Reinforcing Cultural Hegemony: Pakeha Perceptions of Brand New Zealand

Platelet microparticles: reinforcing the hegemony of platelets in atherothrombosis.

Microparticles (MPs) represent a heterogeneous population of vesicles with a diameter of 100 to 1,000 nm that are released by budding of the plasma membrane (ectocytosis) and express antigens specific of their parental cells (1). Generation and release of MPs occurs not only during cellular activation following stimulation with proinflammatory, prothrombotic or proapoptotic substances or exposu...

Alliance and compliance in tuberculosis treatment of older Pakeha people in Auckland, New Zealand.

SETTING A community-based ethnography of tuberculosis (TB) treatment of 'European' New Zealanders in Auckland was completed in 2003. OBJECTIVE To document and analyse the nature of the process of care in this population where the majority of patients are older with other health and social complications. DESIGN Data collection included repeated semi-structured interviews with all patients wh...

Cultural hegemony? Educators’ perspectives on facilitating cross-cultural dialogue

Background We live in an age when education is being internationalized. This can confront students with 'cultural hegemony' that can result from the unequal distribution of power and privilege in global society. The name that is given to awareness of social inequality is 'critical consciousness'. Cross-cultural dialogue provides an opportunity for learners to develop critical consciousness to c...

Cross-Cultural Study of Gender Socialization in New Zealand and Iran

In this cross-cultural study, we primarily aim to present research-based evidence to examine the main gender characteristics associated with socialization. Using the symbolic interaction theory and the socialization theory, this cross-cultuural analysis particularly explores the construction and representation of gender identity through educational systems. The fields of this stu...

The Impact of Business Compliance: Perceptions of New Zealand Firms