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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52939#.VKyor8nQrzE Author(s)   Carol Bacchi Affiliation(s) The Department of Politics & International Studies, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia . ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to introduce and elaborate the varied meanings of problematization in contemporary policy theory. The primary focus is on the different meanings and uses of the term in interpretivism and in Foucault-influenced poststructuralism. The paper argues that interpretive/argumentative adaptations direct attention primarily to how policy makers/workers develop problematizations (ways of understanding a problem) while Foucault-influenced poststructuralists critically scrutinize problematizations (the ways in which “problems” are produced and represented) in governmental policies and practices. It concludes that Foucault-influenced adaptations provide a more substantive critique of extan...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52672#.VKC5acCAM4 Author(s)   Hamzah M. Alghzawi 1,2 , Rudaina A. Hourani 1 , Baraa M. Alrashaida 2 , Ayman Hamdan-Mansour 1 , Magda Bayomi 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Community Health Nursing, Al Farabi College, Riyadh, KSA . 2 Medical Department, Prince Hamzah Hospital, Amman, Jordan . ABSTRACT A discharge policy is intended to ensure provision of fit, timely discharge arrangements to an appropriate safe environment for all patients on completion of their hospital care. This paper analyzes the current discharge policy in Prince Hamzah Hospital, to discover if it can be made more effective. The analysis is based on Pa...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47314#.VFrn52fHRK0 Author(s) Juliet Stoltenkamp , Martha Kabaka Affiliation(s) Centre for Innovative Educational and Communication Technologies (CIECT), University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa . Centre for Innovative Educational and Communication Technologies (CIECT), University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa . ABSTRACT Issues of plagiarism are mutual debates across Higher Education Institutions (HEI). As a result, institutions have employed software detection tools as a measure to deter such unacceptable academic practices. This study explores experiences related to the adoption and implementation of...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50314#.VDXkAlfHRK0 Author(s)    Emily Rauscher 1 , William Elliott III 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA . 2 School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA . ABSTRACT American society reflects considerable class immobility, much of which may be explained by the wide gaps in college completion rates between economically advantaged and disadvantaged groups of students. First, we discuss the factors that lead to unequal college completion rates and introduce assets as an explanation often ignored by stratification scholars. We then discuss how a legacy of wealth inequality has led to wealthy stude...