• A case for examining the social context of frailty in later life 

  Barrett, Patrick (Blackwell Publishing, 2006)

  This paper makes a case for examining late life frailty as a dynamic social phenomenon. There is increasing interest in the issue of late life frailty from biomedical researchers, but less so from researchers using the ...

• The living environments of community-dwelling older people who become frail: another look at the living standards of older New Zealanders survey. 

  Barrett, Patrick; Twitchin, Stephen; Kletchko, Sharon; Ryan, Faye (Ministry of Social Development, 2006)

  Efforts to support older people who live in the community and who become frail will be enhanced by a better appreciation of the shared characteristics of this group. This paper reports indicative findings from a re-analysis ...

  

• Social inclusion through ageing-in-place with care? 

  Barrett, Patrick; Hale, Beatrice; Gauld, Robin (Cambridge University Press, 2012)

  The onset of ill-health and frailty in later life, within the context of the policy of ageing-in-place, is increasingly being responded to through the provision of home care. In the philosophy of ageing-in-place, the home ...

  

• Effective, accountable and inclusive institutions? An analysis of the Chevron v. Ecuador (II) investment arbitration and the Lago Agrio environmental justice movement 

  McGiven, Timothy Clyde (University of Waikato, 2017)

  The international investment agreement regime, one of the more obscure global institutions, has a significant impact upon how states, local governments and communities develop. Many investment agreements include investor-state ...

  

• Translating MDG 3: Gender, Empowerment and the Adolescent Girl in Maharashtra, India 

  Nandedkar, Lalitgauri (University of Waikato, 2017)

  This thesis is an exploration of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3, tracing its path from a global aspiration to its translation into a developing world context. Adopted in 2001 by the United Nations, the eight MDGs ...

  

• Sustainability Vs Profitable Dependable Supply: A Case Study of Institutional Constraints on the Adoption of New Sustainable Technology 

  Given, Tim (University of Waikato, 2016)

  This thesis examines policy tensions arising from the emergence of sustainable technologies and the institutional barriers to their adoption. Its starting point is an analysis of conflict over electricity pricing between ...

  

• The wellbeing and social connectedness of older people in the Small Island Developing State (SIDS) of Maldives 

  Moosa, Sheena (University of Waikato, 2016)

  Older people in small island developing states (SIDS) live within the context of a distinctive set of circumstances in terms of the unique geo-spatial characteristics of island nations, the typically small size and dispersed ...

  

• "The Land Belongs To Those Who Work It": A Critical Evaluation of Land Redistribution Policy in South Africa, 1994-2012 

  Mackenzie, Graeme Richard (University of Waikato, 2015)

  Land ownership in post-apartheid South Africa carries a powerful symbolic charge for both black and white citizens. Under apartheid, state legislation denied black South Africans access to landownership rights, and confined ...

  

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