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Mostefaoui, Mounia. "Assessment of the three main anthropogenic greenhouse gases emissions and removals by bottom-up and top-down methods : a main tool for the evaluation of the respect of the Paris Climate Accords. A case study over Africa." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2022. http://www.theses.fr/2022SORUS460.
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Depuis la deuxième moitié du XXème siècle, l’augmentation de la concentration des trois principaux gaz à effet de serre (GES) : le Dioxyde de Carbone (CO2), le Méthane (CH4) et le Protoxyde d’Azote (N2O) du fait des activités humaines a clairement été identifiée par la communauté scientifique comme la principale cause du récent forçage radiatif affectant l’équilibre des processus énergétiques du système terrestre. Ces perturbations anthropiques ont entre autres conséquences, une augmentation de la température annuelle moyenne globale à la surface de la Terre. Étant donné que les GES sont bien mélangés dans l’atmosphère, et du fait de la complexité des différents processus du transport atmosphérique, les conséquences du forçage radiatif anthropique induit par les principales zones émettrices de GES ne se produisent pas nécessairement directement sur ces territoires. Ainsi, l’Afrique est le continent qui est historiquement le moins responsable des émissions cumulées de GES. Pourtant, le dernier rapport du GIEC (AR6) a mis en évidence que cette région est l’une des zones qui est déjà les plus touchées au monde par les conséquences du changement climatique d’origine anthropique. Des articles pionniers sur les émissions anthropiques et le budget carbone de l’Afrique comme celui de Ciais et al. (2011) avaient aussi souligné que « l’Afrique augmentera probablement sa part d’émissions globales au cours des décennies à venir » (Canadell, 2009). Or ce continent est relativement peu étudié. C’est pourquoi, nous avons choisi de focaliser l’étude au centre de ce manuscrit sur le périmètre Africain, composé de 54 pays pour lesquels nous disposons de données. Notre objectif est d’effectuer une estimation des sources et des puits d’origine anthropique sur ce continent pour les trois principaux GES. Dans ce but, la méthodologie originale utilisée ici s’appuie d’une part, sur des données dites « montantes », c’est-à-dire des rapports nationaux officiels de pays, des inventaires statistiques et des modèles basés sur des processus chimiques et biogéochimiques. D’autre part, le deuxième volet de la méthode consiste en une comparaison de ces données « montantes », avec des inversions de la méthode dite « descendante », c’est-à-dire des données satellite. Nous conduisons cette analyse pour les trois dernières décennies (1990-2018) en vue de dégager des tendances. Le but de cette étude est aussi d’apporter des éléments de réponse à la problématique suivante : comment l’état actuel des outils scientifiques peut contribuer à évaluer le respect des engagements de l’Accord de Paris pour des pays ne faisant pas partie de l’Annexe I, et en particulier dans le cas des pays Africains ? Pour apporter des éléments de réponse à cette question importante du point de vue scientifique mais aussi sociétal, le chapitre 1 présente les principales caractéristiques du CO2, du CH4 et du N2O en ce qui concerne le forçage du budget radiatif de la planète Terre. Ce premier chapitre contextualise le monitoring des sources et des puits de GES d’origine anthropique dans le cadre du dispositif de Monitoring, Reporting et de Vérification de l’Accord de Paris. Le chapitre 2 est une analyse originale des tendances pour les sources et pour les puits de GES au cours des trente dernières années, centrée sur le cas Africain. Le chapitre 3 est une discussion élargie proposant des perspectives plus globales sur le rôle des outils scientifiques pour une évaluation indépendante des pays du respect des engagements de l’Accord de ParisSince the second part of the 20th century, the role of three main greenhouse gases (GHG) : Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4) and Nitrous Oxide (N2O) has been clearly established by the scientific community as the main cause of the recent forcing of the Earth energetic processes from human-induced activities, resulting among other disturbances in an increase of the annual mean surface temperatures. As GHG are well-mixed in the atmosphere and due to the complexity of atmospheric transport processes, the main emitters do not necessarily face the consequences of the additional radiative forcing that they directly induce. In this study, we restrict the analysis to CO2, CH4 and N2O because they are the most important GHG in the atmosphere. For the following-up of GHG, the Paris Agreement has a device named the “Enhanced Transparency Framework “(ETF). Within the ETF, countries have to report annually or biannually their GHG emissions and removals starting in 2023 within the Global Stocktake (GST). The ETF is based on the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) provisions of the PA, aiming at the measurement of GHG for the PA signatory countries, at the centralization of the regularly updated country-reports, and at the verification of the respect of the countries ex ante vs. ex post pledges. This GST will represent a challenge for many Non-Annex I countries, including Africa, where emissions and removals in national inventories have been irregular since the UNFCCC creation in 1992. The literature tends to be scarce about GHG emissions from African countries, usually thought to be small emitters by non-experts. However, the recent Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) underlines with high confidence that the speed of surface temperature increase in Africa has already been higher than elsewhere in the world due to anthropogenic emissions (IPCC Working Group I, 2021). Recent analyses also predict a fast increase of African emissions correlated with its demographic growth, which is the fastest in the world. Pioneering papers on anthropogenic emissions and the carbon balance in Africa like the one of Ciais et al. (2011), already underlined that “Africa is likely to increase its share of global emissions over the coming decades” (Canadell, 2009). That is the reason why we chose to strictly restrict to Africa the scope of our central analysis in the original study of the present manuscript. Our aim is to assess African CO2, CH4 and N2O anthropogenic emissions and removals using bottom-up datasets (inventories and process-based models) and to compare them with top-down inversions coming from satellites over three decades (1990-2018) in order to deliver trends’ analyses. The purpose of this analysis is also to discuss the following main question: how can the current state of science help for the evaluation of the Respect of the Paris Agreement (PA) in Non-Annex I countries, and most specifically in Africa? Chapter 1 presents CO2, CH4 and N2O main features and impacts with regards to the Earth Radiative Budget forcing, and contextualizes the scientific monitoring of GHG emissions and removals from anthropogenic origins in the climate policy context of the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) provisions of the PA. Chapter 2 delivers an original analysis of GHG emissions and removals trends over the last three decades for the case of Africa. Chapter 3 discusses more broadly the conclusions of the African case analysis and proposes larger perspectives from both a scientific and from a climate policy view for future developments in the evaluation of the respect of the PA
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Nkya, Ananilea W. "Tanzania’s Mainstream News Media Engagement with National Development." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17404.
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This thesis examines the ways in which Tanzania’s media report news on development issues and what accounts for the way they report, guided by social constructionist philosophy and framing theory. In terms of how they report news, the thesis draws on primary data generated from: (1) an analysis of 10,371 news stories reported by 15 Tanzanian media outlets over the course of one month, noting the general types of preferred stories and the range of news sources relied upon (which tend to be government or elite sources and male); (2) an in-depth analysis of 36 newspapers’ front-page lead stories, looking not just at the presentation and framing of these stories, but also at the omissions and elisions, using interpretive content analysis. In order to explore why the Tanzanian media cover development issues the way they do, the thesis draws on another set of primary data: semi-structured, face-to-face interviews conducted with 76 media stakeholders, where editors, journalists and media owners reflect on the constraints and opportunities – media ownership, laws used to control media autonomy, financing and professional training – facing them as media professionals trying to report on topics linked to their country’s social, economic and political challenges. There is, to date, little literature that foregrounds the views and experiences of media professionals in Tanzania or, indeed, in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and it is to this literature that this thesis primarily contributes. It concludes that from the colonial period to the current day Tanzanian media has been a contested space in which different stakeholders have diverse views about the role and functioning of the media. If the media are to play a normative, watchdog role, holding government to account and thus contributing, indirectly, to national development, then the issues of ownership, legal constraints, training and financial capacity are key.
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Wilkinson, Timothy John. "Modes of engagement with a national landscape : cultural production of Exmoor National Park." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/18817.
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This thesis is a study of the cultural production of Exmoor National Park. It proceeds through analysis of both historical representations of the space called ‘National Park’ and contemporary social processes in which National Park users engage with the landscape. This project draws on a cross-disciplinary range of literature, from local histories of Exmoor, to tourism studies, critical human geography and cultural theory. Empirical material includes primary texts, transcripts from discussion groups and ethnographic experiences. The research unpacks the reproduction of the space called ‘Exmoor National Park’. It traces the composition of this space in historical and contemporary texts, charting the authorised visions of National Parks in metanarratives and official discourses. Through close reading and textual analysis, assumptions and prevailing wisdoms about the territory ‘Exmoor National Park’ are unsettled. The way that National Parks were represented as a space, or territory, is explored in three ways. First, by considering the boundary which defined the space ‘National Park’, second, by exploring the conceptualisation of National Park land and landscape, and third, by examining governance of engagements between National Park users and the terrain. Analysis highlights multiplicity and political striation in the idea of a territory called ‘National Park’. The thesis develops by exploring contemporary National Park users’ narratives of their engagement with Exmoor. . Findings from discussion groups and ethnographic experiences are used to advance an understanding of the ways users organise their enjoyment of Exmoor. These comprise three modes of engagement with the national landscape: processes of connecting, encountering conflict and working. As an ESRC CASE commissioned project, the findings of this research have been applied through the production of a toolkit called From Special Qualities to Special Experiences (ENPA, 2015), in collaboration with Exmoor National Park Authority. This title articulates the shift from a concern with features of the National Park as a territory, towards the social processes in which Exmoor is experienced.
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Bour, Mark C. "National Guard engagement in the Pacific : no threat to security /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Dec%5FBour.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in International Security and Civil-Military Relations)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2002.Thesis advisor(s): Lyman Miller, Paul Stockton. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-62). Also available online.
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Maryland, Mickey Dean. "The Impact of Baldrige on Employee Engagement within Army National Guard Organizations." NSUWorks, 2012. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/hsbe_etd/71.
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The objective of this research was to determine whether there is a relationship between the level of maturity of an organization's business processes as measured by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award's Criteria for Performance Excellence (BCPE) and the level of employee engagement. Two organizations were selected for the study based on their overall level of maturity measured by the BCPE scoring guide representing firms with high and low levels of maturity. The first hypothesis tested indicates a negative statistically significant relationship between the level of maturity of an organization and the level of employee engagement. Next, the level of employee engagement between males and females was significantly different as the level for men was higher than the level for women participating in the study. Finally, no support was found for the third hypothesis exploring differences in the levels of employee engagement between military and civilian employees.
This study was limited to predominantly full-time personnel assigned to two of twenty-eight state Army National Guard (ARNG) organizations that participated in the ARNG Army Communities of Excellence (ACOE) award process during the award years of 2009-2010. The absence of support for the BCPE's effect on the level of employee engagement within organizations could be an indicator of other factors affecting employee engagement that are needed to be researched further before any conclusions can be reached.
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Hasler, Jeffrey L. "Rethinking global engagement : the requirement for knowledge before action /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Jun%5FHasler.pdf.
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Zhao, Yan. "What matters to student-athletes in college experiences." Thesis, Boston College, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104397.
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Thesis advisor: Henry BraunInformed by Astin's Input-Environment-Outcome (I-E-O) model and Pascarella's general model, this study explored the nature of student-athletes' engagement in educationally purposeful activities, described their engagement patterns, and revealed the relationships between student engagement factors and college outcomes by class and gender for 2596 student-athletes from 30 Division-I institutions. This research demonstrated that the NSEE Five Benchmarks constructed for the general population did not fit student-athletes. Therefore, engagement factors for student-athletes were constructed based on a subset of component items from the Five Benchmarks. Hierarchical Linear Models (HLM) were then applied to National Survey for Student Engagement (NSSE) 2006 and the aggregated school level data from the NCAA. The research results reveal that the association patterns between engagement factors and college outcome variables Satisfaction (SA), General Education and Personal Competence (GEPC), and Personal and Social Development (PSD) across all class and gender subgroups are very similar, but differ from those for GPA. This research concludes that engagement in educationally purposeful activities is the best predictor for student-athletes' college outcomes (except GPA). The analyses also reveal that what students do on campus contributes more to their college outcomes than who they were at matriculation and which school they attend. In particular, for all outcomes, the fraction of the total variance due to between-school differences was very small and the relationships between the coefficients of school-level equations and school-level characteristics were inconsistent. The results of this study, along with other related studies, can help colleges devise strategies to better fulfill their primary obligation to create genuine educational opportunities for their student-athletes through fostering their holistic development
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2013
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation
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Lyle, Janice Tucker. "Goal-Based Evaluation Comparing Community College Developmental Student Engagement with National Norms." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7036.
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At Hillcrest Community College (HCC; pseudonym) most developmental education (DE) students do not progress in their studies from DE to college-credit-bearing courses required to matriculate toward earning a credential. Student engagement is important for student success, but HCC had never completed a study of student engagement among its DE students. The purpose of this quantitative goal-based evaluation was to compare HCC DE student engagement with the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) national norms to determine if engagement contributed to the problem. Kuh's theory of student engagement was the theoretical basis of the study, and the overarching research question sought to clarify the extent to which HCC students were engaged. Institutional data archived from the 2016 CCSSE administered to HCC students (N = 169) and national data calculated by CCSSE (N = 211,168) were used for analysis using a one-sample t test. The primary research question was evaluated via 5 secondary questions associated with 5 CCSSE benchmarks. Secondary research questions were evaluated by testing 38 hypotheses for indicators associated with benchmarks. Null hypotheses were retained for 33 of 38 indicators using Cohen's d + .50 a priori criterion established for magnitude of effect size. Study results indicated that HCC DE students are mostly similar to DE students nationally in terms of engagement except for their use of computer labs. Evaluation report recommendations included maintaining existing engagement programs for DE students at HCC with attention to increasing DE student use of computer labs, and continuing to monitor engagement as future CCSSE data becomes available. HCC can benefit from an awareness that its DE students are engaged and can seek other ways to improve DE student outcomes and related benefits for positive social change at HCC.
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Howard, Eddie J. Jr. "Institutional Strategies of Identified Involvement Triggers that Increase Campus Engagement: A Longitudinal Analysis Based on an Individual National Survey of Student Engagement Responses." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1587745870664836.
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Krämer, Wolfgang. "Faschisten im Exilroman 1933-1939 : zur Darstellung der NS-Massenbasis und der Motive faschistischen Engagements /." Pfaffenweiler : [BRD] : Centaurus-Verlagsgesellschaft, 1987. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb34983964k.
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WOESTE, MICHAEL JON. "SERVICE LEARNING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: NATIONAL LEADERS' EXPECTATIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1029755296.
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Post, Kathryn E. "Understanding Patient Engagement in Breast Cancer Survivorship Care: A National Web-Based Survey." Thesis, Boston College, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108398.
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Thesis advisor: Jane FlanaganBACKGROUND: Breast cancer survivors experience a range of needs in the post-treatment phase as they transition into survivorship and beyond. The transition to survivorship requires breast cancer survivors to actively engage in self-managing their care, but little is known about patient engagement into survivorship care and what factors may contribute to this. Information is needed to further explore patient engagement into survivorship care, what factors may contribute to it and which patients are more likely to engage in their care and thus be better equipped to self-manage during survivorship. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore how demographic/personal factors and survivorship outcomes are related to and may contribute to patient engagement in early stage breast cancer survivors. METHODS: A cross-sectional, web-based self-report national survey was conducted using measures assessing personal/demographic factors, survivorship outcomes: health-related quality of life (HRQOL), fear of cancer recurrence (FCR), cancer health literacy (CHL) and two measures of patient engagement (patient activation (PA) and knowing participation in change (KPC). There was one open-ended question regarding additional survivorship concerns, not addressed in the previous survey items. Participants were recruited using Dr. Susan Love’s Army of Women Research Foundation and Craigslist. Data were analyzed via bivariate associations and backwards linear regression modeling in SPSS. RESULTS: The final sample included 303 participants (301 females and 2 males) with a mean age of 50.70 years. The sample was predominantly White, non-Hispanic and equally dispersed across the United States. Patient engagement, as represented by PA and KPC, was significantly correlated with 13 predictor variables and there were 10 predictor variables that resulted in significant ANOVA relationships with PA and KPC. In both the KPC and PA regression models, HRQOL significantly predicted for patient engagement. In the KPC regression model, social support and level of education also significantly predicted for patient engagement and receipt of a survivorship care plan contributed unique variance to the model. The open-ended question response categories included: physical concerns, mental health concerns, financial toxicity, social support, body image concerns, other concerns or no concerns/none. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides preliminary evidence that personal/demographic factors and survivorship outcomes may contribute to patient engagement in breast cancer survivors. Using assessment tools that measure factors such as HRQOL, social support, education level and patient engagement may give providers some insight as to which survivors may be ready to engage in survivorship care and those that may need more resources and/or support. Additional studies are needed to replicate and validate these results. More research is needed aimed at maximizing patient-centered care, patient engagement and ultimately improving SC. Keywords: breast cancer survivor, survivorship, patient engagement, health-related quality of life, social support
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2019
Submitted to: Boston College. Connell School of Nursing
Discipline: Nursing
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Ducharme, Kevin C. "Prospects for temptation in Persia by "The Great Satan" United States engagement with Iran /." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2010/Mar/10Mar%5FDucharme.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Middle East, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010.Thesis Advisor(s): Knopf, Jeffrey ; Kadhim, Abbas. "March 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 26, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Middle East, Foreign Policy, United States, Engagement, Positive incentives, Negative incentives, Iranian arms control, International relations, Strategic Studies, Sanctions. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-69). Also available in print.
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Brown, Susannah K. "An exploration of student success and satisfaction using the National Survey of Student Engagement." Diss., Wichita State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10057/3939.
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Institutions of higher education around the country are concerned with student performance and retention. This dissertation used the theory of sense-of-community to explore how universities and colleges can influence student grade point averages and persistence to degree completion. Data were collected with the National Survey of Student Engagement at a Midwestern University. Factor analysis suggested four factors of sense-of-community within the National Survey of Student Engagement: Campus Social Milieu, Divergent Thinking, Institutional Involvement, and Relationship Quality. Results of further analyses indicated that sense-of-community influenced student satisfaction primarily through Relationship Quality and Campus Social Milieu. Sense-of-community also had a slight influence on student success. Campus Social Milieu, Relationship Quality, and Institutional Involvement seemed to affect grade point average; Relationship Quality and Institutional Involvement seemed to affect degree completion. Institutions wishing to assist the increase of academic achievement and graduation rates in addition to students’ satisfaction with their experience in college are advised to invest in programs and policies building sense-of-community among their students, faculty, and administrators.Dissertation(Ph.D.)--Wichita State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Psychology
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Labrentsev, Petr. "The roles of African states in affecting Soviet and American engagements with Mozambican national liberation, 1961-1964." Thesis, Brunel University, 2015. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/14716.
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The early period of the national liberation of Mozambique provided a stage for superpower competition, and a means for different African states, groups of states, and organizations to advance their particular, and often conflicting goals and agendas. In so doing, both the superpowers and regional African actors were supporting different rival Mozambican nationalist leaders and their respective movements. More than being only a conflict between Portuguese authorities and Mozambican nationalists, the process of Mozambican national liberation was also a proxy confrontation between different foreign actors. The thesis examines the relations and power dynamics within the complex of superpowers - African states - national liberation movements, in the contexts of the Cold War, African affairs and the process of national liberation of Mozambique. It assesses the roles played by local and regional African actors in affecting Soviet and American interests and designs throughout their engagements with the process of Mozambican national liberation, from 1961 to 1964.
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Lagache, Stéphane. "Sélection et allocation de la ressource humaine dans les régiments de l'armée de terre : réflexions sur la conscription." Paris, Institut d'études politiques, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989IEPP0010.
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Winkler, Christa Elisa. "Evaluating utility of the National Survey of Student Engagement subscores for institutional assessment in higher education." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1586872937322476.
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Ndiaye, Yaram. "L'obligation de coopération dans le statut de Rome : analyse critique du respect des engagements internationaux devant la cour pénale internationale." Thesis, Lyon 3, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012LYO30063.
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A l’instar des juridictions qui l’ont précédé dans la répression des crimes internationaux, la Cour pénale internationale a besoin de la coopération des Etats pour exister. C’est une condition d’effectivité de l’action de la Cour qui se traduit par la participation des Etats à la procédure pénale internationale et par l’harmonisation des législations nationales. Toutefois, en dépit de son affirmation dans le Statut, les Etats parties exécutent difficilement l’obligation de coopération. Ces difficultés s’observent tant au niveau de leur participation à la procédure initiée par la Cour que dans l’exercice de la justice au niveau national. De fait, pour un respect des engagements internationaux devant la Cour, l’institution doit surmonter l’obstacle de la souveraineté nationale. Pour atteindre les objectifs fixés, elle doit amener les Etats à dépasser les critères traditionnels de compétence dans le domaine pénal et à taire les résistances souverainistes en la matière. C’est seulement à ce titre qu’elle peut être fonctionnelle, en opposant aux Etats une conception plus étendue de la justice pour laquelle ils se sont engagésFollowing the example of the jurisdictions which preceded her in the repression of the international crimes, the International Criminal Court needs the cooperation of States to exist. It is a condition of effectiveness of the action of the Court that is translated by the participation of States in the international criminal procedure and by the harmonization of the national legislations. But in spite of its assertion in the Status, States execute with difficulty the obligation of cooperation. These difficulties observe as long at the level of their participation in the procedure in front of the Court that in the exercise of the justice at the national level. Actually, for a respect for the international commitments in front of the Court, the institution has to surmount the obstacle of the national sovereignty. To reach the fixed objectives, she has to bring States to exceed the traditional criteria of skill in the penal domain and to keep silent about the resistances of states on the subject. It is only as such that she can be functional, by setting to States a more vast conception of the justice for which they made a commitment
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Ziswiler, Korrin M. "Predicting Student Engagement by Disability Type at Four-Year Baccalaureate Higher Education Institutions Using Self-Reported Data." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1397664923.
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Lee, Da Hyun. "Relational Approaches to US International Cultural Engagement: Promoting National Good and Mutual Understanding through Cooperative Cultural Exchange." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1385737907.
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Johnson, Jay. "Identification of National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) socialization variable clusters that predict private midwestern college persistence." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5513.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on July 27, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.
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Hannum, Kathryn Laura. "DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN GALICIA, SPAIN AND BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: AIMS AND BENEFITS OF A TRANSLATIONAL COALITION." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1594393030662703.
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Larrañaga, Kristina. "Processus psychosociaux de transition, engagement politique et exil : l'exemple des militants basques." Toulouse 2, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005TOU20031.
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La thèse vise principalement à repérer et étudier les processus psychosociaux que mobilisent les conduites des acteurs, militant(e)s basques, engagés dans des luttes de reconnaissance et d'institutionnalisation de l'identité et qui ont été contraints de s'exiler durant une période plus ou moins étendue de leur parcours d'existence. Elle s'appuie sur des données d'histoire qui permettent de mettre en relief quelques-uns uns des mécanismes de fond et des évènements saillants qui caractérisent le mouvement de quête d'une identité nationale basque, ainsi que les formes organisationnelles, politiques, associatives que celui-ci a pris durant le XXème siècle et jusqu'à nos jours et aux évolutions actuelles. L'exil est assimilé à une situation de transition psychosociale, (au sens de Parkes), dont les processus ont pour déterminants et orientations communs d'être produits par des ruptures sinon des crises qui bouleversent l'ensemble des activités et des représentations des individus. Les effets de ces ruptures et crises, en général profonds et durables, sont désorganisateurs des cadres de socialisation des individus et de leur groupes d'appartenance souvent et des structures psychologiques de leur personnalité. Par les questionnaires, entretien guidés et les histoires de vie la recherche conduit à montrer que les militant(e)s exilés réagissent différemment à leurs situations, aux épreuves que leur impose l'histoire sociale, à l'insécurité, au stress, aux souffrances que l'exil provoque. Différemment aussi, ils tentent d'élaborer de nouveaux projets et activités sur la base de ressources internes, (liées à leurs expériences propres), et de ressources externes, ( liées notamment aux soutiens d'autrui dans leurs milieux familiaux, amicaux, professionnels. . . . ). Il apparaît que ces ressources auxquelles les sujets ont un inégal accès constituent des moyens de leur développement psychosocial dans des situations dégradées. Dans une certaine mesure, elles leur offrent des étayages, nécessaires à la recherche, (toujours incertaine) de nouvelles sociabilités et perspectives de vie, susceptibles de réaliser leurs aspirations individuelles et collectives et, pour beaucoup d'entre eux, d'affirmer des valeurs par lesquelles ils veulent signifier leurs actesThis thesis aims to identify and study the psycho-social processes motivating the conduct of the actors, who are Basque militants committed to the fight for recognition and institutionalisation of their identity who have been forced to spend part of their lives in exile. The thesis is based on the oucome of a historical process drawing attention to background mechanisms and key events which characterise the movement in search of a Basque national identity, and the forms of organisation, politics and association developed during the twentieth century and still evolving today. Exile is treated as a situation of psycho-social transition (in Parkes' sense) in which processes are commonly determined by and oriented towards the fact of their having resulted from discontinuities or crises which disrupt the individual's range of activities and representations. The effects of these discontinuities and crises, generally profound and long-lasting, tend to disorganise the individual's socialisation framework, and often that of membership groups and the psychological structures of personality. By means of questionnaires, guided interviews and life stories, the study portrays ways in which the exiled militants react differently to their situations, the tests and trials of social history, insecurity, stress, and the suffering that exile produces. They are also different in the way they attempt to develop new projects and activities based on internal resources (associated with personal experience) and external resources (particularly associated with the support received from relatives, friends, professional colleagues etc. ). It appears that these resources, to which subjects have illegal access, constitute means of psycho-social development in degraded situations. To some extent, these offer necessary means of support in the search, always uncertain, for new means of sociability and life perspectives capable of fulfilling their individual and collective aspirations, and for many, of confirming the values whereby they wish to give meaning to their acts
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Symonds, Matthew L. "The impact of division II revenue and non-revenue sport participation on student engagement." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4341.
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Thesis (Ed. D.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 8, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.
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Boudarssa, Chadia. "Entre travail et engagement, les acteurs expatriés et nationaux de solidarité internationale au Maroc : volontaires, salariés, bénévoles et stagiaires. Le cosmopolitisme à l'épreuve ?" Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017USPCC277/document.
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Dans cette enquête ethno-sociologique sur la solidarité internationale au Maroc auprès de 24 ONG (de nationalités française, espagnole, italienne, canadienne et marocaine), nous avons pris le parti de focaliser notre recherche sur les expatriés et le personnel national (de 9 nationalités différentes) en tenant compte du sens que donnent les acteurs à cet engagement et ces pratiques de solidarité internationale tout en restituant les parcours et les conditions sociales de l’entrée dans la solidarité internationale.La première partie sera consacrée à la description du cadre d’intervention des ONG internationales au Maroc et les catégories objectives du personnel humanitaire : volontaire, stagiaire, bénévole et salarié. Puis, nous présenterons les processus de recrutement et les activités menées dans les ONG internationales tels qu’ils sont décrits par les acteurs. En définitive, nous questionnerons la tension entre travail et engagement, l’enchantement et le désenchantement.Dans un deuxième temps, nous nous attacherons à décrire les caractéristiques sociologiques des 68 acteurs humanitaires rencontrés en mettant en exergue les déterminants objectifs et subjectifs de l’engagement et du travail dans ce domaine d’activité. Nous finirons par établir une typologie des pratiques de la solidarité internationale donnant à voir un éthos commun d’une communauté partageant des affinités et des expériences culturelles d’autre part nous envisagerons les acteurs de la solidarité internationale comme un groupe professionnel.Enfin, la troisième section sera consacrée à questionner d’une part la pratique migratoire que constitue la mission de solidarité internationale et d’autre part les capitaux et pré-dispositions nécessaires pour la concrétiser. Nous montrerons que l’analyse du travail et de l’engagement via le cosmopolitisme permet de comprendre le sens à la fois objectif et subjectif que revêt ce type d’activité expatriée. Finalement, le travail en ONG est un moyen pour se réaliser et s’émanciper entre filiation et désaffiliation. Alors que cette action transnationale, orientée en valeurs et vers les autres, suppose une rencontre cosmopolite réussie, nous examinerons, à l’aune de la vie quotidienne, les décalages entre la rencontre attendue et la rencontre réaliséeThis dissertation contributes to the work of international solidarity NGOs in Morocco through examining the motivations and commitments of their personals. The research focuses on expatriates and national staff, by analysing their career paths and social background, as well as taking into account the sense given to their personal commitments and professional practices while involving in the international solidarity work. The first part devoted to describe the intervention framework of international NGOs in Morocco and the objective of different categories of their humanitarian personals: trainee, volunteer and employee. It examines the processes of recruitment and activities / projects implemented by these international NGOs. Hence, it sought to understand the tensions between job requirements and personal commitments that produced both enchantment and disenchantment among the international solidarity staff. The second part intended to study the sociological characteristics of 68 humanitarian personals that are interviewed from French, Canadian, Spanish, Italian and Moroccan organizations. It highlights the objective and subjective factors that determine their personal commitments and professional performance in this field of work. Therefore, a typology of practices for international solidarity work was set to identify the common ethos within a shared community of different affinities and cultural backgrounds. In addition, it considered the international solidarity actors as professional group. The third part was questioning the migratory practice of the international solidarity mission on the one hand and the financial and pre-arrangements necessary to realize it on the other hand. Furthermore, cosmopolitanism analysis of job requirements and personal commitments was conducted in order to understand the meaning of both objective and subjective in this type of work for the expatriates. Finally, working with international solidarity NGOs becomes a way of achieving and emancipating between affiliation and disaffiliation. While this transnational action is based on values toward others and supposed to develop a successful cosmopolitan encounter, findings from this study reveal the gaps between the expectations and the achievements
En esta investigación etno-sociológica sobre la solidaridad en Marruecos (24 ONG de nacionalidad francesa, española, italiana, marroquí, canadiense), hemos centrado el estudio sobre los empleados expatriados y locales (de 9 nacionalidades diferentes) considerando a la vez el significado que los actores dan a este compromiso y a las prácticas de solidaridad restituyendo las carreras y las condiciones sociales de la entrada en la ONG. La primera parte está dedicada a la descripción del marco de intervención de las ONG internacionales en Marruecos y las categorías objetivas de los empleados humanitarios: voluntarios, asalariados, voluntarios no retribuidos y pasantes. Después, expondremos los procedimientos de selección y las actividades cumplidas. Finalmente, preguntaremos la tensión entre el trabajo y el compromiso, el encanto y el desencanto que produce el trabajo humanitario. Luego en la segunda parte, realizaremos la descripción de las características sociales de los 68 empleados destacando los determinantes objetivos y subjetivos del compromiso y del trabajo en este sector profesional. Acabaremos estableciendo una tipología de las prácticas de la solidaridad internacional dando a ver un ethos común de una comunidad compartiendo experiencias culturales considerándola como un grupo profesional. Por fin, la tercera parte será centrada por una vez preguntando la práctica migratoria que constituye la misión de solidaridad internacional y por otra vez las predisposiciones necesarias para su realización. Vamos a demostrar que el análisis del compromiso y del trabajo humanitario vía el cosmopolitismo permite entender el sentido objetivo y subjetivo que lleva este tipo de actividad. Finalmente, el trabajo humanitario es un medio para realizarse y emanciparse entre filiación y desafiliación. Mientras esta actividad internacional de valor y dirigida hacia los otros, supone un encuentro cosmopolita exitoso, examinaremos la vida cotidiana de los actores para destacar las disparidades entre un encuentro tan esperado y el encuentro cumplido
In questa inchiesta etnico-sociologica sulla solidarietà internazionale in Marocco – che prende in esame 24 ONG (di nazionalità francese, spagnola, italiana, canadese e marocchina) – abbiamo scelto di focalizzare la nostra ricerca sugli espatriati e sul personale nazionale (di 9 nazionalità diverse) tenendo conto del senso che gli agenti hanno dato a questo impegno e a queste pratiche di solidarietà internazionale e ricostruendo i percorsi e le condizioni sociali dalla loro entrata nella solidarietà internazionale. La prima parte sarà dedicata alla descrizione dell’intervento delle ONG internazionali in Marocco e alle categorie oggettive del personale umanitario: volontari, stagisti, impiegati. Successivamente, presenteremo in cosa consiste il processo di selezione e assunzione del personale e parleremo delle attività svolte nelle ONG internazionali, esattamente come vengono descritte dagli agenti stessi. In ultima analisi, ci interrogheremo sulla tensione tra lavoro e impegno, ciò a cui aspiriamo e ciò che effettivamente realizziamo. In un secondo momento, descriveremo le caratteristiche sociologiche dei 68 agenti umanitari che abbiamo incontrato, valorizzando le caratteristiche oggettive e soggettive dell’impegno e del lavoro in questo campo di attività. Finiremo per stabilire l’esistenza di un modello di pratica di solidarietà internazionale, mostrando che esiste un ethos comune in una comunità che condivide delle affinità e delle esperienze culturali simili, e dall’altra parte prenderemo in considerazione gli agenti della solidarietà internazionale come gruppo professionale. Infine, la terza sezione sarà dedicata ad approfondire da una parte la pratica migratoria che la missione di solidarietà internazionale costituisce e dall’altra parte i capitali e le predisposizioni necessari per concretizzarla. Mostreremo, poi, che l’analisi del lavoro e dell’impegno permette di comprendere, attraverso il cosmopolitismo, il senso alla volta oggettivo e soggettivo che questo tipo di attività riveste. In ultimo possiamo dire che il lavoro in un’ONG è un mezzo per realizzarsi ed emanciparsi al di là dell’affiliazione e della disaffiliazione alle società. Poiché questa azione trans-nazionale, orientata ne dare valore agli altri, presuppone un incontro cosmopolita funzionante, esamineremo nella vita quotidiana, la differenza tra l’incontro atteso e quello che effettivamente abbiamo realizzato
تعالج هذه الأطروحة القضايا المتصلة بالتضامن الدولي في المغ رب، وقد تم التركيز فيه على المغتربين والموظفينالوطنيين أخذا بعين الاعتبار المعنى الذي يعطوه هؤلاء الفاعلون لهذا الالتزام ولممارسات التضامن الدولي، مع استحضارالمسارات والشروط الاجتماعية التي أدت إلى دخولهم هذا العالم.وقد خصص الجزء الأول من هذه الأطروحة ل وصف إطار عمل المنظمات غير الحكومية الدولية في المغرب وأنواع أهدافهذه الفئة من الموظفين المشتغلين في المجال الإنساني: المتطوع وذا العالمن والمتدربون والموظفون. وكذا وصف مسلسلات انتقاءالمتعاقد معهم في كل واحدة من هذه الفئات والأنشطة التي تنظمها المنظمات غير الحكومية الدولية كما جاء وصفها علىلسان الفاعلين أنفسهم. حيث درسنا التوترات القائمة بين العمل المهني والالتزام الجمعوي، بين الرغبة الجامحة والإحباط.وقمنا في مرحلة ثانية بوصف الخاصيات والسمات الاجتماعية للفاعلين 68 الذين تم اللقاء بهم بمناسبة إعداد الأطر وحة،وكذا إماطة اللثام عن المحددات الموضوعية والذاتية للالتزام والعمل في هذا المجال. حيث انتهى بنا المطاف بتحديد نوعيةممارسات التضامن الدولي، القائمة على فكر مشترك تتقاسمه مجموعة لها قواسم وتجارب ثقافية مشتركة، على اعتبار العاملينفي هذا المجال مجموعة مهنية قائمة الذات.وعالج الجزء الثالث من الأطروحة ممارسة الهجرة المرتبطة بمهام التضامن الدولي وكذا الرساميل والمؤهلات المستبقة الضروريةلتجسيدها. وسنظهر أن تحليل هذه الجهود وهذا الالتزام عبر منظور الكونية كفيل بتوضيح الصورة وفهم المعاني الموضوعيةوالذاتية المتصلة بهذا النشاط. هذا ويعتبر العمل داخل المنظمات غير الحكومية أخيرا وسيلة لتحقيق الذات والتحرر ما بينالارتباط وفك الارتباط. حيث يقتضي هذا العمل العابر للحدود الوطنية، الموجه من حيث القيم والمستهدف للآخرين،نجاح اللقاء الكوني، وهو ما قمنا بفحصه انطلاقا من الحياة اليومية والتفاوت بين اللقاء المنتظر واللقاء الحقيقي
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Salder, Jacob. "Sub-national governance and the relational spatial economy : examining spaces of firm-state engagement in the 'localist' era." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2016. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6565/.
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Recent debate has focused on the role of state spatial approaches to the governance of an increasingly networked and fluid economy. This has seen transitions in both the scale of practise, focused on meso-level spaces, and the form of scalar fix, progressing from region to city-region and Functional Economic Area. As theories of spatial economy argue an increasingly dispersed mode of practise, integrated into global exchanges, state spatiality has responded through spatial reform to capitalise on this networked model. This study seeks to understand the link between spaces of economic governance, the formal spaces in which meso-level policy is pursued, and spaces of economic production, created by flows of firm transaction and exchange. Situated in the Southern Staffordshire area of the English Midlands, it considers how these forms of space are constructed, interpreted and integrated through articulations and practices of state spatial policy. Using a relational framework, interpreting space as a dynamic phenomenon, it considers the critical factors linking spaces of economic production and economic governance and the influence of ongoing rescaling tendencies within state and industrial strategy. It proposes whilst the sub-national has been debated as a critical point of convergence for these separate spatial articulations, this is highly selective through its capacity to interpret spatial economy and privileging of specific spatial and sectoral interests.
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Dynes, Morgan E. "A National Study of Child and Family Therapists: The Relationships between Parent Engagement, Supervision and Training, and Burnout." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1452267611.
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Barghi, Oliaee Faezeh. "Derek Walcott's Engagement with creole identity." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017USPCC266.
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Cette étude porte sur l’exploration du processus et du phénomène par lesquels l’identité nationale et culturelle des Caraïbes a été construite. Dans la poursuite de cet objectif, deux poèmes majeurs et une pièce de théâtre dramatique de Derek Walcott seront examinés. La première s’agit de son poème épique créole, Omeros, qui se concentre sur les enjeux de l’identité créole et le concept de l’héros national.Étant donnée que la poésie de Walcott est fortement influencée par sa vie personnelle et en conséquence,par la vie dans son pays natal, l'île de Sainte-Lucie, il paraît indispensable à examiner son poème autobiographique, Another Life, qui est un compte rétrospectif de Walcott et son parcours artistiquejusqu’à l’âge de 33 ans. En outre, puisque Omeros met en parallèle la poésie homérique, cette étude bénéficie également d’une exploration de son autre réécriture de la poésie homérique, The Odyssey : aPlay. Cette étude tente à monter que ces deux réécritures se sont complémentaires : le poème épique antillais est la quête d’identité du point de vue du sujet colonial, tandis que la pièce de théâtre dramatique antillaise est la quête d’identité de la perspective du colonisateur. L’étude de la poésie et des pièces de théâtre dramatiques de Walcott nous aident à percevoir les façons dont le poète antillais tente à déconstruire l’importance de la tradition littéraire occidentale à travers la réécriture de la poésie homérique. Cette tradition perpétue l’opposition binaire de supériorité/infériorité qui joue un rôle déterminant dans la construction de l’identité d’un individu. En déplaçant les personnages et la littérature de Saint Lucie de leur emplacement dans les marges vers le centre, Walcott décentre la poésie homérique, et la littérature occidentale. Créolisation, Colonialisme, Postcolonialisme,Déconstruction, Poésie homérique, Histoire, Mémoire, RéécritureThis thesis seeks to explore the process and phenomenon through which Caribbean national and cultural identity has been constructed. In order to achieve this goal, two of Derek Walcott’s major poems and one of his dramas have been chosen. The first is his Creole epic poem, Omeros, which concentrates on the issues of Creole identity and the concept of national hero. Since Walcott’s poetry is highly influenced by his personal life and consequently life in his homeland, the island of Saint Lucia, it seems indispensable to study his autobiographical poem, Another Life, which is Walcott’s retrospective review of his artistic journey until the age of 33. Moreover, since Omeros draws parallelswith Homeric epics, it seems highly beneficial to this study to include his other rewriting of Homericepics, The Odyssey : a Play. This study makes an effort to show that these two rewritings are complementary to each other: the West Indian epic poem is the quest for identity seen from the point of view of the colonized subject, whereas the West Indian stage drama is the quest for identity from the colonizer’s perspective. Studying Walcott’s poetry and dramas helps one perceive the ways in which the West Indian poet makes an effort to deconstruct the importance of the Western literary tradition through rewriting the Homeric epics. This tradition perpetuates the binary opposition of superiority/inferiority which plays a seminal role in the construction of individual identity. By displacing the Saint Lucian characters and literature from their place in the margins to the center, Walcott decenters the Homeric epics, and Western literature. Creolisation, Colonialism, Postcolonialism,Deconstruction, , History, Memory, Rewriting
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Gatson, Jacqueline M. "Industry–university engagement in multicultural engineering programs: an exploratory study." Diss., Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/18948.
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Doctor of EducationDepartment of Educational Leadership
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Facing the rapidly increasing globalization of world economies and a steadily diversifying domestic consumer base, U.S. corporations have embraced the benefits of hiring more employees with diverse perspectives and experiences. Particularly in industries dependent upon knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, recognition has grown that the American work force is seriously constrained by the clear underrepresentation of minority participants. In engineering, the most prevalent attempt to address these issues is through the establishment of multicultural engineering programs (MEPs), often designed as partnerships between universities and major corporate entities. These programs strive to identify, recruit, retain, educate and ultimately employ significant numbers of students of color to strengthen industry innovation and competitiveness. This investigation was initiated to expand the limited research literature on MEPs and the nature of their partnerships with industry. Using qualitative methodology, an exploratory viewpoint, and the lens of the Commitment-Trust Key Mediating Variable Model (KMV) of Relationship Marketing, the relationships of five mature and highly regarded university MEPs and one of their self identified primary industry partners were examined. Leaders of the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates, the national representative body for MEPs, identified exemplary MEPs in the organization’s five regions; using a selection paradigm, five institutions were chosen for study selected from four of the regions. Each institution then identified a primary industry partner. Participants responded to in-depth interviews (MEPs) and questionnaires (industry) with respect to the nature, benefits, and challenges to both entities in the partnerships. Documents were reviewed for each program and industry. Responses were coded, crosschecked, and analyzed for patterns and themes. In particular, the study explored the issue of how commitment and trust are established in these partnership relationships. Twenty-four patterns and three themes emerged. Clearly, university-industry multicultural engineering partnerships are viewed as engendering important employment opportunities for underrepresented program graduates, promoting a well-developed pipeline of minority employee talent for industry, and increasing funding both for university multicultural programming and minority student support. The study also reports on the broad range of activities these partnerships practice. It suggests avenues for further study to enhance university-industry engagement.
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Tantanasi, Ioanna. "Adaptive governance for carbon management : the case of the Dark Peak in the Peak District National Park." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/adaptive-governance-for-carbon-management-the-case-of-the-dark-peak-in-the-peak-district-national-park(3de3377b-986c-47ee-8814-7822d3c4d287).html.
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The world is facing a 'perfect storm' of socio-ecological crises: adverse climate change, natural resource depletion, water conflict, to name but a few. With many of these future pressures looming, it is essential to learn how to shift from traditional command-and-control strategies to more adaptive ones. Adaptive governance is an approach from institutional theory that combines ecological systems theory, natural resource management and the study of self-governing institutions to manage common pool resources. The Dark Peak of the Peak District National Park is one of the UK’s largest carbon stores, fraught with a history of frequent change in policies and land management activities, conflicting knowledges and interests, convoluted property rights regimes, and carbon emissions. The recent development of a carbon agenda made it an excellent example to explore how this restructures the Dark Peak social network, how its key stakeholders adopt and respond to it, and finally how an adaptive framework can facilitate in mitigating carbon emissions. This thesis offers the first analysis of the Dark Peak’s social network managing for a carbon agenda, and also provides a critical reflection on the possibilities and limitations of using an adaptive framework in this particular context. This has been achieved by combining social network analysis, with stakeholder mapping, observation, and semi-structured interviews to identify the key stakeholders steering the Dark Peak’s carbon agenda.
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Yancey, Patrece Siobhan. "Supportive Campus Environment: an Analysis of Virginia Commonwealth University's National Survey of Student Engagement Supportive Campus Environment Benchmark Data." VCU Scholars Compass, 2007. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd_retro/87.
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This study examines the relationships between students' perception of the supportiveness of the campus and students' level of satisfaction by analyzing and comparing National Survey of Student Engagement data related to the social and cultural experience of black and white undergraduate students who attend Virginia Commonwealth University, a large, urban, Southern, predominately white research oriented university located in Richmond, Virginia. Conclusively, the low levels of black undergraduate student engagement predicted by the literature were not found to be true of the Virginia Commonwealth University undergraduate sample reviewed. Black male students displayed the highest instances of high perceptions of a supportive campus environment, as well as the highest instances of high satisfaction scores. Few statistically significant differences were found between the scores of black and white students, regardless of the sex of the student.
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Hussain, Nazia. "Assessing the impact of religion and family in shaping UAE national women's choice of, and engagement with, their careers." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2015. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9655.
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National women in the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries are highly educated yet their work participation remains low when compared to the rest of the world. This thesis aims to assess the impact of religion and family in the shaping of national women’s careers in the GCC workforce, in particular the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This aim is fulfilled by conducting three interlinked research projects; a systematic literature review, a qualitative study and finally, a quantitative study. The first research project comprises a systematic review of the literature that identifies the barriers and enablers to the participation and advancement of female national managers in the GCC workforce. The synthesis of articles reveals findings at the societal, organizational, family and individual levels. At the societal level, barriers and enablers are identified as those influenced by socio-cultural and religious norms and practices. These norms and practices influence how organizations (public and private) engage with their employees, and families engage with their individual members. In the second research project, I choose to narrow the scope of my research from six GCC countries to one country, the UAE. I explore the influence of family on the experiences of ten senior female UAE national managers at key work decision stages; I employ semi-structured interviews and, based on their experiences, the findings reveal that the family has influence at both the role entry and role participation stages. No data were available for the role exit stage. Furthermore, the experiences are different for women from extended versus nuclear families. In the third research project I choose to focus on the factors that support and impact on the experiences of UAE national women during their career life cycle. The findings indicate that overall there are no differences between the experiences of women from nuclear families versus extended; however, there are differences between the model and the UAE sample, both at the overall level and individual age stages. My second research project; a qualitative study provides three contributions to knowledge. Firstly, I extend the understanding of work related decisions, taking into account family influences. However, in the UAE, based on my research, the outcome will primarily be in favour of family due to the influence of socio-cultural and religious norms and practices. I propose that the conceptual framework be extended by adding the component of religion to it when considering the context of the UAE. Secondly, I propose a modification to the framework enabling it to be used in the UAE context. Thirdly, no previous empirical research has been conducted using this framework, with the result that the data from my research contribute empirically. With respect to contribution to practice, this qualitative study identifies the need for enhanced recruitment strategies for women and more gender friendly policies and practices to ensure the effectiveness of Emiratization within both the public and private sectors. The evidence from my third research project; a quantitative study contributes theoretically as my research demonstrates that the O’Neil and Bilimoria (2005) three phase women’s career development model does not fit in the UAE context. The research also contributes from a practical perspective as it identifies the need to improve the development of networking, communication and leadership skills for women and the implementation of comprehensive flexible working practices for women.
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Hussain, Nazia. "Assessing the impact of religion and family in shaping UAE national women’s choice of, and engagement with their careers." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2015. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9655.
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National women in the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries are highly educated
yet their work participation remains low when compared to the rest of the world. This
thesis aims to assess the impact of religion and family in the shaping of national
women’s careers in the GCC workforce, in particular the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
This aim is fulfilled by conducting three interlinked research projects; a systematic
literature review, a qualitative study and finally, a quantitative study.
The first research project comprises a systematic review of the literature that identifies
the barriers and enablers to the participation and advancement of female national
managers in the GCC workforce. The synthesis of articles reveals findings at the
societal, organizational, family and individual levels. At the societal level, barriers and
enablers are identified as those influenced by socio-cultural and religious norms and
practices. These norms and practices influence how organizations (public and private)
engage with their employees, and families engage with their individual members.
In the second research project, I choose to narrow the scope of my research from six
GCC countries to one country, the UAE. I explore the influence of family on the
experiences of ten senior female UAE national managers at key work decision stages; I
employ semi-structured interviews and, based on their experiences, the findings reveal
that the family has influence at both the role entry and role participation stages. No data
were available for the role exit stage. Furthermore, the experiences are different for
women from extended versus nuclear families.
In the third research project I choose to focus on the factors that support and impact on
the experiences of UAE national women during their career life cycle. The findings
indicate that overall there are no differences between the experiences of women from
nuclear families versus extended; however, there are differences between the model and
the UAE sample, both at the overall level and individual age stages.
My second research project; a qualitative study provides three contributions to
knowledge. Firstly, I extend the understanding of work related decisions, taking into
account family influences. However, in the UAE, based on my research, the outcome
will primarily be in favour of family due to the influence of socio-cultural and religious
norms and practices. I propose that the conceptual framework be extended by adding the
component of religion to it when considering the context of the UAE. Secondly, I
propose a modification to the framework enabling it to be used in the UAE context.
Thirdly, no previous empirical research has been conducted using this framework, with
the result that the data from my research contribute empirically. With respect to
contribution to practice, this qualitative study identifies the need for enhanced
recruitment strategies for women and more gender friendly policies and practices to
ensure the effectiveness of Emiratization within both the public and private sectors.
The evidence from my third research project; a quantitative study contributes
theoretically as my research demonstrates that the O’Neil and Bilimoria (2005) three
phase women’s career development model does not fit in the UAE context. The
research also contributes from a practical perspective as it identifies the need to improve
the development of networking, communication and leadership skills for women and
the implementation of comprehensive flexible working practices for women.
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Dillard, Kara Noelle. "Assessing the problem of gender inequality in deliberative democracy." Diss., Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/12005.
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Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Robert K. Schaeffer
In deliberative democracy, attempts to reconcile questions of gender and civil society are deadlocked over fundamental assumptions concerning the role of deliberation and the possibility that exclusion and inequality are inherent in democracy. Normative theories of deliberation - encouraging free, equal and impartial participation by citizens are fueled by the power of reason. Reason giving is associated with dominant groups – namely white, middle-class men; passionate, emotive and particularized speech is associated with politically disadvantaged groups such as women, minorities and poor. Limited empirical findings indicate rational models of deliberation do not affirm theorized inequalities. In this case, female participants neither experience unequal access or treatment within deliberation. This dissertation seeks to provide a framework for resolving the debate posed by difference democrats over whether deliberative democracy remedies the problem of inequality by examining fourteen National Issues Forums public deliberations. One set of deliberations feature an equal mix of male and female participants, another set with more male than female and a third with more female than male participants. I examine the types of talk women and men use in deliberations and whether affective claims negatively affect deliberation. Ultimately, I find that inequality based on gender exists in most of the deliberative forums I surveyed. I argue that the type of inequality plaguing deliberative democracy exists a priori – before participants enter the forums – and then manifests itself inside the forum as well. The normative structure of deliberation that is supposed to screen or bracket out inequality and the strong influences of the economic and political elites just does not happen to the degree deliberative democracy needs in order to continue the claim that it is net beneficial over the status quo.
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Pambo, Nadie Judicaëlle. "Culture d'entreprise occidentale et culture nationale gabonaise : effets sur les valeurs culturelles au travail, les stratégies de négociation, l’engagement au travail et les risques psychosociaux." Thesis, Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018UBFCC024.
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Cette thèse étudie la culture d’entreprise occidentale et la culture nationale gabonaise en tant que déterminants des valeurs culturelles au travail, des stratégies de négociation, de l'engagement au travail, et les risques psychosociaux (absentéisme et présentéisme). Les données quantitatives et qualitatives ont été recueillies auprès des salariés gabonais exerçant au sein entreprises occidentales. Globalement, la culture nationale et la culture d’entreprise occidentale sont différentes. Dès lors, les salariés orientés vers les valeurs culturelles nationales soutiennent moins la culture d’entreprise occidentale. Inversement, ceux qui soutiennent la culture d’entreprise occidentale appliquent moins leur culture nationale. Le choix de l’une des cultures dépendrait de leurs valeurs individuelles, et de leurs stratégies de négociation.De plus, la culture d’entreprise occidentale freine l’absentéisme et favorise l’engagement au travail. Cependant, elle présente aussi des risques, car elle favorise directement et indirectement le présentéisme au travail via l’engagement au travail. Finalement, les problèmes que pose l’interculturalité dans l’environnement professionnel sont toujours d’actualité. Ils détériorent les conditions de travail et mettent à mal le bien-être des salariés. Les conflits qui en découlent sont souvent mal gérés et semblent s’amplifier par des incompréhensions dues aux différences culturellesThis dissertation studies Western corporate culture and Gabonese national culture, as determinants of workplace cultural values, negociation strategies, workplace engagement, and psychosocial risks (absenteeism, and presenteeism).Quantitative and qualitative date were collected among Gabonese workers of western corporate.Overall, national culture and Western corporate culture different. Workers who support their national culture are less exposed to Western culture. Gabonese embracing Western culture are less tempted to support their national culture. The choice of one culture depends on their individual values, and on their negociation strategies.Moreover, Western corporate culture affects negatively absenteesism, and positively workplace engagement. However, it has some risks as it influences directly and indirectly presenteeism via workplace engagement. Finally, issues of interculturality in professional environment remain recurrent. These problems lead to the deterioration of not only working conditions, but also the well-being of workers. The conflicts that are generated, are mostly mismanaged. They are worsened off because of misunderstanding due to different cultures
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Gencel, Sezgin Ipek. "Political engagement patterns of islamist movements : the case of the Nizam/Selamet movement." Paris, EHESS, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011EHES0046.
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Plus précisément, cette étude couvre la période 1960-1980 et examine la genèse du Mouvement Nizam/Selamet ainsi que son organisation en tant qu'un parti politique. I En outre, a travers ce travail sont mis en évidence ses objectifs et particularités : idéationnelles par rapport aux autres Islamistes passés et contemporains en Turquie, ainsi que sa souplesse considérable dans le choix de ses stratégies et alliés, à l'instar du Parti du Peuple Républicain, considéré comme le plus grand ennemi des Islamistes. En faisant usage du cas du Mouvement Nizam/Selamet, cette thèse soutient que Iles Mouvements Islamistes sont des phénomènes sociaux complexes qui émergent et i survivent à travers un processus incrémentaI faisant interagir des ensembles complexes voire même indéterminés de facteurs cognitifs, relationnels et environnementaux. La réponse à la question réside donc dans ces configurations de facteurs qui doivent être découverts en effectuant des allers retours entre des échelles macro (le champ politique), méso (l'organisation et les réseaux' sociaux) et micro (les acteurs) aux niveaux à la fois national et local du champ politique et du mouvement. Une dimension historique c’est aussi nécessaire qui permet d'étudier les facteurs interagissant au sein de chaque phase du mouvement qui lui donnent la forme et la substance de son engagement politique; et de prendre en compte de l’influence d’une phase sur l’autreFocusing on the Nizarn/Selamet Movement, this dissertation studies why and how there are variations in the political engagement patterns of "moderate" Islamist movements operating within the same institutional/political context. ; Specifically, covering a period from the 1960s through the 1970s, this study I examines why and how the Nizam/Selamet Movement emerged and established political party; produced goals and ideational elements distinct from contemporary and past Islamist movements in Turkey and showed considerable flexibility in its choice of allies, strategies and policies, including formation of a coalition government with the archenemy of the Islamists, the Republican People's Party. Drawing on the Nizam/Selamet case, this study argues that Islamist movements are complex social phenomena that emerge and survive through an incremental process entailing interacting, complex and even undetermined sets of cognitive, relational and environmental factors. The answer to the research question thus lies in unearthing these configurations through descending up and down the macro (political field), meso (network and organization) and micro (properties and trajectories of the movement elites ! and activists) echelons at both national and local levels of the political field and the movement. A historical dimension is also necessary to highlight intra-and extra-movement factors at different life phases of the movement (accumulated resources and inherited constraints), which shape the form and substance of its political engagement; and to take into consideration the influence of one stage over the other
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Cho, Young Chul. "South Korea's national security, state identity and engagement policy towards North Korea during the Kim Dae Jung administration (1998-2003)." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.498809.
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The main purpose of this thesis is to explore the complex relations between South Korea's national security, state identity, and engagement policy towards North Korea over the years, with the primary temporal focus on the Kim Dae Jung administration (1998-2003) and in terms of the conventional and critical constructivism in International Relations (IR). Related to the South's engagement with the North, this thesis also aims to critically examine Pyongyang's Korean nationalism and National Cooperation (Minjok Gongjo) Doctrine directed at South Korea (and even the United States) at the dawn of the 21 century. Before embarking on the above empirical analyses, the thesis theoretically considers constructivist security studies as an analytical framework for examining Korea's identity politics during the Kim Dae Jung administration. The thesis also considers the historical context of South Korea's national security until the late 1990s, just before the advent of the Kim Dae Jung administration in 1998.
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O’Donnell, Barbara Ann. "Quality improvement, or quality care : an ethnographic study of frontline National Health Service staff engagement with a quality improvement initiative." Thesis, University of the West of Scotland, 2018. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.768251.
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Eatman, Canela. "An Exploration of Black National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Sorority Membership as it Relates to Academic Achievement and Civic Engagement." FIU Digital Commons, 2017. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3518.
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The purpose of the study was to explore the experience of 13 Black, National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) sorority members as they relate to their academic achievement and civic engagement. Participants were female, upperclassmen students at four different Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), half private and the other public. Criterion, purposive, and snowball sampling were used to secure participants.
Using the Community of Practice as a theoretical framework, which is comprised of five stages, participants’ experiences were described, analyzed, and interpreted to inform the study. Data were collected through individual phone interviews, using a semi-structured interview protocol, and were analyzed using inductive analysis.
Four themes emerged from the inductive analysis and those themes derived subthemes: (a) Support- (1) academic support, (2) financial support, and (3) engaging and influence; (b) Academic Intention- (1) understanding academic achievement before sorority membership, and (2) understanding academic achievement after sorority membership; (c) Service- (a) civic engagement, (b) volunteering, and (c) filling a need; lastly, (d) Social Awareness- (a) personal service goals, (b) personal social responsibility, and (c) understanding civic engagement agents.
The study provided implications for practitioners in higher education, such as the need to understand the historical significance, to advise these groups in a comprehensive manner, to conduct further research on the experiences of graduate chapter members caused by life experiences, and to identify sorority interests prior to membership for optimal outcomes. The study findings have implications for future support, research, and resources offered in helping these women navigate both student life and sorority membership. It is recommended that future researchers continue to examine the experiences of Black, NPHC sorority women, in order to inform higher education practitioners to better assist with their growth and development.
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Behr, Valentin. "Science du passé et politique du présent en Pologne : l'histoire du temps présent (1939-1989), de la Genèse à l'Institut de la Mémoire Nationale." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017STRAG023/document.
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La thèse étudie les relations entre science et politique, à partir de la production historiographique consacrée à l’histoire des passés dits totalitaires (nazi et communiste) en Pologne. Cette histoire du temps présent est étudiée depuis sa genèse, durant la période communiste (1945-1989), jusqu’à la période post-communiste, après 1989. Elle fait l’objet de luttes entre acteurs, savants et profanes, dont les prises de position antagonistes s’expliquent par les positions différenciées qu’ils occupent dans l’espace du débat historiographique. L’autonomie de cet espace est limitée par une contrainte politique externe, exercée par le pouvoir politique, mais aussi par les logiques, internes à cet espace, de réponse à la contrainte externe. La thèse invite à relativiser la pertinence, en matière de production historiographique, de la césure de 1989, et souligne les formes de continuité entre la République populaire de Pologne et la situation présenteBased on a study of the historiographical literature about the “totalitarian” pasts (nazi and communist) of Poland, this dissertation deals with the relationship between science and politics. The making of the history of these periods is studied from its genesis during the communist era (1945-1989) until the post-communist period started after 1989. Academic and non-academic actors are involved in the historiographical debate. Their stances can be explained by the various positions they occupy in the social space of this debate. The autonomy of this social space is not only limited by an external political constraint, applied by the political power, but also by this space’s internal logic elaborated in response to this outside pressure. The dissertation casts doubt the 1989 caesura in the historiographical literature, and underlines continuities between the Popular Republic of Poland and the current situation
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Le, Moulec Jean-Baptiste. "Janissaires du savoir : sociologie des producteurs et diffuseurs de savoirs sur le Moyen-Orient en Turquie (1998-2015)." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016AIXM1085.
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Cette thèse se propose d’explorer les modalités de constitution d’un domaine de production de savoirs dits académiques dépendant du pouvoir politique. La première partie examine la convergence de trajectoires individuelles vers une activité relativement nouvelle, située au carrefour de champ professionnels et centrée sur l’analyse de la politique étrangère turque menée depuis 2003 par le gouvernement du parti AKP. Partant de là, la seconde partie s’attache plus particulièrement aux liens des acteurs de l’espace identifié avec les responsables gouvernementaux. Il apparaît que ce domaine constitue un champ d’activité dont la structure concentrique découle de la proximité d’une communauté épistémique en son sein avec le champ politique. Par voie d’institutionnalisation et de cooptation du reste du champ, les membres de cette communauté parviennent à imposer une conception utilitaire des sciences sociales permettant de produire des savoirs convergent avec les priorités politiques du moment. La troisième partie examine donc le contenu de ces savoirs de sorte à démontrer le rôle de médiateur joué par le champ expert. Il se confirme alors que sa vocation est de convaincre diverses parties-prenantes, en Turquie et à l’étranger, de la légitimité et l’opportunité du projet hégémonique du gouvernement turc en direction du Moyen-Orient arabe. En définitive, par l’étude de cette configuration experte, a été aussi posé la question de la profondeur de la rupture créée par l’AKP dans le mode de gouvernement et les orientations géopolitique de la Turquie. L’analyse conclut à une rupture dans la continuitéThis Ph. D. research offers an opportunity to explore the form of dependency to political power maintained by a self-labelled academic knowledge production domain. This study is based on the case study of Turkish Middle Eastern policy expertise. The first part examines the convergence of individual trajectories towards a relatively new activity in Turkey, located at the intersection of various professional fields and centered on the analysis of the AKP government foreign policy since 2003. The second part then focuses on the links that exist between the previously identified actors and statesmanship. It soon appears that this knowledge production forms a field of activity which concentric structure derives from the proximity of the epistemic community at its very center with the political arena. Through institutionalization and cooptation with the State’s material support, the epistemic community members manage to impose its utilitarian conception of social sciences to the whole expertise field, thereby bringing its actors to design knowledge convergent with the time’s policy priorities. The last part of this work consists of a study of this expertise’s content in order to demonstrate the go-between function played by experts. It appears ultimately that their mission is to convince foreign policy stakeholders in Turkey and abroad of the legitimacy and opportunity of Turkey’s hegemonic project towards the Arab Middle East (2003-2013). Finally, through the study of this expert configuration, it is the question of policy change and geopolitical shift that has been examined. The thesis concludes on the hypothesis of change within continuity
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Haney, Tracy. "Strategies to Reduce Employee Turnover in a National Grocery Chain." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5343.
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Retaining qualified employees is a problem for many organizations, which costs companies both monetary resources and hours of productivity. A contributing factor to the problem of employee retention is the lack of trained managers who are equipped to foster and increase employee job satisfaction. The purpose of this single case study, using a transformational leadership framework, was to explore managerial strategies to reduce turnover at 1 store in a national grocery store in the Midwestern United States. Methodological triangulation was achieved through the semistructured interviews of 5 managers, as well as a review of company training documents, and a review of the company's website. Prior to the interviews, 1 manager was interviewed as a pilot study (for validation of the interview questions). Three main themes emerged from coding the transcribed data: implementing effective management practices and an approachable leadership style, increasing and maintaining job satisfaction, and planning for future employee attraction and retention. In addition, several subthemes emerged in each of these broader categories of strategies. According to study findings, transformational leadership style was a successful strategy in employee retention in some instances. The implications for positive social change include the potential to reduce turnover and unemployment, as well as for organizations to create a supportive workplace for their staff.
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Khobotlo, Shadrack Motlalepula. "The politics of peacekeeping in Southern Africa: a critical assessment of South Africa's engagement in regional peacekeeping initiatives." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002997.
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International peacekeeping has gained a high profile in international relations and more so, in the post cold war era. The profound increase in the occurrence of civil wars globally and the consequent high demand for the UN to intervene has compelled the world body to delegate its peacekeeping powers to regional organisations. SADC is one of many regional organisations around the world which are faced with the challenge of developing peacekeeping capacities to resolve local conflicts. This thesis endeavours to investigate the prospects of peacekeeping in Southern Africa with specific reference to the involvement of South Africa as a regional power with the wherewithal to play a leadership role in this regard. This is done within the theoretical framework that is provided by the Realist school of thought in international relations. Furthermore, the concept of national interest as defined by Realism will be utilised to explain why countries in Southern Africa in general and South Africa in particular become involved in regional peacekeeping initiatives. The issue of whether the Republic should be involved and how much it should be involved has provoked an intense debate within the country. This debate will therefore be instructive in understanding the dynamics that influence the country's foreign policy behaviour towards the region in relation to playing a leadership role in regional peacekeeping initiatives. The central issue implicit in the debate is the fact that most of the SADC member states that are expected to contribute towards these initiatives have weak economies. This economic weakness in turn leads to the thorny issue of having to seek foreign assistance from western countries from which the region is trying to gain greater independence. This presents the region with a paradox because foreign assistance has serious implications for the SADC countries' sovereignty. It is in this context therefore, that this thesis examines economic development in individual SADC countries and in the region as a whole to establish whether they are in a position to develop a sustainable regional peacekeeping capacity. The contention of the thesis is that economic development is closely related to peacekeeping because without a sound economic base Southern Africa or any other region for that matter, will not be able to develop a viable peacekeeping capacity. On the other hand, keeping the peace in the region is itself important for economic development because it is only in a peaceful environment that economic development can take root.
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Bull, Nicola Lucy. "Face to face with the Lewis Chessmen : an exploration of children's engagement with material heritage at the National Museum of Scotland." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15860.
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Museums can be productive sites for the study of society, because they are spaces where the constitution of knowledge about the past is made visible through public display. Playing an important role in the performance and legitimisation of national culture, museums in Scotland pay particular attention to the education of children. It is often claimed that children can gain an understanding of their history through physical engagement with museum collections. Both the ‘past’ and the ‘future’ are thus constituted within the museum. Through an exploration of children’s education at the National Museum of Scotland and The Lewis Chessmen: Unmasked touring exhibition, I argue that efforts by museums to exert control over ongoing processes through which subjects and objects, past and future, nations and heritage are constituted can be deeply challenged by children and museum objects, both of whose status remain inherently dynamic and unstable. Despite the museum’s claims to have “real things [objects] revealing stories”, objects rarely reveal narratives beyond those exerted upon them. They are, instead, materially and relationally constituted in particular places, at particular times. The same ‘instability’ applies to children visiting the museum. Children engage with the material stuff of the museum in surprising and unpredictable ways. This dynamic, multisensory interaction enables children to pursue personal projects, which do not necessarily adhere to the agendas of the museum. Yet, children often do go along with the museum’s narratives, commonly accepting what they are told by adults about the objects they are handling. They are also deeply concerned with the authenticity of these objects. Whether an objects is ‘real’ or not, however, is not necessarily judged by the same standards shared with the museum. Children’s awareness of a ‘real’ object’s metonymical presence not only enables an experiential encounter with the past, but also enables them to work out their own positions within the power structures of the museum; testing their own concerns relating to trust, truth, value and the process of becoming adults.
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Richer, Geneviève. "Entre loyauté partisane et engagement nationaliste : Napoléon-Antoine Belcourt, le Parti libéral et la cause canadienne-française, 1860-1932." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32183.
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Avocat de profession, Napoléon-Antoine Belcourt (1860-1932) est une figure bien en vue de l’élite canadienne-française d’Ottawa et de la scène politique fédérale de la fin du XIXe et du début du XXe siècle. Élu en 1896, puis réélu en 1900 et en 1904 député libéral de la circonscription d’Ottawa, Belcourt occupe aussi la fonction de président de la Chambre des communes pendant quelques mois en 1904, avant d’être nommé sénateur en 1907. En 1910, il contribue à la fondation de l’Association canadienne-française d’éducation d’Ontario (ACFEO), dont il occupe la présidence de 1910 à 1912 et de nouveau entre 1921 et 1932. De plus, Belcourt est l’un des chefs de la résistance au Règlement XVII en Ontario.
Depuis plusieurs années, l’historiographie de la question nationale et de la question politique au Canada français s’est principalement intéressée à des figures historiques du Québec qui font passer l’intérêt national avant toute chose ou encore à celles qui sont prêtes à accepter des compromis. Pourtant, Belcourt montre qu’il n’est ni l’un, ni l’autre puisqu’il manifeste à la fois sa loyauté partisane, de même qu’un engagement certain à l’égard de la cause canadienne-française. Ce dernier devient toutefois plus important à compter de 1910, au moment où l’homme politique se porte à la défense des intérêts des Franco-Ontariens, alors que ceux-ci ne constituent pas, de toute évidence, un obstacle à sa loyauté partisane. Dans ce contexte, Belcourt affiche un nationalisme modéré qui promeut un Canada fort et uni dans la dualité. Ce faisant, il apporte un discours qui se distingue des acteurs les plus intransigeants de la lutte contre le Règlement XVII et qui ont retenu l’attention des historiens depuis les dernières années. Cette forme de nationalisme, que défend Belcourt au cours de cette période, est aussi défendue par le Parti libéral fédéral à partir des années 1920. L’homme politique est alors un de ceux qui permettent de faire de la question canadienne-française un enjeu au sein de la famille libérale. Ainsi, sa formation politique n’est pas seulement une contrainte pour Belcourt ; elle contribue aussi à façonner son nationalisme.
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Greene, Susan. "Exploration of deep thinking skills of UW-Stout students via examination of National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and additional institutional data." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2007. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2007/2007greenes.pdf.
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Hague-Palmer, Toycee A. "Academic and Campus Experiences of African American Males: Implications for Collegiate Satisfaction and Student Engagement." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1383580693.
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Miller, Karen C. "A National Study on Student Satisfaction with and Importance of College Environment Variables as Predictors of Spring-to-Spring Retention." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1414749229.
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Acik-Toprak, Necla. "Civic engagement in Europe : a multilevel study of the effect of individual and national determinants on political participation, political consumerism and associational involvement." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2009. http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:94093.
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Active and engaged citizens are the backbone of a strong democracy and a vibrant civil society. Yet recent trends of low electoral turnout in Europe and decreasing levels of civic engagement have called into question the legitimacy of governments and the stability of democracy in the long term, particularly in Europe. Against the background of such developments this research sets out to provide a comparative study of civic engagement and analyse the variations in civic engagement between countries. The study is mainly based on the analysis of the European Social Survey 2002, covering 35,000 individuals from 19 European countries and applies advanced statistical modelling techniques including Multiple Correspondence Analysis MCA) and Multi-level modelling. Although there is a good deal of research examining civic engagement using individual level data or aggregate level data, very few studies have combined both approaches. This study addresses this gap and applies multi-level modelling to examine the relative importance of an individual’s socio-demographic characteristics and his/her country in determining levels and types of civic engagement. Thus, it has the advantage of identifying whether civic engagement is significantly affected by country characteristics or the converse, whether a person’s characteristics (age, education, social class etc.) are all that is needed in order to account for the variations in civic engagement. The innovative application of MCA to explore indicators of civic engagement has led to the identification of three dimensions of civic engagement; political activities, political consumerism and associational involvement. Moreover, by projecting all activities on a two-dimensional map it become evident that citizens who tend to carry out ‘individual’ types of political consumerism such as ‘buycotting’, boycotting and signing petitions are also more likely to be involved in New Social Movement organisations. These significant results shed new light on activities usually regarded as ‘individualistic’ type of activities and suggest viewing them in the context of a wider array of collective actions. Furthermore, in addition to the standard contextual measures such as economic development, welfare regime, income inequality, and levels of democracy, this study introduced two innovative policy measures. To consider the impact of government policies on levels of civic engagement measures of governments’ support of the voluntary sector and civic education at school (comparing the education policies of 19 European countries from 1945-2002) were developed. The results confirmed the importance of both individual level characteristics as well as country level characteristics in explaining civic engagement in Europe. However, differences between countries were reduced to a greater degree when contextual factors were introduced. Particularly the welfare state, showed the greatest effect. This implies that socio-economic conditions and in particular social policy and the degree to which it reproduces egalitarian structures determine to a great extent citizen involvement. In other words the results of this study suggest that the national context matters and that governments can and do shape the nature and levels of civic engagement.
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Cecil, Misty J. "The relationship between student responses on the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and performance on the Critical-thinking Assessment Test (CAT) : a dissertation presented to the faculty of the Graduate School, Tennessee Technological University /." Click to access online version, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=105&did=1260790291&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1257454015&clientId=28564.
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