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Mangi, Lutfullah. "U.S. policy towards South Africa, c.1960-c.1990 : from political realism to moral engagement." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1994. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/28708/.
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This is a study of United States' policy towards South Africa between 1976 and 1986, the important period in the history of their relationship. It sets out to explain that there had never been a basic shift in successive U.S. policies towards the Republic. The driving force behind the Ford, Carter and Reagan doctrines towards Southern Africa, with focus on South Africa, had been to secure the U.S. national interests---economic and military/strategic. These policies, however, were based on belief of negotiated settlement to achieve majority rule in the region, and were critical of the apartheid system in South Africa. Throughout the period under discussion, South Africa has never remained important in U.S. policy planning, except the period of the mid 1980s, when it attracted the attention of high-level policy-makers, including the President and the Congress. It was during this time that the Republic appeared as a major political issue of U.S. domestic constituencies and on foreign policy agenda. It was partly because of the well publicized crisis in South Africa, and partly because of the Reagan administration's attitude towards the anti-apartheid groups. The combination of these factors had led the defeat of the Reagan administration's policy of constructive engagement and the implementation of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 in which Congress, under public pressure, deviced its policy towards South Africa.
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Green, E. H. H. "Radical conservatism in Britain c.1899-1914." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373678.
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Knox, Colin Gerard. "Local government leisure services : planning and politics in N. Ireland." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.335979.
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Laakso, Axel. "Uppfattad korruption & ekonomiska regleringar : En kvantitativ C-uppsats." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-36785.
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This study aims to explore the problem area of perceived corruption and its relationship with economic regulations based on a regulation index. The purpose of the study is to explore whether a countries regulations on the economic market have a correlation with the perceived corruption, and whether this correlation exists over time. Controlling for countries total expenditure, GDP per capita, and its general trust. This is explored with quantitative method using a multivariate regression analysis with two chains of analysis due to the fact of Transparency Internationals changes in their measurement methodology in 2012. One chain is for the years 2005 and 2010, and the other chain for the years 2012 and 2015. The results partially confirms our theoretical assumptions showing that the regulation index, GDP per capita, and general trust have positive correlations with the perceived corruption, while a countries total expenditure shows no significance when controlling for all variables.2019-06-04
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Smith, L. "Nonconformity and the emergence of the independent labour movement, c.1880-c.1914 : With particular reference to Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233239.
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Alleyne, Mark D. "The political economy of international communication in North-South relations : a case study of the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) debate c. 1970 - c. 1987." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.315948.
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He, Jiliang. "Silyhydrazines : chemistry and pyrolytic conversion to Si-N-C ceramic materials." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29044.
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A new synthetic route to silylhydrazine molecules and polymers has been developed by the heterodehydrocoupling of organosilanes with hydrazines. A dimethyltitanocene catalyst has been employed to facilitate the dehydrocoupling reaction. The dehydrocoupling was shown to proceed by stepwise replacement of Si-H with hydrazino groups. The controlled hydrolysis of Ph$ sb2$Si(NHNHMe)$ sb2$ formed a hydrazinodisiloxane. Cyclizations of Ph$ sb2$Si(NHNHMe)$ sb2$ to form cyclic silylhydrazines were achieved by the reaction with n-BuLi/Ph$ sb2$SiCl$ sb2,$ or MeI (or HCl or Ph$ sb2$SiCl$ sb2),$ or thermolysis. Crystal structures of Ph$ sb2$Si(NHNR)(NRNH)SiPh$ sb2$ (R = H, Me) reveal chair (R = H) and twist-boat (R = Me) conformations of the Si$ sb2$N$ sb4$ ring, respectively. Planar and pyramidal nitrogen geometries were found to coexist in a hydrazino unit. A preceramic polymer, synthesized by the polymerization of MeHSiCl$ sb2$ with hydrazine in an appropriate ratio, was pyrolyzed to Si$ sb3$N$ sb4$/SiC$ rm sb{x}$N$ rm sb{y}$ in 67-80% ceramic yields. It is proposed that the structural unit of this polymer is a tetraazadisilacyclohexane bridged by MeHSi groups. This assignment is based on $ sp{1}$H and $ sp{29}$Si NMR measurements, as well as by comparison with the well-defined reaction product of Me$ sb2$Si(NHNH) $ sb2$SiMe$ sb2$ with MeHSiCl$ sb2.$ The pyrolysis was carried out from room temperature to 1500$ sp circ$C under argon and studied by using thermogravimetric analysis, solid-state $ sp{29}$Si NMR spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, x-ray powder diffraction, and elemental analysis. Serial structural changes were characterized in the pyrolyzed solid products. The ceramic product of this polymer at 1100$ sp circ$C was found to possess a quasi-metallic electrical conductivity ($ sigma$ = 10$ sp3$ ($ Omega$cm)$ sp{{-}1}),$ and was evaluated as an electrode material.
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Kidd, Colin Craig. "Scottish Whig historiography and the creation of an Anglo-British identity 1689 - c.1800." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.317686.
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Masala, Carlo. "Niemals geht man so ganz : ein Nachruf auf Kenneth N. Waltz." Universität Potsdam, 2013. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2013/6789/.
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Durch den Tod von Kenneth N. Waltz hat die akademische Disziplin der Internationalen Beziehungen ihren gegenwärtig größten und einflussreichsten Denker verloren. In verschiedenen Nachrufen von Schülern und Kollegen wurde zu Recht darauf hingewiesen, dass Kenneth Waltz, egal wie man zu seiner Theorie des strukturellen Realismus (der Begriff, den er dem des Neorealismus vorzog) steht, wie kein anderer die Disziplin der Internationalen Beziehungen nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges geprägt hat.
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Lyons, Stephen. "The political economy of inequality : poverty, drought and aid programmes in Botswana, c. 1982 - 1988." Thesis, University of Salford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.293030.
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Hemingway, Vivienne W. "Urban politics and popular protest movements : Huddersfield in the age of reform c.1832-52." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358797.
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Brookes, Rod. "The politics of the 'little man' : Sidney Strube's Daily Express cartoons and languages of Conservatism c.1929-35." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.303014.
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Waddington, Robert. "Which Way Now?: A n Examination of the Ideological Movement of the British Labour Party between 1974 and 1992." W&M ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625834.
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Ryan, Matthew. "Advancing comparison of democratic innovations : a medium-N fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of participatory budgeting." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2014. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/373850/.
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This thesis asks when and how ordinary citizens gain substantial control over important collective decisions. In particular I highlight conditions that explain citizen control of decision-making in participatory budgeting programmes worldwide. The thesis further sets out to test the value of new tools in comparative political science for answering such a question. I apply Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in an attempt to cumulate existing knowledge and engage in logical systematic comparison across cases. It is shown that the QCA approach is an underutilised complement to existing research strategies in the social sciences. Despite some important challenges and limitations outlined in the thesis, QCA is shown to be an effective tool for cumulating and systematically reviewing evidence in order to contribute to the development of knowledge about social phenomena in a coherent way. QCA can effectively inform research's choices about the requisite degrees of parsimony and complexity to use in explaining social phenomena. Contrary to previous findings based on single-case of small-N analysis I find that there are no single necessary conditions for achieving or negating strong democratic outcomes in participatory programmes. The meaningful involvement of citizens in governing collectively occurs when both political and administrative leaders have the will and capacity to implement programmes and this is combined with either fiscal freedom to spend money on programmes or active demand for involvement from civil society actors. I show however considerable equifinality in causation as bureaucratic and political support can contribute to failure where both civil society support and finance are absent.
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Hedenskog, Ida, and Matilda Arndt. "Investigating Cities' Adaptive Behavior : A large-N study examining what factors affect the frequency of adaptation actions taken by cities in response to climate change." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-432966.
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The main purpose of this paper is to examine what affects the frequency of adaptation actions taken by cities during the years 2018-2019. Focus is placed on three specific factors derived from previous research regarding cities’ adaptive behavior; the number of climate networks in which a city is participating, exposure to natural hazards and economic capacity. Through linear regression analysis, three hypotheses regarding the three chosen explanatory variables are tested, investigating if correlations exist between these variables and the frequency of adaptation actions reported by cities to CDP during 2018-2019. With regards to previous research regarding our explanatory variables, we expect positive slope estimates for all correlations. Based on the results of the analysis, support is found for one of three of our hypotheses, as economic capacity is found to be positively correlated with the frequency of adaptation actions taken by cities. No convincing evidence is however found for our two other hypotheses, as neither participation in a larger amount of climate networks nor exposure to natural hazards is found to be significantly correlated at a very demanding level with the frequency of adaptation actions. Hence, the results suggest that cities’ adaptation actions are driven primarily by wealth. Whereas no convincing support is found for our two other hypotheses, the results highlight possible questions to investigate further in future research.
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Smit, Jacobus Francois. "Optimalisering van gemeenskapsdeelname in geintegreerde ontwikkelingsbeplanning : 'n Wellington-gevallestudie." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52388.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africans are familiar with apartheid principles and practices. Apartheid principles were not only used as a mechanism that robbed people of their human rights, but it also gave rise to limited or no community participation in government decision-making. South Africa's democratic regime (after 1994) is striving to increase community participation in government decision-making. In this regard, the South African national government is initiating community development policies and programmes such as the Reconstruction and Development Programme (1994), Masakhane programme (1998) and Integrated Development Planning (1997). This research focuses on Integrated Development Planning (lOP) and local government's role in stimulating community participation. Various participation models are highlighted, and the Wellington case is used to illustrate that communities will participate optimally in development activities if their participation will bring about their own empowerment. The research methodology includes interviews, television news programmes, newspaper articles and focus group sessions. Responses from the focus group interviews indicated that the community is easy-going and they expect activities to be undertaken for them. It was also noted that meaningful mechanisms for enhancinq community participation are limited. The community-empowerment model and recommendations are presented to optimise community participation. The following recommendations are made, namely accessibility of development initiatives, mobilising the community, relevant administrative skills of public officials, democratic constitution and legislation, concrete policy relating to community participation, meaningful empowerment of the community, explaining the content of concepts, programmes and projects, training for public officials, awareness of policy implications with regards to community participation and municipal planning in co-operative government.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrikaners is vertroud met apartheidsbeginsels en praktyke. Apartheidsbeginsels is nie net as 'n meganisme gebruik om groepe van hul menseregte te ontneem nie, maar dit het ook aanleiding gegee tot gebrekkige of geen gemeenskapsdeelname in owerheidsbesluitneming. Suid-Afrika se demokratiese regeringstelsel (na 1994) streef daarna om gemeenskapsdeelname in owerheidsbesluitneming te verhoog. Binne hierdie hoedanigheid het die nasionale regering gemeenskapsontwikkelingsbeleide en programme soos die Heropbou-en Ontwikkelingsprogram (1994), Masakhane-program (1988) en GeTntegreerde Ontwikkelingsbeplanning (1997) daargestel. Die navorsing fokus op Ge"integreerde Ontwikkelingsbeplanning (GOB), en plaaslike owerhede se rol ten opsigte van die stimulering van gemeenskapsdeelname. Verskeie deelname-modelle word uitgelig en aan die hand van die Wellington-geval, word aangetoon dat gemeenskappe optimaal sal deelneem aan ontwikkelingsaktiwiteite indien hul deelname sal bydra tot hul eie bemagtiging. Die navorsingsmetodologie sluit in onderhoude, televisie-nuusprogramme, koerantartikels en fokusgroep-sessies. Terugvoering van die fokusgroeponderhoude dui aan dat die gemeenskap gemaksugtig is en verwag dat aktiwiteite vir hulle onderneem word. Daar is waargeneem dat betekenisvolle meganismes om gemeenskapsdeelname te optimaliseer gebrekkig was. Die kommunikasie-bemagtigingsmodel en aanbevelings word aangebied ten einde gemeenskapsdeelname te optimaliseer. Die volgende aanbevelings word gemaak naarnlik, toeganklikheid van ontwikkelingsinisiatiewe; mobilisering van die gemeenskap; relevante administratiewe vaardighede van openbare amptenare; demokratiese grondwet en beleide; konkrete beleide rakende gemeenskapsdeelname; betekenisvolle bemagtiging van die gemeenskap; verduideliking van die inhoud van konsepte, programme en projekte, opleiding van amptenare; bewuswording van beleidsimplikasies rakende gemeenskapsdeelname en munisipale beplanning in 'n samewerkende regering.
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Gröjer, Anette. "Den utvärdera(n)de staten : Utvärderingens institutionalisering på den högre utbildningens område." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Political Science, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-243.
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In recent years evaluation has become a very important element in the public administration. The Swedish state administration to a significant extent both evaluates and is evaluated. This means that the evaluating state is at the same time the evaluated state. In this dissertation the institutionalization of evaluation is studied in a field within which this development has been particularly lively and interesting, namely the field of higher education. The dissertation focuses on evaluation activity that has been carried out in conjunction with central public authorities within higher education: the Office of the Chancellor of the Universities and Colleges in Sweden, the National Swedish Board of Universities and Colleges, and the Office of the University Chancellor, and encompasses the period 1964-1995.
A newly revived research tradition within political science – historical institutionalism – is used as a perspective and a methodology. Since the application of this tradition has not yet been fully tested, another purpose is to examine the practical utility of this analytical tool and the kind of knowledge that it produces. The dissertation thereby combines the fields of education policy, evaluation research and institutional theory.
The beginning of the institution has been dated to the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s. In the dissertation the forces behind the initiation of the institution are taken up. Events and developments in the field that have influenced the further development of the institution have been identified and analyzed. Developments reveal that the institution has been stable during the entire period of time under study, despite some changes.
The use of historical institutionalism as a perspective and methodology has proven satisfactory on a general level. However, special solutions have been required as problems and ambiguities have arisen. The dissertation concludes with reflections on the practical utility of historical institutionalism in political science research.
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Youn, Young-Sik. "The theory and practice of 'C' function navies with special reference to the Western Pacific and the cases of the navies of the Republic of Korea and a United Korea." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1992. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU044495.
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The main goal of the study is to produce a workable naval strategy for small navies and then to suggest a sound naval strategy both for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) and a united Korean navy after eventual unification of the Korean peninsula. The small navies are classified into two groups: 'C' and 'D' function navies. Although all coastal states with small navies have interests in exercising control within their own Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), some of them have the capability for this task with navies having such functions, and others are comparatively still much more involved in constabulary roles within their territorial waters. While this study deals with a group of navies defined as 'C' function navies, it may also serve as a basis for theoretical thinking on the utilization of 'D' function navies. Geographically, this study focuses mainly on the Western Pacific, including the CIS, the PRC, Japan, Taiwan and North and South Korea. The U.S. is also included as it has been one of the most important actors in the Pacific and will remain so. The ROKN is and will remain a 'C' function navy. It is evident that, regardless of any national and thus physical unification of the two Korean navies, it will remain a 'C' function navy and it will still be in the middle of four major navies. In this context, the same theory could be applied to the ROKN and a united Korean navy. Although no one can predict the day of unification of the two Koreas, a study of a united Korean naval strategy is justifiable. There are a number of reasons for this: i) although there are some obstacles in the way of unification of the two Koreas, a recent trend shows that the prospects for the unification are bright; ii) the various strategic choices available to a united Korea should be developed before eventual unification; and iii) given the time span for a naval build-up, strategic analysis of a naval strategy for a united Korea should start immediately. In order to produce a workable strategy, Part One centres on the changing nature of the exercise of naval power. In this section, distinctive aspects of 'C' function navies - a new concept of naval classification - and a naval strategy for the navies are discussed. Some factors, which may undermine the utility of major naval forces and contribute to the changing nature of the exercise of naval power, are examined. In addition, a flowchart for 'C' function naval force planning is suggested.
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Slabbert, Nica-Elize. "Demokratiese konsolidasie in Afrika : 'n vergelykende studie tussen Botswana en Mauritius." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1209.
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Abram, Isaac. "Issues of Sustainability in the Works of James C. Scott." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1386319730.
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Du, Toit Frouwien Reina. "Neo-liberalisme, ekonomiese groei, ongelykheid en armoedeverligting in Suid-Afrika : 'n evaluering." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53756.
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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The goal of this thesis was to evaluate the success of neo-liberalism in South Africa, with specific reference to the capacity of the policy to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. The dispute about the aptness of nee-liberalism in South Africa also relates to the broader debate concerning the success of neo-liberalism in creating economic growth to the benefit of all members of society. A qualitative analysis of the research and diverging opinions with regards to neo-liberalism was used to derive an objective framework for the evaluation of economic policy. This framework was then used as the basis of an evaluation of the success of neo-liberalism in South Africa. It was found that neo-liberalism is generally successful in the generation of economic growth with the capacity to address poverty, and that the implementation of neo-liberal policies does not necessarily lead to an increase in inequality. It was, however, also proven that there are specific cases in which neo-liberalism is not successful. It was therefore argued that the continuation of neo-liberal policies in South Africa cannot be justified on the grounds of the success of the policy in the global context. Seeing as the success of the policy seems to be context specific, it was argued that evaluations of the policy should have the same context specific basis. Since South Africa's political transition ID 1994, neo-liberalism has gradually been established as the foundation of economic policy. The success of neo-liberalism in South Africa was therefore evaluated through an analysis of the changes in the levels of poverty and inequality in the country since this transition. It was found that very little progress has been made in the reduction of inequality, that poverty has increased and that South Africa's Human Development Index (as an indication of the success of development policy) has decreased since 1994. It was therefore concluded that neo-liberalism in South-Africa is not successful, and that it is thus necessary to identify an alternative framework for the eradication of poverty and reduction of inequality in the country.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie tesis was om die sukses van neo-liberalisme in die verligting van armoede en vermindering van ongelykheid in Suid-Afrika te bepaal. Die debat oor die wenslikheid van neo-liberalisme in Suid-Afrika skakelook in by die breër debat rakende die sukses van neo-liberalisme in die generering van ekonomiese groei tot voordeel van alle lede van die samelewing. Daar is daarom gepoog om deur 'n kwalitatiewe analise van die navorsing en verskillende standpunte oor die onderwerp 'n objektiewe raamwerk vir die evaluering van ekonomiese beleid af te lei. Hierdie raamwerk is gebruik as basis vir 'n evaluering van neo-liberalisme in Suid-Afrika. Daar is bevind dat neo-liberalisme oor die algemeen suksesvol is in die generering van ekonomiese groei ter verligting van armoede, en dat die implementering van neo-liberale ekonomiese beleidsmaatreëls nie noodwendig gepaard gaan met groter ongelykheid nie. Daar is egter ook bewys gelewer van spesifieke gevalle waar neo-liberalisme onsuksesvol is. Daarom word daar geredeneer dat die voortsetting van neo-liberalisme in Suid-Afrika nie op grond van die sukses van die beleid in die globale konteks gemotiveer kan word nie. Die sukses van die beleid blyk konteks-spesifiek te wees, en die evaluering daarvan behoort dus dieselfde konteks-spesifieke basis te hê. Neo-liberalisme is sedert die politieke oorgang in Suid-Afrika in 1994 geleidelik gevestig as die basis van ekonomiese beleid. Die sukses van neo-liberalisme in Suid-Afrika is dus geëvalueer deur 'n analise van die veranderinge in vlakke van armoede en ongelykheid sedert hierdie oorgang. Daar is bevind dat daar min vordering gemaak is met die vermindering van ongelykheid, dat vlakke van armoede verhoog het, en dat Suid-Afrika se Menslike Ontwikkelingsindeks (as aanduiding van sukses van ontwikkelingsbeleid) sedert 1994 afgeneem het. Daar is dus tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat neo-liberalisme in Suid-Afrika rue suksesvol is nie, en dat dit nodig is om 'n alternatiewe raamwerk vir die verligting van armoede en vermindering van ongelykheid in die land te identifiseer.
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Bosman, Frouwien Reina. "Die politiek van transformasie : ’n analise van ekonomiese verandering in Suid-Afrika." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1486.
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Thesis (DPhil (Political Science))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.For the sake of continued social stability in South Africa it is imperative that the country’s so-called “partial transition” is completed through a process of meaningful socio-economic transformation that addresses the consequences of its history of unequal development. Transformation can thus be viewed as one of the primary challenges in the economic and socio-political landscape in South Africa. It is the task of social sciences to contribute to the general understanding of our social reality through systematic analysis and thereby promoting effective responses to social challenges. Current literature on the transformation process in South Africa focuses almost exclusively on the country’s political transition (as a change in power relationships) and analyses of socioeconomic inequality and descriptions of the successes and failures of policy measures that have been adopted since 1994 to promote the redistribution of economic resources. Three shortcomings in current literature on and the theoretical analysis of transformation were identified, namely: (i) the apparent disregard of the status implications of the redistribution of political and economic resources, (ii) the absence of analyses that problematise the transformation process as such (and specifically the sector and industry specific initiatives initiated to promote Black Economic Empowerment), and (iii) the lack of prescriptive guidelines for the management of transformation processes. It is the primary goal of this study to develop a theoretical framework in terms of which socioeconomic transformation can be analysed. Socio-economic transformation is described as a potentially contentious process and it is shown that the institutionalised and negotiated nature of transformation in the South African context allows us to interpret it in terms of theories of social conflict. Theory from the field of conflict studies, and specifically Social Identity Theory, is used to analyse the impact of the redistribution of power and material resources on the status of social groups and the concurrent implications for inter-group relationships. The theoretical model is also used to identify specific circumstances under which the stability of social relationships can be maintained amidst the redistribution of power and resources – i.e.: circumstances in which parity of esteem is maintained through mutual acceptance of the principles that underlie the distribution of resources, power and other sources of social status. A prescriptive model for the management of conflict that satisfies these requirements is developed from the theory of conflict transformation and is presented as a model for the management of transformation. This model suggests the achievement of social justice as the desired outcome of conflict management. In the absence of a satisfactory definition of social justice in the existing theory, John Rawls’s conceptualisation of justice is suggested as an analytical elaboration of the theory. A case study, namely the negotations on the Wine Industry Charter and the transformation of a key institution in the South African wine industry, is used to illustrate how the chosen theoretical model (and specifically the theoretical assumptions regarding the need for positive self-esteem) can by used by analysts to interpret information processes. The case study is also used to illustrate how the elements of the chosen prescriptive model for the management of transformation has been utilised. The study confirms the fact that the chosen theoretical model for the management of transformation was utilised in the formal transformation process in the wine industry (and specifically in the successful development of the Wine Industry Charter and the negotiations regarding the structure and nature of the South African Wine Council).
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Lindgren, Stina. "Coalition formation during turbulence : A large-n study examining the effects of economic and political instability on government-coalition formation." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-430607.
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This thesis examines the effects of economic and political turbulence on coalition-formation across 37 EU and OECD democracies. Utilizing the existing potential-coalitions research, it analyzes how increases in turbulence affect common variables predicted to determine which coalitions are chosen of all potential cabinets following an election. These variables drawn from the coalition-formation field are examined using a conditional logit regression model with interaction effects, and results indicate that both political and economic turbulence highly affect the way coalition formation is carried out, although the effects of the two turbulence types vary. During economic turbulence larger coalitions appear to be warranted, although results simultaneously suggest that ideological cohesion is hard to achieve during turbulent times. During political turbulence, instead, results suggest ideologically wide coalitions are more common but that minority cabinets are still more likely to appear. Despite the varying results, this analysis finds support that coalition formation is greatly affected by both economic and political turbulence. While the effects of some coalition-formation variables utilized by previous researchers appear to withstand the addition of turbulence, other effects change greatly when levels of instability are considered.
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Quest, Matthew. "C. L. R. James, direct democracy, and national liberation struggles." View abstract/electronic edition; access limited to Brown University users, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3318351.
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Wedholm, Johanna. "Policy change after natural hazards : A systematic large-N study using narrative analysis." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-412404.
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The main purpose of this thesis is to empirically describe the extent to which and how countries affected by natural hazards refer to these natural hazards as drivers for policy change. In order to realize this, a systematic large-N extensive study with the innovative method of narrative analysis was used to analyze the national progress reports on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2013-2015 by searching for the extent to which and how countries affected by natural hazards refer to these natural hazards as drivers for policy change. With a starting point in theories derived from previous research on policy change and natural hazards, focusing events, and policy windows, two positions on the connection of natural hazards and policy change are described. With one position on natural hazards as a driver for policy change and one position as a non-driver for policy change, they are opposing. The results of this study showed that there is an absence of a general pattern regarding the extent to which and how countries affected by natural hazards refer to these natural hazards as drivers for policy change in the national progress reports on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2013-2015. Hence, partial support could be given to both positions on the connection of natural hazards and policy changes. These results are highlighting new potential research openings for future studies.
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Coetzee, Jacorien. "New developments in the coordination chemistry of Gold(I), Gold(II) and Gold(III) with C-, N- , P-and S-donor ligands." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1702.
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Thesis (MSc (Chemistry and Polymer Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.A comprehensive, comparative structural study of gold(I), gold(II) and gold(III) compounds with the general formula [Aux(C6F5)y(tht)z] (tht = tetrahydrothiophene) was performed. The series of compounds included the unprecedented dinucleur gold(II) compound, tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)bis(tetrahydrothiophene)digold(II), which could be prepared in a rational manner. This very unique compound represents the first example of an unbridged dinucleur gold(II) compound in which the gold(II) centres are not stabilised by chelating ligands. Formation of this compound was postulated to have taken place by radical pentafluorophenyl (pfp) ligand migration along with AuII–AuII bond formation. It may therefore be regarded as a rare example of labile behaviour by a generally inert pfp ligand. In addition to this compound, the crystal and molecular structures of the wellknown gold(I) and gold(III) precursor compounds, (pentafluorophenyl)(tetrahydrothiophene) gold(I) and tris(pentafluorophenyl)(tetrahydrothiophene)gold(III) were carried out and are described for the first time. The latter underwent a unique mononuclear ligand rearrangement (metathesis or disproportionation) reaction in solution to yield the novel rearrangement product, bis(pentafluorophenyl)bis(tetrahydrothiophene)gold(III)tetrakis- (pentafluorophenyl)gold(III). In all the complexes, the Au–C and Au–S bond lengths displayed a variation which appears to be dependent on the oxidation state of the central gold atom. Both of these bond types were found to descrease in the order Au(II) > Au(III) > Au(I)...
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Chai, Jianfang. "Synthesis, structure and reactivity of manganese complexes supported by carbon or nitrogen donor ligands." Doctoral thesis, [S.l. : s.n.], 2004. http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/diss/2004/chai/chai.pdf.
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Vieira, David. "Políticas de C&T e desenvolvimento regional no Estado de São Paulo." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/287651.
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Orientador: Sérgio Salles FilhoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências
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Resumo: O objetivo desta dissertação está em identificar evidências pelas quais a Política recente de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação do Estado de São Paulo vêm incorporando a questão do desenvolvimento regional e qual o papel que essa desempenha para o sucesso do desenvolvimento social e econômico das regiões paulistas. A análise da literatura e de dados empíricos converge para a identificação de uma nova política de Desenvolvimento Regional para o Estado de São Paulo e suas microrregiões. Essa nova política tem na CT&I uma ferramenta essencial, capaz de gerar e agregar valor ao setor produtivo e assegurar a apropriação do conhecimento e da renda produzida à região. O principal resultado da dissertação está em identificar a relação entre proximidade geográfica, a formação de recursos humanos e geração de conhecimento, e a presença de setor produtivo, como variáveis chave para o sucesso de políticas de desenvolvimento regional
Abstract: The aim of this dissertation is to identify evidences for which the recent Science, Technology and Innovation Policy of São Paulo State is incorporating regional development issues and what role it plays in the success of social and economic development in São Paulo regions. The literature review and empirical data converges to the identification of a new policy of Regional Development for Sao Paulo State and its microregions. This new policy has science, technology and innovation (STI) as its main tool. STI is capable for generating and adding value to productive sector and ensures appropriation of knowledge and income produced in the region. The main result of this dissertation is to identify the relationship between geographical proximity, the formation of human resources and knowledge generation, and the presence of the productive sector, as key variables for the success of regional development policies
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Stuart-Buttle, Tim. "Classicism, Christianity and Ciceronian academic scepticism from Locke to Hume, c.1660-c.1760." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a181f810-9637-4b70-a147-ea9444a54cd5.
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This study explores the rediscovery and development of a tradition of Ciceronian academic scepticism in British philosophy between c.1660-c.1760. It considers this tradition alongside two others, recently recovered by scholars, which were recognised by contemporaries to offer opposing visions of man, God and the origins of society: the Augustinian-Epicurean, and the neo-Stoic. It presents John Locke, Conyers Middleton and David Hume as the leading figures in the revival of the tradition of academic scepticism. It considers their works in relation to those of Anthony Ashley Cooper, third earl of Shaftesbury, and Bernard Mandeville, whose writings refashioned respectively the neo-Stoic and Augustinian-Epicurean traditions in influential ways. These five individuals explicitly identified themselves with these late Hellenistic philosophical traditions, and sought to contest and redefine conventional estimations of their meaning and significance. This thesis recovers this debate, which illuminates our understanding of the development of the ‘science of man’ in Britain. Cicero was a central figure in Locke’s attempt to explain, against Hobbes, the origins of society and moral consensus independent of political authority. Locke was a theorist of societies, religious and civil. He provided a naturalistic explanation of moral motivation and sociability which, drawing heavily from Cicero, emphasised the importance of men’s concern for the opinions of others. Locke set this within a Christian divine teleology. It was Locke’s theologically-grounded treatment of moral obligation, and his attack on Stoic moral philosophy, that led to Shaftesbury’s attempt to vindicate Stoicism. This was met by Mandeville’s profoundly Epicurean response. The consequences of the neo-Epicurean and neo-Stoic traditions for Christianity were explored by Middleton, who argued that only academic scepticism was consistent with Christian belief. Hume explored the relationship between morality and religion with continual reference to Cicero. He did so, in contrast to Locke or Middleton, to banish entirely moral theology from philosophy.
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Kennedy, Jérôme. "Une "République impériale" en mutation : pensée politique, institutions et société romaine de l'époque de Sylla (138-78 av. n. è.) à la fin du Ier siècle de n. è." Thesis, Lille 3, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LIL3H021.
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Quiconque a déjà vu Gladiator de Ridley Scott a pu observer Joaquin Phoenix incarner un bien cruel empereur Commode, maître des armes et détenteur d’un pouvoir absolu, qui, isolé dans son palais, peut décider de la vie et de la mort de ses sujets. Mais il a également pu voir Derek Jacobi jouer le sénateur Gracchus, farouche partisan de la res publica (notion qui, dans ce contexte, prend le sens de République), système politique qui existait avant que ne soit créé le pouvoir des empereurs. Ce clivage politique entre pouvoir personnel et exercice collégial du gouvernement ne correspond en rien à la réalité historique propre à l’époque du dernier des Antonins, mais il est assurément le reflet de ce que l’imaginaire commun a pu retenir de cette période de l’Antiquité. Cette approche duale et contradictoire du pouvoir politique romain n’est pas une invention des Modernes. Elle peut renvoyer, certes de manière très schématique, à la période qui, du Ier siècle avant notre ère au Ier siècle de notre ère, voit émerger non pas un changement de régime mais un entre-deux politique, entre démocratie et monarchie, où le pouvoir impérial fondé par Auguste au tournant de notre ère fait sienne toute une culture nobiliaire du pouvoir tout en développant un contact et une réelle interaction avec le populus de Rome et, plus largement les habitants de l’imperium Romanum. C’est à cela même que renvoie la notion de « République impériale » romaine. Le recours à ce concept peut paraître surprenant puisqu’il a surtout été utilisé par des historiens de l’époque contemporaine, que l’on songe à Raymond Aron ou Olivier Le cour Grandmaison mais il permet de rendre compte des nuances propres à cette période où, pour paraphraser le philosophe Cicéron, des individus ont bénéficié « d’un pouvoir supérieur à celui de l’État tout entier » sans pour autant que les structures de celui-ci ne soient brutalement remises en cause. Complexe à définir et tout à fait spécifique, cet entre-deux ne peut être compris que dans une dynamique de mutation, ses structures militaires, économiques, politiques et, pour reprendre un terme actuel bien qu’inadapté, idéologiques évoluant à mesure que se renforce l’administration du « monde romain » - qui s’étend sur une partie de l’Europe, de l’Asie et de l’Afrique - mais aussi que les habitants de cet ensemble ne s’habituent au pouvoir personnel. En prenant appui sur les acquis récents de l’historiographie tout autant que sur les controverses qui lui sont propres (citons à titre d’exemple l’opposition de vue entre Fergus Millar et Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp à propos de la nature démocratique et/ou aristocratique de la res publica romaine), la présente enquête entend renouveler la perception de cadres chronologiques souvent réduits à une succession République/Empire afin de percevoir au mieux les modalités d’enracinement d’un pouvoir personnel et centralisé au sein d’un « monde romain », dont la capitale continue d’être pensée comme une cité où le pouvoir s’incarne aux travers de magistratures et de l’ordre sénatorial. Ancrée dans le champ politique et institutionnel, cette réflexion ne peut faire abstraction des apports qui sont ceux de la sociologie mais aussi de la science politique, y compris dans ses aspects les plus récents, afin de saisir comment un système politique peut profondément évoluer sans pour autant changer brutalement, soit un questionnement très actuel à l’heure où le modèle démocratique tel que forgé au sortir de la Seconde Guerre mondiale tend à être remis en causeAnyone who has ever seen Gladiator by Ridley Scott has watched Joaquin Phoenix embody a cruel emperor Commodus, a military and all-powerful leader, who, all by himself in his palace, can decide of life and death among his subjects. But they could also see Derek Jacobi play senator Gracchus, fierce partisan of the res publica (a notion which, in this context, means Republic), a political system which existed before the power of emperors was created. This political division between personal power and collective governing does not match the historical reality of the era of the last of the Antonine emperors, but it shows what people could remember of this era of Antiquity. This dual and contradictory vision of Roman political power is not a recent idea. It can refer - certainly in an oversimplified way - to the period when, from the first century BC to the first century AD, there appeared something different from a simple change of regime, a political in-between system - between democracy and monarchy - in which the imperial power created by Augustus at the start of our era integrates the aristocratic culture while developing a contact and a real interaction with the people of Rome and more generally speaking the inhabitants of the imperium Romanum. This is what is referred to by the notion of Roman « imperial Republic ». Referring to this concept may be surprising as it has essentially been used by the contemporary historians, whether it be Raymond Aron or Olivier Le cour Grandmaison ; yet it enables to bring out the subtler points of this period when, to paraphrase Cicero, some individuals benefited from « a power superior to that of the whole state » without strongly questioning the structures of that State. This political phase is really specific and thus hard to define ; it can only be understood in a dynamic of change, its military, economic, political and - to use a current term - ideological structures evolving as the administration of the Roman world - which is spread on Europe, Asia and Africa - gets stronger, but also as the inhabitants of this Empire get used to personal power. While relying on the recent studies of historiography as much as its controverses (one can quote the opposed opinions of Fergus Millar and Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp concerning the democratic and/or aristocratic nature of the Roman res publica), this study aims at casting a new light on the perception of chronological frameworks often reduced to a succession of Republic/Empire in order to understand how a personal power centralised in a « Roman world », is rooted in a world whose capital is still considered as a city where power is embodied by magistracies and senatorial order. Rooted in the political and institutional fields, this work cannot leave aside the contribution of sociological and political sciences, including their most recent aspects, so as to understand the way a political system can deeply evolve without changing brutally, which is a current issue at a time when the democratic model as forged at the end of the Second World war tends to be questioned
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Upsdell, Brynn. "The carbon and nitrogen composition of suspended particulate matter in Lake Erie, selected tributaries, and its outflow." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/1219.
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Since their introduction to Lake Erie, dreissenid mussels may have reengineered the cycling of nutrients in the lake so that the nearshore benthic community intercepts, retains, and recycles greater quantities of nutrients. This study traces particulate matter on a basin scale by characterizing the chemical composition (POC and PN concentrations, POC/PN mass ratios, δ13C and δ15N) of suspended particulate matter in Lake Erie, three tributary inflows, and the lake outflow between May and October, 2002. The data are used to 1) determine the relative contributions of allochthonous and autochthonous sources to suspended particulate matter, 2) identify possible sources of suspended particulate matter, and 3) compare suspended particulate matter in the eastern basin of Lake Erie with that in the central and western basins. Mean POC concentrations range from 175 to 4494 µg/L and mean PN concentrations range from 33 to 812 µg/L in this system. Mean POC/PN mass ratios are similar across all sampling locations, ranging between 4. 5 and 6. 9, and indicate that suspended particulate matter at these sites is mainly derived from autochthonous sources, particularly plankton. The ranges of δ13C (-34 to -22 ?) and δ15N (1 to 12 ?) identify terrestrial plants and soil matter, aquatic macrophytes, phytoplankton, and sewage as possible sources of suspended particulate matter at all sites. Plankton is probably the dominant source of suspended particulate matter at each site, with smaller contributions from allochthonous and other autochthonous sources. Significant differences in the concentration and isotope data between inflow and lake or outflow sites indicate that tributary inflows may receive greater contributions from terrestrial plants and soils and aquatic macrophytes than the lake and outflow. δ15N signatures also identify animal manure as a possible source of suspended particulate matter at the inflows. PN concentrations and δ15N signatures suggest that the shallowest nearshore sites close to Peacock Point in the eastern basin receive PN from a source that is not present at the other eastern basin sites or at the sites in the central and western basins. This source may be related to dreissenid mussels at these nearshore sites recycling nitrogen back into the water column.
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Doho, Néhowé. "LA CONFERENCE DES NATIONS UNIES SUR LA SCIENCE ET LA TECHNIQUE AU SERVICE DU DEVELOPPEMENT ( C. N. U. S. T. D. ) (Vienne, Autriche, 20-31 août 1979)." Paris 5, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA05D007.
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Organisee a vienne en aout 1979, la c. N. U. S. T. D. A pour but de renforcer le potentiel scientifique et technique des pays en developpement et de leur fournir des instruments de cooperation en vue de l'utilisation de la science et de la technique pour resoudre, en fonction des priorites nationales, les problemes sociaux et economiques qui ne peuvent etre regles par une action isolee de la part de chaque pays. Pour ce faire, elle a adopte le "programme d'action de vienne pour la science et la technique au service du developpement" axe sur les trois principaux domaines suivants : - renforcement des capacites scientifiques et techniques des pays en developpement ; - restructuration des relations scientifiques et techniques internationales ; - renforcement du role des nations unies dans le domaine de la cooperation scientifique et technique et octroi des ressources financieres accrues. Le dernier domaine a abouti a la creation au sein du systeme des nations unies de nouveaux organes dont le plus important est le systeme de financement pour la science et la technique au service du developpement (s. F. N. U. S. T. D. ). Confronte aux difficultes de mobiliserOrganized in vienna, august 1979, the u. N. C. S. T. D. Is intended for adding to scientific and technical potential of developing countries and supply them with tools of cooperation to use science and technology to solve, according to national priorities, social and economic problems which cannot been resolved with insulated action of each country. To achieve one's ends, it adopted "vienne programme of action for science and technology for development" oriented in three principal directions : - to strengthen scientific and technical capacities in developing countries ; - to reorganize the structure of international scientific and technical relations; - to intensify united nations role in scientific and technical cooperation and to give much money. The last direction came to create new structures within the framework of the united nations. The more important of these structures is the financing system for science and technics for development. Faced with the difficulties to collect much money, it been suppressed and replaced with united nations found for science and technology for development
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Abdali, Saba. "Flyktens inverkan på kvinnors liv : En kvalitativ studie om hur kvinnliga flyktingar upplever att de kan forma sina liv i den svenska staten." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-352361.
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The aim of this study is to examine how female refugees in Sweden experience that their escape and arrival to Sweden have formed their lives and wellbeing. The study seeks to understand how several women live their lives in relation to equality, discrimination and justice within the Swedish territorial borders. This is done with the Capability Approach by Martha C Nussbaum where she uses a list of universal values that should be central to women in every country, as a method of comparing how fair women live. I chose to interview six women who have fled to Sweden as refugees during the past 10 years, in order to see if the Capability Approach applies to them. I have also used Nancy Frasers theory of the scales of justice in my thesis. Fraser mentions three-dimensional politics where the inclusion of redistribution, recognition and representation should be achieved to create justice for women. The result showed that the women lack central capabilities such as the right to not being discriminated based on their ethnicity or religion, and the right to experience emotional development that is not bothered by traumatic experiences or unhealthy relationships. Furthermore, these women do not have the right to participate in political decisions that affect and shape their lives. The result in relation to Fraser’s theory indicates that these women have a limited freedom in Sweden. According to Fraser, there has to be an integration of a redistribution of resources, recognition, and a representation in Swedish politics, which benefit female refugees.
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Merkel, Carl. "Positivitet, oro och eventuell kraftsamling? : En C-uppsats om gymnasielevers framtidssyn i klimatförändringarnas spår." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-423298.
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Apel, Erik. "Guns n' roses : The Swedish Social Democratic Party and the Saudi agreement." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, Institutionen för säkerhet, strategi och ledarskap (ISSL), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-5427.
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In this study I examine the decisions to sign and later terminate the so called Saudi agreement, a military memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Sweden and Saudi Arabia, understood as a gateway agreement for future arms deals as well as exchange of defense technology knowledge. Comparing statements from the Social Democratic Party (SAP), who held government both in 2005 when the agreement was signed as well as in 2015 when it was terminated unilaterally by Sweden, I examine the ideological preferences of Swedish foreign policy. Could the shift in policy be explained by ideology?
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Korf, Lindie. "D.F. Malan : a political biography." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3991.
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Thesis (DPhil (History))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.ENGLSIH ABSTRACT: This study is a political biography of D.F. Malan (1874–1959), the first of the apartheid-era Prime Ministers, and covers the years 1874 to 1954, when Malan retired from politics. It endeavours to provide a warts-and-all account of D.F. Malan which challenges prevalent myths and stereotypes surrounding his public persona and his political orientation. While the overwhelming focus is on Malan’s political career, special attention is paid to his personal life in order to paint a multi-faceted picture of his character. The biography is written in the form of a seamless narrative and employs a literary style of writing. It is based on archival research which utilised Malan’s private collection, as well as the private collections of his Nationalist contemporaries. Malan takes the centre stage at all times, as the biography focuses on his perceptions and experiences. Malan’s views regarding Afrikaner nationalism, which was his foremost political priority, are described, and are related to his views of British imperialism as well as other ideologies such as communism and totalitarianism. This study demonstrates that there is a notable link between Malan’s perceptions of race relations and his concerns about the poor white problem. It reveals that Malan’s racial policy was, to some extent, fluid, as were his views on South Africa’s constitutional position. Debates about South Africa’s links to Britain and the nature of the envisioned republic preoccupied Afrikaner nationalists throughout the first half of the twentieth century – and served as an outlet for regional and generational tensions within the movement. Malan’s clashes with nationalists such as Tielman Roos, J.B.M. Hertzog and J.G. Strijdom are highlighted as an indication of the internecine power struggles within the National Party (NP). By emphasising these complexities, this study seeks to contribute to a nuanced understanding of the South African past.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie is politieke biografie van D.F. Malan (1874–1959), die eerste van die apartheid-era Eerste Ministers, en dek die jare 1874 tot 1954, toe Malan uit die politiek getree het. Dit poog om onversuikerde beeld van Malan te skets wat heersende mites en stereotipes aangaande sy openbare beeld en sy benadering tot die politiek uitdaag. Die fokus is hoofsaaklik op Malan se politieke loopbaan, maar besondere aandag word aan sy private lewe geskenk om sodoende veelsydige portret van sy karakter te skilder. Die biografie is in die vorm van naatlose narratief geskryf en maak van literêre skryfstyl gebruik. Dit is gebaseer op argivale navorsing, waartydens daar van D.F. Malan se privaat versameling gebruik gemaak is, sowel as die privaat versamelings van sy tydgenote. Malan is ten alle tye die sentrale figuur en die biografie fokus op sy persepsies en ervarings. Malan se denke oor Afrikaner nasionalisme, wat sy vernaamste prioriteit was, word beskryf en in verband gebring met sy opinie van Britse imperialisme, sowel as ander ideologieë soos kommunisme en totalitarisme. Die studie wys op die verband tussen Malan se denke oor rasseverhoudinge en sy besorgdheid oor die armblanke vraagstuk. Dit dui daarop dat Malan se rassebeleid tot sekere mate vloeibaar was. Dit was ook die geval met sy benadering tot Suid-Afrika se konstitusionele posisie. Afrikaner nasionaliste het tydens die eerste helfte van die twintigste eeu baie aandag geskenk aan debatte oor Suid-Afrika se verhouding tot Brittanje en die aard van die voorgenome republiek. Dit was tot mate weerligafleier vir reeds bestaande spanning tussen die onderskeie streke en generasies. Malan se botsings met nasionaliste soos Tielman Roos, J.B.M. Hertzog en J.G. Strijdom word belig as aanduiding van die diepgewortelde magstryd binne die Nasionale Party (NP). Deur op hierdie kompleksiteite klem te lê, poog die studie om bydrae te lewer tot meer genuanseerde begrip van die Suid-Afrikaanse verlede.
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Eriksson, Erik. "Ursäkta röran, vi konstruerar miljöbilen : En argumentationsanalys av partipolitikens syn på miljöbilen." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-175241.
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Politicians, companies, organizations and people all over the world need to act swiftly to prevent, or at least, mitigate climate change. Sweden has the means and the ambition to be a one of the first green welfare states in the world. According to the Swedish Government Inquiries (SOU 2013:84) Fossil Free on the Way the transport sector is responsible for thirty percent of Sweden’s total emissions, which means that there are a lot of potential in decreasing the emissions from the sector. To provide a context, I have presented a couple of events that might help the understanding of the political debate. I mention the IPCC reports, the Paris Agreement and the Swedish Climate Act (2017:720) which provides guidelines and goals for politicians to follow. I also mention how Dieselgate changed the perspective of the diesel car as a green vehicle and how Tesla’s energy efficient engines as well as the company’s developed batteries helped change the perception of the electric vehicle, and later on, the view of the green vehicle. The aim of this study is to examine how the party political perceptions of what kind of car that should be considered as a a green vehicle has shifted over time. This is done by analyzing how the Green Party and the Moderates have taken a stand and argued for the electric car and the diesel car in 2014 and 2018. To help analyzing the arguments and the positions and to understand how differences between the parties' arguments stem from ideology, the study will be based on Jonas Anshelm’s and Martin Hultman's theoretical frameworks. What the analysis show is that, though, there are some ideological differences, both partiesshared consensus about what a green vehicle is.Umeå universitet
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Van, Niekerk Daniel M. E. "Reactivity of metallacycles of palladium : experimental and computational studies." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20300.
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MARCHESI, Cristiano de Souza. "O ensino de levantamento e classifica??o de solos no curso de Engenharia Florestal do IFMT - Campus C?ceres: uma an?lise atrav?s do projeto pol?tico-pedag?gico." Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 2013. https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/jspui/2475.
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Despite all agricultural production leaving Brazilian soils strength of agribusiness news is that, most of the soils in the country are not classified at the appropriate level for use by the farmer, or better saying, the farms and forest, mostly not have a mapping their soils, so technically mostly producers and professionals working in these properties do not have a detailed knowledge of the types of soils that have worked. The soil classification is the basis for determining the potential use of the land, ie, guide the sustainable use of the same. For this situation, it is known that many factors corroborate the frame. Among these the human factor has great weight in this matter because, Survey and Soil Classification (LCSs) are present on curricular content for training of Agronomists, Forestry Engineers, etc.., and scholars and authorities in the field of Soil Science have signaled that the Higher Education Institutions (specifically undergraduate) come crashing in training these professionals supposedly trained and qualified to the activity of LCSs, considering that the courses that form such professionals invariably advocated among other things "solid scientific general and professional ... "what prescribes the contents of their curricular chord in the National Curriculum Guidelines. Informally today, teachers generally do mind that the problem lies in the structure of undergraduate courses regarding aspects: design of a workload of disciplines; literature indicated in ement?rios; disciplines sequence prerequisites; opportunity of additional knowledge through elective courses, etc.. Thus, sensing data bring to literature that deal with the subject, aimed this work was to analyze the conditions for teaching of LCSs course of Forestry's IFMT - Campus C?ceres through its Political-Pedagogical Project (PPP) as all the above aspects. This research is exploratory, Documentary and Quanti-qualitative nature. Included in the questionnaire data collection and content analysis for inferences. The inferences are that the references (data obtained from educators in the field of Soil Science of the five geographical regions through a questionnaire) indicate that the PPP course has limitations that may affect the teaching-learning LCSs and achieve, in this regard (themes mentioned), the professional profile designed by the course concerning "solid scientific and professional general enabling absorb and develop technology." The limitations were: inadequate sizing workload in disciplines that include LCSs and related activities; literature indicated in these ement?rio not include modern features with the potential to collaborate with a better education, sequence of disciplines inappropriate prerequisites discipline that includes these activities and, lack of opportunity for complementation of knowledge related to these themes via list of electives. Given the paucity of information in the literature that addresses on the subject, the data generated will assist both in the construction and / or reformulation of PPP courses in general as well as instigating research on the topic.
Apesar de toda produ??o agropecu?ria que saem dos solos brasileiros, pujan?a do agroneg?cio que se noticia, a maior parte dos solos do Pa?s n?o est?o classificados a n?vel adequado para utiliza??o do agricultor; ou melhor, dizendo, as propriedades agr?colas e florestais, em sua maioria, n?o possuem um mapeamento de seus solos, logo, majoritariamente produtores e profissionais tecnicamente atuantes nestas propriedades n?o possuem um conhecimento detalhado dos tipos de solos que se t?m trabalhado. A classifica??o dos solos serve de base para determina??o do potencial de uso das terras, ou seja, norteiam a utiliza??o sustent?vel das mesmas. Para esta situa??o, sabe-se que muitos fatores corroboram com o quadro. Dentre estes o fator humano tem grande peso nesta quest?o; pois, Levantamento e Classifica??o de Solos (LCSs) s?o conte?dos presentes nas matrizes curriculares para forma??o de Engenheiros Agr?nomos, Engenheiros Florestais, etc.; e, estudiosos e autoridades da ?rea de Ci?ncia do Solo t?m sinalizado que as Institui??es de Ensino Superior (especificamente cursos de gradua??o) v?m falhando na forma??o desses profissionais pressupostamente capacitados e habilitados para a atividade de LCSs; tendo em vista que, os cursos que formam tais profissionais, invariavelmente, preconizam dentre outras coisas ?s?lida forma??o cientifica e profissional geral...? daquilo que prescreve os conte?dos de suas matrizes curriculares em acorde com as Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais. Informalmente na atualidade, docentes em geral cogitam que o problema est? na estrutura dos cursos de gradua??o quanto aos aspectos: dimensionamento de carga hor?ria de disciplinas; bibliografia indicada em ement?rios; sequencia de disciplinas pr?-requisitos; oportunidade de complementa??o de conhecimentos via disciplinas optativas, etc. Dessa forma, intuindo trazer dados ? literatura que versem sobre o assunto, objetivou-se com este trabalho analisar as condi??es para atividades de ensino de LCSs do curso de Engenharia Florestal do IFMT - Campus C?ceres atrav?s de seu Projeto Pol?tico-Pedag?gico (PPP) quanto aos aspectos supramencionados. A presente pesquisa ? Explorat?ria, Documental e de natureza Quanti-qualitativa. Incluiu o Question?rio na coleta dos dados e a An?lise de Conte?do para as infer?ncias. As infer?ncias s?o de que as refer?ncias (dados obtidos junto a educadores da ?rea de Ci?ncia do Solo das cinco regi?es geogr?ficas brasileiras atrav?s de question?rio) indicam que o PPP do curso apresenta limita??es que podem comprometer o ensino-aprendizado de LCSs e alcan?ar, neste quesito (tem?ticas mencionadas), o perfil profissional projetado pelo curso concernente a ?s?lida forma??o cient?fica e profissional geral que possibilite absorver e desenvolver tecnologia?. As limita??es encontradas foram: dimensionamento inadequado de carga hor?ria em disciplinas que contemplam LCSs e atividades correlatas; bibliografia indicada no ement?rio destas n?o incluem recursos modernos com potencial de colaborar com uma melhor forma??o; sequ?ncia inapropriada de disciplinas pr?-requisitos a disciplina que contempla estas atividades; e, inexist?ncia de oportunidade para complementa??o dos conhecimentos relacionados a tais tem?ticas via rol de disciplinas optativas. Dado a escassez de informa??es na literatura que trate sobre o assunto, os dados gerados poder?o auxiliar tanto na constru??o e/ou reformula??o de PPP de cursos em geral bem como instigar pesquisas sobre a tem?tica.
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Dhali, Salle. "Web application development with .NET : 3-tier architecture." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för informationsteknologi och medier, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-16436.
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The reason for performing this project work is to develop a Web application for the Student Union of Mid Sweden University applying the modern and comprehensive Microsoft .NET framework platform architecture. At present, the existing web application is divided into several modules which are built of server‐side scripting language technique and an open source database. The customer would like to develop the entire web applications using the Microsoft development tools and technologies in order to determine the possible benefit which could be obtained in terms of cost, maintenance, flexibility and the security perspective issues and also in terms of user friendly interactions options for all the involving partners in an effective way. The primary aim for the project is to start building a bookstore module for the Students Union that is responsible for selling literature to the students at the University. The module will also be integrated into a database system into which an administrator, a member of staff working in the Student Union, will be able to add a new book when it arrives and also update or delete if necessary later on. In addition to this module application all the book’s details belong to a certain category viewable to the students. The other part of this project work is aiming at finding a pattern similar to the bookstore module in which ordinary users can authenticate them towards a database and be able to add their curriculum vitae data entry and update it at a later stage as required.
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Thorelius, Daniel, and Niklas Lidbom. "Politiken bakom FRA-Lagen : Analys ur ett rationellt perspektiv." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Statsvetenskap, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-62201.
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Mossige, Dag Drange. "The Personalistic Movement-Party and the Dangers of Duality." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243891067.
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Stirling, Gordon John. "Elder Stephen L. Richards on Peace and War: An Examination of Elder Richards' Views on the Causes of War and his Prescription for Peace, Based on the Analytical Framework Contained in Kenneth N. Waltz' Man, the State and War." BYU ScholarsArchive, 1985. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5143.
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In Man, the State and War, Kenneth N. Waltz claims that for a peace prescription to be valid, it must be based on a proper view of the causes of war. Waltz analyzes the validity of three basic causes of war: man himself, the characteristics of the nation-state, and the international system.I have examined the views of Elder Stephen L Richards on peace and war in the context of the Waltz framework. Elders Richards believed that the failings of men were the primary causes of war. His prescription for peace was widespread acceptance of the Gospel. He disagreed with the Waltz view that men are unchanging and that peace plans based on the reform of men are futile. Elder Richards' views coincided with Waltz' that democracies are more likely to be peaceful than dictatorships. He recognized, too, that aspects of the international system contribute to conflict. Elder Richards was ambivalent, however, about the prospects of the Gospel being accepted by enough people for peace to be established.
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Bohman, Jerker. "Designprinciper för förvaltning av gemensamma resurspooler på global nivå - en teoriprövande fallstudie med HELCOM som analysobjekt." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-350225.
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Johansson, Martin. "Storbritanniens utrikespolitik under Falklandskriget 1982 : En kvalitativ fallstudie om de brittiska beslutsfattarnas motiv och eventuellt bakomliggande sådana." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-75551.
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When Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982, it was the beginning of a two month long war. The aim of this essay is to find alternative explanations to the Falklands war with the main question being whether there were hidden motives for Thatcher and her reactions in 1982. The essay will focus on the period 1965-1982 in which different texts will be analyzed by applying theories. The diversionary war theory describes how state leaders can improve their political popularity by intentionally escalating a conflict. The geopolitical theory explains how a state, by investments, constructions and military, can create demographic and international perceptions regarding a territory while foreign political theory describes how decision making is affected by the bureaucracy, psychology and the international system. The ministry of defense and the navy was heavily affected by the financial cuts during the conflict and may also have affected the manner in which they advised Thatcher in 1982. Because of the British unwillingness to invest geopolitically in the Falklands and their aggravation of the diplomatically efforts to find a peaceful solution, the conflict got worse. In addition, Thatchers intentions to implement economic reforms and her record low political popularity make it plausible to suspect her for having, intentionally, escalated the conflict to gain political popularity and to enable the economic reforms.
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Hammarlund, Martin. "The Perception of Victory : Comparing the G.W. Bush Administration’s Official Rhetoric of Victory in the Years of the Global War on Terror." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-3467.
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This thesis is set out with the purpose to investigate the potential shifts in how victory is presented in the duration of contemporary conflicts. The argumentation is focused on how democratic states, involved in wars, seem to announce different statements regarding victory in its outreach to its inhabitants. This paper will study the case of the American administration of George W. Bush, who initiated and ruled during the first years in the Global War on Terror. By investigating the seven annual State of the Union speeches in a combined quantitative–qualitative method, with Martel’s theoretical framework on victory, the analysis searched after such potential shifts or static usage of the linguistics approach to victory. The answer to the stated research question according to the study conducted by this author is that the publicly announced implications of victory have been subjected to an ongoing shift during the examined time period.
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Clément, Daniel. "Citizens United : - en strid mellan yttrandefrihet och politisk jämlikhet?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-43901.
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Modern democracies rest on a foundation of values essential to their prosperity. Two of those values are freedom of speech and political equality. To many, these values appear to coexist effortlessly. However, what this thesis aims to expose are some of the problems that quickly arise when attempts to interpret the values fail. The thesis investigates a specific US Supreme Court ruling called Citizens United. The ruling enabled corporations and unions to use their own treasuries for unlimited independent political expenditures. Previous laws that prohibited such corporate and union expenditures were deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court for violating the First Amendment’s right to freedom of speech. The ruling also paved the way for another court ruling in the US called SpeechNow.org. Facilitated by the two court rulings the so called Super PACs and 501(c)(4) organizations could receive and spend unlimited money to expressly support or oppose political candidates and parties in American elections. With an analytical framework consisting of John Rawls’s theories the Veil of Ignorance and the Difference Principle a conclusion concerning Citizens United’s righteousness can be made. The thesis concludes that the Supreme Court based its ruling on a misinterpretation of the value of freedom of speech and that Citizens United resulted in greater political inequality in the US.
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Rios, Zimry David. "Tras el Lente: Análisis Audiovisual de Tres Películas Sobre la Realidad Socio-Política en Venezuela." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1280952672.
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Livingston, Katherine G. "Adoptee Access to Original Birth Certificates and the Politics of Birthmotherhood in Ohio, 1963-2014." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1461068976.
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Sulaiman, Yohanes. "The Banteng and the Eagle: Indonesian Foreign Policy and the United States During the Era of Sukarno 1945-1967." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1204540769.
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