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The Clan Macneil - Accession 715 no. 46
No full textThe Clan Macneil by R. L. Macneil relates the history of the Clann Niall of Scotland from ancient times to the early 20th century. Included is information on the ancient Irish traditional descent, the Macneils of various locales in Scotland, emigration of Macneils to America, religion of the family, family customs, information about the land holdings of the clan, legends and genealogical information among other material. Please see the attached Table of Contents, Clan Tartan, and Index.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2569/thumbnail.jp
Cold war theology: a controversial religious image of King James VI & I in England and on the Continent in 1603
No full textA former student of James Cameron’s, Ian Hazlett contributes a paper very much in the spirit of his teacher. It considers the afterlife of the King’s (or Negative) Confession, commissioned by James VI of Scotland in 1581 as a clear statement of his Calvinist credentials. By the time he gained the crown of England in 1603 however, his evolving religious views meant it had become a document he sought to distance himself from. Both Protestant and Catholic propagandists and publishers, keen to give a particular picture of the theological sympathies of the new English king, subsequently produced a surprisingly varied selection of versions of the Confession. These sources and what they can tell us about the theology and politics of the day are considered here for the first time in a scholarly study.Publisher PD
Polyphony and the anxiety of influence in the fiction of Henry James
No full textJames's fiction, especially in the Middle Phase, centres
on the figure of the artist and is characterized by, the two
interrelated aspects which previous criticism has largely
overlooked: the Bakhtinian 'polyphonic' -creation of
'author-thinkers'; and the conflict between ephebes and
precursors, for which Harold-Bloom's concept of 'the-anxiety of
influence' is the most illuminating model. Polyphony is the
narrative mode, and influence is the intra-artistic, theme.
These, as the Introduction to the thesis makes clear, are
rehearsed in James's inaugural novel, Roderick Hudson. Rowland
Mallet is an author-thinker, and his failure is caused by
authorial limitations. His monologism -is impaired by his
mistaking empathy for the authorial sympathy. Likewise,
Hudson's failure does not arise from a mercurial temperament,
but from a polyphonic shortcoming: not possessing the power of
fiction to contain the fiction of power in, his mentor. And the
relationships among the three artists - Gloriani, Hudson and
Singleton - perfectly exemplify the Bloomian-theme. It is these
two concepts, polyphony and influence, which are the major
preoccupation in the Middle Phase; as, the works chosen
demonstrate. These are a novella, a novel, and a number of
short stories all of which have been unjustifiably neglected.
Chapter One, on The Aspern Papers, argues that Tina Bordereau,
far from being, the artless victim seen by many critics,
actually challenges and defeats the narrator by the very form
of her narrative. Her 'realist' discourse undermines his
language of 'romance', and shows up its internal unstability.
Chapter Two is an extensive study of the critical reception of
The Tragic Muse. The most common areas of critical attention
have been its contemporary topicality, its relation to previous
novels on similar themes, and the possible genealogy of Gabriel
Nash. Those have all missed the core of the work. - Chapter Three
demonstrates how polyphony and the anxiety of influence make
the novel what it really is. Influence arises from the
juxtaposition of, and the wrestling between, artistic ephebes
and their precursors (Nick and Nash,, Miriam and Madame Carre).
The dialogic quality defined by Bakhtin is crucial to the
proper, and even-handed, characterization of all, the conflicts
in the novel. And since most of James's tales in the eighties
and nineties -are about 'masters - and acolytes, the anxiety of
influence remains central. Chapter Four is a study of 'The
Author of Beltraffiol' and 'The Lesson of the Master'. Again the
characters' manipulations are a crucial focus in a way that
G6rard Genette's terminology helps to illuminate. The fact that
the ephebe is the author-thinker emphasizes the inextricability
of the Bakhtinian and the Bloomian in James. Just as
polyphony offers a different focus for explicating the poetics
of James's fiction; so the ephebal conflict provides the basis
for a fresh perception of James's own artistic struggle
Macneil of Barra, Prof. Ian Roderick, (The Macneil of Barra) (20 June 1929–16 Feb. 2010)
No full textArthur William Upfield: a biography
No full textThis dissertation is an exhaustive account of the life and work of Arthur William Upfield (1890-1964). It is presented as a critical biography and narrates the life of the writer, in his socio-cultural milieu, from birth. It also positions Upfield as a writer who dealt with issues of Aboriginality at a time when this was a singularly polemical subject. My work is informed by the theory of Zygmunt Bauman and others and is posited in the context of late-modern biography theory.
English-born, Upfield arrived in Australia in 1911 and took work in the bush, serving overseas with the Australian army at the outbreak of World War I and marrying an Australian army nurse in Egypt. Returning with his wife and son to Australia in 1921 he intermittently carried his swag until he was employed patrolling the Western Australian number 1 rabbit-proof fence for three years to 1931. By that time he had published four novels, including two crime novels featuring his fictional creation, the part-Aboriginal, part-European, Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte ('Bony'), arguably the first fully-developed character in Australian popular fiction.
Leaving the fence, Upfield settled with his family in Perth and wrote full-time until joining the Melbourne Herald in 1933. Retrenched, he resumed career writing to be further interrupted by a war-time intelligence posting in 1939. In 1943 the first Bony mysteries were published in America, where Upfield's critical success was maintained until his death. In 1945 he left his wife for Jessica Uren, to whom he remained devoted.
Upfield's in all twenty-nine Bony novels, many of which have been translated across eleven languages, afforded him notable success both at home and abroad, in good part due to his descriptive gifts and the uniqueness of his fictional character, the part-Aboriginal Bony
Relational norms, dependence and the elements of relationship quality between participants in marketing channels in the Republic of Serbia
No full textUspešno upravljanje odnosima u kanalima marketinga, odnosno
ostvarivanje neophodnog nivoa koordinacije i saradnje, prepoznato je kao ključni faktor
kreiranja vrednosti i ostvarivanja konkurentske prednosti, posebno imajući u vidu
trendove razvijanja dugoročnih i sloţenih aranţmana izmedju učesnika. Perspektive
analize transakcionih troškova i teorije relacionih ugovora sugerišu veliki značaj
implementacije odgovarajuće organizacione strukture i mehanizama upravljanja
procesima razmena. Upravljački mehanizmi moraju obezbediti neophodan nivo
efikasnosti i prilagodljivosti sistema, odnosno zaštitu idiosinkratičkih investicija,
posebno u uslovima neizvesnosti. Relacioni pristup, koji je konceptualno uobličio Ian
Roderick Macneil, predvidja da su ponašanja i percepcije aktera odredjeni normama
koje se vremenom razvijaju u odnosima razmene. U tom kontekstu se relacione norme
posmatraju kao oblik implicitnog upravljačkog mehanizma, a koji je posebno relevantan
u uslovima inherentne nekompletnosti formalnih ugovora u dugoročnim odnosima.
U ovom radu se analizira uticaj odnosa zavisnosti na razvoj relacionizma u kanalima
marketinga. Takodje, u fokusu su upravljački kapaciteti relacionih normi u ostvarivanju
neophodnog nivoa kvaliteta odnosa, oličenog u konstruktima poverenja, oportunizma i
konflikata izmedju učesnika u razmenama. Relacionizam je, u ovom istraţivanju,
odredjen nivoom relacionih normi solidarnosti, reciprociteta, fleksibilnosti, integriteta
uloga i uzdrţavanja od upotrebe moći.
Kako pokazuju relevantna prethodna istraţivanja, odnosi izmedju učesnika u kanalima
marketinga i veze izmedju ključnih konstrukata su uslovljeni, izmedju ostalog, i
kulturnim i institucionalnim faktorima, kao i kontekstom organizacije konkretnog
kanala. Na osnovu toga se ukazuje potreba za istraţivanjem u specifičnim uslovima
privrede Republike Srbije, kao i kanalu marketinga koji je bliţi tradicionalnoj
organizaciji aktivnosti.Successful management of marketing channel relationships, i.e. attaining
the necessary level of coordination and cooperation, has been recognized as the key
factor of value creation and achieving competitive advantage, especially having in mind
trends of the development of long-term and complex arrangements among participants.
As suggested by both the perspectives of Transaction Cost Analysis and Relational
Contract Theory, the implementation of a suitable organizational structure and
mechanisms for governing exchanges is of great importance. The purpose of these
governance mechanisms is to ensure the necessary level of a system efficiency and
adaptability, as well as the protection of idiosyncratic investments, particularly in
conditions of uncertainty. Relational approach, conceptualized by Ian Roderick
Macneil, envisages that participants’ behaviours and perceptions are determined by
norms which in time develop in exchange relations. In that context, relational norms are
seen as a form of implicit governance mechanism, particularly relevant considering an
inherent incompleteness of formal contracts in long-term relations.
The impact of dependence relations on development of relationalism in marketing
channels is being analyzed in this paper. Moreover, the focus is on the governing
capacity of relational norms in the achievement of the necessary level of relationship
quality, represented by the constructs of trust, opportunism, and conflicts among
participants in exchanges. In this research, relationalism is determined by the level of
relational norms of solidarity, reciprocity, flexibility, role integrity and restraint in the
use of power.
As indicated by relevant previous researches, relations between marketing channels
participants, as well as between key constructs, are determined among other, by cultural
and institutional factors, also by the context of the organization of a particular channel.
Having that in mind, there is a need to conduct a research in the specific conditions of
the economy of the Republic of Serbia, as well as in the marketing channel which is
vii
closer to traditional organization of exchange activities
Relational norms, dependence and the elements of relationship quality between participants in marketing channels in the Republic of Serbia
No full textUspešno upravljanje odnosima u kanalima marketinga, odnosno
ostvarivanje neophodnog nivoa koordinacije i saradnje, prepoznato je kao ključni faktor
kreiranja vrednosti i ostvarivanja konkurentske prednosti, posebno imajući u vidu
trendove razvijanja dugoročnih i sloţenih aranţmana izmedju učesnika. Perspektive
analize transakcionih troškova i teorije relacionih ugovora sugerišu veliki značaj
implementacije odgovarajuće organizacione strukture i mehanizama upravljanja
procesima razmena. Upravljački mehanizmi moraju obezbediti neophodan nivo
efikasnosti i prilagodljivosti sistema, odnosno zaštitu idiosinkratičkih investicija,
posebno u uslovima neizvesnosti. Relacioni pristup, koji je konceptualno uobličio Ian
Roderick Macneil, predvidja da su ponašanja i percepcije aktera odredjeni normama
koje se vremenom razvijaju u odnosima razmene. U tom kontekstu se relacione norme
posmatraju kao oblik implicitnog upravljačkog mehanizma, a koji je posebno relevantan
u uslovima inherentne nekompletnosti formalnih ugovora u dugoročnim odnosima.
U ovom radu se analizira uticaj odnosa zavisnosti na razvoj relacionizma u kanalima
marketinga. Takodje, u fokusu su upravljački kapaciteti relacionih normi u ostvarivanju
neophodnog nivoa kvaliteta odnosa, oličenog u konstruktima poverenja, oportunizma i
konflikata izmedju učesnika u razmenama. Relacionizam je, u ovom istraţivanju,
odredjen nivoom relacionih normi solidarnosti, reciprociteta, fleksibilnosti, integriteta
uloga i uzdrţavanja od upotrebe moći.
Kako pokazuju relevantna prethodna istraţivanja, odnosi izmedju učesnika u kanalima
marketinga i veze izmedju ključnih konstrukata su uslovljeni, izmedju ostalog, i
kulturnim i institucionalnim faktorima, kao i kontekstom organizacije konkretnog
kanala. Na osnovu toga se ukazuje potreba za istraţivanjem u specifičnim uslovima
privrede Republike Srbije, kao i kanalu marketinga koji je bliţi tradicionalnoj
organizaciji aktivnosti.Successful management of marketing channel relationships, i.e. attaining
the necessary level of coordination and cooperation, has been recognized as the key
factor of value creation and achieving competitive advantage, especially having in mind
trends of the development of long-term and complex arrangements among participants.
As suggested by both the perspectives of Transaction Cost Analysis and Relational
Contract Theory, the implementation of a suitable organizational structure and
mechanisms for governing exchanges is of great importance. The purpose of these
governance mechanisms is to ensure the necessary level of a system efficiency and
adaptability, as well as the protection of idiosyncratic investments, particularly in
conditions of uncertainty. Relational approach, conceptualized by Ian Roderick
Macneil, envisages that participants’ behaviours and perceptions are determined by
norms which in time develop in exchange relations. In that context, relational norms are
seen as a form of implicit governance mechanism, particularly relevant considering an
inherent incompleteness of formal contracts in long-term relations.
The impact of dependence relations on development of relationalism in marketing
channels is being analyzed in this paper. Moreover, the focus is on the governing
capacity of relational norms in the achievement of the necessary level of relationship
quality, represented by the constructs of trust, opportunism, and conflicts among
participants in exchanges. In this research, relationalism is determined by the level of
relational norms of solidarity, reciprocity, flexibility, role integrity and restraint in the
use of power.
As indicated by relevant previous researches, relations between marketing channels
participants, as well as between key constructs, are determined among other, by cultural
and institutional factors, also by the context of the organization of a particular channel.
Having that in mind, there is a need to conduct a research in the specific conditions of
the economy of the Republic of Serbia, as well as in the marketing channel which is
vii
closer to traditional organization of exchange activities
Landscape-painter as landscape-gardener : the case of Alfred Parsons R.A.
No full textIn 2 vols.Available from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:DXN016830 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreSIGLEGBUnited Kingdo
A differentiated model for tertiary education: past ideas, contemporary policy and future possibilities
No full textUsing history as a policy tool, this report looks back at the binary system as well as its demise with the Dawkins reforms of the late 1980s to uncover the lessons learned.
Summary:
Australia’s education system has undergone many changes over the past 50 years — and it will continue to do so as governments change. The first major reform over this period was the introduction of a binary policy of higher education, which was subsequently replaced by a unified system with the Dawkins reforms. Today, potential changes to the system include the deregulation of student fees and the widening of government-supported university places to cover provision by private providers. The latter would open up the delivery of tertiary education — taken here to mean diploma and above — to traditional vocational education and training (VET) providers to an increased extent.
To enrich the current discussion on changes to tertiary education policy, the author has used history as a policy tool for uncovering trends, explaining institutional cultures and preventing the re-application of ideas already tested. While this particular report is contextualised through a rereading of the Martin Report (the report of the Committee on the Future of Tertiary Education in Australia, published in 1964—65), a companion piece What next for tertiary education? Some preliminary sketches (Beddie 2014) makes a number of somewhat radical suggestions for future directions to tertiary education, with the aim of stimulating discussion in this area
Epistemological provisionality as a generic feature of the British novel
No full textThis thesis attempts to identify a particular epistemological stance as a trans-historical generic feature of the British novel, seeking theoretical commonalities across readings of four novelistic texts. Drawing upon conventional critical reliance on realism as a definitive feature of the novel, chapter one examines the dialectical interplay of empiricism and scepticism in the intellectual climate and public discourse of eighteenth-century Britain as an influence on realistic literary modes and proposes that the novel as a genre is preoccupied with problems of epistemology. Chapter two considers Jane Barker’s Galesia trilogy as an example of novelistic engagement with a common theme in the empiricism/scepticism dialectic: the epistemological complications entailed by individual subjectivity. Barker’s thematic emphases on uncertainty, multiplicity, and fallenness coincide with a generically entrenched, and thus novelistic, orientation toward open-endedness and unfinalizability, as articulated in the work of Mikhail Bakhtin. Chapter three associates realism with mimesis, a figure whose tendency toward duplicity and reversibility align it with Jacques Derrida’s concept of pharmakon. Mimesis-as-pharmakon is considered in the context of Tobias Smollett’s The Adventures of Roderick Random. Chapter four shifts critical focus to contemporary fiction -- Martin Amis’s Money: A Suicide Note -- and examines how postmodernist literary techniques, particularly the metafictional inclusion of an author figure, reiterate the novelistic portrayal and exemplification of epistemological provisionality that underlies eighteenth-century texts. Chapter five, with analysis of Ian McEwan’s Saturday and reference to the philosophy of Iris Murdoch, suggests that the problems of knowledge entailed by situated individual subjectivity, as represented by the novel, privilege a corresponding ethical posture of deference and openness to the other. In an afterword, these ethical implications are extended to suggest a possible political significance to the genre.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo
