThe objective of this study is to explore the criminalisation of persons based on sexual orientation in Cameroon in light of that country’s international human rights obligation. The study examines the constitution and laws of Cameroon as applicable to sexual minorities. It aims to discuss recent developments in international human rights law with regard to the human rights basis for decriminalising homosexuality.
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Sinha, Tina. "Minority Hiring in the Newsroom." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/292129.
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Mullen, Wayne. "Breaking through : developing minority leaders." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2017. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/22244/.
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This research project set out to explore the experiences of Women, Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual, and Black and Minority Ethnic (LGB & BME) leaders in order to understand the challenges they have faced in moving into and being successful in leadership positions and to provide insight into potential development interventions or organisational strategies which might facilitate the development and support of minority leaders. The research focus emerged from both a process of critical reflection on my own practice as a leadership and organisational development practitioner and an engagement with relevant literature in this area. While literature exists demonstrating that organisational life and opportunities may be different for minorities, there was a lack of studies on leadership development accounting for those differences. The research was conducted in two stages using an online survey followed by in-depth interviews. Initial thematic analysis provided useful if confirmatory data about developing leaders. Following a further literature review and some exploration of the work of Pierre Bourdieu, the French sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher, the data was reviewed again to understand whether his thinking tools of habitus, capital and field could uncover greater insights from the data and indeed whether his work could enhance our understanding of these conceptual tools and their applicability in leadership development and diversity work. The research finds that minority leaders may be disadvantaged because they are not regarded with the same legitimacy as majority leaders. This research acknowledges the importance of gender, racial and sexual identity in leadership and that the environments in which these leaders operate consist of power inequalities which need to be attended to if minority leaders are to progress. The findings include that minority leaders may possess forms of capital and draw upon leadership styles that can provide them with an advantage in contemporary contexts. The research argues that minority leaders may, through their experiences of marginalisation, bring alternative qualities to leadership and that leadership development can break new ground by incorporating those qualities into leadership models and training. Recommendations based on the findings include integrating Bourdieusian approaches as part of leadership development and diversity work; and areas for further research which can contribute to knowledge in this field.
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Batonyi, Gabor. "The Hungarian Minority in Slovakia." Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3544.
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NoThe Ethnopolitical Encyclopaedia of Europe is the first work of its kind that systematically and rigorously examines the politics of ethnicity throughout the continent as a whole. Rather than indulge in a tour of Europe designed to unearth as many diverse population groups as possible, the Encyclopaedia is focused and serves as a unique data source on the continent's politically mobilised ethnic groups. In order to facilitate easy access, the various regions of Europe are assessed and then the nature of the politics of ethnicity is analysed on a country-by-country basis. The combination of incisive entries, maps, tables and easy-to-use country guides makes this an invaluable reference book for both academics and practitioners.
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Tahir, Tahir. "Minority Policies In Bulgaria: Continuity And Change." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/1217850/index.pdf.
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s minority policy followed by various governments during the Principality, the Kingdom, Peoples Republic and post-Communist Bulgaria. General discussion and assessment of minority rights standards within major international organizations is followed by analysis of minorities&
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status and treatment in Bulgaria since 1878. The thesis seeks answers to what have been the main features of minority policies in modern Bulgarian history, what has constituted its continuity and change.
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Wheelhouse, Patricia A. "A survey of minority student participation in music programs of the Minority Student Achievement Network /." Digitized version, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1802/11074.
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Thesis (Ph. D)--University of Rochester, 2009.Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references. Digitized version available online via the Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music http://hdl.handle.net/1802/11074
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Kanuha, Valli. "Stigma, identity, and passing : how lesbians and gay men of color construct and manage stigmatized identity in social interaction /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11188.
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Barakat, Rabih. "La participation politique des minorités nationales musulmanes en Europe." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012STRAA017.
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La participation politique d’une minorité protège son identité culturelle et renforce la paix et l’intégration dans l’Etat. La jouissance des nouveaux groupes minoritaires musulmans européens de leurs droits à la participation politique suppose qu’ils soient reconnus juridiquement comme des minorités ce qui nécessite l’écartement des éléments de reconnaissance de citoyenneté et d’ancienneté. Les institutions internationales tendent de plus en plus à considérer que les minorités n’ont plus besoin de ces deux critères pour bénéficier des droits des minorités. Par contre, cette tendance est peu suivie par les Etats. La participation politique est une notion vaste qui comprend toute activité politique institutionnalisée ou informelle.La participation effective de minorités nécessite la jouissance des droits fondamentaux à la liberté d'expression, de réunion et d'association, ainsi que du droit de voter, d’être élu et d’accéder à la fonction publique pour les ayants droit (citoyens). Une égalité réelle et une participation effective des minorités nécessitent l’adoption des mesures d’action positive. Elles peuvent concerner le droit de vote (représentation) ou le droit de prendre part au processus décisionnel (participation) par le biais des mécanismes comme l’autonomie territoriale, culturelle ou fonctionnelle. Une variété des dispositions juridiques internationales (déclaratoires ou de soft law), ainsi que des législations étatiques favorisant la participation offrent une sorte de catalogue très utile pour traiter la question. Les Etats peuvent y puiser pour générer un système de participation des minorités le plus approprié à chaque contexte étatique et minoritaireThe political participation of a minority protects her cultural identity and reinforces peace and integration in the state. In order to be able to enjoy full rights to political participation, the new European Muslim minorities have to be legally recognized as minorities and this must be done without requiring citizenship and long term residence. International institutions tend to consider that minorities no longer need these two criteria to qualify for minority rights. However, this trend is not followed by states. Political participation is a broad concept that includes all political institutionalized or informal activities. The effective participation of minorities requires their enjoyment of fundamental rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association and the right to vote, to be elected and access to the public service ( for citizens ). Real equality and effective participation of minorities require the adoption of affirmative action measures, which may concern the right to vote (representation) or the right to participate in decision-making (participation) through mechanisms such as territorial, cultural and functional autonomy. A wide range of international legal provisions (mostly declaratory or soft law) and state legislations promoting participation offer useful means to solve the problem. States can use them to generate the most appropriate system of minority participation in any state or minority context
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Taylor, Cheryl L. (Cheryl Leigh). "Sharing equal opportunity : minority business enterprises and their effects on minority employment in inner city neighborhoods." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70257.
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Ritter, Eva. "Recruiting underrepresented minority undergraduates to research science an investigation of the curriculum of a minority program /." Diss., UC access only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=133&did=1907259891&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=7&retrieveGroup=0&VType=PQD&VInst=PROD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1270492075&clientId=48051.
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Franco-Guillén, Núria. "Minority nations, political parties and immigration." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/326738.
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The thesis is a compilation of three articles that explore the relationship between immigration and minority nations. It focuses on Stateless Nationalist and Regionalist Parties (SNRP) through the lens of the centre periphery cleavage. Overall, the articles make contributions towards the research question how do the main dimensions of the centre-periphery cleavage (identity, territory and economy) reflect on the SNRPs’ discourses on immigration? Each article explores one of the dimensions of the centre periphery cleavage. They analyse how identity, territorial distribution of powers and the economic context appear in the SNRPs’ official discourse on immigration. Paired comparisons of different SNRPs in different contexts (Catalonia, Quebec and Scotland) are carried out using qualitative content analysis of manifestos, parliamentary debates and other party documents. The thesis provides, among other contributions, a deeper understanding of SNRPs discourses on immigration and how centre-periphery relations interfere in its construction.La present tesi és una compilació de tres articles de recerca que exploren la relació entre la immigració i les nacions minoritàries, tot centrant-se en els Partits Nacionalistes sense Estat i Regionalistes (SNRP) des de la perspectiva del cleavage centre-perifèria. Orientats per la pregunta de recerca com apareixen reflectides les principals dimensions del cleavage centre perifèria en el discurs dels SNRP sobre immigració?, cadascun enfronta una de les dimensions amb l’objectiu de copsar com la identitat, la distribució territorial del poder, i el context econòmic apareixen en el discurs oficial dels SNRP. S’ha dut a terme comparacions aparellades de diferents SNRP de diversos contexts (Catalunya, Escòcia i Quebec) a través de l’anàlisi qualitativa del contingut de programes electorals, debats parlamentaris i altres documents. La tesi ofereix un major coneixement dels discursos dels SNRP en immigració i com les relacions centre-perifèria interfeixen en llurs construccions.
La presente tesis es una compilación de tres artículos de investigación que exploran la relación entre la inmigración y las naciones minoritarias, centrándose en los Partidos Nacionalistas sin Estado y Regionalistas (SNRP) desde la perspectiva del cleavage centro-periferia. Orientados por la pregunta de investigación cómo aparecen reflejadas las principales dimensiones del cleavage centro periferia en el discurso de los SNRP sobre inmigración?, cada uno enfrenta una de las dimensiones con el objetivo de ver cómo la identidad, la distribución territorial del poder, y el contexto económico aparecen en el discurso oficial de los SNRP. Para ello se han llevado a cabo comparaciones aparejadas de distintos SNRP procedentes de contextos diferentes (Cataluña, Escocia y Quebec) a través del análisis cualitativo del contenido de programas electorales, debates parlamentarios y otros documentos. La tesis ofrece un mayor conocimiento de los discursos de los SNRP en inmigración y cómo las relaciones centro-periferia interfieren en sus construcciones.
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Regan, Christine Rose. "Organizational support for sexual minority adolescents." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0015861.
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Stoeckle, Christoph. "Pasturelands, Hierarchies, and Minority Language Survival." Diss., lmu, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-116624.
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Ashie, Christina Anne. "Model minority mothering: biculturalism in action." Texas A&M University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/85907.
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This thesis traces the immigration of "model minority" mothers: Chinese,
Japanese, and Korean, from their home countries to the United States. It examines the
reasons women immigrate to the United States, the situations into which they immigrate,
and the ways that they adapt traditional East Asian modes of mothering and child rearing
techniques to life in the United States. This thesis finds that Chinese, Japanese, and
Korean women emigrate to the United States primarily under the direction of male
figures of authority. Motivators of their emigration include leaving poverty and war in
their own countries, joining husbands or potential husbands in the United States, hoping
to escape the cultural restrictions of their home countries, or becoming prostitutes. As
these women make their own way in the United States, they find themselves
encountering immense cultural difficulties, not the least of which is the alteration of their
role as mothers as they try to raise their children in an entirely new cultural context.
Despite the hopes of many of these women, what they find in the United States is not a
life of leisure and wealth; rather, they are forced into positions in which they must work
for long hours outside the home to provide economically for their families as well as
raise their children and care for the home. This thesis finds that memoirs, novels, biographies, autobiographies, narratives, historical accounts, and sociological data
highlight several major areas of adaptation for these women including: the differences in
these women's sense of community in America, their expectations of the educational
system in the United States, the reversal of power in the use of language between mother
and daughter, and the complex measures of adaptation to and rejection of U.S. cultural
norms that mothers must implement while raising their children. Rather than being
crushed by the labor that they must perform and the cultural adaptations that they must
make, these women willingly sacrifice their lives to build a base upon which their
children can succeed through the attainment of higher education leading toward upward
mobility.
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Oney, Bianca. "Ethnic Minority Endorsement of Rape Myths." NSUWorks, 2014. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_stuetd/94.
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While multiple studies have been conducted assessing rape myth acceptance among Whites, few studies have examined rape myth acceptance among a broad range of ethnic minorities. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess and examine rape myth acceptance among a diverse set of ethnic minorities. This study had 150 participants divided into four categories: Black, Hispanic, White, and Multi-Racial. Six scales were examined rape myth acceptance, own sex role satisfaction, sex role stereotypes, sexual conservatism, adversarial sexual beliefs, and acceptance of interpersonal violence. Participants were predominately single, young adult, low income, highly educated, African-American females who live in an urban area. Participants were heavily recruited through online social networks which included Craigslist, the root.com, BlackPlanet.com, and amightyriver.com. Also, participants were recruited at a private university in South Florida through posters sharing a link to the survey. Dr. Martha Burt's Rape Myth Scale was used and demographic information was obtained. Results showed that gender significantly impacted rape myth acceptance, adversarial sexual beliefs, and acceptance of interpersonal violence. When gender was held constant, race was significant with Blacks endorsing higher sex role satisfaction, sex role stereotypes, and sexual conservatism compared to Hispanics. Blacks had greater sex role satisfaction and sex role stereotyping compared to Multi-Racial individuals. Lastly, Blacks had greater sex role stereotyping and sexual conservatism when compared to White individuals. Additionally, Hispanic individuals endorsed higher sex role satisfaction when compared to Whites and sexual conservatism when compared to Multi-Racial individuals. These results could impact rape prevention programs and clinical work that targets rape myths.
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Anyadiegwu, Okay Hyacinth. "Minority shareholder's remedies in corporate law." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42044.
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Investment in the corporate venture may sometimes be a risky venture for the
minority shareholders. Apart from the business risk of the undertaking, there is also
the risk of disagreement within the corporate organization. The interests of minority
shareholders has often been made virtually worthless by the machinations of those in
control of the corporation. They are often deprived of any income from the
corporation either in the form of dividends or salary, they are not allowed any effective
voice in the business decisions and they are denied any information about corporate
affairs. Often, they are eventually eliminated from the corporation at a fraction of the
real value of their interests.
Conflicts of interests which exist or develop among the shareholders constitute a
threat to the success of the venture. In the absence of protective mechanisms, control
is in the hands of the holders of the majority of the corporation's voting shares. While
remedies do exist in the law for problems which arise unexpectedly, much could be
done at the inception of the business venture to reduce the possibility of conflicts of
interests arising. Careful planning in the initial periods of the incorporation of the
corporate organization will do-much to reduce the risk to investors and provide them
with a structure for their relationships.
However, even detailed planned and constructed contractual mechanisms do not
always take care of the wide variety and forms which the suppression of minority
interests may take. The contractual arrangements may be inadequate to take care of
unforeseen future contingencies. Corporate law and the statutory provisions play active
role roles here. By providing the statutory remedies, the law enables minority
shareholders to either prevent the threat or rectify the abuse of corporate power. But
most of these corporate law remedies are surrounded with procedural requirements and
other technicalities which may diminish their utility as protective weapons available to
the minority shareholders.
The purpose of this work is to examine the adequacy of the statutory protections
available to the minority shareholders vis-a-vis the private contractual mechanisms
which also protect their interests. This study will develop its lines of enquiry by
considering the leading schools of thought in corporate law. These schools are the
traditional legal view and the economic approach to corporate law. While the
traditional approach supports state intervention in the corporate affairs either by
regulation or the facilitation of shareholder litigation, the economic approach views the
corporation as founded on private contract where the role of the state is limited to
enforcing contracts entered into by the participants in the intra corporate contract.
Notwithstanding the adoption of contractual mechanisms by the shareholders
and the development of the economic approach to corporate law with emphasis on the
dynamics of the market forces which align the interests of management with that , of
shareholders, this study suggests that minority shareholders still need the protection
afforded by the statutes.Law, Peter A. Allard School of
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Knooihuizen, Remco Mathijs. "Minority languages between reformation and revolution." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3289.
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In this thesis, I intend to further our knowledge of the sociolinguistics of Early Modern minority languages. Social and political developments in North-Western Europe in the 16th to 18th centuries caused an emancipation of vernacular languages, which took over from Latin as the main language in official domains. The sociolinguistics of this change are well known (e.g. Burke 2004); the fate of languages that did not make it to this new status, emerging ‘minority languages’, remains under-researched. Chapter 2 introduces some of the terminology used in this study. I discuss four categories of research methods into minority language shift and how they are applicable to research on historical situations, which often suffers from ‘bad data’. I then present a model of ethnolinguistic vitality that I use to survey the socio-historical backgrounds of several minority language groups in Chapter 3. Chapter 3 begins with a brief presentation of minority language groups from the Early Modern period. I choose three language groups to focus on in more depth: speakers of Norn in Shetland, of Flemish in Northern France, and of Sorbian in Germany. A survey of these three cases, with the initial wider presentation, identifies three recurring issues that are the focus of the subsequent chapters. The first of these is the influence of demographic change (Chapter 4). In the formation of nation-states in this period, many speakers of the majority language migrate to peripheral minority-language areas. I present two historical-demographic studies showing the integration of immigrants into the local community through intermarriage, based on 17th-century population registers from Shetland and Dunkirk (France). Both show a large amount of intermarriage, despite a bias towards in-group marriage. Intermarriage brings the majority language into the minority-language home; the strength of the bias against intermarriage is likely to be a factor in the rate of shift, one of the main differences between Shetland and Dunkirk. Language policies are the topic of Chapter 5. They are an important part of minority language studies in the present day, particularly with regard to language maintenance. I survey the language legislation that existed in Shetland, French Flanders, and Lusatia, its purpose and implementation, and its effects on language shift. Purpose and implementation of language policies were limited, and its effect on minority language communities therefore only secondary. Chapter 6 is about target varieties in language shift. The question of whether language shift happened through education in a standard variety or through contacts with majoritylanguage speakers from nearby areas can be answered by looking at the new majoritylanguage dialect in the minority area. I undertake two different studies in this context. The first is an analysis of Shetland Scots using theories of dialect contact. The dialect has a number of ‘standardised’ features, but I argue these are mainly due to koinéisation of various dialects of Scots immigrants to Shetland and a second-language variety of Scots spoken by the local population. The second is a study of the French dialect of French Flanders using computational methods of data comparison on data taken from dialect atlases. This dialect shares features with neighbouring Picard dialects, but we can also identify Standard French features. This pattern correlates with what we know of migration to the area (Chapter 4). Both new dialects suggest the shifting population acquired the majority language mainly through contacts with majority-language speakers in their direct environment. In conclusion, I show that language shift in the Early Modern period was an organic process, where the inception, the rate, and the result of shift were steered by the minority population’s social networks. The influence of institutions often blamed for language shift in modern situations – educational and language policies – was very restricted. In addition, I show that methods used in modern sociolinguistics can be successfully applied to historical situations, despite the bad data problem. This opens the door for more extensive research into the area.
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Percopo, Luisa Andreana Maria. "Hyphenated selves : Australian ethnic minority autobiography." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.445243.
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Loncar, Jelena. "Constructing minority representation : empirical-theoretical study." Thesis, University of York, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/18673/.
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Performance and performativity are deeply entwined in political representation. This research explores the performance of minority representation – i.e., how representatives from ethnic minority backgrounds shape their positions and deliver their claims about and for minorities depending on the audience they address – and the performativity of their representative claims – i.e., how they contribute to the construction of ethnic identities and interests, which they purportedly merely describe or present. In doing so, the thesis reuses, tests and expands the increasingly influential theoretical understanding of representation as claim-making, while, at the same time, it effects a much-needed constructivist turn in the empirical study of the representation of ethnic minorities. In theoretical terms, the dissertation argues that the categories of descriptive and substantive representation remain essential to the study of minority representation. Its contribution to the theoretical literature is in reconceptualising these categories in line with the constructivist turn. The constructivist understanding of political representation has had considerable theoretical impact, but limited operationalization and empirical application. When applied to the study of group representation, the representation of gender has commanded attention. The thesis breaks new ground in applying it to the study of the representation of minority ethnic groups, a field in which the traditional understanding of representation as responsiveness to the pre-given demands and interests of constituents remains dominant. Focusing on two similar cases where ethnicity has been historically and institutionally constructed as a relevant feature to be represented in political forums, this thesis shows that rather than factors determining the behaviour of representatives, institutional and cultural backgrounds can be, and are often, deployed creatively as resources in the claim-making process whereby ethnic identifications are produced and reproduced over time.
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Hudson, Katie Elizabeth. "Ethnic minority sex offenders and treatment." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2013. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4605/.
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This thesis examines sex offender treatment for those from ethnic minority backgrounds. In order to explore this area, the methods used were a systematic literature review (N = 1067), empirical research (N = 84) and a psychometric critique. Chapter one provides the context to the thesis. The outcomes from the literature review are presented in Chapter two. These were that treatment was less effective for ethnic minority sex offenders on a range of outcome measures with the exception of psychometric test results. Whilst psychometric testing did not indicate poorer treatment outcomes for ethnic minority offenders, higher levels of denial were found in the ethnic minority group. The research project in Chapter three compared treatment outcomes of Asian and White sex offenders who had undergone a community treatment programme. The results indicated higher levels of Self-Deception Enhancement in Asian offenders (as measured by the Paulhus Deception Scale), however, there were no other significant differences found between the two groups. The effectiveness of the treatment overall showed mixed findings and the results are discussed in relation to the existing research. Chapter four provides a critique of Richard Beckett’s Children and Sex Questionnaire; a measure utilised in chapters two and three of this thesis. Chapter five draws the thesis together and outlines the practical and theoretical implications of the thesis and its limitations. Ideas are suggested for development of this area of study in terms of both research and practice including the use of a framework for working with sex offenders and the potential integration of the Good Lives Model principles within the Risk Need Responsivity model. It is proposed that both have the potential to improve responsivity and target those from ethnic minority backgrounds more effectively with the aim of tackling the problem of their under-representation within sex offender treatment.
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Wang, Linzhu. "China, self-determination and minority rights." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2013. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/78622/.
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Wei, Hanna Hua. "A dialogical concept of minority rights." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.557287.
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This is a thesis on the clarification and re-conception of the notion of minority rights. It involves a critical analysis of competing theories and conceptions of minority rights as well as current international minority rights law. It has three main aims. Firstly, it aims to demonstrate that a more plausible and more realistic concept of minority rights should consist of rights against the state as well as rights against the group, and that the notion of group rights (against the state) must and can be formally endorsed in order to accurately reflect the interests and needs of minority groups. Secondly, it calls for a decisive departure from the determinist understanding of both group rights and individual rights, and seeks to build dialogue into the notion and regime of minority rights by formulating and defending three separate but related rights to dialogue: the group's collective right to external dialogue, individual members' individual right to external dialogue, and individual members' individual right to internal dialogue. The thesis will show how these three dialogical rights can operate to maintain a healthy balance between the minorities' need to be culturally distinct and their need to relate to, to communicate with, and to belong in, the wider society. Thirdly, this thesis aims to argue that the focus of attention in the field of minority rights protection should shift from drawing fixed boundaries to conflict resolution and interaction management - the conflict and interaction between group rights and individual rights, between short-term aims and long-term goals, and between ethno-cultural justice, social unity and geo-political security. I wish strongly to emphasise the need to challenge the generalizations and assumptions on which much of the debate has been based and which have resulted in profound confusions and irrational fears. Particular attention is also paid to the interplay between legal, non-legal, social and political factors in the recognition and protection of minority rights.
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Rechel, Bernd. "Minority rights in post-Communist Bulgaria." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.433516.
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Outland, Pearl L. "Developing the LGBT minority stress measure." Thesis, Colorado State University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10149909.
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals face significant mental and physical health disparities compared to their heterosexual peers. Such differential outcomes are often attributed to minority stress, chronic stress that is specific to one’s marginalized status and which is distinct from normal every day life stress. Current research, which attempts to assess the relationship between minority stress and health, is stifled by lack of a uniform measurement tool to operationalize the construct. The purpose of this study was to develop a comprehensive tool that encapsulates all of the major dimensions of minority stress, as defined by Meyer’s (2003) LGB minority stress model. The final LGBT Minority Stress Measure is a 25-item self-report scale, with seven subscales: identity concealment, everyday discrimination/ microaggressions, rejection anticipation, discrimination events, internalized stigma, victimization events, and community connectedness. Results from 640 participants, including 119 of which identified as gender non-conforming, supported the psychometric properties of the scale. Additionally, consistent with existing literature, greater minority stress was associated with increased psychological distress.
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Shember-Critchley, Eleanor. "Ethnic minority radio : interactions and identity." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2012. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/305337/.
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The past thirty years has seen a growth of ethnic minority radio stations. They occupy spaces in the public, commercial, community and pirate broadcasting sectors and are seen to provide valuable services for marginalised listeners. Yet, little is known about the practices of broadcasting within these stations and the role staff and their programmes play within their communities. This doctoral thesis is the first analysis of the development and continuing existence of a set of case study ethnic minority radio stations and how they employ the concepts of ethnicity and identity. To achieve this, it puts the daily interactions and practices that go on within the radio stations at the heart of the analysis. The paucity of research in this area demanded the synthesis of different theoretical ideas to fully explore the meaning of these interactions. The study utilises a modified structuration theory (Giddens, 1984; Stones, 2005) to blend the separate areas of ethnicity, identity (Karner, 2007) and radio in everyday life (Scannell, 1996). Structuration theory comes with few instructions for use. A major contribution to theoretical knowledge is the presentation of a theoretical, methodological and coding framework. The qualitative, case study approach and a blended strategy enable the valuable use of structuration theory for studies of the media and everyday life. This thesis argues that the structures of ethnicity, identity, and the station are the medium and outcome of agent action and that agent action is orientated by the structures of the station, broadcasting, ethnicity and identity. Contingent to this analysis are the life narratives of the staff and the ‘cultural competences’ they bring to the stations. The theoretical framework illuminates the processes of ethnicity, highlighting the importance of both a reified and a fluid identity, broadcast as part of the programmes, to understand how these stations and their communities are so tightly bound.
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Macoris, Lucas Serrão. "Do minority acquisitions relieve financial constraints?" Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18157/tde-22102018-095334/.
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This study intends to examine the occurrence and effectiveness of minority block transactions in the presence of financial constraints in target firms. Minority transactions represent a strategic decision with specific characteristics if compared to the various forms of integration. In fact, several authors claim that minority block transactions may represent an alternative to alleviate financial constraints. However, there are still few studies that empirically address the relationship between financial constraints and the occurrence of such transactions. More specifically, there is no empirical evidence that states that minority transactions actually ease targets\' financial restrictions and foster corporate investment. Using a panel composed of approximately 12.000 deals, results show a positive relationship between the presence of financial constraints in target firms and the occurrence of minority transactions. Moreover, there is a significant difference between on the growth of investment and leverage indicators of target firms\' related to its counterfactuals after deal completion, indicating the effectiveness of minority transactions in alleviating such companies\' restrictions.Este trabalho pretende examinar a ocorrência e a efetividade de transações minoritárias de participação na presença de restrições financeiras nas empresas alvo. Transações minoritárias em empresas representam uma decisão estratégica com características peculiares em relação aos diversos tipos de integração empresarial. De fato, diversos autores afirmam que transações de partes minoritárias de empresas podem representar uma alternativa para aliviar restrições financeiras. No entanto, ainda existem poucos estudos que analisam empiricamente a relação entre restrições financeiras e a ocorrência de tais transações. Mais especificamente, não há evidência empírica que afirme de fato que compras minoritárias de participações em empresas podem aliviar suas restrições financeiras ao investimento. Utilizando um painel composto de aproximadamente doze mil transações minoritárias feitas entre adquirentes americanos e alvos internacionais, os resultados demonstram uma relação positiva entre a presença de restrições financeiras ao investimento em empresas e a ocorrência de transações minoritárias. Adicionalmente, há uma diferença significativa entre os indicadores de crescimento e alavancagem das firmas alvo em relação aos seus contrafactuais após o período da transação, indicando a efetividade dos processos de transações minoritárias em relaxar as restrições financeiras das empresas.
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Goldman, Martin, and Paul Nissan. "Minority Discount in Publicly Traded Firms." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-354630.
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This paper examines the minority discount due to lack of control by looking at tender offer premiums on Swedish publicly traded firms from 2007 to 2018. We analyze how ownership structure, the acquired stake and distribution of shares affect the minority discount. Variables focusing on control of shares are tested individually but also included in models addressing additional impacts. Our findings suggest that a bidder’s ownership of the target firm prior to the announcement lowers the bidder’s valuation of the remaining shares. However, the relation between premium and ownership seem to depend on a threshold of having a toehold which justifies the argument of toeholds attaining control and influence of the target firm. Correspondingly, the premium per share increases with the partial interest acquired, suggesting a non pro-rata valuation. We find no evidence of additional premium for minority shareholders in squeeze out events. However, equally powerful blockholders in target firms tend to increase bid premiums, arguably due to increased competition which aligns bid premium valuation to the valuation of control between dual class shares.
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Mann, Abbey. "Sexual Minority Womens Access to Healthcare." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6445.
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Sexual minority women experience a number of physical and mental health disparities compared to their heterosexual peers. One factor contributing to this disparity is access to care, of which sexual minority women also report having less than heterosexual women. In this study I examine predictors of sexual minority women's access to care in three ecological contexts: structural, community, and interpersonal. Eighty-eight sexual minority women 22 and older from Davidson County, TN responded to an online survey that gathered information about demographic factors and various aspects access to care including accessing healthcare systems, gaining access within the system, and patient/provider relationships. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine whether demographic factors were significant predictors of access to care. Age, education, and degree to which participants were open with others about their sexual orientation were significant predictors of access. Results point to significant differences in access to care within this population that has multiple marginalized identity statuses, indicating a need for attention to within-population access needs. Sexual minority women who are younger, less educated, and less out to others about their sexual orientation may be at increased risk to face barriers to care. Implications for practice and policy include a need for increased cultural competence of healthcare providers, and changes in policies that will close the insurance gap between heterosexual and sexual minority adults in the U.S.
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Fredrick, Emma G., Abbey K. Mann, Sheri L. LaDuke, Kathleen A. Klik, and Stacey L. Williams. "Methodology in Sexual Minority Stigma Research." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8078.
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Ross, Sujatha P. "Identities of employed ethnic minority women." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22603.
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This study is an attempt to see the ways in which employed, ethnic minority women discursively construct their identities and the pragmatic functions the respective identities serve for them. The empirical framework within which the above study has been undertaken derives from a combination of conversation analysis and discourse analysis. The women who participated in the study came from four ethnic minority groups: African, Indian, Pakistani and Chinese. The thesis addresses three main themes. First, the thesis begins by critically reviewing theoretical frameworks such as social identity theory, acculturation and assimilation approaches, and black identity formation theory. These tend to understand minority identity in terms of its relationship to the dominant (white) community. It is argued that this fails to account for the way in which ethnic minorities themselves give meaning to their identities. The present study, by seeing identities as discursively constructed, addresses the above issue and gives subjective voice to the women who contributed as participants. Second, the thesis moves on to discuss whether the women see belonging to a minority group and aspects of minority culture as indicators of ethnic identity. Empirical analyses of the women's accounts are used to show that the women resist being limited by the categorisations imposed on them by minority group membership and minority group culture. Instead, the women can be seen to discursively construct what it is to belong to a minority group and to be involved in a minority culture. In the process, the women create particular identities and resist ascription of other identities. In doing so, the issue of agency is brought out. Third, the thesis moves beyond ethnicity to consider other aspects of the women's lives such as employment. Traditionally, research in the area of employment which focuses on career development has claimed that employment choice is related to type of person. Recent research has tended to place more emphasis on showing the effects of race, class and gender. In the present study, when women talked of work and identity, they can be seen to reject the notion that work is always associated with being a particular type of person. In formulating these rejections, the women can be seen to draw on a number of personal circumstances.
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Einarsson, Ewa. "Rohingya Conflict : A minority in Myanmar." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för samhälls- och kulturvetenskap (from 2013), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-72462.
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Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att analysera Rohingya konflikten utifrån maktrelationer, genom att tillämpa Diskursanalysen och Foucaults makt begrepp. Vidare har syftet varit att undersöka på vilket sätt maktrelationer bidragit till konflikten, genom att tillämpa följande frågeställningar Vilka strukturella maktstrukturer blir synliga i diskursen? Vilka normer och värden som styr kunskapssynen samt bidrar till upprätthållande av maktrelationerna? Slutsatsen av analysen är att Myanmars juridiska instanser inte kan förse människor med det skydd som är önskvärt av en stat. Även om militären anses överlämnat makten till politiska företrädare, så innehar de fortfarande den egentliga makten över rättsväsendet, vilket därmed resulterar i att de kontrollerar informationsflöde och har rättigheten att utföra säkerhetsoperationer. Fortsättningsvis har år av diskriminering resulterat i ett apartheid liknande utanförskap där Rohingya således nekats tillträde till publika sfärer, som skola och utbildning samt sjukvård. Ett resultat av det är stigmatisering och utanförskap. Gruppen saknar därmed medborgerliga rättigheter. Ett resultat av det är således att gruppen kan betraktas utifrån att vara i ett konstant underläge och maktrelationen mellan å ena sidan staten och andra etniska grupper bidrar till att upprätthållas. Normer och värden inom landet har även bidragit till synen på gruppen och därmed även maktrelationer upprätthållits och även maktstrukturer som bidragit till att den etniska gruppen Rohingya inte kan påverka sin situation.
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Cowburn, I. Malcolm, Victoria J. Lavis, and Tammi Walker. "Black and Ethnic Minority Sex Offenders." HMSO, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/2530.
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In the past ten years or so there has been a growing concern that the treatment needs of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) sex offenders in prison are not being appropriately met. Underpinning this concern is the continued under representation of BME sex offenders on the Sex Offender Treatment Programme (SOTP). Although some research has been undertaken into how BME prisoners experience the SOTP and in to its ostensible effectiveness with BME sex offenders, little is known about why the take-up of the SOTP is poor with this group. In this paper we first consider some specific demographic issues that need to be understood in order to reflect more widely on the BME sex offender in prison. We then summarise what is currently known about effective practice with this group, thereafter we consider, in turn, current provision for BME sex offenders in England and Wales and suggestions for developing practice with this group of men.
However, before we turn to these issues, it is important to consider briefly issues of terminology. Terminologies in relation to ethnicities and race are fraught with conceptual difficulties. Aspinall has highlighted the limitations of `pan-ethnic¿ groups, such as `BME¿; such groupings are `statistical collectivities¿ and `the groups thus defined will be nothing more than meaningless statistical collectivities that do not represent any of the constituent groups within the term.¿ . However, at the outset of this paper we use the collective term BME - this term is currently used by a number of Government Departments in the UK, including the Prison Service. Later we suggest that a more sophisticated understanding of ethnic cultures may be necessary to develop practice with BME sex offenders.