MA Dissertations

/1 The Professionalization of Social Work by Fiona A A Campbell, submitted in part fulfilment of the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration, April 1979. /2 The Physically Handicapped in the Community by Alison Rhoda Murdoch, submitted in part fulfilment of the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration, March 1979. /3 Family Policy: Its Application to Britain by Susan Jane Shinman, sunmitted for the MA Degree with Honors in Social Administration and Psychology, February 1979. /4 Changing Roles in the National Health Service, by Janice Ann Hart, submitted for the MA in Social Administration and Economics, April 1980. /5 Disabled Persons in Employment by William Allen Witherspoon, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration and Psychology, February 1980. /6 Go to Work or Stay at Home? - Do We Really Give One-Parent Families the Decision? by Pauline A Smith, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration and Psychology, March 1981. /7 Social Policy: The Child and His Parents by Janice Falconer, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration and Jurisprudence, March 1981. /8 Shoplifting: A Socially Acceptable Crime? by Majorie Porteus Grant, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration and Psychology, April 1981. /9 "The Great Escape?" The Controversy Surrounding the Future of Public Schools, 1939-1944 by David William Hume, submitted as part of the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration, April 1981. /10 Homelessness and the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1997: A Scottish review by Karen S Maxwell, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration and Psychology, March 1981. /11 Poverty Programmes and Community Involvement by Susan Mary Healey, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration and Political Science, March 1982. /12 Women at Work and in the Home by Gillian Margaret Bloomer, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration, April 1983. /13 Juvenile Justice in Scotland: an Exploration of the Children's Hearing System with Particular Reference to its Function of Control and an Evaluation of the Justice of its Approach in the Context of Social Justice by Anne Creamer, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration, April 1983. /14 What Rights Are There and Should There Be Regarding Decision-Making in Child Care and Substitute Care for Children Taking Into Account the Rights of Natural Parents, Foster Parents and Residential Establishments? by Susan A Martin, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration, April 1983. /15 Special Education: The Unroyal Corgi by John L Croll, submitted for the MA with Honours in Social Administration, April 1984. /16 Why Continue With the Short Sharp Shock? - a Review of the Detention Centre Concept by David Hannah, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration, April 1984. /17 Values, Beliefs, and Attitudes and their Influence on Reformatory Schools in Nineteenth Century Britain by Christopher J Smith, submitted as part of the MA Joint Honours Degree in Social Administration and Modern History, February 1984. /18 Solvent Abuse: A New Dangerous Drug Problem or Just Another Scare Story? by Alison P R Young, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration, February 1984. /19 Caring Agents - Women and the Personal Social Services by Mary Rachel Casson, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration, 1985. /20 An Analysis of Style in Spectacular Working Class Youth Subcultures (from Teds to Punks) by Steven David Grimmond, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration, 1985. /21 Football Hooliganism: A Deeply Rooted Social Problem by John Cropper, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Political Science and Social Policy, February 1986. /22 Is the Family Being Exploited in Current Community Care Policies for the Elderly? by Lisa J Hommond, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Policy, March 1986. /23 Child Abuse: Why the Continuing Problem? with special reference to the cases of Maria Colwell (1965 - 1973) and Jasmine Beckford (1979 - 1984) by Sian Alison Marriot, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration, April 1986. /24 Crisis or Challenge? The Future of the Probation Service in England and Wales by S David Reid, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Policy and Psychology, June 1986. /25 The Elderly at Home: Is it possible for them to have a good life in their own homes with the help of state provision or does the community also play an important role? by Fiona White, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Administration and History, March 1986. /26 Labelling Theory Assessed with Regard to Police Interaction with Possible Criminal Deviants by Helen Rishworth, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Social Policy and Psychology, June 1987. /27 The Wellbeing of Women- The Soviet Union: A Caring Society? by Jill Woolridge, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Political Science, March 1991. /28 The Last Scene by Barbara D Morison, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Empirical Research in Social Policy, 1991. /29 Youth Information Services in Tayside by Ray McElligot, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Empirical Research in Social Policy, June 1991. /30 Sport and Recreation for People with Impairments, by Wendy Morris, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Empirical Research in Social Policy, 1991. /31 Dance & Health Care by Cynthia Martin, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Empirical Research in Social Policy, May 1992. /32 The Theory of Community Development Approaches, and their Application in Fairfield, Perth, by J Greig Sandilands, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Empirical Research in Social Policy, May 1992. /33 Religious and Nationalist Dissent in the Lithuanian SSR 1968-1980 by James A Smith, submitted for the MA Degree in 1982. /34 Women, Health and Information by KA Swinburne, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Empirical Research in Social Policy, May 1993. /35 The Construction of Masculinity Through 'Professional Men' and the Effect this has on their Personal Relationships by Ewan Ashley, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Arts & Social Sciences, 1993. /36 Women's Experience of Domestic Violence & Sources of Help by Karen Grieve, submitted for MA Degree with Honours in Empirical Research into Social Policy, 25th May 1993. /37 The Tayside Alternative Project by James E Coleman, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Empirical Research in Social Policy, May 1993. /38 The Problems Facing Women Returners to Education and the Role Played by the Community Education Department in Assissting Women Returners to Education, by Catherine Gordon, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Empirical Research in Social Policy, 18th April 1994. /39 Feminism as an Aspect of Equal Opportunities Policy in Local Government, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Arts & Social Sciences, 1994. /40 Revolutionary Warfare in the Third World: The Path to Independence, by John Tytler Thomson, submitted for the MA with Honours in Arts & Social Sciences, 30th April 1995. /41 An Investigation into the Current Sexual Practices and Sexual Health Needs of Gay Men in Dundee by Jamie Kinniburgh, April 1995. /42 Amtimurale Christianitatis: The Politics and Society of the New Croatia by Iain A Fairlie, April 1996. /43 The 'Long March' of Nationalism through the History of East Central Europe by Alan J Harrison. /44 In Human Rights Discourse, to what extent is there a concept of 'what it is to be human' shared between Pacific Asian (specifically Chinese) and Western Thought? by Nat O'Conner, March 1998. /45 The Meaning of Empowerment Within Community Care: an Examination of the Evidence? by Edna McShane, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in History and Social Policy, April 1998. /46 Sexualities Have Their Own Value Systems: Society Structures its own Acceptance of Sexualities Through the Dialectical Synthesis of Consciousness and Discourse Relative in Socio-Historic Time by AM Bennet, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Political Science, April 1999. /47 The Politics of Violence: Domestic Violence, Rape & Homophobia by D Katrina G Thomson, submitted for the MA Degree with Honours in Political Science, 1999.

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