Essays about: "House of Commons"
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1. 'Men in Grey Suits': Androcentric Language in the House of Commons : A Corpus-Assisted Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : Whilst the number of women in the British Parliament increases in line with social progress towards gender equality, androcentric language use in the House of Commons prevails and perpetuates a harmful outdated hierarchical order of gender. The aims of this study are two-fold, (1) to gain insight into how androcentric occupational titles are used to negotiate the hierarchical structure of the Chamber, (2) to explore how MPs’ male bias is reflected by their use of androcentric generic nouns. READ MORE
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2. Question-response sequences in the House of Commons : A conversation analytic study of adversarial questioning in the British parliament
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)Abstract : With the method of conversation analysis, this study examines the level of adverseness in questions between members of parliament from different parties. The data consists of question – response sequences derived from a ministerial statement from the prime minister in the House of Commons. READ MORE
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3. Clustering Semantically Related Questions
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap och teknikAbstract : There has been a vast increase of users that use the internet in order to communicate and interact, and as a result, the amount of data created follows the same upward trend making data handling overwhelming. Users are often asked to submit their questions on various topics of their interest, and usually, that itself creates an information overload that is difficult to organize and process. READ MORE
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4. Rural household waste management practices : the case of Ala Ajagbusi rural village, Nigeria
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Waste management practices in Ala Ajagbusi rural village, Nigeria, is a point of interaction among villagers, and between villagers and civil society organizations. The interaction is seen in the waste generation, waste sweeping, waste storage, waste disposal and collective management of waste in spaces perceived as commons. READ MORE
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5. A crucial watershed in Southern Rhodesian politics : The 1961 Constitutional process and the 1962 General Election
University essay from Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : The thesis examines the political development in Southern Rhodesia 1960-1962 when two processes, the 1961 Constitutional process and the 1962 General Election, had far-reaching consequences for the coming twenty years. It builds on a hypothesis that the Constitutional process led to a radicalisation of all groups, the white minority, the African majority and the colonial power. READ MORE
