Sociology thesis and dissertation collection
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Bridge between worlds: relating position and disposition in the mathematical field
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-05)Using ethnographic observations and interview based research I document the production of research mathematics in four European research institutes, interviewing 45 mathematicians from three areas of pure mathematics: ... -
Mediated voices: nation/state-building, NGOs and survivors of sexual violence in postconflict Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)Mass ethnic violence, including genocide and ethnic cleansing, can take a variety of forms, but sexual violence often remains a key and defining feature. In the Bosnian war of 1992-1995 following the break-up of Yugoslavia, ... -
Corruption discourse and modern state legitimation – a historical comparison of Britain and Germany
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-05)This thesis examines the way in which corruption discourses are embedded in processes of state formation. It builds on the theoretical premise of social constructionism, namely that ‘corruption’ is not an entity that ... -
Emergence of the Scottish economic imaginary
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-05)Scotland’s economic capacity to prosper independently of Britain has become a key political issue, dominating the independence referendum of 2014 and continuing to influence British politics since. Often, that debate ... -
Minor differences of narcissism: narcissistic personality in Germanophone Europe and North America
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-05)How can the same object become split when viewed by different groups of observers? What is the relationship between conflict and consensus, and the ritual and the rational? I interrogate these questions through the case ... -
Varieties of ‘Kurdishness’ in Turkey: state rhetoric, language, and regional comparison
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)Kurds are the largest ethnic group in Turkey; they have been at the centre of conflict since the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923. Scattered across Turkey, with their own language, distinct from the official ... -
Thinking with Elias about British independent funeral firms
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-05)This thesis is about using rather than applying Norbert Elias’s conceptual ideas, and its analytical procedure employs a ‘fair play’ approach to theorists and theory. This is put to use regarding British independent ... -
Imagining virtual community: online media fandom and the construction of virtual collectivity
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)This thesis uses ethnographic research into online media fandom, focusing on self-reflexive analytical documents that fans call meta, to investigate longstanding questions about the nature of virtual community. It argues ... -
Between stoicism and intimacy: the social construction of paternal love
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-05)In the current sociological literature, there is very little research on the subject of the love shared between parents and children, and contemporary intimate father’s role in connection to Scottish and Romanian ... -
Paradoxes of social capital: mobility and access in an Appalachian community
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-07-05)Appalachia can be both exquisitely breathtaking and socially tragic, it’s a place to which many Americans trace their ancestry, and yet also it often seems forgotten. In the 1960s, the region was a major target area of ... -
Lived experiences of marriage: regional and cross-regional brides in rural North India
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)Based on eleven months of ethnographic fieldwork (September 2012-August 2013) in a village in Baghpat district located in the western part of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), the thesis compares the lived ... -
Aesthetics of emotional acting: an argument for a Rasa-based criticism of Indian cinema and television
(The University of Edinburgh, 2017-05-22)The thesis explores elements of Sanskrit drama studies, its philosophy of aesthetics, Hindu theology and Indian cinema studies. It seeks to identify and appreciate the continual influence of a pioneering and influential ... -
Embodied agency and agentic bodies: negotiating medicalization in Colombian assisted reproduction
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)This thesis explores the processual nature of agency and constraints in the experience of medicalized conception in a not yet explored locale: Bogota, Colombia. In ten months of ethnographic research at two fertility centers ... -
Propertied communities: the agrarian emergence and industrial transformation of nationalism in the US and Norway - a property rights perspective
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)All western states today define themselves as nation-states, and all of these states have a political and economic structure in which an individual’s right to own private property is an underlying and pervasive feature. ... -
‘You are warmly invited.’ Exploring knowledge exchange seminars as sites of productive interactions and social networking
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-28)This thesis examines Knowledge Exchange (KE) seminars and the wider social, political, and economic environment in which they are situated Two-way interactive exchanges between academics and Non-Academic Professionals ... -
Personal narratives of nationalism in Turkey
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-06-29)The Kurdish Question, which dates back to the Ottoman Era, has been a constituent element of narratives of Turkish nationalism for the past 30 years. The Kurdish Question stands as the most prominent “other” of Turkish ... -
Learning technological capability in developing countries : case of two industries in Vietnam: textile/garment and electronics
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Young people and careers : a comparative study of school careers guidance in Shanghai and Edinburgh
(The University of Edinburgh, 1996) -
Health education for family planning, schooling as family planning: contrasing perspectives on fertility and girls' education in Niger
(The University of Edinburgh, 1997) -
Botanic gardens and their live plant collections : present and future roles
(The University of Edinburgh, 1996)
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