Browsing Masters Degrees (Sociology and Social Anthropology) by Title
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Die Nama van Gibeon : 'n etnografiese studie met besondere verwysing na sosiaal-ekonomiese aspekte
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1976)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel met die onderhawige studie is in ooreenstemming met die breë benadering daarvan, naamlik 'n etnografiese studie van die huidige lewenspatroon van die Nama van die Gibeongebied. Genoemde ... -
Natuurlike gebiede in Oudtshoorn : 'n inleidende studie tot die maatskaplike ekologie van 'n plattelandse dorp
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 1944)No abstract available -
Negotiating labour insecurity : a case study of temporary off-farm workers in the deciduous fruit sector in Ceres
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis develops a socio-economic profile of temporary off-farm workers and examines how they negotiate labour insecurity in a context of high unemployment and casualisation of work. This is realised ... -
Networks, NGOs and public health : responses to HIV/AIDS in the Cape Winelands
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This reflexive study of responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic was set in Stellenbosch, a town in the Cape Winelands that, with its diverse but disjointed population, in many ways is a microcosm of South ... -
The New Beginnings community development project :social capacity as prerequisite for sustainability
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African wine industry has a history of super-exploitation. Wine farm labour practices such as paternalism, tied housing, tied employment and the tot system have maintained farm worker communities ... -
A new laager for a “new” South Africa: Afrikaans film and the imagined boundaries of Afrikanerdom
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Afrikaans film industry came into existence in 1916, with the commercial release of De Voortrekkers (Shaw), and, after 1948, flourished under the guardianship of the National Party. South Africa’s ... -
New student activism after Apartheid: the case of Open Stellenbosch
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis considers recent student activism in post-apartheid South Africa by paying attention to Open Stellenbosch, a black-led student movement at Stellenbosch University. By using data collected from ... -
Nursing the stigma : conflicting realities of abortion
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-11-27)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 1996, South African women gained the right to exercise “control over their bodies” through the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (CTOPA). This was a crucial advance for women, as it represented ... -
Objectivity, power and interests : a sociological analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Discourse about the human world has, since Socrates, been structured around the assumption that one view of a given matter is better than competing views, and that argumentation, if carried out correctly ... -
Of nature and people : community-based natural resource management and land restitution at Makuleke
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is an exploration of how a new development culture has been cultivated at the end of the 20th century in reaction to the ‘crisis of development’ and the need to bring relief to impoverished ... -
Organisational and industrial practice in the steel industry : a sociology of science study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study investigated the nature of a steel production process in South Africa. The Iron and Steel Corporation of South Africa (Iscor) was analysed within various theoretical approaches within the ... -
Participation of rural communities in development policy and practice : the South African experience and its relevance for Rwanda
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)ENGLIAH ABSTRACT: Several indispensable variables for effective community development include, among others: development skills, networking and partnership, and community participation in the development project life ... -
Pentecostalism and the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Thohoyandou, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines the role played by Pentecostalism in the lives of people, particularly by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Thohoyandou. The importance of this study lies in its ... -
Perceptions of sexual harassment amongst university students : a case study of the South African Military Academy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Tertiary institutions worldwide as well as locally have investigated sexual harassment on their campuses. This was done partly because of the negative consequences of sexual harassment on students and ... -
Plaasarbeiders : 'n sosiologiese studie van 'n groep kleurling-plaasarbeiders in die distrik Tulbagh
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Playing with a purpose : an ethnographic study of a sport-for-development programme in Mbekweni
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There has been a concerted effort by government departments and sport-for-development non-governmental organisations (NGOs), to use sport as a vehicle for sustainable social development in previously ... -
The politics and micro-politics of professionalization : an ethnographic study of a professional NGO and its interface with the state
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)The NGO sector is continuing to diversify, experiencing increasing competition from the for-profit market and pressure from the state looking for support through service delivery. There are growing internal and external ... -
Politics and performance of a literacy intervention in Cape Town: School libraries and the new subjection of volunteerism.
(2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since 1994, policy-driven research in South Africa led by the Department of Education (DoE) and Library Information Sciences (LIS) in resource-poor schools has focused on the absence of teaching and ... -
Postgraduate studies at the University of Stellenbosch : an exploration of students' perceptions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Changing circumstances and new initiatives have made it necessary for Higher Education institutions to reflect on all aspects of their teaching portfolios. Recent global and national trends have had ... -
Producing post-apartheid space : an ethnography of race, place and subjectivity in Stellenbosch, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the end of Apartheid, many scholars of South Africa celebrated democratisation and offered optimism for the end of racial segregation. Racial segregation, however, still exists in South Africa and ...
