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Psychologists' information practices: an empirical investigation
(1998) Sargent, Jo-Anne; Uhlemann, Max R.
All 798 registered psychologists in British Columbia were surveyed, in order to explore the standards of privacy protection of client information. A sample of 322 responses (40% response rate) was obtained. Sixty-nine survey questions, divided into eight different practice areas, explored the standards of practice, with findings presented as frequencies. The privacy protection standards for each area were compared to the standards set out in both the British Columbia Freedom of lnformation and Protection of Privacy Act, and the Canadian Standards' Association's Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information. A number of areas were identified in which respondents were not practicing according to these standards. Five variables were also analyzed to determine if significant differences in responses occurred when the sample was grouped according to public/private work setting, level of degree, number of years in practice, urban/rural setting, and gender. A number of significant relationships were found relating to work setting and gender.
"Intellectuals, Marxism, and Nationalism: reflections on Romanian civil society."
(1997) Roman, Deniz; Magnusson, Warren
How can one explain Romanian "civil society", as it is known that Romania, along with Albania, experienced one of the most ferocious "communist" dictatorships under Ceausescu? Hence, where can one locate a noiseless "civil society" within a political context that lacked reform factions (as in Hungary), or a coalition between workers and intellectuals (" Solidarity" in Poland) or a civil rights movement ("Charter 77" in Czechoslovakia)? This study will show that Romanian "civil society" was located within the sphere of "the intellectuals," in their factional, discursive struggles. Supported by a regime built on ideology and symbolism. the intellectuals' nationalist discourse won over Marxism. The intellectuals' competition created both nationalist values and definitions for the regime and "subversive'' ideologies as opposition to the same regime. Hence, intellectuals were civil society. The discourse of "the Nation" continues to be present in the post-revolutionary Romanian society, defining Romanian identity between East and West.
Hope springs infernal: the Association of German Iron and Steel Industrialists (VdESI) and the Ruhr Crisis of 1923
(2002) Bera, Matthew Richard; Saunders, Thomas J.
This study examines the role of the Association of German Iron and Steel Industrialists (VdESI) during the Ruhr crisis of 1923. Following the First World War, iron and steel industrialists refused to adjust fully to post-war relationships and systematically opposed the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. With the invasion of the heavily industrialized Ruhr valley by French and Belgian troops in January of 1923, the intransigent position of the VdESI moved into the mainstream of German policy. The association took the lead in the development of the passive resistance campaign and was effectively incorporated into the structure of governance of the Reich. However, over the course of the summer of 1923, the position taken by the Association became increasingly divorced from the actions of individual industrialists in the Ruhr. As the passive resistance campaign degenerated, the VdESI lost the influence it had previously been granted by the state.
The purge of the Girondins: the use and abuse of violence from the September massacres to the assassination of Marat
(2002) Dodds, Dawn Marija; Alexander, R. S.
Looking at the work of Jean Paul Marat and Maximilien Robespierre from the September massacres of 1792 to the assassination of Marat 13 July 1793, this thesis examines the implications of putting violence at the center of analysis of the French Revolution. By focussing on the tension between violence as a force which the masses used to express themselves, while at the same time one which revolutionary leaders manipulated towards their ultimately partisan ends, this thesis demonstrates the extent to which historians have tended to treat violence as a spontaneous response to certain circumstances rather than the product of deliberate political calculation. In particular, this thesis argues that radical leaders manipulated the use of violence as a means of overcoming the barriers between the official political sphere of revolutionary institutions, and the unofficial sphere of popular street politics.
The idealised revolutionary: contemporary French politics and the symbolic importance of Maximilien Robespierre
(1999) Kernaghan, Stuart John Simpson; Alexander, R. S.
This thesis is an examination of the connection between images of Maximilien Robespierre and French politics that has existed for over two centuries. It will argue that Revolutionary historiography has been influenced by political trends and events in France since the Revolution of 1789. Furthermore, it will argue that during this period, contemporary French politics shaped historical representations of Robespierre. An examination of representative literature from the entire period demonstrates that the majority of Revolutionary historians have exploited Robespierre's inherent symbolic importance to construct images that would fulfil specific political or philosophical objectives. Consequently, Robespierre became a highly idealised individual whose figurative, or tropological, importance appeared to overshadow his literal importance in many instances. Finally, this thesis will suggest that as a result of these images of Robespierre, other revolutionary figures, notably his colleague Saint-Just, have been obscured.