Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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A very English Brexit: A comparative analysis of the immigration debate in the news media of the four UK nations
Published 2019-01-07This thesis compares the immigration discourses in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland during Britain’s EU referendum. It has been speculated that immigration was influential in the decision to leave the European ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Alien Agendas: A Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories Across Western States
Published 2019-01-07Conspiracy theories have been a topic of interest among academic and non-academic literature for decades. As of recently, the political implications of public conspiracism has begun to be taken seriously. Political science ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Ministerial Advisers: How Ministers Shape Their Conduct – A Study of Ministers and Advisers in the Rudd Government
Published 2012Ministerial advisers have become part of the standard advisory arrangements in Westminster governments, yet there is disagreement about their roles and behaviour. In Australia, some academic work has considered their ...Open AccessThesis -
The Banality of Arcadia
Published 2012-01-01Flags are highly valued – flown at sporting events, in war and even placed on the moon – but, nevertheless, are under-researched as symbolic devices. This thesis employs and extends Michael Billig’s Banal Nationalism theory ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
The Foundation and Composition of Egypt's Role in the Arab World
Published 2012-01-01The choice of topic “The Foundation and Composition of Egypt’s Role in the Arab World” is not purely out of interest. It rises out of the abundance of literature and discourse that places Egypt at the centre of the Arab ...Open AccessThesis, Honours