All Outputs (4)

Care of elderly women in Saudi Arabia : a comparison of institutional and family settings (2011)
Thesis
Elyas, N. A. (2011). Care of elderly women in Saudi Arabia : a comparison of institutional and family settings. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218201

In recent decades, the structure of social and economic life in Saudi Arabia has undergone enormous change, and among those most affected are the elderly. While Islam enjoins respect for and care of the elderly, economic and social factors are changi... Read More about Care of elderly women in Saudi Arabia : a comparison of institutional and family settings.

New insights into Bedouin culture : a study of three Bedouin descent groups in Northeast Egypt (2005)
Thesis
Issa, H. K. (2005). New insights into Bedouin culture : a study of three Bedouin descent groups in Northeast Egypt. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212503

The ethnographic study on which this thesis is based was carried on from September 2002 through August 2003 among three Bedouin descent groups in northeast Egypt and Sinai. Through a cognitive anthropological approach, reflexivity and hermeneutics, a... Read More about New insights into Bedouin culture : a study of three Bedouin descent groups in Northeast Egypt.

Gender inequalities in manufacturing : a case study of food-processing and the textiles and garment industries in Ghana (2003)
Thesis
Azumah, F. D. (2003). Gender inequalities in manufacturing : a case study of food-processing and the textiles and garment industries in Ghana. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215765

Gender inequality is deeply entrenched in society. This continues to restrict women's opportunities in life and has also been widely seen as an obstacle to economic development. Wage employment is seen as important mechanism for empowering women, and... Read More about Gender inequalities in manufacturing : a case study of food-processing and the textiles and garment industries in Ghana.

Retiring to paradise? : reassessing liminality through leisure migration to Spain (2002)
Thesis
Oliver, C. J. (2002). Retiring to paradise? : reassessing liminality through leisure migration to Spain. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210217

Over the last forty years, we have witnessed the birth of a new phenomenon in the Western world, that of 'the dream retirement. ' This study examines a group of (mainly) Northern European older people who move to Spain in search of the culmination of... Read More about Retiring to paradise? : reassessing liminality through leisure migration to Spain.