Browsing Masters Degrees (Sociology and Social Anthropology) by Title
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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 ... -
The protection of human rights : an analysis of approaches to school discipline
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This is an in-depth investigation of human rights in education as reflected in school discipline in the Northern Province. In this research, three different schools were selected as the settings for ... -
Public understanding of science : (a case study of a coloured community)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: While the importance of science and technology for society has long been recognised, it has taken on ever increasing importance in the present century. As a result this study, government (The year of ... -
Putting indigenous knowledge on the science policy agenda in South Africa, 1994-2002
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-10)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study focuses on tracking the developments accompanying the rise of indigenous knowledge (IK) and its positioning on the science policy and national research agenda in South Africa (SA). The historical ... -
Qualitative Internet research : its objects, methods and ethical challenges
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Qualitative reflections on teenage motherhood experiences
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the current study was to undertake a phenomenological investigation on teenage motherhood and to learn how this experience forms part of the teenage mother's life. Using the snowball sampling ... -
Racial discourse among white Afrikaans-speaking youth : a Stellenbosch case study
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study seeks to present a picture of the racial discourses circulating among white Afrikaans-speaking youth in South Africa, with closer focus to students at the Stellenbosch University (SU). Fifteen ... -
Rastafari bushdoctors and the challenges of transforming nature conservation in the Boland area
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 2007 the National People and Parks Programme was rolled out as a platform for co-management between successful land claimants, indigenous natural resource user groups and conservation authorities. It ... -
“Real men”, “Proper ladies” and mixing in-between : a qualitative study of social cohesion and discrimination in terms of race and gender within residences at Stellenbosch University
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: My research is motivated by concerns with promoting „transformation‟ in Stellenbosch University, a formerly white Afrikaans University which is still predominantly white in terms of numbers and proportions ...
