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Shkurat, M. S. "Problems of national human capital measurement." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2015. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/43856.
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The last two decades management as science went under two banners: "innovation" and "human resources". This time can be described as complication of external organizational environment, a sharp increase in the pace of its change and increased competition in global markets. Human capital (HC) as a component of the intellectual capital of the organization has become one of the main factors increasing the competitiveness of enterprises and the country itself. This requires finding hidden reserves and new ways to improve efficiency of HC.
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Simoncini, Marina, and n/a. "How events affect destination image: analysing the national capital." University of Canberra. Business and Goverment, 2003. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050630.094111.
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Despite the growing importance of both destination image and event tourism, a
research gap exists when the two fields are combined. Destination image and event
tourism have been subject to separate research efforts in the tourism field, however
there has been little evidence of research in how events can affect destination image.
The thesis attempts to address the research gap that currently exists by using
Canberra, the National Capital of Australia and two annual events in the Capital -
Stegbar Canberra 400 and Floriade 2002 as case studies.
The thesis illustrates the importance of destination image in regard to the destination
selection process, the meaning and measurement of image and the growing interest
in event tourism. Several studies have illustrated that destination images do influence
tourists' behaviour and subsequently decision making (Hunt 1975). Image, among
other variables can be the deciding factor in choosing one destination over another.
In spite of the importance of this research line, several authors recognise a lack of an
agreed way of conceptualising destination image. A conceptual framework of
destination image was developed by Echtner and Ritchie (1991) which forms the
foundation of the thesis. Although the framework has its flaws, it has been pointed
out that the Echtner and Ritchie Destination Image Framework has been useful in the
assessment of destination images.
Importantly, how events can be used to influence the image of a destination is put
forward. Canberra and its image, being the focus of the study, is discussed in detail
with reference also to Tamworth and Sydney. Although much of the research into
event tourism has focused on the economic benefits that events can provide to a
destination, the effect an event can have on the destination image has not been well
demonstrated.
Research on Canberra has indicated various studies in regard to the perceptions
Australians have of the destination, community attitudes towards Canberra and event
related research, however the effect that events have on Canberra's image has not
been addressed.
The thesis incorporates studies of events to measure the effect that they have on the
image of a destination. The two main studies were conducted in conjunction with the
Centre of Tourism Research (CTR) at the University of Canberra. Two events, held
annually in the National Capital, were the focus of the research - Stegbar Canberra
400 and Floriade 2002. Event attendees at the two events were the target sample
consisting of both locals and interstate visitors to Canberra. Two key questions
related to destination image were added to the existing questionnaires and were the
focus of the research. Primary research commenced in June 2002 and concluded
November 2002.
Destination image responses were derived from both the Stegbar Canberra 400 and
Floriade 2002. Results indicated that event attendees regard the two events as being
very positive in respect to the destination image of Canberra. The Top 15 responses
from both studies also indicate a positive correlation between events and the
destination image of Canberra.
The Top 15 image responses from the events indicated that events do have an
influence on the image of the destination with many event related characteristics
appearing in the Top 15 image responses. This was further emphasised when the
results from the two events were compared to that of 'Australians' Perceptions of
their National Capital' (Richards 2002). General destination images in all three
studies were mentioned however Stegbar Canberra 400 and Floriade 2002 image
responses were more events driven. The Perceptions study illustrated more unique
characteristics of the National Capital along with National attractions. Further, the
image results derived from Stegbar Canberra 400 and Floriade illustrates the notion
of 'multiple' images that a destination may possess.
It is postulated that events have a Life Cycle, and that their influence on destination
image varies according to their life cycle stage. It was found that events that lay in
the introduction stage of the life cycle have more varied image results that are
directly related to the event itself. On the other hand, events that reside in the
maturity stage possess strong images related more to the destination itself as
opposed to the event. These 'older' events become synonymous with the destination
and therefore images are associated with the destination.
In conclusion, the research has illustrated that events do have an impact on the
image or images of a destination. In this case, the image of Canberra was subject to
influence from both Stegbar Canberra 400 and Floriade 2002 event attendees.
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Ricketts, Taylor. "From national monument to national park: changes in community capitals." Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/19090.
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Master of Regional and Community PlanningDepartment of Architecture
Huston Gibson
National monument to national park re-designation can be identified as a controversial issue that poses an array of implications for surrounding communities. These perceived implications have the ability to create or change policies, regulations, economic development, marketing, quality of life and other direct or indirect impacts to communities. In 2010, Grand Junction, Colorado proposed re-designation of the Colorado National Monument to a national park. The community expressed split views on the issue expressing concerns on issues such as the preservation, traffic, regulated uses, restrictions, government imposition, property values, infrastructure, costs, economic prosperity and other impacts that might occur from re-designation. A multiple case study was conducted in order to determine if there were any significant impacts to other communities that had gone through similar re-designation efforts. The Community Capital Framework was used in determining the assets investigated for the years of 2000 and 2010. The findings of this study suggest that there are no substantial apparent impacts within the locations of past re-designation. Grand Junction had somewhat parallel findings to the other sites, even without the presence of re-designation. Suggesting, the re-designation efforts should be focused less on the community impacts and more on the short-term vs long-term park/monument effects.
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Saihara, Toru. "A strategy for suburban developments in the national capital region." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69725.
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Peppers-Citizen, Marilyn. "Collaborating for Synchronized Disaster Responses in the National Capital Region." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2619.
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In many urban areas, there are multiple and overlapping layers of governments, which can be problematic for purposes of emergency operations planning for a multiple jurisdiction disaster response. The purpose of this single case study of the National Capital Region was to understand (a) the emergency operations planning collaboration process and (b) how cross-sector collaboration results in synchronized regional disaster responses. Theories of competitive federalism and cross-sector collaboration served as the basis of this study. Research questions explored how organizations collaborate; their organizational structures, processes, and practices; and how relationships between them affect collaboration. Data were collected through reviews of the National Capital Region Homeland Security Strategic Plan and the Regional Emergency Coordination Plan and interviews with 5 network members. A coding map was created to correlate interview responses to research questions and then cross-checked to provide the basis for a thick description of the evidence. The documents provided a basis for understanding how the network operated. Comparing these 2 data sources with coded transcripts and field notes substantiated the evidence. Results indicated that planning network guidance provided the structure for network participants' collaboration to facilitate planning and disaster responses. This research may contribute to positive social change by expanding emergency management network understanding of a cross-sector collaboration planning model that addresses disaster support requirements, enabling better protection of people, property, and the environment.
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Barker, David. "The transnational identities and ethnocultural capital of Zainichi residing in Vancouver, Canada /." Burnaby, BC : Simon Fraser University, 2005. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/661.
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McLaughlin, Hugh Rory. "Venture Capital : a cross national comparative study of supply and demand." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.445050.
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Kanso, Ali Ahmed. "Forecasting and programming of the social capital of the national economy." Thesis, КНУТД, 2016. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/4267.
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Chen, Wei-Li Jasmine. "Exploring visitor meanings of place in the National Capital Parks--Central." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1761.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2000.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 110 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-78).
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Dittmer, Jacob. "Sporting Capital: Dissecting the Political Economy of the National Football League." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13281.
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The popularity and economic strength of professional football is unsurpassed among other sports in the U.S. due in part to the ascendency of television as the most popular form of mass media. Though aided by the popularity of that medium, the National Football League's success is also tied to governmental favors, monopolistic practices, nonprofit tax status, complicated subsidiary structure and other factors forming a beneficial economic context. The structure of the league and its business ventures reflect the nature of these arrangements, all of which are borne out of the commodification of the game. This study examines the nature and structure of the political economy of the NFL. In particular, it focuses on the relationships among the NFL (including individual teams and subsidiary businesses), the government, and the media. Employing a political economic analysis of the policy and business agreements among these agents will further elaborate the structural dimensions of the NFL as well as the implications for other sports and media in the culture industries.10000-01-01
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Weeks, Eric C. "Memory and Meaning: Constructed Commemoration in a Nation's Capital City." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1353549838.
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Buscemi, Francesco. "National culinary capital : how the state and TV shape the 'taste of the nation' to create distinction." Thesis, Queen Margaret University, 2014. https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/7314.
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This interdisciplinary thesis breaks new ground in the fields of food and media studies, in the specific areas of culinary capital and food TV. On food studies, this thesis theorises that the state plays the role of meta-tastemaker, legitimising some foods as a source of social distinction in order to support national ideologies and beliefs. The social prestige that citizens accumulate thanks to these foods is what this thesis defines as national culinary capital. On media studies, this thesis analyses how national culinary capital is represented on television, and how the media and the nation negotiate it. Only by merging the two disciplines has this thesis been able to catch the sense of the complex power relationships between the nation and the media. Through the analysis of two national TV food travelogues, the Italian Ti Ci Porto Io and the British Jamie's Great Britain, this work draws on Bourdieu's concepts of statist and cultural capital, and on Naccarato and LeBesco's theorisation of culinary capital. Cultural studies views of national culture and television, and theories on nation-building contribute to the theoretical framework. Methodologically, this study applies political economy and Bourdieu's field analysis to Italian and British TV and food TV, and to the broadcasters and production companies of the shows. In addition, moving image and semiotic analysis of the travelogues clarify how the two shows represent national culinary capital. An interview with the Italian producer, and a failed interview with the British one shed further light on the national ideologies represented by the shows and linked to food. The results show how, in the two countries, national culinary capital supports different ideologies with similar aims. Moreover, while in Italy the state exerts its power over the media in a stronger way, in Britain the media prove to be powerful enough to shape an independent form of national culinary capital, embodied by the media invention of the celebrity chef.
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Sautter, Jeremy. "Cultural heritage tourism at Saguaro National Park using the Community Capital Framework." Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/12057.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
LaBarbara J. Wigfall
Community Capital Framework often provides a foundation for analyzing community development in cities and neighborhoods (Flora & Flora, 2008). However, the relationship between cultural heritage tourism and individual community capitals has been little studied in southern, Arizona. Therefore the primary objective of this study is to determine the most influential capitals at a renowned cultural heritage site in Arizona, Saguaro National Park. For this case study an assessment system will be established to assess the most influential capitals. Robert Stake’s The Art of Case Study Research was used as the research model to examine the relationships between cultural heritage tourism and the individual community capitals at Saguaro National Park. Results from this case study indicated that natural and cultural capitals appear to be the most influential because much of the monument’s development and community outreach revolve around the protection of the site’s Saguaros and their importance as a cultural heritage resource to the indigenous people of the Sonoran desert.
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Ткаченко, І. В. "The human capital as the key factor of competitiveness of national economy." Thesis, Біла К.О, 2012. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/63026.
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In theses the basic aspects of forming of the human capital as a key factor of competitiveness of national economy are outlined, it is marked the importance of problem of investing in the human capital and degree of his realization.У тезах окреслені основні аспекти формування людського капіталу як ключового фактору конкурентоспроможності національної економіки, наголошено на важливості проблеми інвестування у людський капітал та ступеня його реалізації.
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Brown, Kelvin. "Measuring Defense Support to Civil Authorities Proficiency within the National Capital Region." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3749.
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Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) is the process by which military assets can be requested by civilian authorities, often by state or regional offices of emergency management. This request is in response to critical incidents, including natural and human caused disasters. However, little is understood about collaboration and cooperation between civil authorities and their military counterparts in terms of planning and training, especially in the unique circumstance of National Capital Region (NCR) where there are local, state, and federal civil authorities and military organizations. This is problematic, as a lack of training and preparation may result in delayed response to emergency incidents in the region, which may cause a disruption of government nationwide. Using Sabatier and Jenkins-Smith's advocacy coalition framework, the purpose of this case study of DSCA in the NCR was to gain insight on whether collaborative planning and training between civil and military partners has resulted in effective public policy that will guide decision making in the event of a natural or human caused disaster. Data were collected from a total of 15 participants who represented military and civil emergency managers. These data were deductively coded consistent with the elements of the policy advocacy framework, and then subjected to thematic analysis. Findings indicated that military members have a more thorough understanding of DSCA procedures, where civilian emergency managers had knowledge deficits regarding procedures and policies guiding DSCA support. The positive social change implications stemming from this study include recommendations to civil authorities to collaborate with the Department of Defense related to mobilization procedures and DSCA policies to promote seamless cooperation in the event of a major disaster.
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Reva, Denys. "Capital city relocation and national security : the cases of Nigeria and Kazakhstan." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60413.
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As an important tool of state- and nation- building, capital city relocation is a policy option that is currently considered in more than 30 states around the world, including South Africa. The project is especially appealing for post-colonial states. At its core, it involves a physical move of governing institutions to a new location a city that either already exists, or is constructed specifically for the purpose of serving as a capital. The relocation is likely to affect political, economic and societal status quo within a state including matters of national security. The latter is a sensitive matter for post-colonial states, but the link between capital city relocation and national security is not well understood.
The study develops a framework that analyses the capital city relocation - national security nexus, to assess the overall impact of the project, as well as the specific benefits and drawbacks for security. The framework relies on Buzan's five-sector approach to security, and employs it to develop a list of indicators to track changes to national security of the post-colonial states post-relocation. Hence this study aims to contribute to the strand of the Security Studies literature and to fill (in part) an evident lacuna on capital city relocation, by exploring the cases of Nigeria (1991) and Kazakhstan (1997) from a security perspective.Mini Dissertation (M Security Studies)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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Goodwin, Sarah E. "Patch, landscape, and soundscape effects on the forest bird community in the National Parks of the national capital region." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 76 p, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1889838901&sid=6&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Chen, Ching-Yi. "Human Capital Investment in Taiwan." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500299/.
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This thesis attempts to analyze the relationship between economic growth and human capital investments in Taiwan. The study's general hypothesis is that increases in human capital investments will stimulate the growth of gross national product. The data were drawn from official Taiwanese publications from different sources. The first chapter emphasizes the importance of human capital investments. Chapter II reviews the related literature. Chapter III specifies the model and research methods. Chapter IV analyzes the impact of human capital investments on gross national product. The study is summarized and conclusions are drawn in Chapter V. Materials collected to analyze the above problem reveal that human capital investments have a positive and significant effect on economic growth. In fact, human capital investments and economic growth are mutually affected.
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Walker, Deirdre I. "Homeland Security Knowledge Management for local law enforcement in the national capital region." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Sep%5FWalker.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2005.Thesis Advisor(s): David Brannan, Phyllis McDonald. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-53). Also available online.
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Hohlen, Fredric. "Moving, squatting, settling: motion and marginality in the national capital territory of India." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=103729.
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In the National Capital Territory of India, urban development is marked by the reconfiguration of urban space through the varied movements of both capital and human beings. This thesis, based on documentary research and on fieldwork undertaken in the summer of 2009, focuses on the demolition of squatter settlements or jhuggi-jhondpris in Delhi and the resettlement of their residents to locations on the urban fringe. Residents of illegal, informal settlements, which constitute between 18 and 27 percent of the territory's population, are particularly vulnerable to the vicissitudes of local politics, shifts in the definitions of basic rights, and the ever-increasing demands of market expansion, and yet these citizens are an essential part of structures and processes that constitute both imagined and very real urban landscapes. Of particular concern are the concepts of formality, informality, and modernity, and the ways in which these concepts are materialized.Sur l'Inde, le développement urbain est marqué par la reconfiguration de l'espace urbain à travers les mouvements du capital et des citoyens. Cette thèse, basée sur la recherche documentaire et «fieldwork» à l'été de 2009, met l'accent sur la démolition des colonies de squatters ou «jhuggi-jhondpris» à Delhi et à la réinstallation de leurs habitants. Les résidents des établissements informels, qui constituent entre 18 et 27 pour cent de la population du territoire, sont particulièrement vulnérables aux vicissitudes de la politique locale, les changements dans les définitions des droits fondamentaux, et les demandes sans cesse de l'expansion du marché, et pourtant ces citoyens sont un élément essentiel des structures et des processus qui constituent à la fois imaginaire et réel des paysages urbains. Cette thèse est particulièrement préoccupé par les concepts de la formalité, l'informalité, et de la modernité, et la façon dont ces concepts sont matérialisés.
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Le, Thanh, and Luz Bruno Picasso Wejrot. "Global competitiveness, human capital, and Hofstede’s cultural dimensions: Does culture influence national competitiveness?" Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för industriell ekonomi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-13238.
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National economic competitiveness is a major concern to governments, firms, and individuals in an increasingly globalised world. Culture is known affect economic competitiveness, but there is little existing research that links Hofstede’s cultural dimensions with the Human Capital Indicators in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index. U-blox is an international firm with offices around the world. The firm has grown through acquisitions and has become a key player in the wireless communication and positioning semiconductors business. The chosen topic will study the cultural aspects of a selected group of u-blox subsidiaries. The values in a workplace are in fact influenced by culture and by their human capital. Using Hofstede’s dimensions to analyse the cultural factors, it is possible to study the international context of the human capital in each subsidiary by using reliable international indicators provided in the Global Competitiveness Index.
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Rothwell, Neil. "Above and beyond?, an examination of the National Capital Commission's response to societal change." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0015/MQ48433.pdf.
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Raum, Philip C. "Preparing the National Capital Region to conduct a multijurisdictional and interdisciplinary law enforcement investigation." Thesis, Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/37697.
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CHDS State/LocalWhen the DC Sniper shootings occurred in 2002, local law enforcement (LE) agencies in the National Capital Region (NCR) did not have a framework in place to investigate a large-scale multijurisdictional investigation involving dozens of federal, state, and local LE agencies. As of 2013, the NCR still does not have a framework. This thesis used multiple sources of information and analysis to develop a list of recommendations directed to the NCR Police Chiefs Committee about how such a framework could be developed and what some of the features should be. The sources of information included lesson learned from the after-action analysis of the DC Sniper case by the Police Executive Research Forum, academic research on collaboration, the National Incident Management System, and input from 19 multijurisdictional and intergovernmental subject matter experts (SME) in the NCR, including SMEs from the LE, fire, fusion center, and public information disciplines. In February 2013, the NCR Police Chiefs Committee endorsed the recommendations and started the process to create a framework for managing a multijurisdictional investigation in the NCR.
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Rothwell, Neil A. (Neil Anthony) Carleton University Dissertation Geography. "Above and beyond?: an examination of the National Capital Commission's response to societal change." Ottawa, 1999.
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Bouet, Bruno. "Reconnaissance de l’autochtonie et déclinisme environnemental au sein des Parcs nationaux français : L’exemple du Parc national de La Réunion." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019BORD0178.
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Cette thèse a pour principal objet la reconnaissance du local et de l’autochtonie au sein des aires protégées en général et des Parcs nationaux français en particulier. Du global au local, elle tend à voir ce processus comme résultante de la montée en puissance d’un principe axiologique non nécessairement nouveau, mais qui conditionne néanmoins de manière croissante la légitimité et l’efficacité de l’action publique environnementale. La reconnaissance du local et de l’autochtonie serait ainsi en particulier internationalement devenue l’une des conditions de réalisation d’une plus grande justice environnementale au sein des aires protégées.Nous interrogeons comment ce processus a pu s’étendre aux Parcs nationaux français à travers notamment l’analyse des causes et des effets de leur récente réforme (2006). Comment cette reconnaissance a-t-elle pu se voir reprise et éventuellement redéfinie dans l’institutionnalisation des Parcs nationaux dits de « nouvelle génération » ? Par suite, à quels effets, nouveaux ou non, cette reconnaissance « à la française » permet-elle d’aboutir localement, en matière d’inégalité environnementale ? Notre démonstration s’appuie sur la notion de capital d’autochtonie (Retière, 2003) et soutient que les groupes sociaux locaux à même d’administrer la preuve de leur « capital environnemental autochtone » auprès des instances gestionnaires des Parcs nationaux seraient les plus à même de conserver intacts leurs usages de ces aires protégées.Pour mieux traiter notre problématique d’une reconnaissance du local « sous conditions », nous avons concentré sans nous y limiter, nos efforts d’enquête sur le récent Parc national de La Réunion (2007), présenté avec le Parc amazonien de Guyane et le Parc national des Calanques comme parcs de nouvelle génération. Cette enquête, s’appuyant sur plusieurs autres points de comparaison, conduit à entrevoir le Parc national de La Réunion (PNRun) comme un cadre intégrateur écocentré de différents récits globaux et territoriaux. Le déclinisme environnemental, à la fois local et mondialisé, est le plus prééminent de ces récits. Des récits de valorisation de la culture créole et de rattrapage économique lui coexiste néanmoins et le PNRun, enjoint à les reconnaitre au regard de la doctrine du développement durable, apparait comme une combinatoire sans cesse mouvante et instable d’un compromis entre ces trois récits potentiellement contradictoires.La conflictualité coutumière des Parcs nationaux français (Larrère et al., 2009) peut ainsi se comprendre à la lueur d’une concurrence des récits et de leurs porteurs, qui peuvent contester ou soutenir la manière propre au Parc national d’administrer, mais aussi de « mettre en récit » le territoire qui le supporte. Le défi actuel des Parcs nationaux français consiste, au regard de la réforme de 2006, à permettre et à accepter que cette mise en récit soit le fruit d’une co-construction élargie, et non plus d’un exercice réservé aux élites scientifiques, politiques et sociales qui ont toujours constitué ses publics de prédilection. En contexte postcolonial comme sur l’ile de La Réunion, ce défi parait d’autant plus aigu que le « concernement » local pour une mise en récit qui soit réparatrice d’injustices culturelle, sociale et environnementale est important, voire sine qua nonThe main purpose of this thesis is about the recognition of local and indigenous people within protected areas in general and French National Parks in particular. From global to local scales, this process appears to be the result of an axiological principle that is not necessarily new but which nevertheless increasingly conditions the legitimacy and effectiveness of public environmental action. The recognition of local and indigenous people would thus have become one of the conditions for achieving greater environmental justice within protected areas, particularly internationally.We question how this process has been extended to French National Parks, in particular through the analysis of the causes and effects of their recent reform (2006). How could this recognition be taken up and possibly redefined in the institutionalization of the so-called "new generation" national parks? Consequently, to what effects does this "French-style" recognition make it possible to achieve locally, in terms of environmental inequality? Our demonstration is based on the notion of "indigenous capital" (Retière, 2003) and argues that local social groups able to demonstrate their "indigenous environmental capital" to national park management authorities would be in the best position to keep intact their uses of these protected areas.To better address the issue of local people’s recognition "under conditions", we investigated the recent Reunion Island National Park (2007), presented with the Amazonian Park of French Guyana and the Calanques National Park as new generation parks. This survey, based on several other points of comparison, leads us to see Reunion Island National Park (PNRun) as an ecocentric integrating framework of different global and territorial narratives. “Environmental declinism”, both local and globalized, is the most prominent of these stories. Nevertheless, a “local cultural” and an “economic catch-up” narratives coexist with the first one. The PNRun, urged to recognize them due to the doctrine of sustainable development, appears as an ever-changing and unstable combination of these three - potentially contradictory - narratives.The traditional and customary conflicts within French National Parks (Larrère, 2009) can thus be understood as part of a competition between stories and their bearers, who can challenge or support the National Park's own way of administering, but also of "telling" the territory that supports it. The current challenge for French National Parks, in regard of the 2006 reform, is to allow and accept that this policy narrative is the result of a collective construction, and no longer an exercise reserved for some scientific, political and social elites who have always constituted its preferred audiences. In a postcolonial context such as on Reunion Island, this challenge seems all the more acute as the local "concern" for a narrative which is reparative of cultural, social and environmental injustices is important, even sine qua non
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Verkhohlyad, Olha. "The development of an improved human capital index for assessing and forecasting national capacity and development." [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-3148.
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Stolt, Denise. "Does the Level of Gender Equality in National Parliament have an Impact on Economic Growth?" Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-25031.
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It is clear that economic growth is achieved by a number of means depending on theoretical affiliation and also that growth rate varies across countries. The thesis investigates the relationship between economic growth and the proportion of representation by women in national parliament across countries. Women are discriminated at every level in the society based on gender and the thesis analyses the effects on production and growth, based on the fact that half of the population are not given equal opportunities to participate in economic activities. The study is performed through two cross-country regression analyses, divided by low- and high-income countries with secondary data. The variables included are: the proportion of seats represented by women, initial GDP/capita, FDI, level of education, population growth, and terms of trade and level of democracy. The variables are chosen in accordance to growth theories. The findings cannot isolate if a high proportion of female parliamentarians increase growth, but the result indicates that a more gender equal economy operate at a higher production level. Increased proportion of female representation in local parliament should according to theory, increase inclusive incentives and policies for women in the labour force and enrolment in higher education, thus increasing the average level of human capital. Previous studies support the result; gender equality is viewed as “smart economics”.
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Calvo, Maria Rocio. "A Cross-National Examination of the Welfare State as an Agent of Immigrant Incorporation." Thesis, Boston College, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1811.
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Thesis advisor: James E. LubbenThe fact that destination countries in contemporary migration are predominantly welfare states marks a distinct departure from historical patterns. While the impact of international migration on the welfare state is highly contested in the literature, the other side of the relationship--the ways in which advanced welfare states influence the incorporation of immigrants--has barely been examined. This study tests the applicability of an extension of the Welfare Regime Theory in the incorporation of foreign-born as compared to natives across 24 European nations clustered in 5 different welfare regimes. Specifically, it explores how much of the variability in self-reported economic and social capital indicators of incorporation is attributable to the nature of the welfare state and to specific theoretical traits associated with different welfare regimes. Results indicate that immigrants fare economically better in countries with comprehensive welfare systems of social protection and that country's amount of social spending has a positive influence in the economic incorporation of foreign-labor. The impact of the welfare state on individuals' economic well-being is higher for the native-born population than for their immigrant counterparts. Generous welfare systems are also beneficial for the social capital formation of immigrant communities. Immigrants residing in countries representative of the Scandinavian regime report higher levels of generalized trust, trust in institutions and frequency of informal social contacts than immigrants residing in countries representative of other welfare regimes. The same pattern is observed for the native-born population. Country's spending in social benefits increases the social trust and frequency of socialization of both groups, although the impact is larger for the native-born population. Country's spending in means-tested social benefits decreases social trust while country's spending in non-means-tested benefits increases it. Native-born individuals report higher levels of generalized trust and socialize more often than equivalent immigrants. However, the level of trust in country's institutions is higher for immigrant than for their native peers
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2009
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Social Work
Discipline: Social Work
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Ibragimov, Z., Тетяна Анатоліївна Васильєва, Татьяна Анатольевна Васильева, Tetiana Anatoliivna Vasylieva, Олексій Валентинович Люльов, Алексей Валентинович Люлев, and Oleksii Valentynovych Liulov. "The national economy competitiveness: effect of macroeconomic stability, renewable energy on economic growth." Thesis, VARAZDIN DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP AGENCY, 2019. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/80913.
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According to the reports of the Global Competitiveness which developed by the World Economic Forum, the competitiveness was defined as "a set of institutions, policies and production factors that form the level of the country's performance". This paper investigates the effect of macroeconomic stability, environmental performance on economic growth. The object of investigation - the countries with transformation process from the recourses to the effective economic model according to the reports of the Global Competitiveness which developed by the World Economic Forum. The authors indicated that the main goal to achieve the stable growth - increasing the level of the national economic competitiveness could be realized not only through the growth of the key determinants of the competitiveness: institutions; infrastructure; macroeconomic stability and etc., but also considering the aspects and parameters of country's environmental performance. The methodology instruments of the investigation were modified production function of Cobb-Douglas which considering the level of the country's macroeconomic stability and environmental performance. The period of investigation was 2000-2017 years. Under this research, the authors used the dataset from World Data Bank, Global Environmental performance Index, Global competitiveness report. The findings proved the correspondence of the developed models to the input dataset. Moreover, the assessments of the elasticity of the developed model components were positive and statistically significant.
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Jain, Manisha [Verfasser]. "Analysing effectivity of urban growth management in the National Capital Region Delhi, India / Manisha Jain." Aachen : Shaker, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1051575168/34.
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Adesina, Jimi O. "Oil, state-capital and labour : work and work relations in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1988. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/3947/.
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This study is, above all, about the men and women whose labour form the basis of Nigeria's economy and social stability: the petroleum workers. Those we will come across here, work in perhaps the most important single enterprise in Nigeria; the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The study itself was inspired by (i) an attempt to understand what work and work relations mean for these people, and (ii) by my dissatisfaction with the conventional wisdom in Industrial Relations analysis; which in the past years has inspired the regulation of the working lives of these petroleum workers as much as any group of employees in Nigeria. The study is on the NNPC, with special attention to the NNPC Refinery at Warri. The work itself is divided into three main parts; Part I, which is the Introductory section, is further divided in four chapters. Chapter 1 explores the main conceptual issues of this study, explains the research methods and examines some methodological issues that derive from the fieldwork. In Chapter 2, the labour process literature is reviewed, and this forms the analytical basis for the discussions in Parts II and III, while Chapters 3 and 4 provide the background information on Nigeria and NNPC respectively. Part U examines, under four chapters, the nature of work and processes of shopfloor relations in NNPC generally, with particular emphasis on the Refinery. Chapters 5 and 6 examine the nature of work and the internal labour market, while Chapters 7 and 8 look at the specific forms of relations on the shopfloor and their implications for shopfloor struggles. In Part III, I focus on unionism in the industry and the processes of interest mediation within the NNPC. The study takes conceptual issues with the main contributions to the Labour Process debate and argues for a more studied and coherent re-assesment of Braverman's work, by recognizing its theoretical and methodological objectives. The study concludes with a re-exposition of the main conceptual issues; first by emphasizing that it is only within the framework of a rigorous conceptual redefinition of production relations that we can overcome the limitations of conventional Industrial Relations discourse. Second, and central to this, is a re-conceptualized method of theory, which enables us to understand the socio-cultural peculiarities of each national or regional context, and overcome the limited vision of liberal-pluralist industrial relations ideology. In this sense, the study places strong emphasis on Marx's method of abstraction, both as a method of different levels of abstraction, and of one-sided abstraction. The Refinery, where the bulk of the field research was done, is located in the riverine belt of southern Nigeria. Although often referred to as Warri Refinery, the plant is situated in the Ethiope local government area of Bendel State, outside Warri (see Map A). This complication is a result of the settlement pattern in this area of southern Nigeria; Warri, for instance, is surrounded by tiny pockets of settlements, each with distinct lineage/clan history and traditional political autonomy. Two of such settlements are Jeddo and Ekpan villages which share the north-western borders with Warri, but in a separate local government area. It is on the territories of these two villages that the Refinery is located, although I will continue to refer to the plant as Warri Refinery.
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Colwill, Jeremy Giles. "Capital, labour, and the State : the origins of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.281593.
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Firth, Dianne F., and n/a. "Behind the landscape of Lake Burley Griffin : landscape, water, politics and the national capital 1899-1964." University of Canberra. Communication & Education, 2000. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060710.121506.
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The Australian Constitution of 1901 required Parliament to establish its seat of
Government in territory in New South Wales, but distant from Sydney. Interpreted as
cause for building a new city it was, from the earliest deliberations, conceived as a city
beautified by landscape and enhanced by water.
Despite Australia's variable climate, particularly it's unreliable rainfall, the Canberra
site on the Molonglo River provided an opportunity for storing a large body of
ornamental water in a picturesque landscape setting, provided storage reservoirs were
built to maintain water levels. Walter Burley Griffin's design gave the Lake form as a
chain of ornamental lakes and parklands through the centre of the city. However,
developing the Lake was complex and costly and although Parliament met at Canberra
from 1927 it was not until the early 1960s that work began on implementing the Lake.
Lake Burley Griffin was inaugurated in 1964.
Inquiring into the significance of landscape setting and ornamental water for Australia's
National capital the thesis reviews designed landscapes in cities that Australia aspired to
emulate and the role of the professions in these designs. Using Canberra's lake as a
focus this thesis examines the national and international context of landscape ideas,
analyses the processes of landscape implementation in the public domain and evaluates
the design outcome. The thesis also highlights the role of national aspiration, the rivalry
between Federal and State governments, the power of government bureaucracy, the
influence of the design professions and the ascendancy of Modernism as a design force
in the built environment.
The thesis establishes that over the sixty-year period Australian perceptions and
expectations of landscape underwent a fundamental change. From the idea of landscape
as a part of the aesthetic and moral high ground of national consciousness and
international discourse, landscape, particularly landscape with water, became a device
to consolidate power, bolster national pride, garner international recognition and
enhance recreational opportunity. The thesis establishes the fundamental importance of
the Lake landscape in creating a distinctive image of a visually unified National capital
as well as a public place for people.
As an empirical thematic history the thesis articulates landscape ideas and practice with
the creation of a place of national significance. Through links with cultural context, the
history of cities, and the history of design the research and its findings extend the
knowledge base of the profession and practice of landscape architecture in Australia.
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Fischer, Stefanie Jane. "Human capital accumulation among Native Americans an empirical analysis of the national assessment of educational progress /." Thesis, Montana State University, 2009. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2009/fischer/FischerS0509.pdf.
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Native Americans have low levels of human capital accumulation. In 2005, only 21% scored at the proficient level on the NAEP math test compared with 37% of all other test takers. One cause of their low human capital accumulation may be factors that commonly explain low academic performance among other minority groups within the United States, such as school quality and family background. Alternatively, Native American students may perform low academically due to factors that are unique to this population such as living on Native land or the political institutions that govern them. This paper will empirically examine Native American students' human capital accumulation decisions. Using data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), I find Native American students residing on Native land score 1/4 of a standard deviation lower on the math assessment than Native American students living off Native land, with no other controls added. After controlling for other area characteristics, family background, peer effects and school resources, the effect of living on Native land is not statistically significant in explaining test scores. Family background and peer effects explain most of the variation in Native American students' human capital accumulation decision. Students who identify with the white peer group score 1/5 of a standard deviation higher than students who identify with the Native American peer group. Although legal institutions do not explain student test scores, they do appear to affect students' attendance. Students living in areas under tribal jurisdiction are 13% more likely to miss a week or more of school in a month, ceteris paribus.
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Jones, Omodele Robert Nicholas. "The role of social, cultural and symbolic capital in generating national competitive position in Sierra Leone." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/2565.
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National competitiveness is forged by the dominant network of Hofstede(an) values and Leung’s social expectations that configure “the set of institutions, policies and factors that determine the level of productivity of a country” (Porter & Schwab, 2008). The development of social infrastructure and political institutions (SIPI) enjoys the clearest link – in the literature - to the relative wealth and poverty of countries. Porter’s seminal 1990 work did not fully account for the contribution of a country’s history and culture to its national competitiveness. His competitiveness Diamond was separated from SIPI in the World Economic Forum’s 2008 Global Competitiveness Report (GCR). However, the GCR does not include a theory of the economic sociol-ogy of national competitiveness. Bourdieu’s sociology of competition is proposed as the foundation of an extended framework. The alternative Coleman/Granovetter/Putnam sociology of integration, popular in business schools and international development including the World Bank, is weaker; albeit with positive contributions that are best harnessed within a Bourdieurien framework. It omits many aspects of economic action, including a link to the macro-economic level, culture, and politics – all of which are integrated within Bourdieu’s economy of practices. Bourdieu’s competition is more consistent with the relevant economics than is Putnam: including, inter alia, the opportunism of William-son’s Contracting Man; Akerlof’s dishonest lemons; the multi-person prisoners’ di-lemmas of Dixit’s economic governance; Fehr & Tyran’s strategic complementarity of a few and Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons. Bourdieu and the economists indi-cate the imperative to proactively manage the conflicts inherent in human choices re-garding scarce resources. Bourdieu’s Neo-Marxian politics should not prejudice the dispassionate use of the neutral contributions of his economic sociology. External national competitiveness demands internal national cooperation. This re-quires risk mitigation of the inevitable structural forces of Bourdieurien conflict, through the systemic development and inter-generational sustenance of requisite lev-els of Polanyi’s social interest and Putnam’s social trust. 3 - Preliminaries 1-combined-D36674-06-05_Jones_v19.docx Theoretical and applied frameworks are developed that utilise economic and game theory constructs as bridges for the Bourdieurien transport of social, cultural and symbolic capital into the arena of the economy. A rich, mixed methods, exploratory research on Sierra Leone is primarily driven by ethnographic action research to build productivity-enhancing structures of cooperation within the professional sector re-sponsible for a basic requirement of the GCR i.e. the strength of auditing and financial reporting. Taken with the action research, supplementary cross-sectional and contextual analysis suggests that Sierra Leone has the Societal Cynicism dimension, linked to weaker co-operation, lower performance and lower productivity, in Leung’s 2002 studies of so-cial axioms. Results of the action research included the private design and promotion of a new na-tional institution, recognised by the International Accounting Standards Board and the Sierra Leone Government, that seeks to deliver Hardin’s “mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon” within the auditing and accounting sector of Sierra Leone i.e. to build the foundations for a sectoral contribution to a resurgence of national competitiveness.
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Grant, Don Sherman. "Sub-national social structures of accumulation : capital migration and employment across the American States, 1970-1985 /." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487758680160452.
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Nefdt, Joseph. "The Life Skills programme in the National Certificate Vocational (NCV) and 'employability' – a human capital development." University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5356.
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Magister Educationis (Adult Learning and Global Change) - MEd(AL)Scholars argue within a human capital perspective that generic employability skills such as critical thinking, computer literacy, independent thinking, problem solving, communication skills must be included in human capital development. Employers are demanding that education and training institutions enable students to develop generic employability skills so that they can be 'work ready' for employment in the 'new knowledge economy'. As a consequence, the implementation of generic employability skills programmes can be found in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges worldwide. Framed within a human capital perspective, this research paper focuses on an investigation into the extent to which the National Certificate (Vocational) Life Skills course, offered at a TVET college in the Western Cape, enables students to develop the required generic employability skills of communication, problem solving, teamwork, leadership and critical thinking. Findings reveal that the NCV Life Skills course was both successful and unsuccessful in enabling participants to develop generic skills which make them 'ready for work'.
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Aleknavičiūtė, Rasa. "Valstybės intelektinio kapitalo vertinimas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2012. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20120124_124620-73358.
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Magistro baigiamajame darbe išanalizuota valstybės intelektinio kapitalo teorija ir valstybės intelektinio kapitalo vertės nustatymo modeliai. Remiantis išanalizuotais valstybės intelektinio kapitalo metodais ir intelektinio kapitalo teorinėmis prielaidomis buvo sudarytas valstybės intelektinio kapitalo vertinimo modelis. Naudojantis šiuo modeliu buvo apskaičiuotas 30 Europos valstybių 2006-2009 m. intelektinio kapitalo indeksas. Atlikti skaičiavimai leido nustatyti Europos valstybių intelektinio kapitalo vertę, atlikti šios vertės kitimo laike analizę, įvertinti intelektinio kapitalo ir BVP ryšį bei intelektinio kapitalo indeksą sudarančių kapitalų tarpusavio koreliaciją.Master’s thesis analyses the national intellectual capital theory and national intellectual capital evaluation models. According to analysed intellectual capital evaluation models and theoretical assumptions the national intellectual capital evaluation model was composed. This model was used to identify intellectual capital value of 30 European countries in 2006-2009. The analysis of intellectual capital index tendencies was performed. Strong national intellectual capital correlation with GDP was identified also correlation of structural, human and intellectual capital were identified.
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Crespo, Cuaresma Jesus, and Anna Raggl. "The dynamics of returns to education in Uganda: National and subnational Trends." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2014. http://epub.wu.ac.at/4095/1/wp169.pdf.
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We assess empirically the changes in returns to education at the subnational level in Uganda using the Uganda National Household Surveys for 2002/2003 and 2005/2006. Our results indicate that average returns to schooling tended to converge across regions in the last decade. The overall trend in convergence of returns to schooling took place at all levels of educational attainment and this behaviour in returns to education is mostly driven by the dynamics of returns to schooling in urban areas. We analyse subnational convergence in returns to education and unveil deviant dynamics in Northern Uganda. We discuss the potential challenges to inclusive economic growth in Uganda which are implied by our results. (authors' abstract)Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series
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Jeremia, George Tileinge. "An Assessment of the Public Sector Planning Process of the Implementation of Capital Projects in the Ohangwena Region, Namibia." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_8338_1278012495.
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This research study focuses on the way the Namibian public sector plans and implements capital projects, mainly in the Ohangwena region, and the Ministry of Health and Social Services in general. The research results show that the planning and project process is not clear and that options need to be considered for the improvement thereof. It is observed that often some of the identified and approved capital projects are not implemented and, if implemented, this is typically done in two or three years. Most parts of Ohangwena are comprised of sandy roads, especially the north-eastern area of Ohangwena which represents a large part of the region. Distances between health facilities and the scarcity of transport make it difficult for the community to easily reach the nearest health facility. The primary objective of this study is to perform an assessment of the planning process in the public sector for the implementation of capital projects and its effectiveness with regard to the planning and implementation of identified capital projects. From the outset, the critical issue is not only implementation, but also how the Ministry plans its capital projects for successful implementation. Interestingly, no research has been done before on this topic in Namibia. Against this background, officials (planners) that are directly involved in capital projects design were interviewed at the district, regional and national levels of the Ministry. The research investigation found that, in general, the planning and project processes in the Ministry are good, but a number of weaknesses were observed in the implementation process. The findings of the study showed that capacity in the Ministry, in terms of skills and technical expertise, are among the main causes of delay in the implementation of capital projects, particularly in the region and in the Ministry in general. The research found that lack of technical expertise in the Ministry and the limited capacity of those responsible for capital projects initiation and implementation, especially at the District and Regional level, have a substantial influence on most of all the weaknesses observed in the system. In this regard, specific recommendations were made regarding the prioritization of the necessary posts and building capacity at the operational level
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Dahl, Ronald Joseph. "Barring the Mentally Ill from the Death Penalty: A National Survey." NSUWorks, 2009. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_stuetd/24.
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Many aspects of capital punishment have been debated extensively, such as its legality and cruelty. One such aspect is the role a defendant's mental functioning should play in the proceedings. In recent years the Supreme Court has barred the mentally retarded and juveniles from the death penalty due to their cognitive limitations and problems with behavioral control (Slobogin, 2003).
This reasoning has prompted many in the fields of mental health and law to advocate for a similar bar for offenders with severe mental illness since their impairments create similar problems in judgment and behavioral control. The Supreme Court cited public consensus as its grounds in banning the mentally retarded and juveniles from sentences of death; however, public consensus on mentally ill capital offenders is not quite as clear. Few attempts have gauged public opinion on sentencing severely mentally ill offenders to death, and the little research that does exist has produced conflicting results. While polls show that Americans oppose the death penalty for the severely mental ill (Gallup, 2008), the literature shows that jurors are more likely to sentence these defendants to death (Charlotte School of Law [CSL], 2006).
Second to the issue of barring the severely mentally ill from the death penalty is the issue of what mental health factors would be considered severe enough to qualify for a bar. There has been no previous research to gauge public opinion on these issues. Surveys were constructed to gauge opinion on the issue and were mailed randomly to 1,640 people throughout the United States. A total of 202 surveys were returned completed. Support was found for a bar from the death penalty for the mentally ill. However, the mental health factors that should comprise a bar received varied support and were less clear in determining which should comprise a bar. When given alternatives to a death sentence, participants overwhelmingly chose some type of life sentence. Public opinion appears to be an important aspect in the imposition of capital punishment upon the mentally ill.
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Anthonisz, Angela Jean. "Strategic alignment or non-alignment : the management of human capital in Dubai." Thesis, University of Derby, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10545/623047.
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This thesis focuses on the international hotel industry as part of the global economy and examines the implications that the strategic management of human capital has within the five-star sector of the hotel industry in Dubai, an emirate of the United Arab Emirates, and an economy based on the service sector. It examines the macro environmental factors influencing the potential strategic directions of two recognized international five-star hotel brands and considers the challenges this creates for the alignment of strategy, and the implications this has for management of human capital(people) as a key determinant of success that enhances organisational outcomes. In selecting this area of research, the author has adopted a grounded theory approach to the generation of new knowledge, allowing the literature to be guided by concerns raised by hotel managers and industry consultants working in the context of Dubai. This approach led to the employment of a case study method, through which the key influences of organisational culture and ownership are considered. Two international hotel chains were identified to represent the two strategic modes of entry into the destination. The first case being a locally owned and managed chain with 7 hotels in Dubai. The second case is a European chain operating 6 hotel properties under management contract in Dubai, with 6 different owners from the Middle East. Both companies operate within the luxury five-star market that is so prevalent in Dubai. The hospitality industry, by definition, relies heavily on human capital, both as a resource and a capability that may allow for the development of competitive advantage. However, the dynamics of the Dubai hotel environment, the strength of the Arab cultural values and the organisational conditions that exist in Dubai present HR managers with a number of unique challenges, including high levels of pastoral care, and approaches to managing the workforce that may be at odds with traditional ‘Western’ ideals. This thesis adds to the existing debate on the value and utilisation of existing theoretical frameworks attached to the alignment of strategy and the implications for managing human capital in the face of globalisation and presents a model of their application in a city that is characterised by power and control, predictability and change aversion.
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Ford, Catherine. "Filipina Nurses in the National Health Service: The push and pull factors behind international migration to the United Kingdom." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22801.
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Janeiro, Pedro Miguel da Rosa. "Competitividade nacional : o papel do sistema de inovação e do capital social na criação de riqueza." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4596.
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Mestrado de Gestão e Estratégia IndustrialThis research focuses on the role of different factors that influence national competitiveness. Over the most recent years, the quality and availability of data on different aspects of competitiveness have improved and this provides new opportunities for seeking the reasons behind different wealth creation levels between countries. Using factor analysis for several indicators between 1995 and 2008, we identify five different factors: the innovation capacity, the knowledge creation capacity, the degree of openness of the economy, the quality of Governance and the level of social capital. Based on regression analysis we conclude that innovation capacity, knowledge accumulation capacity, Governance and social values are shown to be of particular importance for national competitiveness.
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Jeffers, Dina T. "Contract specialist turnover rate and contract management maturity in the National Capital Region Contracting Center an analysis /." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/JAP/2009/Dec/09Dec%5FJeffers.pdf.
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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Contract Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009."Advisor(s): Rendon, Rene G. ; Sears, George A. "December 2009." "Joint applied project"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 28, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Turnover, Contract Management, Contract Management Maturity Model, Procurement Planning, Solicitation Planning, Solicitation, Source Selection, Contract Administration, Contract Closeout, National Capital Region Contracting Center. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-65). Also available in print.
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Curran, Joseph Simon. "Civil society in the stateless capital : charity and authority in Dublin and Edinburgh, c.1815-c.1845." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/29643.
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This thesis examines middle-class social relations in nineteenth-century Dublin and Edinburgh, giving particular attention to how the cities’ inhabitants dealt with sectarian conflicts. These cities occupied an unusual position within the UK as they were both stateless capitals, towns that no longer possessed a national parliament, but still performed many of the administrative functions of a capital city. Being a stateless capital affected Dublin and Edinburgh in contrasting ways and this distinction shaped the wider character of each city and middle-class social relations within them. The thesis adopts philanthropy as a vantage point from which to explore these issues as charitable institutions occupied a unique place in nineteenth-century towns, being a junction between voluntary association and official government activity. Presbyterian Edinburgh and predominately Catholic and Anglican Dublin were both home to vibrant philanthropic associational cultures based on similar middle-class values. Contrary to older analyses, Presbyterianism did not promote a greater interest in participating in voluntary activity any more than Catholicism discouraged it. There were, however, differences between the cities. Edinburgh was a more ostensibly successful city by contemporary middle-class standards. Its organisations helped it to overcome social divisions to a greater extent than their counterparts in Dublin. The contrasting nature of state-charity relations in each city partly explains this difference. Overt central state intervention in Edinburgh’s philanthropic institutions was rare, hence Edinburgh was seen as a society trying to manage its own problems. Dublin by contrast, appeared to be a dependent city as its charities received substantial parliamentary aid. Hence, Edinburgh could present itself as a self-confident capital city whereas Dublin, although a more overt centre of power, sometimes appeared to be simply an intermediary through which London influenced the rest of Ireland. Although both cities were part of the UK mainstream associational culture, charitable activity also emphasised their Irish or Scottish characteristics. These national attributes were not perceived as equally attractive. Philanthropy associated Edinburgh with Enlightenment and education, by contrast it connected Dublin with poverty and dependency.
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Sadleir, Christopher. "On the Frontier : Australia's policy approach to foreign direct investment 1968 - 2004 as a case study in globalisation, national public policy and public administration /." full text via ADT database, 2007. http://erl.canberra.edu.au/public/adt-AUC20080304.145454/index.html.
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Pereira, Ivan Elizeu Bomfim. "O interesse nacional nas revistas Carta Capital, Época, IstoÉ e Veja : eles y nosotros." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/31378.
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A presente dissertação investiga a construção do interesse nacional brasileiro em relação à Argentina no jornalismo de revista. Utilizando-se de quatro das principais publicações semanais nacionais de informação geral (CartaCapital, Época, IstoÉ e Veja) para o estudo do discurso jornalístico, procura-se entender como este participa na conformação das percepções acerca do “outro”, envolvendo tanto formas de representação deste quanto indícios de como agir em relação a ele. A partir da ideia de construção social da realidade, propõe-se uma ponte entre o jornalismo e as relações internacionais. O interesse nacional é entendido aqui como uma forma de enquadramento, e para a investigação das notícias que abordam a relação Brasil-Argentina, faz-se uso da análise de discurso de escola francesa.This paper investigates the construction of Brazilian national interest in relation to Argentina in magazine journalism. Using four of the leading national weekly publications of general information (CartaCapital, Época, IstoÉ e Veja) for the study of media discourse, seeks to understand how it participates in shaping the perceptions of "other", involving both ways of representation as evidence of how to act toward him. From the idea of social construction of reality, is proposed a bridge between journalism and international relations. The national interest is perceived here as a form of framing, and to research news about the relation between Brazil and Argentina, is used the discourse analysis, the French school.
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Kupski, Larisse. "A dinâmica do campo das políticas culturais no município do Rio Grande." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/55081.
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O campo das políticas culturais do município do Rio Grande era bastante incipiente até recentemente, existindo basicamente em função de eventos, porém durante a década de 10 novas políticas surgiram no campo, impulsionando novas ações e práticas. Em parte, as novas ações são influenciadas pelas políticas culturais federais, que a partir da posse do presidente Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, e à ascensão do Partido dos Trabalhadores ao governo federal, sofreu profundas mudanças na forma como são entendidas, desenvolvidas e implementadas, com a intenção de atender a diversidade existente no país e democratizar a gestão das políticas públicas. Além das políticas governamentais, as políticas culturais também são orientadas por grupos e organizações que não pertencem ao poder público, e que muitas vezes vão de encontro com as políticas definidas por este. Estudos que analisem como e quais são as políticas culturais que estão sendo materializadas nos municípios, também problematizando como se deu a implementação dos novos programas federais nesses, são necessários. Esse estudo busca compreender qual foi a dinâmica do campo das políticas culturais no município do Rio Grande entre os anos de 2000 e 2010. Para a realização do estudo foi utilizado os conceitos teórico-metodológicos de Pierre Bourdieu. A partir dos conceitos de campo, capital, habitus e estratégia, identificaram-se no campo os agentes envolvidos com as políticas culturais no município, suas relações, disputas e estratégias. O estudo é de cunho qualitativo e os elementos para análise foram obtidos através de pesquisa documental, observação direta, diário de campo e entrevistas feitas com diferentes agentes do campo e das instituições que o compõe. Foram identificados três períodos principais no campo: década de 90 e início do anos 2000, como um período de esfriamento e quase estagnação no campo; 2004 a 2008, período de retomada de políticas no campo, com a criação de um ponto de cultura e adesão ao Sistema Nacional de Cultura e; 2010, ano que configura novas ações no campo e indica a situação atual das políticas culturais no município. Foi possível perceber a influência das políticas culturais nacionais no campo do município, por detrás da retomada de políticas no segundo período destacado, o que levou a novas disputas no campo, impulsionando a presença de alguns agentes. Mesmo com uma maior abertura no período final do estudo, as práticas elitistas do campo das políticas culturais do município do Rio Grande configuram o habitus legitimado do campo. A posse e o volume dos capitais econômico, social e cultural comandam a distribuição dos agentes e instituições pelo campo. A principal forma de perceber o poder dos capitais presentes está na capacidade do agente/instituição incentivar ou ser o propulsor de ações e políticas culturais.The field of cultural policies of the city of Rio Grande was incipient until recently, existing primarily as a result of events. However during the decade of the 10 new policies emerged in the field, driving new initiatives and practices. Partially, the new actions are influenced by federal cultural policies which, since the election of President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, and the rise of the Partido dos Trabalhadores to the federal government, has undergone profound changes in how they are understood, developed and implemented, with the intention to meet the diversity of the country and to democratize the management of public policies. In addition to government policies, cultural policies are also oriented by groups and organizations that do not belong to the government, and often run counter with the policies established by this. Studies that examine how and which are the cultural policies being materialized in the cities, also questioning how the implementation of these new federal programs was performed, are required. This study seeks to understand what was the dynamic of the cultural policies field in the city of Rio Grande between the years 2000 and 2010. For the study it was used the theoretical and methodological concepts of Pierre Bourdieu. The concepts of field, capital, habitus and strategy, made possible to identify the agents involved with the cultural policies field of the city, their relationships, disputes and strategies. The study is of qualitative nature and the elements for analysis were obtained through documentary research, direct observation, field diary and interviews with different agents and institutions that compose the field. It was identified three main periods in the field: the 90s and early 2000s as a period of cooling and near stagnation in the field; from 2004 to 2008, a period of renewal of policies in the field, the creation of a point of culture and adherence to Sistema Nacional de Cultura; 2010, the year that sets new actions in the field and indicates the current situation of cultural policies in the city. It was possible to see the influence of national cultural policies in the field of the city, behind the return of policies in the second period highlighted, which led to new disputes in the field, boosting the presence of some agents. Despite a greater openness in the final period of the study, the elitist practices of the cultural policies field of the city, shapes the legitimized habitus of the field. The possession and the volume of the economic, social and cultural capitals commands the distribution of agents and institutions in the field. The main way to realize the power of capital present in the field is the ability of the agent/institution to encourage or be the driver of cultural policy actions.
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