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Hutcheson, Samantha Anne Harding.
Whakarongo: Listening to the Kāpiti Coast Community Social Services Sector in Challenging Times.
Degree: 2011, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1600 
► This research focuses on the Kāpiti Coast District community social services sector, exploring their experience of the 2008 economic and central government social policy changes.…
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▼ This research focuses on the Kāpiti Coast District community social services sector, exploring their experience of the 2008 economic and central government social policy changes. The recession and changing social policies increased pressure on the sector, at the same time as they were responding to increased stress and uncertainty in their communities. The research became an opportunity to give voice to the Kāpiti Coast community social services sector.
The research was undertaken from a constructionist perspective, using critical inquiry and case study approaches. The research is presented in an approachable way, as it is hoped that the learning will be used by both the community sector and local government to help improve the way they work together.
After setting the scene, the methodology used to listen to the Kāpiti Coast community social services sector is explained. The focus then moves onto the sector. Next, the themes that emerged from the data collected during the research are explored. To increase understanding of these themes, a number of theoretical perspectives are used, which have been selected across a range of disciplines, drawing most strongly on the social work discipline. The voice of the participants has been given primacy at all times; which is in line with the intention of the research, which is to empower the Kāpiti Coast community social services sector. It was helpful to delve into the triangle of relationships: the community social services sector, central and local government, and understand these relationships better. The way that the Kāpiti Coast community social services sector perceives itself, and how it works together and with others, proved a very interesting area of research.
The research concludes that listening to the sector on their own terms is a way of addressing the power imbalance and an important step in improving the relationship between the sector and local government. Creating a bridge between the sectors can enable good place-based work to occur to improve social wellbeing in the Kāpiti Coast communities.
Advisors/Committee Members: Grey, Sandra.
Subjects/Keywords: Community; Local government; Social services
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Hutcheson, S. A. H. (2011). Whakarongo: Listening to the Kāpiti Coast Community Social Services Sector in Challenging Times. (Masters Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1600
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hutcheson, Samantha Anne Harding. “Whakarongo: Listening to the Kāpiti Coast Community Social Services Sector in Challenging Times.” 2011. Masters Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed April 11, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1600.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hutcheson, Samantha Anne Harding. “Whakarongo: Listening to the Kāpiti Coast Community Social Services Sector in Challenging Times.” 2011. Web. 11 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Hutcheson SAH. Whakarongo: Listening to the Kāpiti Coast Community Social Services Sector in Challenging Times. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2011. [cited 2021 Apr 11].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1600.
Council of Science Editors:
Hutcheson SAH. Whakarongo: Listening to the Kāpiti Coast Community Social Services Sector in Challenging Times. [Masters Thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1600
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Nimmo, Christopher David.
Institutions and Relationships Policy in Western Liberal Democracies.
Degree: 2015, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/4723
► This thesis explores the influence of institutions in the development of policies dealing with adult intimate relationships in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States…
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▼ This thesis explores the influence of institutions in the development of policies dealing with adult intimate relationships in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States between 1990 and 2014. Over this period, the social importance and acceptance of non-“traditional” relationships has increased in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. However, despite all three countries working from what Gauthier describes as a “non-interventionist” approach to family policy, relationships policies have developed in markedly different ways in each. I argue that divergent translations of similar social trends are the result of differences between the structures of decision-making and institutions of interest representation in each country, and of policy legacies that make particular policy avenues more readily accessible. Electoral systems, parliamentary procedures and party structures govern which interests are able to exercise power within legislatures, while other institutions such as courts, bureaucracies, and law commissions contribute to the policy-making process in different ways. Countries are less likely to move in a non-interventionist or pro-egalitarian relationships policy direction where candidate selection procedures allow religious conservatives to play a significant role in both major parties, but religious conservatives have had little success in reversing non-interventionist policy changes after the fact. Instead, pro-traditionalist policy changes are typically minor regulatory changes or expenditures that are vulnerable to budget pressures. Legal interests expressed through law commissions or justice bureaucracies have a key role in enabling transitions to non-interventionist policies, particularly in the treatment of non-marital relationships, although the treatment of these relationships in core government activities such as taxation and welfare may also contribute to decisions in this area.
Advisors/Committee Members: Grey, Sandra.
Subjects/Keywords: Institutions; Comparative social policy; Relationships policy; Marriage policy; Political institutions; Comparative welfare regimes
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Nimmo, C. D. (2015). Institutions and Relationships Policy in Western Liberal Democracies. (Masters Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/4723
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Nimmo, Christopher David. “Institutions and Relationships Policy in Western Liberal Democracies.” 2015. Masters Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed April 11, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/4723.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Nimmo, Christopher David. “Institutions and Relationships Policy in Western Liberal Democracies.” 2015. Web. 11 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Nimmo CD. Institutions and Relationships Policy in Western Liberal Democracies. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2015. [cited 2021 Apr 11].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/4723.
Council of Science Editors:
Nimmo CD. Institutions and Relationships Policy in Western Liberal Democracies. [Masters Thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/4723
Victoria University of Wellington
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Houghton, Rosalind Margaret Elise.
"We Had to Cope With What We Had": Agency Perspectives on Domestic Violence and Disasters in New Zealand.
Degree: 2010, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1159
► Under an over-arching feminist framework, this thesis utilises disaster sociology and domestic violence theory to examine the complex and multi-faceted relationship between domestic violence and…
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▼ Under an over-arching feminist framework, this thesis utilises disaster sociology and domestic violence theory to examine the complex and multi-faceted relationship between domestic violence and disasters. The applicability of previously published theories was tested through a postal survey of
communities affected by 17 Civil Defence emergencies in New Zealand and in 5 detailed case studies (taken from the 17 surveyed communities) relating to the impact of Civil Defence emergencies on domestic violence and disaster
response agencies in New Zealand. The case studies involved the collection of reporting statistics from Women's Refuge, interviews with representatives of
agencies working in domestic violence response and disaster management, and analyses of case file summaries from the Women's Refuge national database across the five affected geographic areas. These methods provided both quantitative and qualitative data on domestic violence reporting during disasters in New Zealand. In almost all of the communities studied there was an increase in reporting of domestic violence following the Civil Defence emergencies. Pre-existing theory and interviews within the case studies were used to examine significant factors and demographics that were common across the women seeking assistance
during the disasters in order to provide coherent generalisations that may be applied in other contexts. The research concluded that domestic violence reporting did increase during disasters. Whilst it was not possible to determine whether it was only domestic violence reporting or domestic violence itself that had increased, interviews with key agency representatives revealed some of the
possible causes of their increased workload. Confirming the findings of international studies, agency representatives stated that prior abuse and
financial strain were some of the main factors behind the reported increases in domestic violence.
Agency representatives reported a range of issues concerning the official responses to increased domestic violence reporting during disasters, many of which were structural issues regarding procedures set out in current Civil Defence policies. These procedural problems are examined in line with the feminist goals guiding this work and a case is made for policy changes that should lead to improved handling of increased domestic violence reporting during disasters and lead to the development of a more co-ordinated approach to the social impacts of disasters. In order to address the needs of domestic violence victims, the degree of gender mainstreaming within Civil Defence and
Emergency Management policy and practice should also be reviewed. New Zealand is subject to both national and international obligations to address
the impact that gender norms have on the outcomes of those experiencing disasters. It is currently not meeting these obligations. These lacunae in policy and planning are placing already vulnerable women and children at heightened
risk during disasters. As a country that prides itself on progressive…
Advisors/Committee Members: Grey, Sandra, Jordan, Jan.
Subjects/Keywords: Family violence; Emergency management; Gender
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Houghton, R. M. E. (2010). "We Had to Cope With What We Had": Agency Perspectives on Domestic Violence and Disasters in New Zealand. (Doctoral Dissertation). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1159
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Houghton, Rosalind Margaret Elise. “"We Had to Cope With What We Had": Agency Perspectives on Domestic Violence and Disasters in New Zealand.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed April 11, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1159.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Houghton, Rosalind Margaret Elise. “"We Had to Cope With What We Had": Agency Perspectives on Domestic Violence and Disasters in New Zealand.” 2010. Web. 11 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Houghton RME. "We Had to Cope With What We Had": Agency Perspectives on Domestic Violence and Disasters in New Zealand. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2010. [cited 2021 Apr 11].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1159.
Council of Science Editors:
Houghton RME. "We Had to Cope With What We Had": Agency Perspectives on Domestic Violence and Disasters in New Zealand. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2010. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1159
Victoria University of Wellington
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Peréz, Paula Andrea Pereda.
Female Politicians in Chile: Unfolding the Meanings and Implications for Chilean Politics in the Twenty First Century.
Degree: 2011, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1900
► The aim of this thesis is to unfold the meanings and implications of female politicians in Chile in the twenty-first century. Based on interviews with…
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▼ The aim of this thesis is to unfold the meanings and implications of female politicians in Chile in the twenty-first century. Based on interviews with Chilean politicians and employing a methodology based on Bourdieu’s reflexive sociology and relational ontology, I unpack the complex relationships between gender and political power. My central claim is that the way in which female politicians are perceived by themselves and by male politicians, and how female politicians might affect views on political behaviour, is something widely influenced by the history and trajectory of Chilean politics.
I explore issues of representation in politics and democracy and reassess the relevancy of the concept of representation for elaborating the meanings and implications of increased numbers of female politicians in Chile. Highlighting the strategic character of political practices, I analyse symbolic representation by looking at it from political representatives’ points of view. I problematize the complex relationships between democracy, representation, and economic development in the context of neoliberal globalization, in which the place of women in politics remains both promising and uncertain.
I analyse interview data collected by integrating ‘conceptual blending theory’, critical discourse analysis and Bourdieu’s theory. From this integral perspective, I analyse political practices as both embodied experience and as a reflection of socio-political reality. Through a socio-historical journey, I explore the foundations of Chilean democracy, political participation, and representation. I argue that the main milestone which affects the meanings and implications can be found in Chile’s late granting of women’s suffrage (1949) and in the democratic breakdown during Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973-1990).
I argue that Chilean political institutions of formal representation impede women’s descriptive, substantive, and symbolic representation from fully taking place in the Chilean political system. Interview analysis demonstrated that political institutional design is an expression and reflection of the shortcomings of Chilean political culture. This was found to prevent the furthering of a democracy in which female politicians are central actors. This political context sheds light on Michelle Bachelet’s presidential triumph in 2006, which represented a push for a more democratic and egalitarian society, as well as the political strategy by the weakened ruling coalition who sought to remain in power.
Finally, I explore the temporal dimension of the meanings and implications of female politicians in Chile. By looking at the temporality of political processes, practices and institutions, I return to the symbolic dimension of representation. I demonstrate that the states of uncertainty and crises of politics offer contested spaces for political power distribution and for further elaboration on the private and public division of social life. The temporality of politics as social practice reflects its deeply gendered nature, as well as the…
Advisors/Committee Members: Grey, Sandra, Neale, Jenny.
Subjects/Keywords: Women; Politics; Chile
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Peréz, P. A. P. (2011). Female Politicians in Chile: Unfolding the Meanings and Implications for Chilean Politics in the Twenty First Century. (Doctoral Dissertation). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1900
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Peréz, Paula Andrea Pereda. “Female Politicians in Chile: Unfolding the Meanings and Implications for Chilean Politics in the Twenty First Century.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed April 11, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1900.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Peréz, Paula Andrea Pereda. “Female Politicians in Chile: Unfolding the Meanings and Implications for Chilean Politics in the Twenty First Century.” 2011. Web. 11 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Peréz PAP. Female Politicians in Chile: Unfolding the Meanings and Implications for Chilean Politics in the Twenty First Century. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2011. [cited 2021 Apr 11].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1900.
Council of Science Editors:
Peréz PAP. Female Politicians in Chile: Unfolding the Meanings and Implications for Chilean Politics in the Twenty First Century. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1900
Victoria University of Wellington
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Gilbert, Greg.
Mediation, Regulation, Critique: Mapping the Relationship between Cultural Meanings and Political Responses to Poverty, 1970-2010.
Degree: 2012, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2523
► Since 1970 there has been growing concern over poverty in New Zealand in academia, government, and popular culture. From 1970 until 1984, this concern focused…
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▼ Since 1970 there has been growing concern over poverty in New Zealand in academia, government, and popular culture. From 1970 until 1984, this concern focused on New Zealand’s prolonged recession and falling standards of living in a period of high inflation. Since then, however, poverty and economic disparity have increased dramatically. The 1970-1984 period is now looked upon as relatively generous and committed to economic equality.
The increase in poverty in contemporary times is marked by two political features. Neoliberal economic and social policies have resulted in the polarisation of wealth, increased employment insecurity, and reduced income for those reliant on state benefits (Harvey 2005). At the same time, discourses of morality have blamed beneficiaries for their “dependence” on the state. These features are not simply coincidental: the Governments that pursued income supplement reductions in New Zealand also employed the rhetoric of “welfare dependency” (O’Brien, Bradford, Stevens, Walters & Wicks 2010). As such, the link between moral discourse about poverty and political outcomes for the poor seems undeniable.
I argue in this thesis that the relationship between these moral discourses and political outcomes is not as straightforward as the narrative above suggests. To make this argument I analyse moral discourses of poverty in the pre-neoliberal and neoliberal periods and find that these discourses are not as clearly aligned with macroeconomic periods as some suggest. Using this analysis, I then draw upon three traditions of cultural studies with macro-sociological theoretical orientations to determine a more fruitful analysis of the relationship between cultural meaning and political outcomes.
I propose in this thesis that an analysis of the cultural meaning and political outcomes of poverty requires an investigation into three related spaces of contestation: mediation, regulation, and critique. To operationalise this analysis I focus specifically on newsprint mediation of poverty and neoliberalism, the institutional arrangements of the state that correspond to macroeconomic periods, and anti-poverty social movements. I also argue – counter to trends in sociological cultural studies – that the concepts of ideology and class must be re-introduced to effectively analyse the relationship between the cultural meanings and political outcomes of poverty.
In my analysis I find considerable spaces of contestation between newspaper media, state institutions, and social movements. At the same time, synergies between them emerge. In all three, a “cultural logic” that promotes social and ethnic identities over economic identities becomes institutionalized within social movements, state institutions, and media reporting within the neoliberal era. This promotion of identities runs counter to the economic regulation of the period, where polarization occurs throughout society. As this “cultural logic” is institutionalized in the state, it is used to promote the understanding that economic disparity occurs between…
Advisors/Committee Members: Grey, Sandra, Nickel, Patricia.
Subjects/Keywords: Poverty; New Zealand; Cultural Studies
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Gilbert, G. (2012). Mediation, Regulation, Critique: Mapping the Relationship between Cultural Meanings and Political Responses to Poverty, 1970-2010. (Doctoral Dissertation). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2523
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Gilbert, Greg. “Mediation, Regulation, Critique: Mapping the Relationship between Cultural Meanings and Political Responses to Poverty, 1970-2010.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed April 11, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2523.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Gilbert, Greg. “Mediation, Regulation, Critique: Mapping the Relationship between Cultural Meanings and Political Responses to Poverty, 1970-2010.” 2012. Web. 11 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Gilbert G. Mediation, Regulation, Critique: Mapping the Relationship between Cultural Meanings and Political Responses to Poverty, 1970-2010. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2012. [cited 2021 Apr 11].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2523.
Council of Science Editors:
Gilbert G. Mediation, Regulation, Critique: Mapping the Relationship between Cultural Meanings and Political Responses to Poverty, 1970-2010. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2523
Victoria University of Wellington
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Grace, Nicola.
Tikanga Hauora. The Hauora Homies: An evaluation of a Kaupapa Māori Weight Loss and Lifestyle Change Model.
Degree: 2016, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5177
► Tikanga Hauora – The Hauora Homies: An evaluation of a Kaupapa Māori Weight Loss and Lifestyle Change Model provides an understanding about how tikanga was…
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▼ Tikanga Hauora – The Hauora Homies: An evaluation of a Kaupapa Māori Weight Loss and Lifestyle Change Model provides an understanding about how tikanga was practised during the implementation of the Hauora Homies and Kick in the Butt programmes, specifically the cultural principles of whanaungatanga (relationship, kinship, sense of family connection) and manaakitanga (kindness, generosity, support, hospitality). The thesis looks at how participants understood tikanga and if they believed the programmes were kaupapa Māori in approach. The thesis then examines how these principles supported participants to achieve programme outcomes and the immediate impact of the programmes. Finally, this thesis explores the use of Facebook as the main mode of communication during the programmes to provide insight into how tikanga is transformed into an online space.
The evaluation is positioned within a kaupapa Māori framework, since the Hauora Homies programmes was initiated by Māori, benefited Māori, and represented and legitimised Māori experiences and worldviews on the issue. Both the programmes and the evaluation are accountable to Māori participants. Continuous engagement with the participants of the programmes and the support of a whānau network were key aspects during the thesis process.
In total there are 31 participants in this sample, 26 females and five males. Thirty participants identified themselves as Māori and one participant as Samoan. Interviews were conducted with 10 participants and one administrator. Facebook data representing 31 participants was utilised and personal observation notes provided further insight into the programmes.
Interpretive analysis and descriptive statistics analysis, with an underlying ethnographic approach, were used to analyse the collected data. A kaupapa Māori approach facilitated an analysis from a Māori standpoint and Te Pae Mahutonga provided a Māori health framework to identify the health promotion outcomes of the Hauora Homies model.
The evaluation found that tikanga played a significant role within the programmes and was a critical component which provided a whānau approach and platform for participants to express themselves as Māori where Māori culture and values were the social norm. Whanaungatanga and manaakitanga were found to be fundamental and were embedded and practised in the model and programmes by creating, maintaining and strengthening relationships by actively engaging with participants online and offline.
The evaluation also found the programmes had a positive impact on participants’ knowledge, attitudes, behaviour and awareness, which supported them in reaching their weight loss and lifestyle change goals. The changes included increased nutritional knowledge, increased fitness, and confidence and leadership skills amongst others.
This evaluation will contribute towards evidence-based research into what works and what does not for Māori in a tikanga Māori, kaupapa Māori setting. This can contribute towards the design and implementation of lifestyle…
Advisors/Committee Members: Dew, Kevin, Grey, Sandra.
Subjects/Keywords: Tikanga and Weight Loss Programmes; Māori and Weight Loss; Tikanga Māori and Weight Loss; Māori health; Weight loss; Tikanga; Māori; Lifestyle
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Grace, N. (2016). Tikanga Hauora. The Hauora Homies: An evaluation of a Kaupapa Māori Weight Loss and Lifestyle Change Model. (Masters Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5177
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Grace, Nicola. “Tikanga Hauora. The Hauora Homies: An evaluation of a Kaupapa Māori Weight Loss and Lifestyle Change Model.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed April 11, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5177.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Grace, Nicola. “Tikanga Hauora. The Hauora Homies: An evaluation of a Kaupapa Māori Weight Loss and Lifestyle Change Model.” 2016. Web. 11 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Grace N. Tikanga Hauora. The Hauora Homies: An evaluation of a Kaupapa Māori Weight Loss and Lifestyle Change Model. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 11].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5177.
Council of Science Editors:
Grace N. Tikanga Hauora. The Hauora Homies: An evaluation of a Kaupapa Māori Weight Loss and Lifestyle Change Model. [Masters Thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5177
Victoria University of Wellington
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Oosterman, Jonathan.
Making climate action meaningful: Communication practices in the New Zealand climate movement.
Degree: 2016, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5479
► The climate crisis requires urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; however, ‘business as usual’ continues to fuel further increases. Instead of the social change…
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▼ The climate crisis requires urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; however, ‘business as usual’ continues to fuel further increases. Instead of the social change needed to safeguard the wellbeing of people and the planet, there has been an unpromising mix of active resistance, lukewarm concern, lack of engagement, and lack of hope. In the face of this, climate communicators seek to make climate action relevant and meaningful to people, thereby mobilising them to create a social consensus on climate action and the political will for change.
A core dynamic in climate communication is the balance between, on the one hand, speaking to the facts of the climate crisis and to what makes climate action meaningful to climate communicators themselves, and on the other, speaking in a way that is meaningful to those being communicated with. If the balance is right, climate communication will empower people, thereby helping translate belief in, and concern about, the climate crisis into behavioural change and political engagement, cumulatively creating social change. If the balance is wrong, however, communication efforts risk not connecting with people, emotionally overwhelming them with the weight of the climate crisis, or overly diluting the message, leading to no effect, or to a negative effect.
An important way in which this dynamic manifests is in the balance between moral and economic framing. Morality and economics are two fundamental elements of what gives a sense of meaningfulness to climate action, and therefore underlie decision-making around both climate action and climate communication. Combinations of moral and economic framing are of particular interest in the way they call for radical action while speaking to people’s desires for security and prosperity.
The climate movement is at the heart of efforts towards social change and the creation of a social consensus on climate action. It is therefore to the experiences of climate movement participants that I turn to explore these issues. I take a movement-centred activist scholarship approach to research on climate communication decision-making via interviews with fourteen members of the New Zealand climate movement. Highlighting the importance of knowledge development within social movements, I seek to contribute to activist and academic understanding of effective climate communication.
Advisors/Committee Members: Grey, Sandra, Chapman, Ralph.
Subjects/Keywords: Climate; Movement; Communication
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Oosterman, J. (2016). Making climate action meaningful: Communication practices in the New Zealand climate movement. (Masters Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5479
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Oosterman, Jonathan. “Making climate action meaningful: Communication practices in the New Zealand climate movement.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed April 11, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5479.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Oosterman, Jonathan. “Making climate action meaningful: Communication practices in the New Zealand climate movement.” 2016. Web. 11 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Oosterman J. Making climate action meaningful: Communication practices in the New Zealand climate movement. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2016. [cited 2021 Apr 11].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5479.
Council of Science Editors:
Oosterman J. Making climate action meaningful: Communication practices in the New Zealand climate movement. [Masters Thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/5479
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Mulholland, Catriana.
Conversations from the Coalface: Positive Asymmetry and the Culture of Silence that Surrounds the Pike River Mine Tragedy.
Degree: 2018, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/7952
► Charles Perrow (1999) once famously noted ‘Where body counting replaces social and cultural values and excludes us from participating in decisions about the risks that…
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▼ Charles Perrow (1999) once famously noted ‘Where body counting replaces social and cultural values and excludes us from participating in decisions about the risks that a few have decided the many cannot do without, the issue is not risk, but power.’ This dissertation explores positive asymmetry (Cerulo 2006) and the culture of silence that surrounds Pike River Mine disaster that killed 29 men on the West Coast of Aotearoa/New Zealand on 19 November 2010. This asymmetry involves habitual ways of thinking and behaving which increase the propensity to ignore an approaching worst case scenario in order to meet intended outcomes. Increasingly lauded in ‘get rich quick’ cultures, positive asymmetry can be lethal in mining and other hazardous workplaces where there is pressure to meet demands of the market that override pre-existing flaws in systems and culture, and it is often accompanied by practices of eclipsing (acts of banishing, physical seclusion, shunning) clouding (impressionism, shadowing) and recasting (rhetorical, prescriptive behaviours).
There is a culture of silence that accompanies this cognitive symmetry in relation to the case of Pike River Mine which existed from its early development and continues years after the fatalities in a culture of socially organised denial; which is one in which there is a collective distancing among individuals due to norms of emotion, conversation and attention (Norgaard 2011). What happened at Pike River Mine was not the result of an attention deficit model. There was plenty of information. The mine had some good safety systems. They were not utilised. So what was going on?
In this thesis, I look to the James Reason Model of Accident Causation used before the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the disaster and argue that although this does well to describe risk and to illustrate accident causation as a failure of organizational systems, it cannot as a structural model possibly describe the cultural logic and power dynamics which lay beneath the competition driving decision-makers within these systems. Pike River Mine was a case of deliberate risk and hibernating beneath that risk was (and still can be) a base of unchecked power. It follows that any ‘errortolerant’ systems we design for safer workplaces will only work insofar as there is an ‘error-intolerant culture’ inside the industry. Pike River Mine was not an isolated incident and if we fail to look to the power that lay behind that deliberate risk taking, there will be more ‘Pikes’ to come. There exists a triple helix to this tragedy consisting of power, risk and asymmetry. In practising vigilance, we need to look to the junction of these three, for therein lies the perfect storm of conditions for future human tragedy and financial disaster in whichever industry chooses to practice it.
Advisors/Committee Members: Grey, Sandra, Snyder, Benjamin.
Subjects/Keywords: Coal mining; Tragedy; Disaster; Risk; Silence; Power; Positive asymmetry; Social policy; Health and safety; Work safety; Workplace fatalities; Workplace accidents
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Mulholland, C. (2018). Conversations from the Coalface: Positive Asymmetry and the Culture of Silence that Surrounds the Pike River Mine Tragedy. (Doctoral Dissertation). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/7952
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mulholland, Catriana. “Conversations from the Coalface: Positive Asymmetry and the Culture of Silence that Surrounds the Pike River Mine Tragedy.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed April 11, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/7952.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mulholland, Catriana. “Conversations from the Coalface: Positive Asymmetry and the Culture of Silence that Surrounds the Pike River Mine Tragedy.” 2018. Web. 11 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Mulholland C. Conversations from the Coalface: Positive Asymmetry and the Culture of Silence that Surrounds the Pike River Mine Tragedy. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2018. [cited 2021 Apr 11].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/7952.
Council of Science Editors:
Mulholland C. Conversations from the Coalface: Positive Asymmetry and the Culture of Silence that Surrounds the Pike River Mine Tragedy. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/7952
Victoria University of Wellington
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Gerritsen, Sarah.
Children, Food and Poverty: Food Insecurity Among Primary School Students in the Wellington Region.
Degree: 2005, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/593
► This research utilises a questionnaire, completed by 115 primary school principals in the Wellington region, to explore the link between poverty and food insecurity among…
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▼ This research utilises a questionnaire, completed by 115 primary school principals in the
Wellington region, to explore the link between poverty and
food insecurity among children. Principals recorded the number of children estimated to be regularly hungry at school for the month of May 2004, and the number of children who regularly came to school without having eaten breakfast and who regularly had no lunch during that month. Principals also provided information on how their school responds to hungry children and gave their opinions on whether schools were responsible for solving food insecurity issues among children. Principals' responses were analysed within a critical realist sociological perspective. This research confirms that a small but significant number of primary school children in the
Wellington region experience serious food insecurity, and that food insecurity is strongly correlated with poverty. Two-thirds of children
estimated to be regularly hungry are from schools in low socio-economic areas (Decile 1 to 4 schools), and nearly three quarters of children that
regularly do not have lunch come from these schools. Ten percent of children in Decile 1 and 2 schools were estimated by their principal to be
regularly hungry throughout the school day during May 2004. The responses of schools to hungry children were in most instances inadequate and often ad-hoc, showing little consideration of the outcomes for children. However, the small number of schools in the
Wellington region who
have developed detailed policy and procedures to respond to hungry children appear to be successful in limiting stigmatisation of children and their
families. This thesis argues that responses to food insecure children must consider the causes of food insecurity, and in order to prevent stigmatisation, should be founded on the principle of social justice rather than charity.
Advisors/Committee Members: Grey, Sandra.
Subjects/Keywords: Deprivation, child poverty and social science research; Educational management; School children's nutrition; low-income children; Food hardships; Primary education; Food security
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Gerritsen, S. (2005). Children, Food and Poverty: Food Insecurity Among Primary School Students in the Wellington Region. (Masters Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/593
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Gerritsen, Sarah. “Children, Food and Poverty: Food Insecurity Among Primary School Students in the Wellington Region.” 2005. Masters Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed April 11, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/593.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Gerritsen, Sarah. “Children, Food and Poverty: Food Insecurity Among Primary School Students in the Wellington Region.” 2005. Web. 11 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Gerritsen S. Children, Food and Poverty: Food Insecurity Among Primary School Students in the Wellington Region. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2005. [cited 2021 Apr 11].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/593.
Council of Science Editors:
Gerritsen S. Children, Food and Poverty: Food Insecurity Among Primary School Students in the Wellington Region. [Masters Thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2005. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/593
Victoria University of Wellington
10.
Beckett, Linda Louise.
Care in Collaboration: Preventing Secondary Victimisation Through a Holistic Approach
to Pre-Court Sexual Violence Interventions.
Degree: 2007, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/517
► Although men's sexual violence is well known as a problem of epidemic proportions and a cause of significant harm, effective prevention strategies have yet to…
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▼ Although men's sexual violence is well known as a problem of epidemic proportions and a cause of significant harm, effective prevention strategies have yet to be developed and the effectiveness of services for victims cannot be guaranteed. Most victims of sexual violence choose not to report, but those who do may still incur exacerbation of
rape's destructive effects by those who are meant to help. Interested to know how responsiveness could be improved, I began this study by
examining the literature on services for victims in order to identify the ingredients of good practice. Integrated specialist services which include support and advocacy with legal/forensic services
emerged as the ideal. Finding that such systems had been positively evaluated in their real-life applications, New Zealand' s responsiveness was analysed with reference to this multi-agency model. I was particularly interested to know what supported the development of such a model and what the impediments might be to its
development in New Zealand. Since literature indicated that government input was vital to implementation of specialist holistic practice, examination of New Zealand government and its Police responsiveness became the primary goal of data-gathering. With Police Districts as the
units of study, data was collected from site visits and semi-structured interviews with police in each District. This data was triangulated through prolonged participant observation and interviews with medical/forensic and support/advocacy personnel. I found that specialist holistic services were regularly available for child sexual abuse
victims. In contrast, for adult sexual violence victims these were rare and service gaps
were rife. This was due to governance bodies failing to coordinate nationally or locally
in funding and supporting service development. Explanations for this failure are found
in feminist critiques of the patriarchal systems which privilege men' s needs over women's safety. I argue that with women's movement into public life and with the political will, nationally-based reform of services is now possible. Given its small size, New Zealand is particularly well-placed to achieve this reform if current governance
structures are employed in constructing a national framework for nationwide development of specialist multi-agency practice.
Advisors/Committee Members: Grey, Sandra, Jordan, Jan.
Subjects/Keywords: Women; Police; Sexual violence interventions
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Beckett, L. L. (2007). Care in Collaboration: Preventing Secondary Victimisation Through a Holistic Approach
to Pre-Court Sexual Violence Interventions. (Doctoral Dissertation). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/517
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Beckett, Linda Louise. “Care in Collaboration: Preventing Secondary Victimisation Through a Holistic Approach
to Pre-Court Sexual Violence Interventions.” 2007. Doctoral Dissertation, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed April 11, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/517.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Beckett, Linda Louise. “Care in Collaboration: Preventing Secondary Victimisation Through a Holistic Approach
to Pre-Court Sexual Violence Interventions.” 2007. Web. 11 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Beckett LL. Care in Collaboration: Preventing Secondary Victimisation Through a Holistic Approach
to Pre-Court Sexual Violence Interventions. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2007. [cited 2021 Apr 11].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/517.
Council of Science Editors:
Beckett LL. Care in Collaboration: Preventing Secondary Victimisation Through a Holistic Approach
to Pre-Court Sexual Violence Interventions. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2007. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/517
Victoria University of Wellington
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Taylor, Dylan.
What's Left? - an Exploration of Social Movements, the Left and Activism in New Zealand Today.
Degree: 2008, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1259
► Surveys of the situation and prospects of the contemporary Left over the past three decades have frequently underscored themes of fragmentation, decline, even terminal demise.…
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▼ Surveys of the situation and prospects of the contemporary Left over the past three decades have frequently underscored themes of fragmentation, decline, even terminal demise. This thesis explores the question of the contemporary Left through interviews conducted with participants in New Zealand social movements. The general theoretical literature around the Left and social movements has consistently highlighted a number of social changes and challenges facing the Left today: the split between old and new Lefts following the rise of the new social movements; economic transformation (for instance, post-Fordism), and
changes in class composition; the rise of neo-liberalism, and the dislocating effects of globalization; intellectual challenges, such as the demise of Marxism and the rise of post-modern philosophy; challenges to the state, and the arrival of a "post-political" condition. Analysis of the New Zealand literature around the Left and social movements shows congruent arguments and themes, as well as suggesting Antipodean specificities. To examine these contentions, a series of interviews were conducted with
participants in "Left" social movements. These interviews suggest both congruence with some of the arguments in the literature and complexities that do not confirm these generalizations. In particular, the suggestion that a third phase of the Left is emerging, characterized by the joining of culturalist and materialist emphases, appears somewhat confirmed. In addition, a number of the challenges signalled in the literature were singled out by interviewees as pressing - for instance, neo-liberalism and the mediatisation of politics. With respect to the modes of action of social movements connected to the Left, there was here too some confirmation of themes from the literature - for instance, the importance of
networking. On the other hand, the widespread theme of the wholesale decline of collective actions was put into question by those interviewed. While no definitive conclusions can be drawn from such a study, the interviews suggest the Left may be entering a period of renewal.
Advisors/Committee Members: Grey, Sandra, el-Ojeili, Chamsy.
Subjects/Keywords: NZ politics and government; Political participation; Social movements; Right and left (Political science)
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Taylor, D. (2008). What's Left? - an Exploration of Social Movements, the Left and Activism in New Zealand Today. (Masters Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1259
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Taylor, Dylan. “What's Left? - an Exploration of Social Movements, the Left and Activism in New Zealand Today.” 2008. Masters Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed April 11, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1259.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Taylor, Dylan. “What's Left? - an Exploration of Social Movements, the Left and Activism in New Zealand Today.” 2008. Web. 11 Apr 2021.
Vancouver:
Taylor D. What's Left? - an Exploration of Social Movements, the Left and Activism in New Zealand Today. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2008. [cited 2021 Apr 11].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1259.
Council of Science Editors:
Taylor D. What's Left? - an Exploration of Social Movements, the Left and Activism in New Zealand Today. [Masters Thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2008. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1259
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