Browsing by Supervisor "Barrett, Patrick"
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Acceptance, recognition and supported independence: Wellbeing for children and young people with a disability in New Zealand: The voice of youth with Down Syndrome
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The aim of this thesis is to identify what wellbeing means for children and young people with a disability and the factors that influence wellbeing in the home, school, and the community. The research was carried out through ... -
An evaluation of planning frameworks for sustainable community development in the context of the Peacocke project, Hamilton
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Numerous planning frameworks have emerged over the past decades to inform decisions about the design and development of sustainable communities, raising questions about which framework to use within which context. Different ... -
Competing discourses of conservation and sustainability in state-sponsored tourism development: A critical analysis of the Lake Toba case in Indonesia
(The University of Waikato, 2020)The Indonesian government has an ambitious project to develop the tourism sector and to increase the state's foreign exchange: the National Tourism Strategic Area (KSPN). The project has been prioritised in ten regions, ... -
Complex uncertainty: Long-term risk management decision making in New Zealand local government
(The University of Waikato, 2021)New Zealand’s natural hazardscape has long posed risks for government owned water infrastructure and its stakeholder communities. In the context of climate change, there are predictions that the frequency and intensity of ... -
Cycling on the Verge? Exploring the Place of Utility Cycling in Contemporary New Zealand Transport Policy
(University of Waikato, 2014)Efforts to increase cycling as a mode of transport (utility cycling) occur at central, regional and local levels of government through a range of supportive strategies, research, and guidelines. Despite these efforts, ... -
Decentralisation and Policy Implementation: Thai Development Plans and Subdistrict Administrative Organisation (SAO) in Chiang Rai
(University of Waikato, 2011)Moves to decentralise the government‘s administrative system has been one of the most important development issues in Thailand over the past two decades. These moves are seen most clearly in the establishment of the ... -
Discourses of climate change adaptation policy in Thailand: Implications for sustainable development and sufficiency economy
(The University of Waikato, 2021)The significant threat of climate change to sustainable development is most acute in developing countries, which are predicted to experience higher occurrences of wildfires, more extreme storm events, rising sea-level and ... -
Effective, accountable and inclusive institutions? An analysis of the Chevron v. Ecuador (II) investment arbitration and the Lago Agrio environmental justice movement
(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 ... -
Engendering pensions: Gender assessment of pension system reforms in Mongolia
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Gender equality is a key issue in the design of pension systems given the distinctive life courses of women, the unequal distribution of unpaid work responsibilities in the family that influence access to participation in ... -
Exposing the hidden politics of housing provision in Aotearoa New Zealand: The complex governance landscape of new housing in Hamilton
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Delivery of sufficient affordable, quality new housing in New Zealand has been high on the political agenda since the 1990s and, despite considerable government activity and policy attention, achieving that goal remains ... -
In pursuit of development: Casinos and local government in Northern Thailand
(The University of Waikato, 2005)This thesis takes as it starting point the Government of Thailand Ninth National Economic and Social Development Plan (2002-2006). Among many provisions and proposals the Plan gives special emphasis to encouraging local ... -
Ko Waipā te awa
(The University of Waikato, 2020)This thesis examines the experience of the Ngāti Maniapoto (‘Maniapoto’) iwi in the development and implementation of their river settlement legislation, the Ngā Wai o Maniapoto (Waipā River) Act 2012 (the 'Act’) . The ... -
Marriage Policy in the Philippines: A Case Study in Agenda Setting
(The University of Waikato, 2009)This thesis asks why there is no legal provision for divorce in the Philippines despite obvious public interest in change in this area of policy. It draws on the public policy theories of Sabatier (1988), Kingdon (1995) ... -
Politics of Kindness: Exploring the political discourse of Kindness articulated by Ardern in New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Values underpin much of how politics is done. Jacinda Ardern has been re-elected for a second term as New Zealand’s Prime Minister after kick-starting her role as a world leader by articulating the goal of bringing ethical ... -
Sustainability Vs Profitable Dependable Supply: A Case Study of Institutional Constraints on the Adoption of New Sustainable Technology
(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 ... -
Talking with Their Mouths Half Full: food insecurity in the Hamilton community
(University of Waikato, 2011)While the sociology of food has attended to what symbolisms of presence can tell us about society, the same attention has not been attributed to symbolisms of absence. Within the context of affluent post-industrial societies, ... -
"The Land Belongs To Those Who Work It": A Critical Evaluation of Land Redistribution Policy in South Africa, 1994-2012
(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 ... -
The politics of local government and development in Sri Lanka: An analysis of the contribution of non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
(University of Waikato, 2014)Sri Lanka has inherited a unitary state structure and a highly centralised approach to government administration. Since independence in 1948, various proposals to restructure government, including decentralising powers to ... -
The Politics of Sport Funding: An Analysis of Discourses in New Zealand Golf
(University of Waikato, 2015)In recent decades, the level of government intervention in sport has increased, involving greater resource allocations to community sport development, high performance sport and business capability initiatives. Within ... -
The politics of sustainability in New Zealand: A critical evaluation of environmental policy, practice and prospects through a case study of the dairy industry
(University of Waikato, 2015)This thesis examines the politics of sustainability in New Zealand through a case study of the dairy industry. New Zealand’s ‘clean and green’ image was bolstered by the passing of the Resource Management Act (RMA) (1991) ...
