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An assessment of the role of voluntary approaches in public environmental policy
(Queen Mary University of London, 2003)
In Australia, there is growing interest in the potential for voluntary initiatives by
industry to contribute to environmental policy objectives. This dissertation reviews
the manner in which three different voluntary ...
Framing English as a second language education: a comparative study of policy provision in London and New York
(Queen Mary University of London, 2003)
Against the background of a proliferation of large non-English-speaking ethnic linguistic
communities in Britain and the United States, this thesis examines the provision of
English as a Second Language (ESL) and bilingual ...
Structures of Representation: Metaphor and Mimesis in Jacques Derrida's Glas
(Queen Mary University of London, 2003)
This thesis is an explication of Glas, a text which reflects Derrida's profound respect for the
Hegelian dialectic, a structure in which each part has and knows its place. But Glas also works
to expose a fundamental ...
Large Eddy Simulation of separating flows from curved surfaces
(Queen Mary University of London, 2004)
The capabilities and limitations of LES in predicting separation from curved surfaces
at high Reynolds number are at the centre of this Thesis. Issues of particular interest
are mesh resolution, subgrid-scale modelling ...
The Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands: "bench-mark" hydrographic and geodetic surveys 1689-1980
(Queen Mary University of London, 2004)
The English Channel has been both a major maritime artery and a navigator's nightmare for
many centuries. Two archipelagoes, the Isles of Scilly to the north and the Channel Islands
to the south, have been and remain ...
Rule behind the silk curtain: the Sultanahs of Aceh 1641-1699.
(2009)
This thesis is about the kingdom of Aceh Dar al-Salam in the latter half of the
seventeenth century when four women ruled in succession: Sultanah Tajul Alam
Safiatuddin Syah (1641-1675), Sultanah Nur Alam Naqiatuddin ...
The Inverted City: London and the Constitution of Homosexuality, 1885-1914
(Queen Mary University of London, 2000)
This thesis examines the ways in which male homosexuality came to be closely
associated with urban life between 1885 and 1914. It focuses on London and argues
that particular aspects of the city's history and reputation ...
Women's life writing 1760-1830 : spiritual selves, sexual characters, and revolutionary subjects
(2007)
This thesis uses print and manuscript sources to analyse and interpret women's life
writing at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries. I
explore printed works by Catharine Phillips, Mary ...
Reimagining the Corporation: Narratives of Corporate Social Responsibility
(2008)
This thesis evaluates standard setting initiatives in corporate social responsibility or
`CSR' engagements. Chapter 1 establishes how standard setting initiatives are developed
through narratives of CSR. In chapter 2, ...
