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T McCreanor

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PubMed2001

The impacts of a school closure on neighbourhood social cohesion: narratives from Invercargill, New Zealand.

We propose that, beyond their educational function, schools can serve as catalysts for community participation, social cohesion and the vitality of neighbourhoods. The paper explores the impacts of a school closure on families in an urban neighbourhood in Invercargill, New Zealand. The highest urban depopulation rate in the country has had implications for the viability of Invercargill schools. We present a qualitative study of narratives gathered during an interview-based study of the closure of Surrey Park School. Our analysis highlights the impact of school closure for low-income families and more generally reflects on the place of schools in contributing to social cohesion and the broadly defined health of a community.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1996

"Why strengthen the city wall when the enemy has poisoned the well?" An assay of anti-homosexual discourse in New Zealand.

Proposed changes to New Zealand law on homosexuality made the issues a matter of widespread public debate in the mid-1980s. The present study, which was designed as an exploratory assay of anti-homosexual discourse, draws on a large body of public submissions to the New Zealand Government Select Committee on Homosexual Law Reform of 1985. The data are subjected to discourse analysis, and a series of themes or patterns carried in the public submissions are described. To conclude, a limited attempt to test the relevance of the findings to other contexts is made by presenting an analysis of an example of a politician's radio interview from 1993.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗