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2012-11-16T19:45:06Z
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The Sentinel and Orange and Protestant Advocate, 1877-1896: An Orange view of Canada
Thomson, Andrew
The Sentinel and Orange and Protestant Advocate was the organ of the Orange Order in Canada and spoke for the Lodge on a wide range of social and political issues. This thesis will examine the paper’s views on moral and religious questions and the major issues at the three levels of Canadian politics between 1877 and 1896.
The paper was published weekly in Toronto and distributed across North America, although the bulk of the circulation remained in Ontario. The Sentinel was published and edited by Edward Frederick Clarke, who also pursued a successful career at all three levels in Canadian politics and within the Order. The policy of the paper was to defend the Protestant religion and the Orange Order from criticism and the perceived aggression of its Roman Catholic opponents.
The Sentinel’s views on social questions were moderately conservative. The paper favoured voluntary temperance but rejected legislation as a solution to the alcohol question. The Sentinel was a strong proponent of the right of workers to organize trade unions and in this opinion different from most other newspapers of the day.
The Sentinel displayed a strong bias towards Toronto in dealing with municipal politics. The paper rarely endorsed candidates at the municipal level and only occasionally discussed the issues of city politics. When it did deal with municipal government the paper was generally moderate, rejecting the excesses of the Reform movement but urging effective measures to prevent corruption at city hall.
The Sentinel was faced with consistent failure in pressing its concerns at the provincial level in Ontario. The paper repeatedly attacked the policies of Liberal Premier Sir Oliver Mowat but met with no success in changing the pattern of Ontario’s politics, or in helping the Conservatives to replace Mowat’s Liberals. The paper’s strong support for the Conservatives was displayed most clearly in the dispute over liquor licensing but was to be found consistently in the Conservative camp. The Sentinel’s concerns at the provincial level were primarily sectarian and most notable among them was the failure of the Orange Lodge to gain incorporation and the complicated issues of separate schools. The paper advocated for the abolition of separate schools and urged that English be the language of instruction in all Ontario schools.
The Sentinel supported the Conservatives at the federal level in Canada. This support was apparent in the paper’s acceptance of the National Policy in all its facets. The Riel Rebellion of 1885 and the criticism directed at the Lodge in its aftermath hardened the paper’s attitude towards French Canada and set the stage for the sectarian disputes of the late 1880’s and the 1890’s. The Sentinel exercised a moderating influence on the Protestant movement in Canada in the crises surrounding the Jesuit Estates Act and the manitoba Schools question. In both cases the paper disagreed with the policy of government but refused to abandon the Conservatives for a new, all Protestant, party. Similarly, The Sentinel welcomed the appointment of Sir John Thompson as Prime Minister despite the fact that he was a Roman Catholic.
The Sentinel was a moderate, well written voice for the Orange Lodge in Canada. Between 1877 and 1896 the paper provided a concise summary of the Order’s views on the social and political issues of the day.
1983-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
History
Social History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1010
2012-11-16T19:45:53Z
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The Loyal Edmonton Regiment at war, 1943-1945
Brown, Shaun R.G.
1984-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1000
2012-11-16T19:19:24Z
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publication:engl
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The Chorus in Elizabeth Cary's 'Tragedy of Mariam'
Falk, Viona
This thesis examines Elizabeth Cary’s use of the Chorus in The Tragedy of Mariam (pub. 1613). Imitating classical dramatists, Cary portrays the Chorus as a specific cultural group. Mariam’s Chorus consists of “a company of Jews” whose commentary on the play’s events is informed by its participations in patriarchal culture. The Chorus’s prescriptions for wifely virtue and judgements of Mariam’s moral standing frequently contain contradictions. Comparing the contradictions in the Chorus’s statements with similar contradictions in early modern domestic conduct guides, I argue that Cary uses the Chorus to interrogate patriarchal ideology. I consider Cary’s employment of the Chorus in the context of generic characteristics of closet drama, specifically in regard to the genre’s interest in dialectical thought, politics, and didacticism. Closet dramas explore moral and political issues by dramatizing arguments and allowing readers to draw our own conclusions. The Chorus voices a conservative perspective in the play’s multivocal dialogue about women. Cary uses the Chorus to interrogate patriarchal assumptions about women’s worth and place in society, a project which accords with closet drama’s political impetus. The Chorus emphasizes the didactic element in Mariam by offering the play as a “school of wisdom.” Although the Chorus offers instructive statements on what comprises virtuous behaviour in women, ironically the Chorus is unaware that if we view its lessons with a critical eye we will learn that patriarchal ideology is riddled with contradictions. I propose that the didacticism in Cary’s play arises from the multiple perspectives offered. The ambiguity of the ending, for example, invites us to decide for ourselves whether Mariam’s actions have been praiseworthy. Cary foregrounds the issue of critical thought by having the Chorus deliver the discourse on the importance of testing the truth of what we are told. The Chorus is also unaware of the implications its endorsements of a critical approach have for its own prejudiced judgement of Mariam.
1995-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
English Language and Literature
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1001
2012-11-16T19:22:24Z
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"One Tricky Coyote": The fiction of Thomas King
Lavalley, Giselle Rene
This thesis evaluates the literary achievement of Thomas King from an individual Aboriginal perspective by examining specifically his novels, Medicine River and Green Grass, Running Water, with reference to his short stories. It argues that textual readings which merely impose the Western literary tradition upon Aboriginal texts invariably limit their scope of interpretation and understanding. The study of Aboriginal literature necessitates a holistic approach that involves historical, political, and cultural contextualizations.
I note briefly the cultural differences between my own response and non-Aboriginal responses, the latter mostly in the form of reviews, and proceed to analyze issues present in King's texts which I considered culturally relevant. The three topics that materialized prominently in and unify King's fiction are: identity politics, cultural resiliency, and the Aboriginal oral tradition. My consideration of Medicine River includes an exploration of the intersubjectivity of truth and story-telling, whereas that of Green Grass, Running Water entails an examination of: technology's negative impact upon the natural world as well as on the First Nations and their cultures: Western literature and visual media as colonizing agents; and the ways in which Aboriginal re-visions of celebrated texts and stories of the Western literary canon foreground marginalized knowledges. Other related issues include: the image of the "Indian"; King's treatment of Western myths and stereotypes of Aboriginals, and the Aboriginal responses to them; the fictional non-Aboriginal responses and attitudes towards Aboriginal beliefs and customs; the significance of the land to First Nations' cultures: and the politics of land claims. By locating King's novels in historical, political, and cultural sites, this thesis underscores the importance of recognizing race and ethnicity in analyses of Aboriginal texts.
1996-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
English Language and Literature
Indigenous Studies
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1003
2012-11-16T19:26:36Z
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An unblinking gaze: Readerly response-ability and racial reconstructions in Toni Morrison's 'The Bluest Eye' and 'Beloved'
Fulton, Lara Mary
This thesis examines Toni Morrison's reconstruction of racial representations in The Bluest Eye and Beloved. Morrison stresses the need for a transformation of current representations of black and white culture in her critical study, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination, in which Morrison examines how black culture has been (mis)represented and (mis)perceived by white Western culture and discourse. She argues that idealized and valorized notions of "whiteness," white identity, and white culture have been constructed from denigrating, binary oppositional (mis)perceptions of "blackness," black identity, and black culture. These stereotypical (mis)perceptions maintain white cultural dominance over black bodies by promoting within black culture self-negating and racist notions of blackness. In her struggle to (re)theorize and transform these racist representations, Morrison examines white and black culture with an "unblinking gaze" (Russell 46) in The Bluest Eye and Beloved. She writes to "repossess, re-name, re-own" (46) and reconstruct representations of black identity and culture by showing how black people see themselves and white people being defined within Western culture. Morrison encourages readerly participation in her racial reconstructions by structuring her fragmented narratives with textual holes and spaces into which the reader must enter to work with Morrison in the telling of the story. This kind of participatory reading underlines the reader's "response-ability" (Buying xi): the ability to enter the text and respond to it, first viscerally and then intellectually. This intimate and intense participation with Morrison and the text liberates our minds to the transformative potential of The Bluest Eye and Beloved regarding representation. Both novels critically interrogate concepts of whiteness and blackness and outline the detrimental effects of white cultural domination upon black and white identity and culture. As we piece together the main characters’ fragmented stories, we participate in their differing strategies of resistance to this cultural domination and in their struggle with concepts of love, identity, and meaning. By inviting her readers to participate in the interrogation and transformation of racial representations in her novels, Morrison broadens the spectrum of black and white cultural representations within the literary imagination.
1997-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
African American Studies
English Language and Literature
Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1002
2012-11-16T19:24:57Z
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"In the business of believing women's stories": Feminism through detective fiction (Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton)
Martin, Nora
This thesis undertakes to show the way in which texts of the genre of hard-boiled detective fiction can encourage a feminist attitude in their readers. While some critics insist that the hard-boiled genre is incompatible with feminism due to what they believe is its inherent misogyny, there are a number who have argued eloquently to the contrary. This thesis is not so much concerned with proving the compatibility of feminism with the hard-boiled genre, as it is with showing, through the examination of specific strategies of particular texts, that hard-boiled texts by women authors not only allow a feminist sensibility in their readers but even encourage it. The theoretical framework for the study is provided by Wolfgang Iser’s theory of aesthetic response which explains how literary work is produced by the interaction between the text and the reader. This study examines several particular strategies used by texts to direct (but not to determine) the response of their readers. The first strategy is the genre itself, including those elements of structure inherent in it. The second is the use of gaps and negations in guiding the readers' response. The third strategy is the different perspectives provided by the characters in the text for the consideration of readers. Finally the study examines the direct discussion in the texts of issues important to feminists.
1996-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
English Language and Literature
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1004
2012-11-16T19:30:02Z
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Discursive departures: A reading paradigm affiliated with feminist, lesbian, aesthetic and queer practices (with reference to Woolf, Stein and H.D.) (Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Stein, Hilda Doolittle)
Ramsay, Tamara Ann
In her conclusion to Bodies That Matter Judith Butler posits that “if the power of discourse to produce that which it names is linked with the question of performativity, then the performative is one domain in which power acts as discourse" (225). In this thesis I will adopt theories of the performative, as a metadiscursive mode of analysis, to allow me to articulate some of the ways in which reading is regulated by formations of discourse and power. I will argue that if reading is considered as a performative process then different paradigms of reading will name, and consequently produce, different identities for a text. I will focus, specifically, on feminist and lesbian reading practices as examples of identity producing literary criticism. However, I will also consider contemporary re-articulations of the aesthetic as a reaction to identity-producing criticism that privileges an emotional response to both a primary text and to its possible identities. Finally, I will consider contemporary queer theories of affiliation as a way to enact multiple identities and create multiple affiliations for a text. Building on, and departing from, my analysis of feminist, lesbian, and aesthetic reading practices, I will propose a new reading paradigm, which I will come to term interdiscursive affiliations, that will be constituted by the discourses and associated reading practices of feminist, lesbian, aesthetic and queer literary theories.
In the introductory section, “The 1990’s and the 1920's,” I will outline some of the theories of paradigms and performatives that provide a theoretical framework for the thesis. Following this I will consider some of the historically significant ideas that constitute feminist, lesbian, aesthetic, and queer literary theories and reading practices. Proceeding from this general history, in “Regulated Reading Practices,” I will tum my attention to specific examples—Virginia Woolf’s Orlando: A Biography and Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas—as a way to examine some manifestations of feminist, lesbian, and aesthetic reading practices. In this section I will argue that feminist and lesbian readings tend to produce, respectively, feminist and lesbian texts which are structured by binary concepts of gender and sexuality. Alternatively, I will suggest that the aesthetic—as an emotionally embodied mode of reading—tends to create art objects that challenge conceptually determined textual identities. Next, I will tum my attention to H.D., a figure whose prose was not published until the 1980's and 1990's, and argue that her texts were immediately identified within some of the same formations that have recently re-constituted the work of Woolf and Stein. More specifically, H.D.’s HERmione, Paint It Today, and Asphodel were immediately located in feminist and lesbian reading practices and consequently identified, respectively, as feminist and lesbian texts.
In my final chapter, “Discursive Departures," I will propose some possibilities for a new paradigm of reading. Making reference to selected sections from H.D.’s prose and specific theoretical concepts I will explore some possibilities for the creation of interdiscursive affiliations. By locating an image in a multiplicity of discourses, I propose a departure from regulatory concepts of identity and a move towards a reading strategy that combines both emotional and conceptual modes of reading. I will, therefore, describe, and consequently create, a new paradigm of reading that makes use of feminist, lesbian , aesthetic, and queer reading practices without limiting a text to these exclusive identities. I hope to demonstrate that a reading paradigm that replaces ‘identity’ with ‘affiliation’ will enable one to experience a richer and fuller reading of diverse and complex writing by (female and lesbian) modernist writers such as Woolf, Stein, and H.D..
1998-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
Reading and Language
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1005
2012-11-16T19:33:44Z
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'Intervital' spaces: The representation of liminal epiphany in Tennyson's death poems (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Sabry, Somaya Sami Reda Saber
The epiphanic moments in Tennyson’s symbolic poems about death can be understood as covert or dialogical explorations of a poetics of transition from pragmatic to imaginative experience. In this way Tennysonian representations of the death of culturally symbolic characters juxtapose the prevalent “Victorian” Utilitarian voice of authority and the now marginalized “Romantic” voice of creative vision.
Through the study of the epiphanic motif in Tennyson’s poems we discover an inherent death paradigm according to which Tennyson describes his characters’ journeys of death through three imaginative spaces: the centre, the liminal and the marginal. The liminal in this paradigm features the epiphanic experience.
The language and imagery of Tennyson’s epiphanic moments are characterized by a certain persistent pattern of brightness, activity, wildness and vibrancy. They are liminal spaces in the sense that they are represented as occurring in such intermediate zones as thresholds, shorelines, rivers and roads, or in temporal transitions such as occasions of relocation, departure, or farewell. The exploration of epiphanic experience in these poems, intimately connected as it is with elegiac situations and with the reinterpreted deaths of evidently symbolic figures from legend, myth, or folklore, seems clearly associated with loss or change in the cultural role of poetry and the poetic imagination. It implicitly dramatizes a dissonance between a “Romantic” vision of the significance of ostensibly impractical art and creativity for a culture’s health and a perceived pragmatic and rationalist “Victorian” skepticism about those values. We discern a change in certain constituents of the paradigm with regard to gender.
Tennyson consistently assigns one death paradigm to men (centre. movement from liminal to marginal), and another to women (marginal to liminal to centre). This shift in the paradigm differentiates the significance of death for men and for women. In the case of male cultural heroes, Tennyson has chosen adaptations of stories that avoid imposing closure on the possibility that the values these men symbolized might somehow or someday be revived. However, the dying or dead women portrayed as cultural signs are figures Tennyson has chosen from stories that emphasize the finality of their death. In a study of Tennyson’s poems whose subjects are culturally symbolic, concentrating on the study of epiphany can be quite generative of a more complex understanding of the values of his age.
2002-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
English Language and Literature
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1006
2012-11-16T19:37:46Z
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Reading Dario Argento's 'Inferno' (Italy)
Sinclair, Alanna I.
Inferno (1980) is a cult classic film written and directed by Dario Argento that both extends and resists the giallo genre. In the film, Argento continues his tradition of building a dense network of allusions that refers to his own and others’ films, as well as to canonical and ‘popular’ works of literature, politics, music, and film theory. The poetic effect of these elements, in combination with the film’s lack of continuity mechanisms, bizarrely detailed mise en scenes, gore-filled death scenes, and unpredictable and unlikely camera angles, both attracts and resists critical interpretation. The film’s penumbral location between categories of ‘high’ and ‘low’ art makes it a challenging subject of examination; in this thesis, I mean to increase our appreciation of the film’s rich level of interaction with other genres, media, and texts, as well as to experiment with my own interpretation and explication of some signs and codes operating within the film.
“Part I: Situating the art and the artist” establishes the generic context of the Italian giallo and introduces the somewhat divergent cultural milieu of high and low art in which we might encounter the film. As an organizational tool or framing apparatus through which an audience “reads” a film, genre is a critical factor that mitigates popular access and acceptance. While I discuss Inferno’s relation to the Gothic and melodrama in Part IV, its participation in, and resistance to, the giallo genre is particularly relevant to our discussion of high and low art. Following the summary of Argento’s oeuvre and an overview of existing scholarship concerning the director and film, I relate a number of provocative accounts of how the director, both personally and through his films, challenges social conventions.
In “Part II: Argento, Libere, De Quincey,” I reveal Fritz Leiber’s novel Our Lady of Darkness as an unacknowledged source for Argento’s film and outline how this discovery alters current critical accounts and evaluations of Inferno. Part II provides us with a foundation for understanding Inferno’s alignment with the Gothic tradition and resistance to the mystery structure, which I explore at greater length in Part IV. Inferno’s complex relationship with other texts lend richness to interpretations of the film; I illustrate this complexity by suggesting some potential links between the title of the film and other works, including Leiber’s novel.
“Part III: Reading Argento and his text” ascertains some conditions for reading the film, after providing a plot synopsis for my reader. In keeping with Barthes’ promotion of the “freedom of the reader” to explore and play with texts, I provide a number of experimental and sometimes contradictory readings of specific shot sequences in the film. This exercise reveals Inferno’s nuanced texture and openness to interpretation.
“Part IV: On genre” discusses how Inferno resists the rational and causal relationships underpinning the mystery, the generic tradition from which the giallo emerged in the 1960s. The film’s incorporation of key elements of the Gothic tradition leads into a discussion of the Gothic mode, in which I also refer to the psychoanalytic tradition of reading Gothic texts. In Inferno’s invocation of the Gothic, I find that the film operates by some of the same principles underlying melodrama, the theatrical antecedent to the Gothic novel. Using Brooks’ articulation of the “melodramatic mode,” I theorize how signs and codes function in Inferno.
In my conclusion, “Metaphysical Knots: The terror and pleasure of unstable signs,” I use Barthes’ concept of “parsimoniously plural” texts to reconcile the different approaches I have taken in Parts I-IV. Finally, I propose that Inferno’s diegetic and extra-diegetic resistance to linearity and causality illustrates a kind of Gothic economy, a system predicated upon repetition and exchange. With this proposal, I invite my reader to consider this thesis as a treatment leading to further critical exchanges and re-visions.
2005-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Film and Media Studies
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1007
2012-11-16T19:40:14Z
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Luctor et Emergo: The impact of the Second World War on Zeeland
De Waard, Dirk Marc
This thesis is a study of the impact of the Second World War on Zeeland, the most southerly maritime province of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The thesis attempts to describe life in Zeeland before the outbreak of war and then looks at the changes caused by the arrival of the Germans in may 1940. For four and a half years Zeelanders (hereafter referred to as Zeeuws) lived and worked under the yoke of German rule and oppression before exchanging that yoke for freedom. It was here that Canadians played a role.
On a grand scale, the Canadian Army was part of that large force known as the “Allies” which fought the Nazi war machine anywhere and everywhere. On a much reduced scale, the Canadian Army, specifically the 2nd Canadian Corps, helped the Zeeuws get rid of their German oppressors. In the well-known “Battle of the Scheldt” the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Divisions over-ran the German “Scheldt Fortress” and by the middle of November 1944, most of Zeeland was liberated. After describing this battle and its human and material consequences, the paper concludes with the Zeeuws’ struggle to rebuild their war-shattered province with the assistance of the Allies.
1983-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
European History
Military History
Social History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1008
2012-11-16T19:41:38Z
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Marcus Garvey and the philosophy of black pride
Skyers, Sophia Teresa
The anomalous position of black people in the United States, following the first World War, set the stage for the arrival of marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Originally formed in Jamaica in 1914, Garvey transported the UNIA to the United States as the war was drawing to a close, and quickly rose to popularity as black people responded positively to Garvey and his movement.
Centered around the philosophy of black pride, Garvey’s movement set out to give black people a sense of worthiness in their race and colour. He gave expression to the frustrations of black people who had suffered the effect of agricultural depression in the South, and poverty and unemployment in the North. It was Garvey’s firm belief that a movement erected on a solid foundation of black pride, would wield black people everywhere into a united front thus giving them the power to liberate their race.
Garvey who emerged as a leader in the early 20th century, followed closely in the footsteps of his 19th century forerunners who included, Delaney, Turner and Washington among others. They had articulated various expressions of a black nationalist doctrine and Garvey stressed some elements of their philosophies, modified others, and contributed ideas of his own.
Though the UNIA was to lose its mass appeal about Garvey’s expulsion from the United States, his conviction in his ideas and program remained as strong as ever.
1982-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
African American Studies
American Studies
United States History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1011
2012-11-16T19:46:40Z
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James Layton Ralston and manpower for the Canadian army
Campbell, John Robinson
This thesis is a study of one aspect of the public career of James Layton Ralston (1881-1948), soldier, lawyer, politician and Minister of National Defense 1940-1944. Ralston was a man known to all Canadians during the Second World War, but after his forced resignation from the Cabinet in the fall of 1944 he ceased to play a prominent public role and war largely forgotten. Historians, working within the traditional framework of Liberal-national unity historiography, have been content to stereotype Ralston as an Empire-minded conscriptionist whose policies threatened national unity. No biography of this major Canadian politician has been written and no scholarly article seriously examining Ralston’s policies has appeared. Although this thesis was originally intended to examine Ralston’s full term as Minister of National Defence, the complexity of the issues involved and the comprehensive nature of the primary source material necessitated a reduction in the scope of the paper. It was therefore decided that this study of Ralston would be confined to a detailed examination of the period from Ralston’s appointment to the Cabinet to the conscription crisis of 1942 which led to Ralston’s letter of resignation from the Cabinet. In addition, it was decided to retain a biographical chapter on Ralston’s formative years including material on his experiences in the First World War which are of vital importance in understanding basic values. Ralston’s letter of resignation, not to be accepted by the Prime Minister until the second conscription crisis of 1944, serves as an event which allows the author to reach some interim conclusions about Ralston’s role in the wartime administration of Canada.
1984-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1012
2012-11-16T19:49:50Z
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The friction of war: A study of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, 1940-1945
Hayes, Geoffrey
This is a study of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, a Canadian infantry Regiment which fought in North West Europe during the last ten months of the Second World War. It follows the Regiment’s development from its mobilization in 1940 until the end of the hostilities in May 1945. The relationship between the soldier, the military organization with which he could best identify and the field of battle is the central theme of this study. Through the use of both archival and oral evidence, this study examines what Carl von Clausewitz called “the friction of war.” It details how men were trained for and reacted to the challenges of the battlefield. It examines these concerns by emphasizing the fluidity and fragility of a military organization which was also supposed to be a source of comfort to the soldier. In this way, a better understanding of the difficulties met during this time can be attained.
1985-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1013
2012-11-16T19:51:09Z
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Highland light infantry of Canada, 1940-1944
Dykeman, Richard Mark
This thesis is a study of the Canadian infantry battalion, the Highland Light Infantry of Canada, in the first five months of the campaign to liberate northwest Europe. The purpose of this paper is to establish a careful record of the unit’s campaign as a way of addressing the critical statements made by C.P. Stacey, the Official Historian of the Canadian Army in the Second World War and other military historians, on the leadership and performance of Canadian military units in northwest Europe. Throughout the campaign the battalion under study demonstrated a pattern of careful planning, high courage and skill in combat. Although this paper cannot address the overall questions raised by Stacey and others, it does argue that it is impossible to substitute their generally negative view on the basis of the record of the Highland Light Infantry.
1985-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1013/viewcontent/ML23191.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1014
2012-11-16T19:52:49Z
publication:lang
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
Professor C.F. Thiele Father of Canadian band music
Mellor, John
This thesis is a study of C.F. Thiele and his remarkable career as a musician, a Director of the famous Waterloo band, organizer of the equally famous Waterloo Band Festival, an entertainer and showman of international repute, and a businessman who founded the Waterloo Music Company. Founder and first president of the Ontario Amateur Bands Association, and co-founder of the Canadian Bandmasters’ Association, C.F. Thiele, or “Professor” Thiele as he was affectionately called, introduced the Ontario “Band Tax Law” in 1937 which enabled many of the smaller Ontario town bands to survive when funds were often unobtainable during and after the great Depression. Through the use of newspaper, magazine and oral evidence, this study examines the role of C.F. Thiele in the development of band music in Canada and his unselfish devotion to the betterment and recognition of Canadian band musicians—even to the extent of funding band music clinics and building and operating the “Bandberg” camp for promising boy musicians. By examining Thiele’s struggle for the betterment of Canadian band musicians, a clearer understanding of the difficulties experienced by impoverished musical associations and their bands during this period of Canadian history, can be appreciated.
1986-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/15
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1014/viewcontent/ML36041.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Composition
History
Music Performance
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1015
2012-11-16T19:54:16Z
publication:lang
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
A new mandate for UNFICYP the Canadian Contingent in Cyprus, July-August 1974
Gravelle, Robert J.
1989-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1015/viewcontent/ML50090.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1017
2012-11-16T19:57:23Z
publication:lang
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
Charles H. Millard, architect of industrial unionism in Canada
Wilson, Jeffrey L.
In 1937 the strike at General Motors in Oshawa resulted in the first major victory for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in Canada. The president of the Oshawa local was Charles Millard (1896-1978), who subsequently played an influential role in most of the major developments in organized labour between 1937 and 1956. He was the first National Director of the Canadian branch of the United Steel Workers of America in 1943, a position which he retained until his retirement in 1956. Under his leadership the steelworkers’ union became a dominant force in the Canadian Congress of Labour (CCL), taking a very active role in political action initiatives, and achieving a number of strategic victories through strike action. Millard was personally involved in the creation of the CCL and its subsequent development. He was also very active in opposing the Communist faction within organized labour, and labored throughout his career to further the relationship between organized labour and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). Despite Millard’s many significant contributions during what was a formative period for both organized labour and the CCF, he has been mostly ignored. This thesis sketches Millard’s life, focusing on the major events in which he was involved.
1989-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1017/viewcontent/ML52751.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
History
Social History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1062
2012-11-19T13:38:31Z
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
Government and interest group relations: An analysis of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport
Forbes, Susan Lesley
The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport (CAAWS) is a non-profit feminist advocacy organization established to work towards enhancing the position of women and girls in sport in Canada. Imbedded in a sport system which reflects societal values, CAAWS has undertaken activities to eliminate gender inequity, such as lack of acknowledgment, inadequate financial support and limited opportunities for participation, in Canadian sport. This study has addressed the question of whether or not CAAWS has been coopted as a result of its relationship with the federal government agencies responsible for sport in Canada (i.e., Sport Canada and Sport Canada's Women's Program), as well as with the Secretary of State‘s Women's Program. In the process of examining this relationship, consideration was given to CAAWS as a hybrid organization, combining elements of a feminist organization and an interest group. This evaluation was based on a review of literature related to interest groups and feminist organizations. The question of the impact of government funding on this group was also studied. Consideration was given to how this funding can change an organization. This analysis drew on literature related to government and interest group relations. In analyzing the consequences of the relationship between CAAWS and Sport Canada and Sport Canada’s Women’s Program, a conceptual model of cooptation was utilized which allowed this researcher to consider all questions related to the process of cooptation, such as the conditions and/ or (actors at work, the types of tactics used, the forms of control exercised and the consequences of these actions. This model was developed based on the literature. The analysis found that CAAWS has not been coopted as a result of its relationship with these government agencies. None the less the outcome of this group's relationship with Sport Canada‘s Women’s Program and, to a lesser degree, the Women's Program of the Secretary of State has resulted in: 1) constrained advocacy; 2) alteration of the organizational structure; 3) a shift from a collectivist group to a more institutionalized form; 4) a change in objectives; 5) financial insecurity, and, 6) undermined organizational autonomy. These consequences have come about as a result of internal conflicts and organizational decisions regarding group priorities. External influences from government, such as the provision of financial support, have intensified some of the internal strife, but are not solely responsible for the changes in the organization. These changes have come about as a result of numerous internal and external factors.
1993-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1062/viewcontent/MM84389.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Political Science
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1076
2012-11-19T14:13:02Z
publication:lang
publication:rlc_etd
publication:rlc
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:lang_etd
American fundamentalism and nuclear deterrence a critique
Amy, Glen Robert
This paper is an attempt to deal with two trends which have recently received a great deal of attention. One trend is an increasing questioning of the role which nuclear deterrence plays in securing a better world for our own and future generations. The other trend is the rise of the New Christian Right and its mixing of religion and American patriotism. These two trends have come face to face in the New Christian Right’s emphasis on restoring American superiority in its relative position to the Soviet Union—a country which they believe is the source of a monolithic Communist threat. The efforts of the New Christian Right to deal with nuclear deterrence are applauded but not accepted as representing the final word on how the gospel message is to be applied to such issues. The analysis of the New Christian Right’s position focuses on several areas. These include the following: anthropology, history, faith and reason, and biblical interpretation. It is concluded that their attempt to absolutize American values and America’s need for nuclear superiority does not square with the prophetic voice of the gospel, which stands in judgment on all human points of view, systems and structures. Thus the Christian approach to nuclear deterrence involves not an absolute faith commitment to the defense of the American point of view, but an emphasis on dialogue with those communities which have endorsed values which are sometimes in opposition to these. Such a dialogue can be pursued in economic terms, striving to discover the strength and weaknesses of both Capitalism and Communism. This attempt affirms that truth is not limited to any one particular community and that, through dialogue, values which point towards global peace and justice can be affirmed.
1984-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/77
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1076/viewcontent/MK61743.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Christian Denominations and Sects
Christianity
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1038
2012-11-16T20:35:00Z
publication:lang
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
The occupation of Groningen, Netherland, September 1944-April 1945 and the liberation of the city of Groningen by the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, April 13-16, 1945
Dykstra, Ralph
This thesis analyses the operations conducted by the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division in the liberation of the city of Groningen, Netherland in the last full month of the Second World War. As a secondary objective this treatise also gives meaning to the term liberation by analysing the nature of German occupation of Netherland and the reaction of the people to that occupation. In April 1945, it was well known to the Allies that the war was drawing to a close. The German armies were retreating on every front and it was obvious that the end was near. The advance of the Canadian 2nd Corps from the Rhine to Groningen had been rapid with minimum losses. Driving the enemy before them, the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division approached an ancient city whose population had swollen by thousands of refugees. Defended by the remnants of several German divisions including SS troops, the city presented a formidable target for the advancing Canadians. Nevertheless the decision was made to avoid the use of air power or medium and heavy artillery and to restrict the field artillery to identifiable targets thereby placing an extraordinary burden on the Canadian troops. This thesis will discuss the four-day battle that followed in the light of the ultimate sacrifice that were made by the forty-three Canadian soldiers who were killed in the liberation of the city of Groningen. Their names are recorded at the end of each chapter describing the battle. It was also considered to be useful to record the final resting place of those killed in battle and to observe how the liberation of their city is remembered by the people of Groningen.
2002-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/39
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1038/viewcontent/MQ72631.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1052
2012-11-19T13:27:15Z
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
The effects of different competitive situations on the political content of daily newspapers
Stalker, Deborah Joan
The value of the daily newspaper to the individuals who read it is at the core of this study. Some have felt that the newspaper has been affected for the worse by a loss in competition in many communities. Their worries often centre on the effects that the loss could have on the role of a newspaper and on its responsibilities to the public. The previous research on this topic has failed to turn up evidence of a substantial difference between monopoly and competitive newspapers. Canadian works on this subject were scant and, in light of the report of the Royal Commission on Newspapers (mainly inconclusive on this topic), this study attempted to look at the question of the effects of different competitive situations on the political content of the daily newspaper. The study limited itself to the examination of political news stories because it was felt that in this area, differences that would occur would have a greater impact on the lives of the readers than differences in the non-political section. The Canadian newspaper situation presented the opportunity to study two newspapers which had recently experienced opposite changes in the degree of competitiveness of the market they were in. The Edmonton Journal faced an increase in competition and the Ottawa Citizen was left in a monopoly situation. The study examined both newspapers in monopoly and competitive times. This, it was hoped, would allow the study to make conclusions about the effects of different competitive situations on the political content of the newspaper. The political content was broken down into three areas, political news stories, editorials and political comment and letters to the editor. These areas were examined using both qualitative and quantitative content analysis. Measures were created and tested to allow for the study of the effects of different competitive situations. The thesis adopted here was that no differences would be found in either newspaper that was statistically significant or consistent across the two competitive times. The results bear this out. In none of the categories were results achieved that discounted the thesis. A few isolated differences were reported, but often they were not statistically significant and they were rarely similar across the two newspapers. Thus, practically the monopoly newspaper does not appear to be a worse newspaper than the competitive newspaper. The study concludes that currently, the competitive status of a newspaper is not a major factor affecting political content of the newspaper.
1983-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1052/viewcontent/MK56185.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Political Science
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1054
2012-11-19T13:29:34Z
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
The effect of political partisanship on the allocation of funds for job creation in the province of Ontario
Bricker, Darrell Jay
This thesis examines the role of political considerations in the development and administration of programs that are the responsibility of the federal and provincial governments. Previous research has shown that political considerations do influence public policy outputs, however, this research mostly addresses programs administered by a single level of government. This thesis explores this question further by analyzing and comparing two similar allocative programs: the Canada/Ontario Employment Development (COED) program administered jointly by the federal government and the government of Ontario; and the Canada Works program administered solely by the federal government. Drawing on a comparative analysis of the two decision making structures and upon interviews with decision makers involved, it is argued that policy outputs of the federal-provincial program are less likely to have been affected by political partisanship than the outputs of the program administered solely by the federal government. This proposition was tested further using multiple regression analysis. It was found that after controlling for economic need, the distribution of expenditures from the federally sponsored Canada Works program are significantly related to political partisanship while the distribution of expenditures of the jointly administered COED program are not.
1984-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/55
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1054/viewcontent/MK66945.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Political Science
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1048
2012-11-16T20:44:46Z
publication:lang
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
Operational research in RAF Bomber Command, 1941-1945 (Britain)
Wakelam, Randall Thomas
The concept of strategic bombardment of targets by aircraft grew out of the long range bombing which took place in the First World War. By the eve of the Second World War, Royal Air Force officers and many politicians in Britain were convinced that the 'bomber would always get through.' Events in the opening months of the war proved otherwise. Bomber Command met severe losses during daylight raids and was forced to adopt night tactics. It was realized by mid-1941 that, operating in the dark, crews could not often find their targets with existing tactics and equipment. Worse, losses continued. In an effort to improve the efficiency of the Command (tons of bombs dropped per aircraft lost) and its effectiveness in carrying the war to Germany an Operational Research Section was established in September 1941. Staffed by civilian scientists, the section's mandate called for it to look into and find solutions to problems of navigation and target finding as well as countermeasures against enemy defences. Soon thereafter a new and dynamic commander was appointed. Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris was to press forcefully for the maximum application of strategic bombing throughout the war. Harris was an experienced bomber commander who, along with his senior service personnel, could see some of the problems facing the flyers. Yet it was the scientists who, working closely with him and the headquarters staff, were able to find solutions to many of the most vexing issues. This thesis reviews the major investigations carried out by the Operational Research Section over almost four years and argues that Harris and his senior subordinates relied on this scientific advice in making many important decisions. In so doing, this research demonstrates that the Commander had an intellectual flexibility which is seldom recognized in the existing literature.
2006-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/49
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1048/viewcontent/NR21503.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1050
2012-11-16T20:54:16Z
publication:etd
publication:math_etd
publication:scie
publication:math
First passage time problem for multivariate jump-diffusion processes: Models, computation, and applications in finance
Zhang, Di
The first passage time (FPT) problems are ubiquitous in many applications, from physics to finance. Mathematically, such problems are often reduced to the evaluation of the probability density of the time for a process to cross a certain level, a boundary, or to enter a certain region. While in other areas of applications the FPT problems can often be solved analytically, in finance we usually have to resort to the application of numerical procedures, in particular when we deal with jump-diffusion stochastic processes (JDP). The application of the conventional Monte-Carlo procedure is possible for the solution of the resulting model, but it becomes computationally inefficient which severely restricts its applicability in many practically interesting cases. In this dissertation, we are interested in the development of efficient Monte-Carlo-based computational procedures for the estimation of the probability density of the time for a random process to cross a specified threshold level. Our main application is the credit risk analysis where we focus on a case of several “coupled” companies for which we attempt to evaluate their dependent defaults. In particular, we consider a situation where individual companies are linked together via certain economic conditions, so the default events of companies are correlated. This is usually the case, for example, when the companies are in the same industry or in supply chain management problems. In this dissertation, we have successfully developed such efficient computational procedures that can be carried out for multivariate (and correlated) jump-diffusion processes. We have also provided details of the implementation of the developed Monte-Carlo-based technique for a subclass of multidimensional Levy processes with several compound Poisson shocks. Finally, we have demonstrated the applicability of the developed methodologies to the analysis of the default rates and default correlations of several different, but correlated firms via a set of empirical data.
2007-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/51
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1050/viewcontent/MR26593.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Credit Risk
Default Correlation
First Passage Time
Multivariate Jump-Diffusion Processes
Monte-Carlo Simulation
Multivariate Uniform Sampling Method
Applied Mathematics
Multivariate Analysis
Probability
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1058
2012-11-19T13:35:36Z
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
The impact of home entertainment technologies on government's ability to regulate sexually explicit materials
Strathdee, Mike
This thesis examines the impact of home entertainment technologies (pay TV, home satellite dishes and video cassettes) on the ability of governments and regulatory officials to control sexually explicit materials. Information was gathered through personal interviews, a literature review and a nation-wide mail survey of 400 people selected because of their professional experience or personal interest in the topic. The first section of the thesis provides an overview of regulation in western nations. sets out the philosophical case for restrictions on sexually explicit materials from the conservative, liberal, feminist and Christian perspectives and explains the purpose of the study. A definitional section follows outlining the various definitions used for the terms "erotica" and "pornography." The third section looks at relevant issues in the literature, with particular attention to the Fraser and Badgley Reports. An examination of the history and current status of the home entertainment technologies with which the study lS concerned follows. This section outlines many of the regulatory challenges posed by VCRs. home satellite dishes and pay TV. A fifth section explains the manner in which the survey was conducted, problems experienced in the study, and survey findings. Survey results revealed a certain degree of consensus among respondents as to what constitutes "pornography", but little common understanding of the term "erotica." These findings suggest a need for new terminology. Strong support was found for the hypothesis under study, that technology is making regulation of sexually explicit materials more difficult. Also discovered in the research was: support for a federal government role in regulating sexually explicit materials, and a belief among respondents that neither federal nor provincial governments spend enough money in their efforts to regulate sexually explicit materials. While respondents don't think that Canadians are over-censored when it comes to sexually explicit materials, they tended to disapprove of the use of stringent measures to achieve a greater degree of control over sexually explicit materials, with women being more supportive of regulation than men. The thesis concludes with a discussion of the lack of will to regulate displayed by a number of agencies, what might change that situation and the restrictions on commercial activity and personal freedoms which would conceivably be necessary in order to achieve a greater degree of control over sexually explicit materials.
1989-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/59
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1058/viewcontent/ML50099.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Political Science
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1023
2012-11-16T20:20:51Z
publication:lang
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
Heavenly messages and the path to redemption: An examination of inspired prophecy in mid-seventeenth century England
Lorentz, Gerald
1991-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/24
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1023/viewcontent/MM68681.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1026
2012-11-16T20:24:04Z
publication:lang
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
Close air support in Normandy: The case of First U.S. Army and IX Tactical Air Command. A question of doctrine, training and experience
Bechthold, B. Michael
1993-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/27
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1026/viewcontent/MM84401.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
History
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1071
2012-11-19T13:57:27Z
publication:rlc_etd
publication:rlc
publication:etd
publication:arts
Daughters of a jesting God: The religious sensibility of Margaret Laurence
Stibbards-Watt, Patricia
1982-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/72
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1071/viewcontent/MK56195.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Literature in English, North America
Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1030
2012-11-16T20:28:26Z
publication:lang
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
To close with and destroy: The experience of Canloan officers in the North West European Campaign, 1944-1945 (World War II)
Rawding, Brian G.
Since the end of the Second World War the relative performance between the Allied and German Army during the North West European Campaign has become the subject of extended debate. In almost every instance, however, academics have preferred to determine conclusions without extensive examination of the soldier’s experience. This thesis is an attempt to help redress this discrepancy. Through the experiences of Canloan officers serving with the Second British Army, it is evident that the tactical reality was often more complex than has been accepted This is illuminated through the fact that the conditions of service both prior and after deployment into a theatre of operations served as parameters that predetermined the level of tactical and operational success possible. The Allies found that they could not deploy their armour in the same roles as the enemy and were forced into more cautionary roles. In the defensive, the Allies began to rely on those weapons that offered to redress the imbalance, the predominant one being artillery. Even with these measures the rate of attrition among the infantry battalions still remained high creating difficulties in maintaining all forms of traditional regimental leadership. The Canloans, and the men they led into battle, did overcome these hindrances and continued to fight both effectively and successfully. This thesis will also look at the Canloan Program itself and its volunteers in order to help establish the necessary background for the second half of the paper.
1998-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/31
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1030/viewcontent/MQ30254.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1044
2012-11-16T20:40:27Z
publication:lang
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
The creation of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service and its role in Canadian naval intelligence and communications, 1939-45
Redstone-Lewis, Julie Anne
This study explores the establishment of the Women’s Royal Naval Canadian Service (WRCNS) on the basis of its British counterpart, and the subsequent restructuring of the service better to suit Canadian needs during the Second World War. This development paralleled and complemented other efforts on the part of the Canadian navy to become more autonomous from British’s Royal Navy. Many Canadians, and the government itself, had profound reservations about the employment of women in military service, but within the navy, as in the other armed forces, these reservations were overcome by much needed skills available among the women who volunteered. The WRCNS made a particularly valuable contribution to the Battle of the Atlantic providing a highly capable, enthusiastic workforce to staff the rapidly expanding communication and intelligence networks developed by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) to protect convoys, target U-boats and give Canada full partnerships in Allied decision making for operations in the critically important north Atlantic theatre. The work of the WRCNS directly contributed to Allied victory in the Atlantic and to the enhancement of Canadian national autonomy.
2007-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/45
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1044/viewcontent/MR26589.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
Women's History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1045
2012-11-16T20:41:31Z
publication:lang
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
'Our glory and our grief': Toronto and the Great War (Ontario)
Miller, Ian Hugh Maclean
This dissertation studies the impact of the Great War on Toronto, Ontario. What happened in the city? How were the enormous sacrifices of the war rationalized? Why did English-Canadians support it? What did citizens know about the war? The dissertation draws upon a wide and varied source base. Every issue of the following newspapers was examined: the six Toronto daily papers, The Weekly Sun, Maclean's, The Industrial Banner, Everywoman's World, The Labour Gazette, and the religious periodicals of major religious denominations in the city. In addition, extensive searches were conducted in the City of Toronto Archives, the Archives of Ontario, the Public Archives of Canada, Baldwin Reading Room, Directorate of History, University of Toronto Archives and Thomas Fisher Rare Book Room, and related church archives. Using these public and private sources, a complex portrait of wartime life has been drawn detailing what residents knew, and how they behaved. The narrative is informed by social, cultural, military, labour, and women's historiographies. Throughout the war, English-Canadian Torontonians reacted in a manner which was both informed and committed. Initially, they expected the war would be short. However, when military events demonstrated that an ad hoc, voluntary approach would be insufficient to meet the increasing demands of the war, they adapted. Voluntary organizations gradually gave way to popularly sanctioned government involvement in everything from the financing to the supplying of men for the war. This was a community which was firmly dedicated to winning the war. Despite its enormous cost, citizens endured.
2000-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/46
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1045/viewcontent/NQ44830.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
History
Military History
Social History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1057
2012-11-19T13:32:33Z
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
Party images and party identification in Canada
Cotter, Ian
The notion that electors acquire an enduring allegiance to a political party has guided the study of voting behaviour and elections in western democracies for almost three decades. Yet when used outside the United States, where the concept was developed, party identification has been greeted with less unanimous enthusiasm. For Canadian scholars, debate over the concept revolves primarily around (1) the empirical independence of party identification and the vote and (2) the stability of such attachments. Indeed, this debate has occupied much of the efforts of previous analysts in Canada. In this thesis, we reexamine the conventional wisdom about party identification in Canada by looking at two questions. First, are party identification and the vote distinguishable empirical referents in Canada? And secondly, how can we account for changes in the party identifications of Canadians? Thus, the first question seeks to address the property of independence, and the second, the property of stability. The first hypothesis is that the party identification and the vote are not the same thing, but differ by the impact of short-term forces that contradict partisan attachments. This hypothesis is supported—for all types of partisans, the differences between vote and party identification can be understood, at least in part, as a function of short-term forces. The second hypothesis is that levels of stability and change in party identification are related to individual party images. That is, when these “mental pictures” of the parties serve to reinforce past party identification, identifications will be stable. On the other hand, when these images are in conflict with the party one identified with in the past, there is a smaller likelihood that the individual will remain a stable identifier. We test this hypothesis in two ways. The first relates image of one’s own party to patterns of change and stability in identification, while the second correlates the relative image of all three parties with patterns of partisan stability. In both analyses the patterns that emerge are generally consistent with the expectations derived from the hypothesis. All partisans are more likely to change their party identifications when their images of the parties are in conflict with past party attachments. However, when party images reinforce past identifications, identifications are likely to endure.
1988-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Political Science
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1016
2012-11-16T19:56:04Z
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Black education in Canada West: A parochial solution to a secular problem. Rev. M. M. Dillon and the Colonial Church and School Society
Elliot, Christopher Bruce
African-Americans fled the United States of America during the nineteenth century to escape slavery. The majority of the emigrants took refuge in Upper Canada. Slavery had been abolished by 1834 in all British colonial possessions. Blacks were promised protection from racism by virtue of British institutions. Upper Canada offered the fugitives a chance to begin a new life. Life in Canada West was not to be as joyful as was promised. When Blacks arrived in the British colony they were treated as outsiders, outcast from society. The prejudices of the day flourished throughout the countryside. Racism was manifested in the refusal of local administrators to allow African-American children to attend government financed schools. The settlers were not prepared to abandon their long held fear of Blacks and they prevented the integration of children of all races. The administration did not offer support and protection from intolerance. The education system failed Black children by not allowing them to attend classes even though their parents paid their school taxes. The British establishment recognized the injustice and tried to remedy the situation by opening schools of their own. The Colonial Church and School Society opened a school in London, Canada West. The Anglican missionaries wanted to prove that Blacks could be educated and become part of society. The aims of the founder of the school, Rev. M.M. Dillon, differed from the aims of the CCSS. He wanted to have Blacks and whites educated together to their mutual benefit. His participation in the founding and running of the Mission is central to the operation of the Mission to the Fugitive Slaves of Canada West. He did not maintain the support of the influential members of the London society and was removed from his post. The point of contention was that he had allowed more whites in the school than Black children. He left the Mission in 1856 and the Mission closed in 1858.
1989-01-01T08:00:00Z
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African American Studies
History
Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies
Social History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1021
2012-11-16T20:17:01Z
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'Let them educate themselves': The reform of separate schools in Ottawa, 1882-1912 (Canada)
Postrozny, Peter Anthony
1990-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1028
2012-11-16T20:26:59Z
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From enmity towards alliance: The United States and German demilitarization, 1942-1947
Haller, Oliver
This thesis examines the rehabilitation of western Germany from a totalitarian enemy to a democratic partner involved in a military alliance. Previous accounts of German remilitarization focus almost exclusively on the growing Cold War tensions after 1945 and argue that the Korean War acted as the primary catalyst influencing the birth of the Bundeswehr. These historians hypothesize that the four occupying powers largely demilitarized their respective zones of occupation. This thesis evaluates this orthodox argument using the perspectives offered by post-revisionist economic historians. These historians demonstrate that Germany's industrial infrastructure suffered far less destruction through bombing and reparations than understood in the immediate postwar period and that German industrial capacity remained higher in 1946 than before the Second World War. General Lucius D. Clay and the American State Department accepted the need for an early modification of the occupational policy developed in Joint Chiefs of Staff 1067 and at the Potsdam Conference owing largely to the high costs of the enterprise. The Americans placed Germany on the path towards the economic "miracle" of the 1950s. This thesis argues that these changes in deindustrialization also impacted the more traditional diplomatic and military functions of the future West Germany. West Germany maintained a military potential despite the policy of demilitarization. American difficulties with the Soviets during this period later intensified efforts at rehabilitating Germany.
1996-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1032
2012-11-16T20:29:34Z
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Answering the call for reform: The Toronto and Montreal Chinese missions, 1894-1925 (Ontario, Quebec)
Plante, Jeffrey Paul
1998-01-01T08:00:00Z
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History
Social History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1039
2012-11-16T20:35:43Z
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And still they answered the call: The women of Waterloo County, 1939-1947 (Ontario)
Moran, Heather L.
The objective of this thesis is to examine aspects of the experience of women in Waterloo County during the Second World War. Waterloo County, with its strong industrial base and unique concentration of training centres for both the army and navy women’s corps, provides an ideal opportunity to study women’s experience of war and to relate it to the existing historiography, especially the dominant work, Ruth Roach Pierson’s They’re Still Women After All: The Second World War and Canadian Womanhood. The argument of this thesis is that evidence from Waterloo County suggests that Pierson has underestimated both qualitative and quantitative changes in the role and self-image of women during the war years. The view, advanced by Pierson, that women failed to build upon their war-time experience to achieve liberation in the post-war world is directly contradicted by employment data from Waterloo County and other evidence. This thesis suggests that much was accomplished and most of it was of lasting value.
2002-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1039/viewcontent/MQ75883.PDF
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Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Women's History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1019
2012-11-16T20:10:52Z
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Quasem ilep'. I Canadian Corps breaks the Gothic Line: Summer, 1944
Windsor, Lee A.
1996-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1018
2012-11-16T20:01:08Z
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Marking the line: The surveying career (1872-1892) of Otto Julius Klotz. The professionalization of dominion land surveyers and patronage in the federal civil service
Ackerman, Brenda
1995-01-01T08:00:00Z
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History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1020
2012-11-16T20:11:47Z
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The English feminist debate over protective labour legislation, 1880-1914
Baugh-Peterson, Leanne
1991-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
History
Social History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1022
2012-11-16T20:18:16Z
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Toward financial accountability: The creation of the Board of Audit in Upper Canada, 1791-1864
Booker, Michael D.
1991-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
History
Political History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1024
2012-11-16T20:21:58Z
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German-Soviet cooperation in the Baltic States and Poland, 1918 to 1920
Cameron, Brian David
This thesis is based on German, Soviet, American, and British primary source material, as well as memoirs and a variety of secondary sources. Through an investigation of the Polish-Lithuanian dispute, the Polish-Soviet War, the Baltic attempts to achieve independence, as well as German and Soviet military manoeuvres in the Baltic region, far reaching and active cooperation, previously largely unnoticed, has been revealed. The research demonstrates that Germany and Soviet Russia, between the years 1918 and 1920, cooperated extensively in order to prevent Poland for exerting domination over the Baltic States and in attempting to prevent effective cooperation among the Baltic States.
1991-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
European History
Political History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1025
2012-11-16T20:23:35Z
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The Canadian Officers' Training Corps: Support for military training in the universities of Canada, 1908-1935
Byers, Daniel Thomas
1993-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
History
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1027
2012-11-16T20:26:27Z
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Admiral Sir Reginald Drax and British strategic policy: Festina lente
Davison, Robert Lynn
1994-01-01T08:00:00Z
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History
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1029
2012-11-16T20:27:40Z
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War and state collapse: The case of Sierra Leone
Gberie, Lansana
This thesis examines the crises of war and state collapse in the West African state of Sierra Leone, which has been devastated by a civil rebellion which began ostensibly as armed incursions from neighbouring war-torn Liberia in 1991. It critically examines current literature on the crises, including Robert Kaplan's use of the country as a case study for his views on the "coming anarchy" , and concludes that the dynamics of the country’s collapse are far less mysterious and more pedestrian than the spurious environmental and cultural essentialism which Kaplan ascribes to it. The thesis argues that the failure of the Sierra Leonean state must be understood in terms of the failure of the political leadership since the advent of President Siaka Stevens in I968 and his imposition of a one-party state in 1978. Steven’s brand of one-party rule succeeded in subverting the state’s institutional capacity and undermined respect for institutions of the state. Particular attention is paid to the development of the "Shadow State", and the subsequent failure of society to meet the basic demands of its citizens, especially the ability to provide meaningful and remunerative work for educated and volatile youth.
1998-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
African History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1031
2012-11-16T20:28:58Z
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Tactical air power in the Normandy campaign: The role of 83 Group (France)
Evans, Christopher Robert
There is now over a half century of historiography regarding tactical air power in the Normandy campaign in the Second World War. Within this body of material there exists two schools of thought; by far the largest and most popular is that which argues tactical air power was effective, even decisive, in winning the campaign, primarily in the role of ‘tank-buster’. A more moderate school has attempted to refine this and instead argue that tactical air power, while effective, was not decisive, and contributed to the campaign by producing a negative ‘morale effect’ on the enemy. ln each case the focus has been on the provision of air support directly on the battlefield. This thesis studies the role of 83 Group and its effectiveness in providing support to the land campaign using a broader perspective that incorporates the study of tactical air power both above and beyond the field of battle. It also addresses the assumptions ingrained in the historiography and offers a new, balanced appraisal of tactical air power in Normandy and in the Second World War.
1998-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1033
2012-11-16T20:31:12Z
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Behind the scenes at Naval Service headquarters: Bureaucratic politics and the dismissal of Vice-Admiral Percy W. Nelles (John Joseph Connolly)
Mayne, Richard Oliver
1999-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1034
2012-11-16T20:31:58Z
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Victims and criminals: Schutzmannschaft battalion 118 (Belarus, Ukraine)
Petrouchkevitch, Natalia
The issues of the Second World War have always been an important motive in state propaganda in the former USSR. Growing up in the Soviet Union I learned to associate my patriotic feelings with heroism and sacrifice of Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. Moreover, personal accounts of the war and occupation that I heard from the members of my family almost completely agreed with the official version of wartime history of the USSR. The Soviet accounts stressed that the struggle against invaders was almost unanimous, and many cases of passive responses to the war or collaboration were mentioned only briefly. During my university studies in Canada I discovered a number of studies by western historians dealing with collaboration in the USSR during the war. I became interested in this subject and decided to study it in more depth. From one of the colleagues who also studied the German occupation of the USSR I learned that the village of Khatyn, which was made a symbol of all the burnt villages in Belrussian SSR by the Soviet propaganda, was in fact destroyed not only by the Germans, but by ethnic Ukrainians. This intrigued me, and I decided to investigate this case further. Most of the primary materials on the subject came from the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum Archive, which contained records from the October Revolution State Archive in Minsk concerning Khatyn. The battalion that was involved in burning of the village was Schutzmannschaft 118, or Ukrainian Schuma. The collection contained records of other activities of the battalion during the war. After reading these records I decided to look at wartime collaboration and issues associated with it through a case study of this unit. This investigation did not provide me with definite answers as to why and how people became collaborators. Through my study I have discovered that this issue involves a number of different motives, reasons, and circumstances that determine people’s choices in conditions of the war. The most important thing I learned was that generalizations about collaboration or other social phenomena limit our understanding of complexity of peoples’ responses in any given circumstances. Without taking into account such motives as nationalistic of anti-Soviet sentiments, pursuit of personal gain, or satisfaction of survival needs it is impossible to fully understand the issue of wartime collaboration. Study of those factors, in turn, would lead to reevaluation of other related issues, for example, our understanding of war crimes, and help us reconstruct a fuller picture of the events of World War II.
1999-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1035
2012-11-16T20:32:58Z
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Tradition and memory in Protestant Ontario: Anglican and Methodist clerical discourses during Queen Victoria's Golden (1887) and Diamond (1897) Jubilee celebrations
Peters, Garry D.
This thesis examines the religious-patriotic discourse on Queen Victoria. the monarchy. and the British empire produced by the Anglican and Methodist clergy in Ontario during the celebrations for the sovereign's Golden Jubilee in 1887 and the Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Loyalty to the queen and the monarchy was shaped by the interplay between the received theological, ecclesiastical, and historical traditions of each church. its collective memories. and by the contexts which influenced the commemorations. The discursive representations of the queen, constitutional monarchy, and imperialism, embedded within the sermons and patriotic literature of the two churches, differentiated into separate patterns of affirmation, in the process, appropriating sub-cultural, or vernacular, pasts which justified the contemporary identities of the churches and their world in late Victorian Ontario. The Church of England in Canada, drawing upon an organic, unitive vision, which integrated Church, state, and society under the monarchy, maintained a conservative, at times defensive, but reasonably stable message in its pronouncements of loyalty over the decade between 1887 and 1897. ln the person of Queen Victoria, the Methodists consecrated the Wesleyan theological heritage through a discourse of substitutionary piety. However, the Methodist narratives of imperial and social progress during the queen's reign began to invoke the nascent language of the social gospel, a different type of pietistic discourse which altered the categories of traditional Wesleyan theology. Thus the Methodist loyalty sermons and articles reveal a bifurcation in the structures of collective identity. The representations of the queen anchored the past in the present, but the discourse of imperial and social progress indicates a gradual deconsecration of the Wesleyan heritage, implying a concomitant destabilization of identity in the Methodist Church in late nineteenth-century Ontario.
2000-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
History of Religion
Social History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1036
2012-11-16T20:33:26Z
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The 'Mad Fourth': The 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion at war, 1914-1916
Iarocci, Andrew
2001-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1037
2012-11-16T20:34:38Z
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Operational research and the Royal Canadian Air Force Eastern Air Command's search for efficiency in airborne anti-submarine warfare, 1942-1945
Ruffilli, Dean C.
This thesis analyses the contributions of operational research to the work of the Royal Canadian Air Force Eastern Air Command during the Second World War. The efforts of the handful of Canadian operational researchers in the Allied campaign against the German U-boat force, although having produced only modest results, did make a small but important contribution to the war which have been neglected by historians. The use of aircraft against submarines began during the First World War when both technologies were still in their infancy. Although initial results were poor, the handful of sinkings by aircraft demonstrated its potential as a counter to the seemingly invulnerable submarine. Great Britain, with its vulnerable seaward lines of communication, emerged by 1918 as the leader in the development of anti-submarine aircraft, largely through the co-operative efforts of scientists and airmen to refine and advance the concept of airborne anti-submarine warfare. Although much of this knowledge was squandered through the neglect of the Royal Air Force’s land-based anti-submarine aircraft force during the inter-war period, the early introduction of scientists to the field of airborne anti-submarine warfare provided a precedent for a future revival of this relationship. The techniques of operational research, first promulgated during the British experiments with radar during the 1930s, were, by 1941, applied to assist Royal Air Force Coastal Command in its campaign against the German U-boats which were taking an ever-increasing toll of Allied shipping. The work of P.M.S. Blackett and his staff at Coastal Command Operational Research Section would serve as the foundation upon which Eastern Air Command’s Operational Research Section (ORS) would be constructed when it was created in November 1942. Under the leadership of Professor Colin Barnes and later Dr. J.W.T. Spinks, Eastern Air Command ORS produced a series of studies which explored issues of concern to the Command’s anti-submarine (bomber-reconnaissance) squadrons. They used methodologies adapted for Canadian purposes from the original British and American models. These studies of diverse topics such as bombing accuracy and search techniques for missing aircraft, along with the squadron and Command efficiency data collected in operational planning role assumed by Eastern Air Command ORS (one which had earlier been rejected as unproductive clerical work by Coastal Command ORS), characterized the growth of Canadian-oriented operational research during the final three years of the Second World War. The work of the handful of civilian and military operational researchers at Eastern Air Command ORS, although threatened with elimination during the deep cuts to the military in the immediate post-war years, survived to form part of the body of Canadian military operational research techniques which has assisted the Canadian Forces in their duties throughout the last half-century.
2001-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1040
2012-11-16T20:36:20Z
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Canadian theatre: The battle of St. Lawrence and its aftermath, May-October 1942
Burtch, Andrew Paul
The Battle of the St. Lawrence is one of the least discussed engagements in Canadian naval history. The vast majority of those who have dealt with it write off the battle as simply a defeat for the Canadian war effort. On closer examination, however, it becomes clear that the Battle of the St. Lawrence and its aftermath, the closure of the St. Lawrence to shipping, are much more complex. The RCN and the RCAF accomplished much in coastal defence with very little resources, and though no U-boats were killed in the engagement, Canadian naval and air units working in combination gave the appearance of coordinated ASW to German submarine commanders. U-boats did not return to Canadian coastal waters in the following shipping season. Furthermore, Canadian defence planners took valuable lessons from the setbacks in the Gulf in 1942 and devised more aggressive doctrines for escort work and air patrols. The most important contribution of this work is the analysis of the decision to close the St. Lawrence. Whereas most historians contend that the Canadian government closed down a vital maritime artery in a panicked response to losses in the St. Lawrence, it is shown that the decision was the culmination of a carefully drafted policy which had been considered for several years. The policy incorporated the preferences of both Canadian defence planners and the British Ministry of War Transport. The decision to close the St. Lawrence did not have its intended effect, since shipping resumed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with some restrictions in early 1943. The impact of the Battle of the St. Lawrence on the war effort, conversely to what other historians have argued, was in fact negligible.
2003-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1041
2012-11-16T20:37:11Z
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Battalion leadership in the Essex Scottish Regiment and the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade during the Second World War
Maker, John James
This thesis project began with the general idea of examining leadership at the battalion level in the Canadian Army during the First World War. After having been brought to my attention some time later, the Essex Scottish Regiment during the Second World War piqued my interest. This unit received the highest number of casualties of any Canadian unit throughout the Second World War, yet I had not heard or read anything significant about it. I had read gallant histories of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry and the Black Watch, of the Regina Rifles and the Calgary Highlanders; none of these units, however, had experienced either the level of casualties or the level of historiographical poverty that the Essex had. Indeed, the Essex Scots had a head start on most other Canadian units by the beginning of the Normandy Campaign, in terms of casualties, since they had landed on the main beaches of Dieppe with their sister battalions the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (RHLI or Rileys) and the Royal Regiment of Canada (RRC or Royals), who landed at Puys. I found myself asking what it was about the Essex Scots that made them lose so many men. Why was it that this particular regiment, that had so often been committed to battle alongside its more "successful" sister battalions, suffered more than another? What factors can account for the varied battlefield performance of the three regiments that constituted the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade? Was it leadership, circumstance, luck, or something else? Consequently, the original idea of examining leadership at the battalion level became subsumed in this myriad of possibilities.
2004-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Military History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1042
2012-11-16T20:38:07Z
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publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
Keeping the faith: The Presbyterian press in peace and war, 1913-1919
Fowler, Michelle
There has been very little scholarship in recent years which provides a detailed analysis of Christian support for the First World War in Canada. This work attempts to fill this gap with respect to the Presbyterian Church in Canada. It is a thorough analysis of the Presbyterian periodicals in war and peace between 1913 and 1919. The work is presented as a contribution to our understanding of Canada's Great War experience. One of the few academic articles which examined Protestant support for the war was the influential article 'The Methodist Church and World War I'. In this article, published in the Canadian Historical Review in 1968, Michael Bliss argues that the Methodist Church accepted what he regards as the 'paradox of fighting for peace because its leaders were misled about the nature and purposes of the war. This argument has been echoed in subsequent studies of Canadian attitude towards conflict and appears to be the most widely accepted view of church support for the First World War. More recent general studies of Canadian attitudes during the Great War have emerged, influenced by Fritz Fischer and the belief that Germany sought war in 1914 and pursued a policy to bring Europe under German control. Recent scholarship also suggests that Allied perceptions of German behaviour in Belgium and Northern France were largely correct. The four main periodicals for the Presbyterian Church in Canada were examined thoroughly over a period of six years and an attempt was made to read and include as many editorials articles, letters and other contributions which reflected Presbyterian opinion about the war. The changing pattern of Presbyterian discussion demonstrated a deliberate, intelligent and continuous effort to reconcile war and Christianity. The evidence would suggest that Presbyterians understood what was at stake and why they were fighting the war. They fought based on a perception of the enemy that was largely correct and for the principles of truth, righteousness and in defence of the weak. The war was just.
2005-01-01T08:00:00Z
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History
Social History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1043
2012-11-16T20:40:01Z
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publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
The treatment of evacuated war neuroses casualties in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919
Humphries, Mark Osborne
The conventional historiography of the treatment of war neurosis in Canada is limited and suggests that "shell shocked" soldiers were diagnosed and assigned treatment based on their rank and social class. According to the literature this meant that officers and soldiers from the upper classes were diagnosed with neurasthenia and given "rest" and "spa" treatments while soldiers from the other ranks and lower classes were diagnosed with hysteria and treated with punitive therapies designed to convince them to return to the front lines. However, these conclusions were based on contemporary medical journals and have been formed with very little archival research. The author, using archival documents and statistical analysis, suggests that soldiers from the other ranks who were treated in England for war neurosis were rarely diagnosed with hysteria and were instead labelled with one or more of several diagnostic terms, the most prevalent of which were "neurasthenia" and/or "shell shock". These solders were also typically treated with "rest" and "spa" therapies; punitive therapies were by far the exception to this type of treatment. The author posits that the pre-war understanding of the "nervous" disorders heavily influenced both diagnosis and treatment.
2005-01-01T08:00:00Z
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History
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1046
2012-11-16T20:42:19Z
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publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
Winning the war, winning the peace: The image of the 'Indian' in English-Canada, 1930-1948
Sheffield, Robert Scott
This dissertation examines the impact of the Second World War on the image of the 'Indian' prevalent in English-Canada between 1930 and 1948. Traditionally, historical studies have assumed that the war formed a watershed in Canadian social, cultural and Aboriginal history: marking the end of the 'era of irrelevance' for Aboriginal people and creating a paradigm-shift in feelings about 'racial' tolerance and human rights. This study explores the shift in English-Canadian images of the 'Indian' from 1930 to 1948, as a way of testing the prevailing interpretation of the war as a major historical pivot in Canadian cultural constructions of the 'other' and in state-Aboriginal relations. The image developed by the Indian Affairs Branch (IAB) is treated separately from that evident in the public domain. The former constructed the 'Administrative Indian' in a hostile and derogatory manner, necessary to legitimise and rationalise the IAE's goal of assimilation. The public, by contrast, had the luxury to think about the First Nations, or not, as they wished. The result was an ambivalent dual image, which trivialised Aboriginal people and issues and helped Canadians manage collective guilt for the displacement and plight of the 'Indian'. The efforts to win the war and later to win the peace created acute pressure on images of the 'Indian'. While the IAB's disciplined discourse weathered the strain almost unchanged, the same cannot be said of the public discourse, which proved adept at incorporating new images into its existing mental framework as circumstances warranted. As the country entered the post-war period, Canadians wished to do right by the Indian', in appreciation for the symbolically important contributions of Aboriginal people to the national war effort_ The resulting parliamentary committee, which sat between 1946-1948, re-enshrined assimilation as the goal of Canadian Indian policy. Adherence to this policy was still based on an underlying certainty in English-Canadian society's superiority over that of the 'Indian', but it could no longer be defended on those grounds. In post-1945 Canada, assimilation was renewed and rationalised through a new faith in interventionist government, liberal-democratic principles and the promise of scientific social engineering.
2000-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Cultural History
History
Indigenous Studies
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1047
2012-11-16T20:42:49Z
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publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:hist
publication:lang_etd
publication:hist_etd
A spirit of enterprise: The Western Fair Association, London, Ontario: 1867-1947
Sanmiya, Inge Vibeke
This study examines the evolution, function and role of London, Ontario's Western Fair Association. Spokespersons for the Western Fair proudly remind their listeners that the Fair is as old as Canada. During the period, 1867 to 1947, the Association grew from a one-event agricultural society into a sophisticated, multi-dimensional corporate entity with local, regional and international influence and significance.
Analysis of the Association's rise to prominence illustrates the Canadian public's changing relationship with modem technology. Initially, the Directors and promoters of the Western Fair incorporated the voice and authority of technological knowledge and advancement into the exhibitions, displays and competitions. By lending legitimacy to technological innovation and use as the motive force for social and economic improvement, the Association leaders and members hoped to create a blueprint for future prosperity. At the same time, these influential men sought to establish a prominent role for the Association, and the City of London, Ontario, in local, regional, provincial and international development. After the Great War, and especially after World War II, Canadians became increasingly disillusioned with the expanded incursion of technology in the workplace, schools and homes. While the Fair organizers continued to exhibit a positivist faith in technology, many people had valid reasons for rejecting these beliefs.
Although the leaders of the Fair Association played an active role in the dissemination of technological knowledge, their operations of and decisions about programming, scheduling competitions and judging, corporate structures and capital investment in the organization's plant and facilities also reveals much about southwestern Ontario's rapid industrial expansion, changing gender roles, increasing urbanization, rural depopulation and changing social and political cultures and attitudes. Throughout the discussion period, Western Fair Directors and members grappled with issues such as municipal funding, local plans for housing and recreational development, increasing urbanization, rural depopulation and the economic crisis of the 1930s. When Canada declared war on Germany in 1939, the Department of National Defence appropriated the entire plant and facilities of the Western Fair Association. No one involved with the Fair Association realized that this decision would bring an eight year halt to the Association's operations. Efforts to rebuild the Western Fair Association took place during 1944 through to 1947. Because of the strength and influence of enterprising Directors and supporters, the Western Fair Association was well positioned to reclaim its pre-war status as an agricultural, educational and recreational event centre.
At times, concepts and ideas about the social and economic benefits attributed to technological development were overshadowed by social, political and economic emergencies. However, the Association leaders persisted in the promotion of technological knowledge even as they responded to the challenges to maintain, improve, and expand the organization. As Keith Walden has observed, “there is little point...in trying to measure degrees of influence.” Because the Western Fair Association attracted wide audiences and drew from a diverse pool of resources, the following analysis cannot be confined to a technological framework of analysis. This examination of the Fair, which evolved rapidly into a complex social institution, demonstrates how the ideas and ideals about technological advancement intersected with, and sometimes competed with, social and cultural constructions of gender, class, ethnic diversity, and community development.
2002-01-01T08:00:00Z
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History
Social History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1049
2012-11-16T20:50:01Z
publication:etd
publication:math_etd
publication:scie
publication:math
Markov switching and jump diffusion models with applications in mathematical finance
Xie, Shengkun
In this thesis, we study some jump diffusion models with Markov switching and transition densities for Markov switching diffusion processes with and without an absorbing barrier. We work out some analytical results, which have useful applications in mathematical finance and other related fields. The first-passage time problem for a Markov switching model is also studied and European type options and lookback options are computed in closed-form as examples to show that these models can be applied in practice. We apply optimization methods and kernel smoothing techniques to produce some important numerical results that show that jump diffusion with Markov switching models successfully capture the empirical feature of the market implied volatility of stock prices. We also use a path integral approach for a two-state Markov switching diffusion model, and it turns out that the transition probability density is a weighted average of gaussian densities for this model. As we will see in this thesis, the models can be extended to the multi-state case, but two-state models have particular applicability in the sense of economic cycles—expansion and contraction. As an interesting application, the two-state Markov switching jump diffusion model can be used for modelling insurance surplus with pricing cycles. In this case, the ruin probability is easily obtained.
2006-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Option Pricing
Path Integral Approach
Markov Regime Switching
Jump Diffusion
Implied Volatility
First-Passage Time
Risk Process
Ruin Probability
Applied Mathematics
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1051
2012-11-16T20:57:08Z
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publication:phil_etd
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:lang_etd
publication:phil
Abstraction, technology, and power
Wilkinson, John
The work's central question is how technological designs affect the political power of individuals. This discussion supplements claims that more democratic control over the design and deployment of technology is necessary; it does so by showing how the general tendency toward parametric designs creates technological delegates: artifacts to which we inadvertently delegate our political powers. "Delegation" in this sense is the central theme. It is developed in the context of recent philosophy and sociology of technology, as well as ecofeminism and the existentialism of Gabriel Marcel and Martin Heidegger. A distinction is made between live and dead abstractions (chapter two); delegation to technologies is an instance of the latter. A live abstraction is one that tends to connect with its derivational and practical context; a dead abstraction is understood as complete in itself. This distinction is developed primarily from Husserl's late work, in which separation of science from its origins in the lifeworld is identified as a crisis. Technology requires philosophical attention because it mediates our activities and relations with other humans and non-humans (chapters three and four). A significant change in how we do things must be a change in technologies. It is argued that engineering design typically proceeds by means of parametrization: a problem or sub-problem is reduced to a set of parameters (chapter five). This abstraction is reproduced in the designed artifact, such that the user encounters the world as an abstract problem. It is in this sense that some technologies create an inauthentic relation with the world. The consequence, it is argued, is a loss of political power (chapter six). Delegate technologies hide large networks of human and non-human others behind their parametric interfaces. We appear to live more independently with technological help, but in fact we only hide our dependence. Technologies that make dependence explicit are recommended instead.
2007-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1055
2012-11-19T13:30:39Z
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publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
Nationalism and integration
Moore, Allan Harold
The hypothesis of the paper is that nationalism and integration are compatible with each other, and only conflict when the integrationist tendencies in society become overbearing. To study the hypothesis to the fullest extent possible, we explored it in both intellectual and concrete terms. Chapter One looks at the literature on nationalism and concludes that it can be used in the integration processes of society. Chapter Two examines how nationalism is treated by the modern proponents of integration. The functionalist, neo-functionalist, federalist and pluralist schools of integration are explored in the chapter. Chapter Three examines the hypothesis in concrete terms with an exploration of how nationalism contributed to nation-state development in Africa. Finally, Chapter Four looks at how nationalism stood as a barrier to expansive integration attempts in Western Europe, particularly in the post-World War II era.
1984-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Political Theory
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1053
2012-11-19T13:28:29Z
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
The technical, legal and political implications of remote sensing satellites
Mahoney, Matthew
This thesis examines the phenomenon of reconnaissance satellites and their role in the present arms race. While volumes of material have been written on the arms race in general, or the weapons race in particular, very little has been written on the role of satellites in this conflict and almost nothing has been written on the role of reconnaissance satellites. There is a need for much greater debate on the role of reconnaissance satellites in outer space. Reconnaissance satellites have, in part, rewritten the meaning of the arms race and they have contributed significantly to arms reductions talks between the two superpowers. This thesis examines reconnaissance satellites both in an historical and a modern context. Their legal status is examined. The political and military implications of reconnaissance satellites is discussed as well. In sum, this paper is a pioneering effort. It will explore a little-known topic in the hope that it will stimulate further discussion.
1983-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Political Science
Remote Sensing
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1056
2012-11-19T13:32:06Z
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
The impact of trait attributions on evaluations of political leaders
Barr, Cathy Widdis
Evaluations of political leaders have long been considered an important component of the vote decision. Nevertheless, little research has been conducted in Canada on voters’ overall evaluations of their political leaders. Indeed, the topic has only recently received much systematic attention in the comparative literature. The study of how voters’ judgements about the personality characteristics of candidates affect their overall evaluations of those candidates is an area that has been particularly neglected. In this thesis, we test three hypotheses about the impact of personality trait attributions on voters’ overall evaluations of Canadian federal party leaders. The data for our analyses are drawn from the 1974, 1979 and 1984 Canadian National Election Studies. The first hypothesis is that there is a relationship between trait attributions and voters’ overall evaluations of Canadian political leaders that is independent of such factors as party identification, issue positions, and other impressions of the parties and leaders. This hypothesis is supported. The second hypothesis is that trait attributions will have an impact on voters’ overall evaluations of Liberal and PC leaders second in importance to party identification, and that trait attributions will be second in importance to issue positions with regard to evaluations of NDP leaders. This hypothesis is only partially supported. For Liberal and PC leaders, the impact of party identification on evaluation is generally surpassed by the impact of positive trait attributions. With regard to evaluations of NDP leaders, the impact of issue positions is generally surpassed by the impact of party identification, positive trait attributions and negative trait attributions. The third hypothesis is that attributions of competence and integrity will have a greater impact on overall evaluation than attributions of other personality traits. This hypothesis is also only partially supported. The impact of integrity is considerably less than has been found to be the case by other researchers.
1987-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Political Science
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1059
2012-11-19T13:36:20Z
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publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
Negativity in the evaluations of political leaders
Utting, Timothy John Stanford
The perception of political leaders has been, and continues to be, a primary component in the electoral process. Researchers have presented findings which indicate that the evaluation of party leaders is an important determinant of the vote decision. Even though these findings have aided our understanding of the importance of candidate evaluations, the literature has provided very little information about the dynamics involved in the perception of political leaders. In this thesis, we are interested in the dynamics involved in the evaluation of political leaders. More specifically, our examination concerns the presence of negativity effects which have been identified by social science researchers in a number of settings. We have defined the underlying concept of negativity as the greater importance placed on negatively assessed information in forming an overall evaluation of a given stimulus as compared to equally likely and equally extremely positively assessed information. Our investigation of the relationship between differently evaluated and differently weighted information helps to provide a clearer understanding of the way people evaluate their political leaders. In order to examine the existence of negativity, this thesis focuses on two interpretations of the processing of value-laden information. The first interpretation is that of Lau (1982) which addressed the relational nature of positively and negatively evaluated information. The second interpretation is that of Barr (1988) who viewed the same processing of value-laden information in terms of a multi-dimensional scale. Our examination involves addressing the theoretical and methodological differences of these two interpretations in order to determine the existence of negativity. The data for this thesis will be drawn from the 1984 Canadian National Election Study and the 1984 NES/CPS American National Election Study. Our research centers around two objectives. The first of these considers the question of the equal likelihood and equal extremity of value-laden information. This enables us to turn to our second objective which is the investigation of the relationship between negatively and positively assessed information in the evaluation of political leaders. Our findings show that the question of equal likelihood regarding positively and negatively evaluated information remains unresolved. Similarly, our findings concerning equally extreme valenced information in the Canadian case are inconclusive. We suggest that our inability to establish the equal likelihood and equal extremity of value-laden information may indeed be the result of discrepancies between the Canadian and American survey questions rather than differences between the research methods of Lau and Barr. Furthermore, we show that the presence of a negativity effect is primarily dependent on the theoretical interpretation utilized. Lau’s interpretation finds support for negativity when we analyzed the data using his research methods. Conversely, Barr’s interpretation indicated a “positivity effect” when we employed her methodology to examine our data.
1989-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Political Science
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1060
2012-11-19T13:37:27Z
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publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
Selective incentives and the formation of interest groups: The case of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS)
Arthur, Peter Dow
This study focuses on the factors that motivate individuals to participate in the affairs of collective action organizations and ultimately take up leadership responsibilities. The leadership of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) is used as a case study because it is an organization that purports to represent the interest of students in post-secondary institutions in Canada. The study employed personal interviews as the main method of data collection. The interviews were semi-structured since certain questions were asked as a result of the responses given to questions in the interview schedule. The interviews enabled the researcher to probe into the minds of the respondents and also get a better understanding of their viewpoints and perspectives. Twelve executive members of the CFS were interviewed for this study. In order not to accept at face value the responses of the leadership of CFS, six representatives of the Ontario Undergraduates Students’ Alliance (OUSA) were also interviewed. As a rival organization, OUSA has been very critical of CFS. By interviewing OUSA representatives, the study aimed at critically examining the responses of CFS respondents. This enabled the researcher to get a balanced understanding of the factors that motivated the formation of student organizations. The study was designed to examine the role selective incentives and inducements play in the decision to be part of the leadership of CFS. In so doing, the study examined the evolution of student movements in Canada which resulted in CFS’ formation. Following the work of other researchers, this study categorized the incentives and motives for the participation of the CFS’ leadership into social, purposive and economic factors. Social incentives and motives include friendship, status, and prestige; purposive incentives and motives include the efforts to influence government policies to obtain broader goals; and economic incentives go to enhance job and career prospects. The findings of the study showed that although economic benefits and incentives are important in influencing the decision to join the leadership of CFS, non-economic reasons should also be considered before any conclusion can be made about the decision-making process of individuals. It came to light that social and purposive incentives are important factors that motivate participation in CFS’ affairs. In this vein, any attempt at understanding the internal dynamics of interest groups and social movement organizations should adopt an integrative approach. Such an approach provides a better framework that enhances our understanding and perspective of the internal dynamics of interest groups and social movement organizations.
1996-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Political Science
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1061
2012-11-19T13:38:00Z
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publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
Turkey's experience with corporatism
Onder, Nilgun
The purpose of this study is to explore Turkey’s experience with corporatism from the founding of the Republic in 1923 onwards. In this study, corporatism is defined as a particular political structure within the capitalist system which acts as a linkage mechanism between the state and society. It is basically related to labour and capital organizations, and their relationship to the state.
The analysis of the Turkish case remains loyal to the traditional authoritarian/liberal corporatism classification. It is asked whether Turkey exhibits the characteristics of authoritarian corporatism or liberal corporatism, or both? Was there a transition from one type to the other? It is shown that the Turkish case came very close to the authoritarian type of corporatism during the latter half of the 1940s, and especially the 1950s. Centralized political control was established over labour, and the labour unions were coerced by the government to cooperate in the implementation of governmental policies.
After the 1960 military takeover, a democratic system was firmly established, and a wide set of democratic rights and freedoms were recognized. Freedom of unions and the right to strike and bargain collectively were put under constitutional guarantee. A new model of planned capitalist development was adopted. Within the new political and economic framework a transition from authoritarian corporatism to the liberal type corporatism occurred. Organized labour was induced to cooperate with the government and employers in restraining wage increases and preventing work stoppages in return for institutionalized participation in the making of economic policies. This took place within the framework of democratic rights and freedoms.
Towards the end of the 1960s these corporatist arrangements came under attack from the rank and file and the newly-established radical labour confederation, DISK. During the 1970s, in the face of increasing discontent of the workers with the corporatist arrangements, the major labour confederation, Turk-Is, avoided corporatist deals. In the latter half of the 1970s, the system of industrial relations became increasingly conflictual. Both the employers’ associations and labour unions more often resorted to militant tactics. The economy also entered into a severe crisis. Under such conditions, the government sought the cooperation of organized labour in restraining wage increases and controlling strike activity. Consequently, a corporatist agreement was signed between the government and Turk-Is. But it did not last long. By the end of the 1970s labour militancy reached its peak.
This situation was brought to an abrupt end by the 1980s military takeover. An authoritarian corporatist structure was imposed on labour. This was very similar to the bureaucratic-authoritarian regimes of Latin America.
This study suggests that the main varieties of corporatism may emerge in a single country and there may be shifts from one type to the other. It also shows that liberal corporatism is not confined to the advanced capitalist democratic societies of Europe. The political and organizational conditions for the emergence of liberal corporatism may also exist in an developing country like that of Turkey.
1990-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Political Science
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1063
2012-11-19T13:40:01Z
publication:etd
publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
A tripolar world? A framework for analysis
Bachert-Burke, Heidi J.
The complex changes which are now under way have sparked a great deal of interest and speculation around possible world order, futures and the U.S.' relationship to them. The predominant image of the New World Order is one which hinges on the development of a liberal, economic multipolar world order in which mutual responsibility and macro-policy coordination become effective means of global management. Indeed this perspective is prone to see the possibility for change through peaceful and harmonious means. In as much as advocates of Interdependency Theory try to anticipate, explore and systematize, they seem to override a very important factor; economic growth, where it occurs at all, is increasingly becoming a matter of political design rather than a matter of spontaneous market forces. The growing trend towards Tripolarity; the dis-integrating of the capitalist world economy into three regions on the one hand, and the trend towards centralization and concentration around the U.S., Germany and Japan on the other hand, reflects a withdrawal from the old hegemonic order and its institutions, and a hegemonic drive by the U.S., Germany and Japan to expand their state power and capital vis-a-vis each of the three respective regions.
1994-01-01T08:00:00Z
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International Relations
Political Theory
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1064
2012-11-19T13:41:17Z
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publication:arts
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publication:poli
Collective consciousness and self-societal definition: A theory and model for a direct democracy
Armstrong, John Blaikie
This thesis builds a theory of ideal democracy based on the concept of human self-realization as intersubjectively determined. Self-realization and intersubjectivity, it argues, is founded on the existential notion of "choice". Self-realization is broadened, it is argued, by broadening the choices available to individuals. The thesis attempts to broaden individual choices by broadening participation in democracy. The thesis then constructs a practical model for a direct democracy using modern telecommunications networks. The intent of the theory is to build an intuitive myth of Universal Leadership that transcends the liberal myth of freedom. It outlines the liberal notion of the 'contract' as being created to protect individuals from the state with a theory of rights and freedoms. Contract theory, it contends, places individuals in a position distinct from government and as such, focuses on the protection of individuals from the state. The theory of Universal Leadership, on the other hand, places the individual in a direct position of responsibility for the conduct of the state, thus uniting the individual with the state. This unity, then, manifest what could be described as "collective- consciousness". The theory builds on the liberal notions of freedom and equality as well as the political structures liberalism has constructed; but alters the perspective by engaging individuals directly in the governing of the state. The theory takes a strong ethical position, rejecting egoism and relativism, believing that these perspectives arose from the division between the state and the members of the state. It contends that such ethical positions are incommensurable with a theory of Universal Leadership. By positing direct democracy as a practical possibility, in our age of mass communication, the thesis then sets up a debate to argue its potential and its perils. This debate takes the form of a dialogue to allow criticisms of the theory to be engaged directly with each other. The new paradigm of direct democracy is then compared to the paradigm of representational democracy in order to assess each from the perspective of the other. The thesis then theoretically examines popular political movements as they relate to democracy, in order to search for the seeds of a direct democratic movement. It contends that a direct democracy holds the potential to unite the ideological poles of grass-roots movements because each rely on democratic power to make their respective cases. The purpose of this thesis is to immediately posit the possibility of a direct democracy and through that perspective, explores the potential of individuals as political beings.
1994-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Political Theory
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1065
2012-11-19T13:44:53Z
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publication:poli_etd
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Cognitive assimilation-contrast effects among partisan identifiers: An analysis of the 1993 Canadian national election
Colby, Jordan
The electoral debut of the Reform Party and Bloc Quebecois allows for an examination of the character and role of party identification in political cognition in a manner not previously available to researchers. Campbell and colleagues (1960) American Voter presented a psychological basis for understanding individual-level voting behaviour, where party identification affects the vote choice directly and acts as a perceptual screen where the screening function distorts perceptions of political objects that are inconsistent with the citizen's existing political attitudes. The findings of this study are largely consistent with the notion that, among those who acknowledge an association with a major political party, partisan identification appears to be an important structure around which political cognition is organized. Data from the 1993 Canadian election show that the stronger one's positive ratings of one's own leader, party and local candidate the stronger the negative ratings of rival objects. In addition, this tendency to contrast one's own objects relative to the opposition intensifies as partisan identity intensifies.
1997-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Political Science
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1066
2012-11-19T13:49:45Z
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publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
Gaining the competitive advantage: Ontario universities and the global economy
Greene, Jonathan Sidney
Using a radical political economy approach, this thesis examines how changing global economic and political pressures have forced the Ontario government to reconsider their policies toward higher education. Specifically, this thesis describes and analyses provincial government initiatives toward universities in the period 1985 and 1995, and assesses what these changes mean for understanding the functions of Ontario universities in the present era of global economic change. The thesis argues that Ontario universities historically have served three primary functions: ideological, vocational, and research. In the period under study the Ontario government established an industrial strategy that focused on those industries that could be internationally competitive in high-technology sectors of the economy. As a result, the research function gained in importance, as the Ontario government sought to induce universities to increase their linkages with industry. The vocational function remained an integral component of the universities’ mission, receiving increased attention from government to insure that students were properly trained for the post-Fordist world of work. Finally, the university continued to operate as a site of ideological reproduction for a capitalist and patriarchal society.
1997-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Political Economy
Political Science
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1067
2012-11-19T13:52:17Z
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publication:arts
publication:poli_etd
publication:poli
Autonomy and genetic predisposition: The relationship between original organizational configuration and the tendency for autonomy. An analysis of three drop-in centres servicing street youth
Mertins, Heike
This thesis is a comparative analysis of three non-profit service providers and the effect of particular development traits on their degree of autonomy. The three non-profit providers examined in this thesis are all drop-in centres for street youth. Recent government cuts have demonstrated the clear relationship between autonomy and organizational survival of non-profit agencies. For years many have argued that the practice of relying on government funding depoliticized these organizations. many of which perform social justice work. Hence, from a political perspective. organizational autonomy has become an increasingly important issue. This thesis addresses the question of why some non-profit service providers develop into independent, self-reliant entities and others do not. The organizations examined were studied using a combination of Angelo Panebianco's genetic model and literature specific to non-profit organizations and their development. Long-term behavioural patterns were examined through a longitudinal overview of fundraising and policy making practices. This mode of analysis yields a unique means of understanding why some non-profit organizations. as a result of their degree of autonomy, are less effected by environmental changes, than others.
1999-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Political Science
Social Welfare
Social Work
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1068
2012-11-19T13:54:15Z
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publication:rlc
publication:etd
publication:arts
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A critique of the nouthetic counseling technique of Jay E. Adams
White, Roger Clayton
Jay E. Adams, a popular writer of counseling material primarily for evangelicals is examined on the theory and practice of nouthetic counseling. Nouthetic counseling is seen primarily as a confrontational approach utilizing a literal interpretation of scripture as the basis for counselor directed change. Adams is evaluated on his application of scripture in the counseling process. His nouthetic approach is compared and contrasted with other pastoral care counselors as well as some traditional and non-traditional theories of psychiatry. Most of the comparison takes place through conversational dialogue which highlights differences and similarities in philosophies and techniques. A primary contention is that Adams has simply appropriated the Reality Therapy technique of William Glasser to a theological context thus nullifying his claim of originality. Final evaluations and conclusions weigh the relative worth of nouthetic confrontation based upon the research which was conducted. Adams’ technique of nouthetic confrontation is seen as having a very limited basis for application. His extensive use of scripture is deemed inappropriate to many situations and nouthetic counseling borders closely on being characterized as judgmental moralism.
1985-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Ethics in Religion
Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1069
2012-11-19T13:55:19Z
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publication:etd
publication:arts
The Kingston Harbourfront site: An evaluation of urban development (Ontario)
Stewart, Warren Bruce
Between September 15 and December 15, 1980, staff members from the Kingston Harbourfront Archaeological Project conducted rescue excavations on a provincially owned property in the City of Kingston, Ontario. Excavation at the Kingston Harbourfront Site (Bb Gc-7) exposed structural and artifactual data representing four occupational periods and ranging in date from the late 1780's through to the present. A wide variety of structural remains representing military, commercial, industrial and residential developments were examined. Analysis of the archaeological and historical data has led to the compilation of an occupational profile which outlines the historic periods of occupation, the structural and artifactual remains associated with each of the periods and some of the factors which contributed to the site's historical development.
1983-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1069/viewcontent/MK56186.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Urban Studies and Planning
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1070
2012-11-19T13:56:14Z
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publication:rlc_etd
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publication:etd
publication:arts
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Suspicious-disclosure and the dialectic of self-appropriation in Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics
Barclay, Blaine Allen
The following thesis consists of six chapters which serve as an interpretive key to Ricoeur’s hermeneutical thinking. Chapter one consists of a map of the opacity of reflection, elaborates on the relationship of desire to reflection and traces out the different methodological routes that Ricoeur takes toward uncovering the structures of this relationship and the task of becoming a self. Chapter two outlines the problem of the illusions of immediate consciousness. Chapter three is a sketch of a fourfold problem of the symbol and includes some remarks on the role and rule of metaphor in Ricoeur’s later thinking. Chapter four delineates some dimensions of the multileveled problem of language. Chapter five seeks to uncover those problems peculiar to the interpretation of written texts. In it I answer the questions: What do we aim at in the act of interpreting? Does it belong to the finding of the meaning of text to lose oneself, and in this loss to discover both dread, wonder, and an expanded self? Chapter six briefly outlines Ricoeur’s poetics of the will and its relationship to what I take to be the central focus of his hermeneutical inquiry, namely, the task of self-appropriation, which is the end of hermeneutics. What holds these chapters together is the development of finding our way toward the self of self-reflection which is the aim of Ricoeur’s hermeneutical inquiry. An initial look at what is being sought shows a reflection internally bound with the opacity that is desire and the lie of immediate consciousness. A detour is called for because neither reflection nor consciousness prove to be what they first appeared to be. The self that is sought for is found elsewhere and is already dissipated in the world of symbols, language, and texts. The will has already poeticized itself before it ever seeks to retrieve itself. My concluding remarks outline briefly my contention that Ricoeur’s near equation of text and self is an inadequate model for self-appropriation. Self-appropriation is incomplete until one reaches the praxis of an expanded self received from a given text. But prior to praxis one has to make a judgment about the truth or falsity, the goodness or non-goodness of that way of being in the world that the text makes possible for the reader in a given life situation. This incarnation of meaning is a post-hermeneutical issue. I also suggest that a carefully worked out transcendental method will direct our way beyond a relativism of what counts for truth and value. I also criticize Ricoeur’s tyranny of textuality over the other objectifications of the will. Although I accept this paradigmatic use of the text as fruitful, I also think that it raises problems in regard to the possibility of self-appropriation for the pre-textual bushman or the mentally handicapped. Self-appropriation is just as possible for undifferentiated consciousness as it is for highly differentiated consciousness. Even in Ricoeur a certain primacy belongs to the pre-critical faith of naïve immersion in the world of symbol, myth, and custom. Self-appropriation could prove to be an illusion if it is only for the elite at the expense of the many.
1982-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Biblical Studies
Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1072
2012-11-19T13:59:08Z
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Approaching The Scarlet Letter: Spatiality as theme and method
Scott, Susan L.
Although my goal is ultimately to undersatnd Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, the emphasis of this thesis is upon ways of approaching that goal. Only the last chapter is directly about the text of that romance. In the first chapter I consider the state of the field, religion and literature, with a view to identifying my own position in it. In the second, I look at the cultural historical contexts for reading the story, specifically, the seventeenth century Puritans and the nineteenth century American romance. The third chapter focuses on variants of the idea of spatiality, for instance, sacred space, topophilia, and embodiment. And in my fourth chapter I look at the spatial themes and relationships in The Scarlet Letter.
1983-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1072/viewcontent/MK61734.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Literature in English, North America
Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1073
2012-11-19T14:00:03Z
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The rib in the Book of Job
Evans, John MacLaren
This study shows that the Book of Job can be understood as the record of a rib between Job and Yahweh, which involves ultimately the issue of the relationship of man and God. A definition of the term rib is first established by reviewing its occurrences in the other books of the Old Testament. Although it includes a wide range of contention, the term signifies essentially a legal complaint initiated by an aggrieved party, convinced of the rectitude of his position, against the party whom he holds responsible for the grievance. Ribs occur in both non-secular and secular contexts, the distinction being whether or not Yahweh is involved as a direct participant. In non-secular ribs, He may be the instituter, or an advocate, or the object of the faultfinding. An exegetical study follows of the nine periscopes in the Book of Job containing the term rib. This supports the conception of the rib as a legal complaint, and reveals a wealth of juridical vocabulary. Next, an examination of the speeches of Job and Yahweh brings the whole book into the category of rib. Feeling himself the victim of unceasing harassment by Yahweh, and hopeless of finding any means of arbitration, Job turns to the language and processes of the law court and institutes a rib. He does not accept the advice of the three friends who argue the traditional doctrine that his suffering is retribution for his sins. He is confident that a judicial hearing will establish his innocence and solve the problems of his unmerited tribulations and the seeming injustice of Yahweh. This, then, is an example of the Old Testament non-secular rib in which Yahweh is the object of faultfinding. In conclusion, the forensic terminology pertaining to the rib between Job and Yahweh is tabulated, and the significance of the outcome of this lawsuit is examined. God’s appearance out of the whirlwind is not the legal encounter which Job has anticipated. On the contrary, it drives home to Job the total inappropriateness of his demand that God face him as an adversary-at-law. His rib has been based on the faulty premise that man can limit God, can question God’s ways. But these are beyond human comprehension, above the rules of human justice and retribution. The divine truth revealed to Job is not a reasonable answer to the questions raised in his rib; it is an answer on the religious or experiential level, and, though it, he is reconciled to the transcendent God. Job’s rib has not been futile.
1983-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Biblical Studies
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1074
2012-11-19T14:04:40Z
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The concept of the object relation in the writings of Gotthard Booth, M.D.: An example of an emerging paradigm in medicine
Foster, Thomas Charles
The writings of Gotthard Booth, M.D., especially his concept of object relation, demonstrate a change in medical thought away from a mechanistic to a holistic conception of man. His concept of the object relation and the diagnostic rationale that he developed from it reveal changes in medical conceptualization that are consistent with those changes in conceptualization across a variety of disciplines that have been identified as part of an emerging paradigm.
1983-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Medicine and Health Sciences
Philosophy of Science
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1075
2012-11-19T14:08:47Z
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The role of the mystic actor at the decline of civilization
Harper, Susan Dunlop
An examination of the creative role of the individual confronting the decline and possible destruction of civilization, this thesis explores the potential of one human being to achieve, through a process of the reconciliation of opposites, unity within himself and throughout the world. William Butler Years’s theories of the Unity of Opposites, the Unity of Being, and the Unity of Culture are applied to the responsibility of the individual to realize his identity as a mystic actor: a person who takes action within the sacred, thereby creating himself and the universe in which he lives.
1983-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Philosophy
Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1077
2012-11-19T14:15:51Z
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A theological assessment of Paulo Freire's view of education in terms of the perspective of Juergen Moltmann
Davies, Janice
Education helps to shape the values and attitudes of students, and is therefore important in determining the values of society. For this reason, it is important for teachers to be aware of the philosophy of education which informs their teaching methods. It is also helpful if they are aware of other philosophies of education in order to get some perspective on their own views. To this end I have taken a critical look at the philosophy of Paulo Freire, an educator with excellent credentials who has some throught-provoking views on education. He is a Christian so he can provide a perspective on education for Christian teachers. However, since he is from the Third World, some of his ideas cannot be directly applied to North America. If they are, they might reinforce North Americans tendencies to narcissism and abuse of nature. Also Freire divides his world in oppressed and oppressor classes which is too simplistic for North American society. To modify Freire’s positions, I have integrated some of Jurgen Moltmann’s ideas. Moltmann provides cautions against narcissism and abuse of nature which North American people need. Moltmann also gives a more accurate picture of oppression in the First World, demonstrating that all people are simultaneously oppressed and oppressors. There are many levels of oppression, all of which must be addressed at once if a solution is to be found. Hope for solutions is found in a Christian theology of liberation. This integrated vision offers the basis for a liberating educational philosophy.
1984-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Christianity
Educational Methods
Practical Theology
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1078
2012-11-19T14:19:20Z
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Imagining God a critical review of the theology and method of Gordon D. Kaufman
Froese, H. Victor
The first four chapters constitute a historical survey of Kaufman’s works. My thesis is that the development of Kaufman’s thought can best be understood as his attempt to take a consistently historicist position vis-à-vis the issues that present themselves to him. By “historicism” I mean that way of thinking that takes the categories presupposed in history (linear time, empirical space, human freedom and other derivative notions) as its primary ones as opposed to the classical terms of essence, nature, and substance. The survey involves a discussion of Kaufman’s Ph.D. thesis (ch. 1), his systematic theological efforts (ch. 2), his search for new foundations for theology (ch. 3), and a discussion of his recently formulated theological method (ch. 4). I argue here that theology has self-creation as its ultimate end when understood in a historicist context. Chapter 5 is a critique of Kaufman’s theological method and the historicism that frames it. This critique relies heavily on the critical reflections of George P. Grant and A. James Reimer, who argue that our belief in our essential freedom and autonomy has certain regrettable consequences. Using the analysis of consciousness provided by Paul Ricoeur, I propose a general alternative orientation for theology. Ricoeur points out that our historicity also implies dependence and thereby he limits our claim to autonomy. The possibility of retaining a view of theology as a search for depth and truth is briefly discussed. Kaufma’s pragmatic understanding of theological truth is here judged to be inadequate to his purposes. I suggest that Kaufman’s concentration on the constructive dimension of human beings obscures the receptivity that is a prerequisite for any genuine creativity. This one-sided emphasis, I suggest with James Reimer, only serves to reinforce a cultural ethos that has brought us to the brink of disaster. A reflection by the author of this thesis concludes the paper.
1984-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Christianity
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1104
2012-11-19T15:01:54Z
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A neurophysiological model of trance with practical application
Marusich, Alexander Sasha Antony
Certain techniques are virtually universal in the production of religious trance. Rhythmic drumming, chanting, singing and vigorous dancing, for instance, are all commonly accepted as playing significant roles in the induction of trance states. But the effectiveness of these techniques has yet to be explained fully. Contemporary neurophysiological and brain sciences can provide the basis for a more comprehensive explanation of trance induction techniques and trance states. In accounting for trance within a neurophysiological model, two questions are fundamental. What kind of neurophysiological activity typifies a trance state? And how do trance induction techniques stimulate and generate the neurophysiological dynamics that occur during trance? In attempting to answer these two questions, I consider the functioning of the autonomic nervous systems, cerebral lateralization of cognitive functions, ergotropic and trophotropic excitation and the concept of ergotropic-trophotropic turning. I show that a heightened state of ergotropic excitation is the neurophysiological counterpart to trance. Trance induction techniques thus become stimuli which excite the ergotropic system. Also, I explain why hemisphere-dominant activity is not an inherent features of trance states. I consider the possession trance of Vincentian Shakers and the shamanic trance of the Kalahari Kung in terms of neurophysiological theory. I also try to account for Michael Harner’s technique for inducing a shamanic state of consciousness on the basis of neurophysiological activity. The neurophysiological model of trance adds a dimension to the understanding of trance states and trance induction techniques. In some cases the level of ergotropic excitation is high enough that the neurophysiological dynamics evoked by trance induction techniques are clear and unequivocal. In other cases the level of excitation is not sufficiently intense for clear indices of neurophysiological activity to be readily available. When the latter case exists, specific neurophysiological activity can be suggested but not confirmed. I present the neurophysiological model of trance as one of many tools available for the investigation of trance phenomena. Other avenues of investigation must be followed for an understanding of the experiential component of trance states.
1989-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1104/viewcontent/ML52747.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Liturgy and Worship
Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1092
2012-11-19T14:43:19Z
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publication:arts
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Stamped Greek amphora handles in Israel
Seawright, Thomas C.
This thesis provides a data base of the sites in Israel at which stamped Greek amphora handles have been found and an index of the Greek names used in the stamps. The index is intended to be a guide only, to point out the publications which should be examined for more detailed information. The thesis illustrates the use of the data base and index to prepare catalogues of stamped amphora handles by supplementing published listings of stamped handles from Caesara Maritima that were never previously published. The data base also lists the sites, in descending numerical order by number of Rhodian handles found at the site, by Natural Regions and by Political Regions, to permit future analysis based on those categories.
1988-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Classical Archaeology and Art History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1116
2012-11-19T15:36:25Z
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Funeral rites among Ashanti immigrants in Toronto: A case study (Ontario)
Adjin-Tettey, Paul
The Ashantis are well known for their strict observance and co-operation during funeral rites. I attempt to answer the following questions: To what extent do the Ashantis who have migrated to Canada still hold on to indigenous concepts and funeral practices? By virtue of their being in two worlds what difficulties come their way if they try to follow indigenous practice to its letter? What innovations have been introduced into their funeral rites? Can a symbol or procedure be radically altered and yet perceived as the same? In a foreign context does ritual retain its unifying function? The method for this study combines library research with participation in, and observation of, Ashanti funeral rites in Toronto. It is essentially an ethnographic description of the funeral rites of Toronto Ashantis set in the context of comparative data from traditional and contemporary Ghana, as well as contemporary, non-Ashanti, Canadian funeral practices. My conclusion is that funeral rites among Ashanti immigrants in Toronto represent a mix of Ashanti and Western cultures. The Ashanti immigrant community in Toronto has undergone tremendous acculturation due to emigration, but they still adhere to modifications of old values. The innovations introduced have not displaced the fundamental belief in ancestors. Ashanti funeral rites in Toronto exhibit a unifying function. The pleasure of the reunion of family and friends eclipses the grief that is felt.
1991-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
African Languages and Societies
Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1105
2012-11-19T15:04:22Z
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Socialization or hermeneutics? The fundamental cause of conflict over sexual morals in the United Church of Canada
Parry, Derek Albert
There is conflict in the United Church of Canada over whether to approve of homosexual sexual activity and to ordain people who engage in homosexual sex. Official and unofficial organizations within the church, seeking to reduce the conflict and resolve the issue have stated that differences in Biblical hermeneutics is the underlying problem. This paper seeks to show that differences in socialization is the fundamental group of the differences in the United Church over homosexuality. The thesis is supported by four arguments. First, by deriving arguments both for and against the approving of homosexual sex on the basis of the same trinitarian hermeneutic. Second, by a brief description of the dominant position taken in the psychological and psycho-analytic literature on moral development. Third by reviewing official church reports on sexuality, prepared in 1932, 1960-62 and 1988, and showing that though the moral position has changed the effective hermeneutic has not substantially changed. Fourthly, by appeal to two papers on change in the United Church, prepared in 1965 and 1980. With the view to promoting a more harmonious resolution of the conflict, the thesis is applied to the present situation in the United Church to produce policy recommendations consistent with the thesis, and with the faith and polity of the church.
1989-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Biblical Studies
Christian Denominations and Sects
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1133
2012-11-19T15:57:01Z
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The making of the virgin: Mary in the 'Protevangelium of James'
Smith, Sherry Angela
The Protevangelium of James is an important early Christian text narrating the birth, childhood and adolescence of Mary, the mother of Jesus. This thesis explores Mary's transformation from a secondary New Testament figure into the embodiment of sacred purity. The image of Mary in the Protevangelium of James is different than other early Christian representations, emphasizing both purity and a recapitulation with Eve. As a means to better understand Mary's purity in the narrative, I explore the theories of three scholars: Jacob Neusner, Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Mary Douglas. I conclude that Douglas's theories make the most sense for comprehending Mary's purity in the Protevangelium of James. Applying Douglas's view of purity to the narrative, I establish that it is the author's religious construction of reality that creates an entirely new perspective of Mary. These conclusions are not only important for the study of Mary in early Christianity, but also for contemporary perceptions of Mary. This new representation of Mary promotes both equality for women and a brighter picture of humanity.
2004-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Christianity
History of Christianity
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1137
2012-11-19T16:16:29Z
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Destruction at the root: Religious genocide in Tibet?
Sherratt, Jackson Elijah
What constitutes genocide is a matter of considerable debate. Stripped to its theoretical core, however, genocide requires the presence of a) perpetrators and victims, and b) the established intent of the former to destroy the latter, by c) such methods that can be reasonably be considered genocidal. As such, isolating and identifying these variables becomes an essential task for anyone wishing to establish that a particular historical event, or set of events, amounts to genocide. The United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime and Genocide (UNGC) represents the legal standard in this regard, and codified therein are definitional parameters that correspond to the essential features of genocide noted above. Despite its status as the authority on genocide, the legal yardstick by which all mass atrocities are measured, I contend that within the Convention’s limited framework, there exists little opportunity for the case of Tibet to be judged according to meaningful criteria. Indeed, considering the consubstantiality of religion and politics in pre-Communist Tibet, and the conceptual proximity between faith and “nation” reported among Tibetans in exile, Tibetans, as a self-identified ethnoreligious population, do not fit neatly into the terms of the Convention. This study, which is intended to provide conceptual clarity rather than concrete conclusions, considers a) alternative theories of genocide, including those held by Tibetans themselves, as well as b) the reported experiences of exiled Tibetans, as a means by which to question existing knowledge vis-à-vis the Tibetan experience of Chinese rule. Underwriting this research are broader questions regarding what constitutes genocide.
2007-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
History of Religions of Eastern Origins
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1082
2012-11-19T14:28:10Z
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Emil Brunner's theological anthropology a Neo-Thomistic critique
Schellert, Arden Paul
1. This thesis is an examination and critique of Emil Brunner’s theological anthropology from the Neo-Thomistic perspective. Emil Brunner’s doctrine of man is examined under three thematic headings: first, man and knowledge (or theology and the philosophy of science), second, man and God (ontology), and third, man in the world (ethical implications). In the first section Brunner argues that man can only be properly understood in light of the complete revealed Christian system. This is because man is in some way separated from his origin in God and engaged in persistent rebellion against Him. Thus, the human quest for knowledge is inhibited insofar as it approaches the ‘personal centre’ of man’s being. Human sciences, in other words, are more prone to error than natural sciences since they constitute an attempt to understand something which can only be known in and with Christian revelation. In the second section (man and God), Brunner represents man as wholly determined by God in the personal form of his existence and history. Apart from this relation, which God initiates and controls, man has no real being, purpose, or destiny. In the third section, Brunner develops the temporal (ethical) implications of his theological anthropology. Since man has neither being nor self-knowledge apart from God’s gracious act, he cannot be truly good or moral apart from the self-understanding and ‘goodness’ conferred upon him through special revelation. 2. The critique of Brunner’s doctrine of man follows the same topical format. In the first section, we have argued that Brunner’s strict division between general and special revelation is untenable, since it implies that a proposition can be true in one instance but not in another. In the second section, we have pointed out that human freedom and consequent moral culpability is contingent on a certain ontological distinction between man and God. In the third section we have developed the critique further in view of some of Brunner’s ethical writings, and argued that Brunner’s lack of a clear concept of natural law undermines his attempt to provide a consistent method of moral judgement. 3. In the third section, we have presented the views of Austin Farrar and E.L. mascall in relation to the main problem areas of Brunner’s doctrine of man. First, there is a summary of the main points of Austin Farrar’s 1958 Gifford Lectures on natural law and freedom of the will. Farrar argues that moral intuition is a universal faculty, realized in relation to a (natural) moral law grounded in the very nature an inherent worth of humanity. mascall presents an understanding of redemption and the Fall which limits sin to man’s immoral choices, and does not demand an incapacitation of his cognitional structures. This eliminates the qualitative abyss with Neo-orthodoxy sets up between general and special revelation, and does away with self-contradictory distinctions between ‘secular’ and ‘religious’ truths about man. The thesis concludes with an attempt to reconcile the ‘personal’ emphasis of Brunner’s anthropology with the Thomistic affirmations of an objective, discernable moral law grounded in the fabric of creation.
1984-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1082/viewcontent/MK66959.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1081
2012-11-19T14:26:52Z
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Mythos and metaphor in the Apocalypse Northrop Frye's literary criticism applied to the Book of Revelation
Nightswander, Daniel
Northrop Frye’s book, The Great Code, published in 1981, drew attention to his interest in applying his own brand of literary criticism to the Bible. However, he did not comment in detail on any portion of the Bible in this book, choosing rather to make general statements about his approach and theories. The present thesis applies Frye’s theories to a single biblical book, namely the Apocalypse, after a brief review of Frye’s seminal works, Anatomy of Criticism and The Great Code. Two issues in understanding the Apocalypse are raised. They concern the structure, which is discussed in Frye’s category of mythos, and the symbolism, which is considered under Frye’s category of metaphor. Frye’s approach is then compared with that of four other commentators on the Apocalypse (R.H. Charles, A.M. Farrer, N.W. Lund, and V. Eller), who represent different literary- and historical-critical approaches.
1984-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1081/viewcontent/MK66958.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Christianity
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1084
2012-11-19T14:33:12Z
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The evolution of modern Catholic social teaching on labour and social justice
Campbell, Hugh J.
The task of this thesis is to show that from the nineteenth century to the present Catholic Scoial Teaching recognized increasingly the need for social justice in the areas of labour and society. In order to do this, I propose to research carefully the major official Church documents on Catholic social teaching on human labour from Pople Leo XIII’s Enevelical, Rerum Novarum (The Condition of Labour), 1891, up to Pope John II’s Enevelical Laborem Exercens (On Human Work), 1981. I will also attempt to define what Catholic Social Teaching is and explain what are the principles which make up the social teaching of the Catholic Church—principles which are drawn from scripture, concepts of natural law and the sciences. Reference will also be made to Karl marx where his philosophy on labour is applicable. To support the position of the Catholic Church in its teaching on social justice in the workplace while at the same time given that position clarity from my own point of view, I will speak briefly on my evolution as a worker, a union steward, and Catholic layman. I believe this is necessary because what I am today and how I feel about social justice (or the lack of it), especially in the workplace, has its roots in my early tradition and gradually evolved. Just as the Catholic Church in its writings down through the ages has consistently recognized the plight of the worker, I, too, as a worker, gradually became aware of many visible injustices in the workplace, although I was relatively powerless to do anything about them. In developing my thesis, I will draw upon my thirty-eight years’ experience as a member of Canada’s work-force, thirty-four of which were spent in the telecommunication field. By referring to specific work-related problems I encountered over the years, I will demonstrate why there is such a need for social justice in the workplace, and why I as both Catholic and worker ultimately became a strong advocate for some form of legal machinery to help resolve these problems. I will briefly touch on some incidents that immediately preceded the majority vote for the Communication Workers of Canada (CWC) as the bargaining agent for the Phone Company’s craft and clerical employees in place of the Employees’ Association. As one of the first union stewards and Chairman of the Political Action Committee for the CWC, I will relate a few of the many cases I resolved for fellow workers, in contrast with what the Association has been able to do for this group of workers. I will show why I agree wholeheartedly with the Catholic Church’s present position on and support of the trade union movement as a vehicle for social justice in the workplace. All of the Popes with whom I will be dealing, Leo XIII, Pius XI, Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II, called for social justice in the workplace and advocated unions as bargaining agents for the worker. Their writings and those of other brilliant Catholic churchmen and laymen demonstrate how the Catholic Church has evolved in the area of social justice and labour. It is this broader Catholic support which has allowed me to find my proper place as a worker advocate. Thus, autobiographical reflection will provide the impetus which inspired me to analyze the papal enevelicals of the Catholic Church.
1985-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1084/viewcontent/ML23174.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
History of Christianity
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1103
2012-11-19T14:58:12Z
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The hermeneutics of Lonergan and Gadamer: A comparison (Bernard Lonergan, Hans-Georg Gadamer)
Graham, Terry
This thesis treats the hermeneutical theories of the Canadian Jesuit philosopher Bernard Lonergan and the German Protestant thinker Hans-George Gadamer. It begins by determining the extent of the possible influence of the latter’s work upon the former’s theory of interpretation as outlined in his Methods in Theology. Beginning with an analysis of Lonergan’s cognitive theory and his developing theory of interpretation (Chapter One), it continues with a discussion of the position put forward by Gadamer in his Truth and Method (Chapter Two). For both of these men, hermeneutics goes far beyond the interpretation of specific texts. There are four areas in which their work can be compared. Both are concerned with the priority of the question, the notion of application, the problem of objectivity, and the role of language (Chapter Three). In the final analysis, however, one cannot speak of an influence of Gadamer on Lonergan, although there are some recognizable parallels between the work of the two.
1988-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1103/viewcontent/ML52745.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Biblical Studies
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1112
2012-11-19T15:10:15Z
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Otto Rank's theory of cultural transition
Clearwater, Thomas James
The thesis has two purposes. The first is to provide a biographical and theoretical introduction to Otto Rank. The second is to discuss a specific theme in Rank’s writings, namely his understanding of culture and cultural transition, with specific reference to what he deemed the transition from religion to psychology. The study begins with a short biography. It then proceeds to detail aspects of Rank’s theories that are important for an understanding of his theory of cultural transition. A conclusion offers speculations concerning the relevance of Rank’s theories for modern scholarship. The investigation of culture is a particularly complex and difficult task. Cultural manifestations are multifarious and span a time of many millennia. Through his psychological theory of the will, Rank attempted a novel interpretation of cultural phenomena. His emphasis on the psychological function of cultural expression paved the way for an understanding of continuity between even the most disparate culture forms. As a derivative of this understanding, Rank posited that the decline of traditional religion is to be explained as a natural product of increasing consciousness, and that this decline is paralleled by the rise of psychology as a new cultural voice.
1991-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1112/viewcontent/MM65134.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1124
2012-11-19T15:19:32Z
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'Speech unhindered': A study of irony in the Acts of the Apostles
Damm, Alexander Lorne
This thesis explores Classical irony in the Acts of the Apostles. Recent studies of irony in Luke-Acts do not focus much on the Classical concept, developing their argument rather on more recent understandings. Although building on this literature, this thesis is grounded in a Classical understanding of irony, applies this to Acts, and reflects on its significance for Luke-Acts as a whole. While contemporary writers often tend to understand irony as “incongruity between expectation and reality,” first century CE Greek speakers saw irony or eironeia as a person’s behaviour, specifically as “pretension” or posturing. This behaviour, always calculated, conveys a feeling or knowledge which does not match the conveyer’s “real” feeling or knowledge. Eironeia takes two broad forms. The first is transparent; this is pretension which one person wishes another to recognize as such, sometimes defined as “saying one thing and conveying another.” The second is opaque; this is pretension which one person does not wish another to recognize, but rather to assume is candid behaviour, and it aims to mislead. Acts rarely offers clear examples of eironeia. Opaque eironeia comes from the unreliable character Festus, who pretences respect and fairness to Paul, seeking to mislead him. Behaviour somewhat like opaque eironeia, and transparent eironeia, come fl'om the reliable character Paul, marking his preaching to Jews and to Gentiles. Behaviours somewhat like eironeia come from God, but should not be labelled as such. Eironeia and behaviours like it hint that Luke-Acts draws on New Comic theatre to help interpret its content. Taken together, the use of eironeia-like behaviours, of agnoia (“ignorance”), peripeteia (“reversal”), and other New Comic aspects, suggests that we must pay more attention to Luke’s knowledge of New Comedy.
1998-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1124/viewcontent/MQ30248.PDF
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Biblical Studies
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1083
2012-11-19T14:29:45Z
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J.W. Bengough and Grip the Canadian editorial cartoon comes of age
Blake, Dennis Edward
John Wilson Bengough (1851-1923) was Canada’s premier editorial cartoonist of the nineteenth century. Influenced by the artistic techniques and fame of American cartoonist Thomas Nast, Bengough began the publication in 1873 of Grip, a comic weekly that featured his own editorial cartoons. The journal achieved instant recognition and fame with a series of biting cartoons that put Sir John A. macdonald’s Conservatives on public trial during the Pacific Railway Scandal of 1873. Grip went on to enjoy a twenty year print run during which Bengough established a tradition for editorial cartooning in Canada. Grip’s popularity also launched Bengough upon a creative career of drawing, lecturing and writing that brought him international fame and the status of a social pundit. This thesis recounts the breadth of J.W. Bengough’s life and career. It delineates Grip’s position within the press of the late nineteenth century as a liberal reform journal and paints a picture of a Canadian media that, because of its highly moral and ideological parameters, enticed Bengough into a press career with the promise of a forum for his beliefs and art. A close look at the early series of Pacific Scandal Cartoons provides an examination of Bengough’s artistic talents and political maturity, along with confirming the basis for Bengough’s claim to immortality in the realm of Canadian editorial cartooning.
1985-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Cultural History
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1094
2012-11-19T14:45:06Z
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The significance of female imagery in the book of Proverbs wisdom and wife compared
Piskorowski, Anna Doris
This thesis is an examination of parallel female imagery found in the Book of Proverbs, specifically that of Wisdom personified (Chapters 1-9) and the ideal wife (31:10-31). A discussion of their common traits is based on criteria taken directly from the literary text. A brief discourse introduces the reader to the problematic dating of the poetic forms in Proverbs. The main body of the thesis details the various categories of comparison: direct literal parallels, literal and thematic parallels, thematic parallels and differences. The primary aim of this study is to determine the importance of these many points of comparison, to analyze these comparisons, and to discover their significance. The last section of this thesis shows how the Wisdom/wife parallels provided an insight into the relationship men had with Wisdom and with God. This was done by relating that relationship with the one a husband had with his wife.
1987-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1094/viewcontent/ML40243.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Biblical Studies
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1117
2012-11-19T15:33:46Z
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The person of Paul: A study in the apostle's ethical appeal
Marshall, John W.
Understanding Paul’s ethos is essential to understanding the persuasive power of Paul’s writing. This thesis uses Paul’s letter to the Philippians as a test case for the study of Paul’s appeal through ethos. The guiding body of theory for the study (Chapter 2) is classic rhetoric, especially as developed by Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, and the Rhetorica ad Herrenium. The results of this chapter are a working definition of ethos for the purposes of study, and an understanding of the relationship of ethos to the deliberative genus. Chapter 3 provides an introduction to the basic questions which affect any detailed study of Philippians and examines the rhetorical and historical situation of Philippians and the implications of the letter format for ethos. The body of the thesis, Chapter 4, examines Paul’s ethos from six perspectives: identification, self-portrait, style, imported texts, the role of Timothy, and inartistic ethical appeals. In all of these areas, Paul exerts a significant ethical appeal. Chapter 5 concludes that ethos is a mode of appeal with immense persuasive potential, of which Paul makes extensive use in Philippians, and an understanding of which is necessary for an understanding of the persuasive function of the letter; it also discusses the relevance of the work for other scholarship and suggests a few directions for further research.
1992-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1117/viewcontent/MM74428.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Biblical Studies
Christianity
Ethics in Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1126
2012-11-19T15:46:10Z
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Contemporary Western representations of Jesus in Islam
Hillier, Harold Chad
Unknown to many in “Christian” North American society, the person of Jesus is highly revered among the millions of Muslims in the world. This shared reverence for Jesus between Muslims and Christians allows for possible dialogue and greater understanding between adherents of the two religions. Moreover, the renewed interest in scholarship on Jesus, whether historical or theological, allows the Jesus traditions of Islam to become additional sources in this field of scholarship. Given these two reasons, the academic scholar of religion, then, has a motivation to dive into the growing wealth of discussions on the Islamic Jesus in the West. This thesis examines three different areas of Western scholarship on the Islamic Jesus. This is done in effort to discover what affirmations are made about the Islamic Jesus in Western scholarship, and to determine what differences and similarities can be discovered between these three areas. After an introductory chapter, Chapter Two deals with an examination of the representation of Jesus found in die public discourses of Muslim polemicists, by examining the debates and lectures of two polemicists: Ahmed Deedat (South Africa) and Jamal Badawi (Canada). Chapter Three turns to the representations by the academics of religion who study Islam and world religions, who have published introductions to the Islamic religion. Chapter Four then looks at the English translations of the primary Islamic textual sources, the Qur’an and the hadith collections. This is done in light of the affirmations made by the scholars of the previous chapters, pointing out areas that have been passed over or emphasized. Finally, Chapter Five provides some insights and questions for possible future study.
2001-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1126/viewcontent/MQ60801.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1127
2012-11-19T15:46:51Z
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Situating 2 Timothy in early Christian history
LaFosse, Mona Joy
The New Testament letter of 2 Timothy has generally been studied in the context of two other letters, 1 Timothy and Titus. These three letters, known as the Pastoral Epistles, each purports to be written by Paul. Though some scholars defend this notion, the majority of critical scholars argue they were not written by Paul, but by someone in the early second century. For these scholars, a later date better explains several aspects of these letters that make Pauline authorship difficult to explain. One crucial aspect is that the language, particularly the vocabulary and style of the Pastoral Epistles, is significantly different from the other letters attributed to Paul. Following a recent trend of evaluating 2 Timothy as distinct from the other two letters, this thesis explores the language used in 2 Timothy. Of the three letters, 2 Timothy is the most Pauline in vocabulary and style. Even though scholars have recognized that 2 Timothy is atypical among the Pastoral Epistles, it is often overshadowed by the other two letters. Only recently have the unique features of 2 Timothy been given more notice is theories of authorship. Regarding the issue of language, I review, evaluate and utilize data from the seminal work of P.N. Harrison (1921) on the vocabulary of the Pastoral Epistles, focusing on the vocabulary of 2 Timothy. In terms of vocabulary, 2 Timothy is quantitatively more “Pauline” than the other two Pastoral Epistles. In addition, though more recent statistical analyses vary in their conclusions about whether the Pastorals are Pauline in their style, they consistently demonstrate that, of the three letters, 2 Timothy is the most Pauline. In comparison of vocabulary shared by 2 Timothy and Philippians, a letter most likely written by Paul, I highlight some important parallels in vocabulary usage. Though the author is ultimately unknown, the Pauline characteristics of 2 Timothy should be incorporated into the theories that attempt to situate 2 Timothy in early Christian history.
2001-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1127/viewcontent/MQ60805.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Biblical Studies
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1136
2012-11-19T16:12:04Z
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Children's Bible story books in a Protestant church context
Gilmour, Louise
This work is an examination of children's bible story books, as found in eighteen Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and United churches in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. It briefly outlines the place of these books in the churches and closely examines a selection of the most frequently appearing and/or important children's bibles found. The thesis of this work is that these books are pulled, to varying degrees, between being "children's" and being "Bible" and that the "Bible" aspect of the books has been underappreciated in discussions of the books to date. 1149 individual children's bible story book titles were catalogued by both their publication data and by their place in the eighteen churches. This catalogue was used to establish three things: first, the most frequently appearing books; second, the most frequently appearing stories; third, the place of the books in the churches. It was thus established that, while very few particular books appear in multiple churches, the types of stories they tell had a far greater consistency. However, it was also established that the role of these books in the churches is a highly supplementary one. Nonetheless, twenty-three of the most frequently appearing children's bibles were then examined, through a novel application of "redaction criticism," for the various ways they modify the biblical text. Six of the stories which appear most frequently were very closely examined in the five most important books of the twenty-three. This established the startling variety of ways individual bible stories could be told, where virtually the only consistency is that the story will be changed in some way from how it appears in the Bible. However, not all of the changes will be made, as might have been expected, so that the books are more appealing, or suitable, for children.
2006-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1136/viewcontent/MR16740.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Biblical Studies
Christianity
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1079
2012-11-19T14:19:59Z
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A comparison of the theology of salvation in the teachings of Martin Luther and Joseph Smith, Jr
Hodgins, Gordon Frank
This thesis is a comparative survey on the teachings of Martin Luther and Joseph Smith, Jr. about salvation. Biographical material is also examined to understand the historic influences upon their teachings. A number of similarities in teaching are noted, including belief in Jesus Christ, the need for faith, God’s grace is unmerited, good works follow faith, and there will be a divine Judgment. Areas of disagreement include predestination vs free will, the means of confessing faith in Christ, importance of future life vs present life, personal vs social nature of salvation, and the nature of priesthood as related to salvation.
1984-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1079/viewcontent/MK66953.PDF
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
History of Christianity
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1080
2012-11-19T14:22:26Z
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The Late Bronze Age temple in Palestine
Lee, Thomas Glen
The purpose of this thesis is to study the temples of the Late Bronze Period found within the geographical area of Palestine. A number of previous studies have been done on this subject, but they have principally been all inclusive works, and have not dealt with any specific time period. In the present study, a number of factors have been considered. The ground-plans of the various temples, as well as their locations within the city plan, have been investigated both chronologically and geographically. The interior elements and objects have also been studied. The purpose is to try to discern if there is any relationship between the temple plan, interior elements and the objects, and their geographical location as well as their location within the city. After finishing this study, I have been able to draw some interesting and new conclusions. The principle conclusion is that during the Late Bronze Period there were two “types” of temples in use: the “Official Cult Centres”, which were of the “Langraum” cella form, and the “Secondary” temples, which were of the “Breitraum” cella form. Those of the “Langraum” cella form, with the exception of Tell Mevorakh and the Lachish Fosse Temple I which are special cases, never had benches as an interior element. Those of the “Breitraum” cella form, however, included benches as an interior element. This factor had something to do with the functions of both types of temples. I also noted the apparent change in the use of the platform (dias) and niche throughout the three phases of the Late Bronze Period. No definite conclusions could be drawn from the objects found within the temples do to their spotty preservation.
1984-01-01T08:00:00Z
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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Scholars Commons @ Laurier
Classical Archaeology and Art History
Religion
oai:scholars.wlu.ca:etd-1087
2012-11-19T14:37:00Z
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The Paleolithic mother: Man's first God?
Dutton, Patricia Frances
1985-01-01T08:00:00Z
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https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/88
https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/1087/viewcontent/ML23190.PDF
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Classics
Religion
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