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Ng, Isabel Wing-chun. "A cross cultural study of power and power motivation in China and the United States." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2007. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3253369.
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Howard, Peter R. "Redemptive power a theological framework for using social power /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Finkle, Clea T. "State, power, and police in colonial North India /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10697.
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Wright, Michele E. "Power suits her : an arts-based portrayal of women and power." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79813.
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This arts-based study examines how three women, who hold senior positions in development organizations, perceive of power. Emphasis is placed not only on how the participants describe their power identities, but also on how those identities can be portrayed. Based on data collected in interviews and drawing on the metaphors of portraiture, the power suit and the feminist conception of "voice", the women's power identities are represented in three ways: textually (in the form of "power identity profiles"), visually (in the form of "power suit" costume designs) and aurally (in the form of dramatic monologues). Through notes, descriptions, outlines and explanations the entire process of this aesthetic/interpretive inquiry is documented.While not being offered as a generalizable or even representative sample, the three women in this study illustrate the importance of diverse, individualized inquiry approaches in order to appreciate and represent the nuance and contradiction inherent to women's thoughts and feelings about power.
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Cook, Jonathan E. "Social stigma and subjective power in naturalistic social interaction /." view abstract or download file of text, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1400960581&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-107). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Kiernan, Annabel K. "Power and policymaking." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2000. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/4222/.
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This thesis is concerned with approaches to policymaking analysis. It argues that dominant neo-pluralist theories of policymaking have limited explanatory force. This arises from the method of inquiry, which necessarily limits the scope of analysis. The emphasis on inductive methods, coupled with a narrow focus on nonformalised sub-state networks, produces a model which is a useful way of identifying non-state policy actors, but which has no explanatory capacity outside such networks. In particular two weaknesses in network analysis are highlighted as significant. The first is that neo-pluralism does not account for the possible constraint on meso-level activity by the state. The state's ability to constrain individual agency may arise either from its position as a distinct social actor, or from it being an aspect of structural constraint. As this latter point implies, the second key weakness with neo-pluralist network analysis is owing to its structural indeterminism. The thesis argues that an adequate account of the policymaking process must recognise the possibility of limits to actor autonomy which arise from individual interaction with structure. Although the argument is made for a structural dimension to policymaking analysis, it concedes the dangers of functionalism and determinism which can arise from the application of structural frameworks. Consequently, the thesis argues for a duality of structure and agency as the core of political analysis. This argument is made on theoretical grounds, and via discussion of an empirical case study of the EU Task Force Environment: Water. The argument then is for a dual approach to policymaking which utilises both inductive and deductive methods. It is argued (a) that a Marxist analysis of the state and the structural constraints of capitalism can be combined (although not integrated) with networks analysis in a dual approach, and (b) that this combination provides the best model of policymaking.
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Jacobz, Melville. "Objectivity, power and interests : a sociological analysis." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52376.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Discourse about the human world has, since Socrates, been structured around the assumption that one view of a given matter is better than competing views, and that argumentation, if carried out correctly and systematically, will favour the view which has the preponderance of reasons and evidence on its side. If this supposition were dropped, the nature of social scientific inquiry would change significantly. For many commentators in the social sciences the ineliminable interpretative dimension of social inquiry and the standpoint-bound character of interpretation lead to the conclusion that we have to abandon any notion of objective truth in the social sciences. The central question raised in this thesis is whether this abandonment is inevitable or even plausible. Is it plausible to conflate objectivity and truth? Is objectivity a possible characteristic of the individual researcher or a characteristic of the scientific research process? Does the cultural environment of the researcher impact on the validity of research findings? If science is a social phenomenon, are scientific beliefs different from other beliefs? How do the interests of the individual researcher or the formal organisation of scientific practice impact on the validity of findings? What role does power play in the shaping of knowledge? These are the questions that will be addressed in the following thesis. The methodology of Max Weber serves as a point of departure and divergences and similarities to the work of Weber are explored in the writings of Kuhn, the Edinburgh School, Latour, Foucault, Habermas, as well as contemporary postmodernist and feminist writers. The analysis of these various concepts and approaches is not presented chronologically, but rather as an exposition of the contributors of various commentators in the fields of both the sociology of science and knowledge, and the philosophy of science.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Diskoers oor die menslike wêreld is, sedert Socrates, gestuktureer rondom die aanname dat een siening van 'n gegewe saak beter is as mededingende sienings, en dat argumentasie, indien korrek en sistematies uitgevoer, ten voordeel sal wees van die siening wat gesteun word deur die oormaat van redes en bewyse. As ons hierdie aanname sou laat vaar, sal die stand van sosiaal wetenskaplike ondersoek ingrypend verander. Vir menige kommentator in die sosiale wetenskappe lei die onafwendbare interpretatiewe dimensie van maatskaplike ondersoek, en die standpunt-gebonde aard van interpretasie, tot die gevolgtrekking dat ons enige opvatting van objektiwiteit in die sosiale wetenskappe moet laat vaar. Die kernvraag in hierdie tesis is of hierdie verskuiwing onvermydelik of selfs aanneemlik is. Is dit geldig om objektiwiteit en waarheid saam te snoer? Is objektiwiteit 'n moontlike eienskap van die individuele navorser, of 'n eienskap van die navorsingsproses? Watter impak het die kulturele omgewing van die navorser op die geldigheid van die navorsingsbevindinge? As wetenskap 'n sosiale fenomeen is, is wetenskaplike oortuigings enigsins anders as ander oortuigings? Watter impak het die belange van 'n individuele navorser, of die formele organsiasie van wetenskaplike praktyk, op die geldigheid van bevindings? Watter rol speel mag in die vorming en skepping van kennis? Hierdie is die vrae wat aangespreek word in dié tesis. Die metodologie van Max Weber dien as vertrekpunt, en ooreenkomste tot en afwykings van die sienings van Weber word ondersoek in die werk van Kuhn, die "Edinburgh School", Latour, Foucault, Habermas, sowel as kontemporêre postmoderne en feministiese skrywers. Die analise van hierdie verskeie konsepte en benaderings word nie kronologies aangebied nie, maar eerder as 'n uiteensetting van die bydraes van verskeie kommentators op die gebied van die sosiologie van die wetenskap en van kennis, sowel as die filosofie van wetenskap.
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Eftychiou, Evi. "Power and tourism : negotiating identity in rural Cyprus." Thesis, University of Hull, 2013. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:10420.
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This thesis focuses on the disputed identity of rural Cyprus. It is an ethnographic study on tourism that argues that the power of western hegemony, not only defines but also reverses the definition of ‘modern’ identity in the cultural setting of Cyprus in a way that its authority is maintained and legitimized. By focusing on identity politics and tourism in the Troodos mountainous region, this study examines the conflict between native elites and locals over the definition of modernity. In the postcolonial setting of the 1960s, native elites reproduced the western vision of ‘development’, ‘progress’ and ‘modernity’, as expressed in Europe after the Second World War. The invented concept of ‘modernity’ was introduced by native elites and was translated into policies and strategies towards the achievement of rapid ‘progress’ and the development of mass tourism in the coastal zones of Cyprus. As a result, the Cypriot authorities neglected Troodos mountainous region as a low--‐priority area and its residents were exposed as underdeveloped, backward peasants. The economic boom of the 1970s and 1980s, provided to rural residents the opportunity to, finally achieve ‘progress’, by reproducing the mass tourism model. In the meantime though, the native elites reversed the definition of modernity, which reproduced the western principles of sustainable development, environmental and cultural heritage protection. The ‘underdeveloped’ region of Troodos, was now identified as ideal for the implementation of environment and heritage conservation projects, with the ultimate goal of developing small scale, cultural tourism in the area. In this context, native elites appropriate material tradition, in other words elements that were once classified as evidence of backwardness, in order to achieve ‘modernity’. The denial of locals to reproduce the new paradigm of development and their persistence to strive for material modernity left them once again exposed as ‘backward’, ‘ignorant’ and ‘parvenus’ peasants.
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Pun, Sing-mei. "Controlling women : sexuality, imperialism and power /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20059887.
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Gray, Ellen M. "Gender and negotiating power among separating couples testing a process theory of power /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ56229.pdf.
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Lavoie, Carmen. "Race, power and social action in neighbourhood community organizing: a case study." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=92272.
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This thesis asks the following question: "how does race and ethnicity emerge in the daily practice of community organizers who work in low-income, multi-racial, multi-ethnic neighbourhoods?" Given that the concepts of race and ethnicity are understood to be social constructs, community organizing practice is analysed in this thesis in terms of its' constitutive role. By examining community organizing practice in one neighbourhood in Québec, Canada, I argue that issues of race and ethnicity are largely constructed in community organizing practice as distinct from relations of power. I demonstrate this construction of race and ethnicity using data gathered from 16 community organizers through interviews, textual analysis and observations. I analyse the data from three angles: first, actions regarding issues of race and ethnicity that are normalized (i.e. "possible"); second, actions regarding issues of race and ethnicity that are constrained (i.e. "not possible"); and, lastly, actions that are resistant to normalized and/or constrained practices, and that link race and ethnicity to power relations. In this way, I delineate Foucault's "field of action" (1982, p. 221) regarding race and ethnicity in neighbourhood community organizing and demonstrate how the structure of power in community organizing functions to render the connection between race and power largely invisible.Cette thèse pose la question suivante : «Comment la race et l'ethnicité émergent dans la pratique quotidienne des organisateurs communautaires qui oeuvrent dans des quartiers à faible revenu, multiraciaux et multiethniques ?» Étant donné que les concepts de race et d'appartenance ethnique sont compris pour être des constructs sociaux, la pratique d'organisation des communautés est analysée dans cette thèse en termes de son rôle constitutif.En examinant la pratique d'organisation des communauté dans un quartier de Québec au Canada, je soutiens que les questions de race et d'appartenance ethnique sont en grande partie construites dans la pratique d'organisation de communauté par opposition aux relations de pouvoir. Je démontre cette construction de race et d'appartenance ethnique utilisant des données rassemblées auprès de 16 organisateurs communautaires par des interviews, l'analyse de textes et des observations. J'analyse les données de trois angles : d'abord, les actions quant aux questions de race et d'appartenance ethnique qui sont normalisées (c'est-à-dire «possible»); deuxièmement, des actions quant aux questions de race et d'appartenance ethnique qui sont contraintes (c'est-à-dire «non possible»); et, finalement, les actions qui sont résistantes aux pratiques normalisées et/ou contraintes et qui relie race et appartenance ethnique pour faire fonctionner des relations. De cette façon, je définis «le champ d'action» de Foucault (1982, p. 221) quant à la race et l'appartenance ethnique dans les organisations communautaires de quartier et démontrent comment la structure de pouvoir dans la communauté organisant des fonctions pour rendre la connexion entre la race et le pouvoir en grande partie invisible.
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Cho, Sooyoung. "The power of public relations." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2005. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3204594.
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Meade, Rosemary Raphael. "Analysing collective action : intersections of power, government and resistance." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2018. http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/2980/.
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This research takes the form of ten journal articles and book chapters that were published between June 2008 and February 2018. This body of work encompasses outputs that are focused on community development, community arts, youth work and social movement praxis. These fields of praxis are understood as constituting a vital part of a variegated and differentiated Irish civil society and, while acknowledging their specificities, the body of work situates them together within the contested terrain of collective action. The Covering Document elucidates how, across the ten outputs, collective action is theorised: as the site of and target for complex and dynamic power relationships; as imbricated with various governmental projects through which multiple societal actors seek to mobilise citizens; as a potential site of and resource for resistance to particular expressions of government, ideology and power; and as developing alternative social relationships, organisational forms and modes of communication. The boundaries between the state and civil society are imprecise and fluid: civil society and state actors seek to induce desired forms of conduct and relationships from each other. This research exposes and critically interrogates associated power dynamics, overlaps, and contestations, and how they in turn shape expectations of collective action. Drawing together findings from youth work, community development, social movement, and community arts praxis, the research illuminates; how and by whom collective action is rationalised and (de)legitimised; the changing role of the state in governing civil society; and the potential for collective action to prefigure alternative forms of relationships and to resist particular forms of government. Therefore, the body of work analyses how the meanings, forms and purposes of collective action are constantly reworked, just as they give expression to important societal struggles. The Covering Document details the theory, methodology and methods that have underpinned the research. It offers an integrated thematic overview of the ten research outputs, highlighting their coherence, originality, and relevance for a critical analysis of the dynamics of collective action in contemporary Ireland. The research analyses the discourses of collective action as they have been expressed in key policy documents, in newspapers such as the Irish Independent and in the documents of protest of social movement organisations. It highlights and interrogates the political, economic and cultural context for collective action in 21st Century Ireland, paying particular attention to the ways though which the recent regime of austerity has impacted on civil society, the state and on relations between these spheres. The research is critical in orientation, but it draws upon and articulates diverse critical traditions as it analyses the power dynamics associated with collective action. Gramscian style, cultural materialist and Foucauldian governmentality perspectives are variously adopted and adapted within specific outputs. The Covering Document also outlines how and why the body of work troubles the boundaries between community development, community arts, youth work and social movement research and praxis. It calls for an articulated and dialogical theory and practice that challenge the assumed estrangement of these fields. As the Covering Document outlines, the research records how state policy now seeks to govern youth work, community development and community arts organisations through an increasingly intrusive and prescriptive set of policy ordinances, self-reporting techniques, and accountability measures. Against that, it also points to the potential for collective action to re-politicise issues otherwise framed as non-political by policy-makers and media, to build and be based upon reflexive forms of solidarity, and to reclaim the arts and tactics of protest.
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Conlon, Jane-Louise. "Technology and power : a case study of the meanings of technology in an organisation and their relationship with structures of power." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36325/1/36325_Conlon_1999.pdf.
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This thesis used Giddens' (1984) theory of structuration and MacKenzie and Wacjman's
(1985) notion of "social shaping", as the basis for exploring the ways in which social
actors create meanings of technology to develop and reinforce structures of power within
an organisational setting. Using the organisation in which the researcher worked as a
casestudy, this thesis employed an ethnographic approach to interpreting how
organisational actors created meanings of technology and then used these meanings as the
basis for their actions. While this thesis focussed on issues relating to technology, power,
and organisations, it also contributed to the broader social science debate about the role
structure and agency have in determining social action.
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Wong, Hou-wai Mimi. "Power dynamics in project organisations." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31251638.
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Sanche, Andrea. "Toronto the Good: devolution and the transformative power of municipal regulation." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=92407.
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This paper outlines how the devolution of power from federal and provincial governments to municipalities has expanded and the role of municipal law. This shift in power to municipalities was supported by courts and buttressed by a shift in political philosophy. This paper demonstrates that although many critics have argued that municipal regulation has been used to marginalize already marginalized groups, it may also have a transformative effect on cities and their residents. Using the case study of municipal regulation passed in the City of Toronto, this paper argues that while this transformation may result in marginalization, it may also allow for the inclusion of more and more diverse voices in municipal decision-making.Ce document décrit la façon dont la décentralisation du pouvoir des gouvernements fédéral et provincial aux municipalités s'est élargie et le rôle du droit municipal. Ce transfert de pouvoir aux municipalités a été appuyée par les tribunaux et étayée par un changement de philosophie politique. Le présent document démontre que, bien que de nombreux critiques ont fait valoir que le règlement municipal a été utilisé pour marginaliser les groupes déjà marginalisés, elle mai également avoir un effet transformateur sur les villes et leurs habitants. Utilisation de l'étude de cas du règlement municipal adopté dans la ville de Toronto, ce document fait valoir que, si cette transformation mai fait à l'exclusion, elle mai également permettre l'inclusion des voix de plus en plus diverses dans le processus décisionnel municipal.
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Wilhelmová, Veronika. "Data Biopolitics for Peace? ‘Peace’ as a Technique of Power for Social Control." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22578.
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In light of Sweden’s increased reliance on surveillance for ensuring security within its own borders, as well as the promotion of big data use for the purposes of predictive analyses in support of peacebuilding, these developments warrant critical assessment. This thesis engages in an explanatory critique of the discursive (re-)definitions of peace in 16 officially released online documents of the Government Offices of Sweden against the backdrop of the increasing use of data technology. The study follows a qualitative design and utilises critical discourse analysis as its methodology while employing data biopolitics as a theoretical lens. The thesis argues that the understanding of and focus on peace establishes peace as a violent means of ordering society, whilst constructing and reproducing social relations marked by asymmetric power and knowledge dynamics and epistemic violence. The analysis suggests that the texts’ discursive and social practices indicate an increasingly reproduced focus on peace and security for development by means of social control enabled by various forms of data technology. Finally, the study reflects on the wider socio-cultural implications of the social relations, identities, and the social world envisioned by the texts and suggests potential paths for future research.
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Frantz, Erica Emily. "Tying the dictator's hands elite coalitions in authoritarian regimes /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1579964161&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Marineau, Joshua Eric. "INDIVIDUALS’ FORMAL POWER AND THEIR SOCIAL NETWORK ACCURACY." UKnowledge, 2012. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/management_etds/2.
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Previous research has suggested that individuals differ in their accuracy of perceptions of the social environment, and some research suggests that powerful individuals in particular tend to be lazy, disinterested observers of the social world. A handful of field studies and lab experiments linking power with individuals’ perceptions of others’ social networks have generally supported this view. However, recent theory addressing the psychological consequences of power for the power-holder claim that in certain circumstances and for some kinds of social information, power is linked to increased accuracy of social information. This dissertation tests this idea by drawing on social network theory and the situated focus theory of power. I examine the relationship between individuals’ formal power and their perceptual accuracy of social network relationships. I propose that individuals’ perceptual accuracy is affected by 1) their formal power in the organization 2) the type of relationship being perceived (expressive/instrumental, positive/negative), and 3) the dependence relationship with the target of perception (whether the perceiver is dependent on the perceived to get their work done). Predictions were tested using cognitive social network data collected from a call center within a division of a large corporation in the US. Results showed that formal power was linked to increased accuracy for some relationship content (particularly negative expressive relationships), and managers tend to be more accurate when perceiving their own incoming relationships than non-managers.
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Bailey, Wayne Derrick. "Social deprivation and widening participation : the continuing power of local culture." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2015. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/24267/.
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This thesis explores why a group of young people with level 3 qualifications, living within traditionally working-class communities, choose not to participate in HE. It discusses their expectations, motivations and aspirations and the social, cultural and personal factors that contribute to their decision making. The findings are drawn from a set of semi-structured interviews with 36 sixth form students. The research adapts a Bourdieuian framework and utilises a three-level methodology. Though the analysis considers the subjective points of view of the participants, with respect to their non-participation, it also pays attention to factors which appeared to have shaped and moulded decisions. Participants’ decisions appeared to be shaped by their place of study, their friends and family and, most importantly, by their parent(s) and this impacted on their aspirations and how motivated they were to participate in HE. The importance of academic-related support is evidenced throughout. It seemed to instil a sense of belonging and solidarity and was motivational. Without a guarantee of similar support, participants were not prepared to participate in HE. A particularly complex attitude to debt was also highlighted. Not incurring debt appeared to be a cultural rule, particularly when there was no guaranteed financial and employment related benefit to participation. This thesis argues that similar outlooks, backgrounds, interests, lifestyles and opportunities resulted in the adoption of shared practices, common patterns of reactions and accepted ways of doing things when it came to HE participation. This thesis helps us to understand why a particular group of young people has not been influenced in the same way as some others by the change in attitude towards HE. More specifically, it enhances our understanding of the complex, yet subtle influences that can lead young people to choose not to participate in HE.
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Criqui, Joseph E. "A confirmatory factor analysis of two competing social power measurement systems." PDXScholar, 1990. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4168.
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The main purpose of this study is to analyze a measurement instrument developed by Frost & Stahelski (1988) to measure French & Raven's (1959) bases of social power. The measurement instrument of a competing typology of social influence tactics (Kipnis, Schmidt, & Wilkinson, 1980) was also administered to the same managerial population (N=108). Confirmatory factor analyses using LISREL (Joreskog & Sorbom, 1986) were performed on each scale. Possible relationships between the two typologies were explored. Results include confirming a modified Frost & Stahelski scale and no confirmation of the Kipnis et al. scale. Canonical correlation yielded two dimensions where Coercive Power and Expert Power relate to Assertiveness and Rationality respectively. Exploratory factor analysis of the composite scores from both typologies yielded two factors called Positive Power and Negative Power. Implications and future research are briefly discussed.
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Farrar, Margaret Ellen. "Power and resistance in the age of informationalization." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11242009-020310/.
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Scovetta, Vincent. "The Impact of Leadership Social Power on Knowledge Management Success." NSUWorks, 2013. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/298.
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Knowledge is said to be the actionable human quality gained from the capacity to derive mental insight from facts that have been placed in context, analyzed, and synthesized using references of past experience, mental comparison, and consideration of consequences. Knowledge, therefore, provides the key to understanding the world around us.
Managing this knowledge can become a challenge for organizations that value the worth of the knowledge of its workers. Knowledge Management (KM) is the effective and accurate management of knowledge (acquisition, creation, storage, sharing, and use) used to promote and support organizational changes that enhance an organization's ability to effectively compete. This research was built on the foundational studies of others who provided empirical evidence of the constructs of KM success and Leadership Social Power (LSP). As many models of KM success have been identified and constructs empirically shown to have an impact on that success, the need for understanding the underlying influences on these constructs becomes increasingly important.
This study investigated the constructs of LSP used by organizational leaders to influence KM workers to bring about KM success. This research revealed organizations wishing to secure, improved, or maintain KM success, should ensure their leaders: 1) are committed to KM, 2) encourage quality knowledge, and 3) promote knowledge use. With three fundamental goals in mind, it was empirically demonstrated that LSP was a factor of that success and was able to predict Leadership Commitment to KM, Knowledge Use, and Knowledge Content Quality. This research empirically demonstrated each of the LSP subconstructs influence the dimensions of KM success in different ways.
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Bonetti, Alinne de Lima. "Não basta ser mulher, tem de ter coragem : uma etnografia sobre genero, poder, ativismo feminismo popular e o campo politico feminista de Recife-PE." [s.n.], 2007. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/280660.
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Orientador: Maria Filomena GregoriTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas
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Resumo: Através de uma pesquisa etnográfica realizada na cidade de Recife ¿ PE sobre a experiência militante de mulheres das camadas urbanas de baixa renda, ativistas das causas femininas, essa tese propõe um novo olhar sobre o ativismo feminino, em especial o de caráter popular, buscando novas possibilidades compreensivas para esse fenômeno dentre as quais destaca-se uma combinação peculiar entre gosto pela militância e expectativas de ascensão social. Em vista disso, o campo político parece se configurar, e ser encarado, como um espaço que apresenta potencial para a realização de projetos pessoais e a transformação das condições de vida, revelando uma pervasividade da política na vida cotidiana e a sua ingerência nas relações de sociabilidade e família das ativistas. Para tanto, faz-se necessário compreender a constituição do campo político feminista específico em que se insere. Caracterizado por um sistema de distribuição desigual de prestígio, esse campo pode ser compreendido pela justaposição de duas categorias cruciais: o ¿capital de articulação política¿ e a noção nativa ¿colocar a arapiraca na mesa¿, que conota os atributos de gênero da práxis política local. É no diálogo com os seus códigos e sentidos que novas possibilidades para o ativismo feminino popular surgem. A análise inspira-se na teoria antropológica feminista, priorizando os sentidos de gênero e poder constitutivos do universo investigado
Abstract: Through an ethnographic research carried out in Recife ¿ PE about urban and working class women¿s experience as activists of female quests, this thesis proposes a new view about the female activism, especially the popular-based one, looking for new comprehensive possibilities for this phenomenon, among these, a peculiar combination between the appreciation for activism and the expectation of social ascension. The political ground seems to configure itself in this light, and seems to be regarded as a space that presents a potential for achievement of personal projetcs and transformation of life conditions, revealing a pervasiveness of politics in daily life and its intrusion into activists¿ sociability and family relationships. This is why it is necessary to understand the constituition of the specific feminist political ground where this experienced is located. This ground is characterized by a system of unequal distribution of prestige and can be seen through the juxtaposition of two crucial categories: ¿the political articulation capital¿ and the folk notion ¿to put the a large phallus on the table¿, that connotes gender attributes of the local political praxis. New possibilities for the female popular activism appear in dialogue with its codes and meanings. This analysis inspires itself on feminist anthropological theory, considering the power and gender meanings that constitute the investigated universe
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Pritchard, Matthew. "Land, power and peace: Land tenure systems and the formalization agenda in Rwanda." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=96716.
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Land tenure and agricultural reform are essential components of postwar development. This is especially true in Rwanda, where eighty percent of the population depends on subsistence agriculture in a rural system plagued by declining production and increasing population pressure. Given these challenges, in 2005 the Government of Rwanda introduced an ambitious set of tenure and agriculture reforms designed to replace subsistence farmers with a highly commercialized and professional agricultural sector. While introduced as a 'pro-poor' policy, field data demonstrate that the Government has shifted away from tenure reform as a means to physically consolidate land, and is currently striving to realize economies of scale through mandatory crop specialization. Furthermore, data demonstrate that the Government's desire to consolidate land holdings through tenure and agricultural policies has decreased food and tenure security, restricted farmers' rights and undermined subsistence livelihoods. While decreasing production and increasing conflict over land validate the need to reorganize rural Rwanda, the goals of Government tenure policies, forceful implementation of large-scale changes, and continued marginalization of the most vulnerable groups present a significant challenge to rural reform, and undermine the state's long-term strategy for macro-economic growth.La réforme du régime foncier et du secteur agricole sont des éléments essentiels du développement en situation d'après-guerre. Ceci est particulièrement vrai au Rwanda, où quatre-vingt pourcent de la population Rwandaise dépend de l'agriculture de subsistance dans un système rural envahi et débordé par une production déclinante et une grande croissance de population. Prenant compte de ces obstacles, en 2005 le Gouvernement Rwandais introduit une série ambitieuse de réformes foncières et agricoles, créés pour remplacer les fermiers de subsistance avec un secteur agricole hautement commercialisé et professionnel. Même si cette nouvelle politique a été introduite supposément «pour les pauvres », des résultats de recherche démontrent que le Gouvernement s'est éloigné de la réforme foncière comme moyen de consolider leurs propriétés, se déplaçant vers la création d'économies d'échelle en imposant des politiques de spécialisation d'espèces partout au Rwanda. De plus, les résultats de travail de terrain démontrent que le désire du Gouvernement de consolider leur territoire foncier à travers de telles politiques fait diminuer la sécurité alimentaire et foncière, limite les droits des fermiers, et décime les moyens de vies de subsistance des Rwandais. Même si une production qui diminue et un conflit de territoire foncier qui s'augmente fait valider la nécessité de réorganiser le Rwanda rural, les buts des politiques foncières du Gouvernement du Rwanda, l'implémentation d'énormes changements par force, et la marginalisation continue des groupes les plus vulnérables présente un grand défi à la réforme rurale, et présente un obstacle à la stratégie à long terme pour une croissance au niveau macro-économique.
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Hossain, Adnan. "Beyond emasculation : pleasure, power and masculinity in the making of hijrahood in Bangladesh." Thesis, University of Hull, 2013. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:7989.
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Brodin, Nils, and Johan Hanberg. "Efficient Power : A discourse analysis of energy efficiency policies from Finland and Sweden." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Globala studier, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36429.
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Pels, Dick. "Property and power in social theory : a study in intellectual rivalry /." London : Routledge, 1998. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37568658b.
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Hicks, Martin Cyr. "The politics of resistance, an approach to post-colonial cultural and critical theory." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0015/MQ46754.pdf.
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Charlton, Kelly. "Attempting to gain access into a high power group : the effects of boundary permeability and outcome /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9901224.
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Ricketts, Jennifer J. "Adolescents and power understandings of power, and deconstruction of negative peer interactions /." Connect to this title online, 2003. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20041217.122437.
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To, Siu Ming. "Exploring empowering practices among school social workers in Hong Kong a discourse analysis study /." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2006. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3254617.
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Rosenberg, Rae. "Trans* individuals in the U.S. prison industrial complex: carceral power, hypermasculinity and transgender subversions." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119754.
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The conditions of incarceration for transgender individuals in the United States have become a concern of activists and scholars. The multiple forms of mistreatment that target transgender prisoners have been noted to include humiliation, harassment, assault, and the denial of various rights. Due to the small scale of the current body of research surrounding incarcerated trans* individuals, my research explores more detailed accounts of incarcerated trans* feminine prisoners across the United States to gather the variety of physical and psychological trauma they endure, as well as other aspects of their lives such as gender embodiment and ways in which they resist carceral impositions of gender expression and transphobia. Through qualitative research methods, my data presents subjective and comprehensive accounts of incarceration by trans* feminine prisoners and the numerous material and corporeal consequences they face in prison. I argue that my research suggests the ways in which carceral institutions and hegemonic masculinity impose power through corporeal and psychological domination over transgender prisoners. Additionally, my data displays how carceral and hypermasculine supremacy can be resisted and challenged by the ways in which transgender prisoners engage in bodily sovereignty and assert their gender identities. My research provides new information regarding incarcerated transgender populations through a larger-scale analysis that teases apart the intricacies of how incarceration impacts transgender prisoners, as well as points to strategies for how advocates can support transgender prisoners.Les conditions dans lesquelles les individus transgenres sont incarcérés aux États-Unis sont devenues inquiétantes pour certains activistes et experts. Plusieurs formes d'abus à l'égard des prisonniers transgenres sont identifiables, dont l'humiliation, le harcèlement, les agressions, et le déni de droits variés. Vue la petite échelle du corps d'étude qui existe à présent sur les conditions d'incarcération des personnes trans*, mon projet explore des comptes rendus détaillés de prisonniers trans* féminines à travers les États-Unis afin de recueillir des données sur les traumatismes physiques et psychologiques qu'elles/ils subissent, ainsi que d'autres aspects de leur(e)s vies tel que la réalisation des sexes, les moyens par lesquels ells/ils résistent l'imposition carcérale de l'expression des sexes, et la transphobie. Suite à une analyse basée sur des méthodes de recherche qualitatives, les résultats présentent un compte rendu subjectifs et compréhensifs de l'incarcération de prisonniers trans* féminines, y compris les nombreuses conséquences matérielles et corporelles auxquelles ells/ils font face en prison. Les résultats démontrent les moyens par lesquelles les institutions carcérales et la masculinité hégémonique imposent du pouvoir à travers la domination corporelle et psychologique des prisonniers transgenres. De plus, les données exposent les moyens par lesquels la suprématie carcérale et l'hypermasculinité peut être résistée et contestée par les prisonniers transgenres à travers la souveraineté corporelle et l'affirmation de leur identité de genre. Ma recherche fournit de la nouvelle information concernant l'incarcération de populations transgenre à travers une analyse à grande échelle qui sert à démêler les moyens par lesquels l'incarcération impacte les prisonniers transgenres et donne quelques pistes pour les intervenants sur des potentielles stratégies de support pour les prisonniers transgenres.
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Hendricks, Christina. "Prophets in exile : a diagnosis of Michel Foucault's political intellectual /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p9992813.
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Clay, William. "The Effect of Power on Exploratory Behavior." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2067.
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The relations between power, exploratory behavior, and willingness to take risks were investigated. It was hypothesized that high power would be associated with increases in exploratory behavior, and that this relationship would be mediated by participants’ willingness to take risks. In Study One, one-hundred forty-one undergraduates (66% female) completed questionnaires to assess trait power and willingness to take risk, as well as a computer-based research paradigm, BeanFest, to assess exploration. Willingness to take risks correlated positively with exploration. However, the predicted relations involving power were not observed. In Study Two, power was experimentally manipulated. One-hundred thirty-three undergraduates (61% female) were randomly assigned to a high-power or low-power condition before completing measures of exploration and willingness to take risk. Results indicated no significant differences between the power conditions in exploration or risk propensity. Suggestions for directions that future research should take in order to test the proposed relations are discussed.
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Morrow, Frank Spurgeon. "The U.S. power structure and the mass media." San Francisco, CA. : Internet Archive, 2007. http://www.archive.org/details/TheU.s.PowerStructureAndTheMassMedia.
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Taka, Serhat. "Revolution Underway: Power Practices Of Mst And Ezln." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610228/index.pdf.
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This thesis aims to show that MST and EZLN are non-hierarchical, participatory and democratic movements which aim to transform society and national systems without taking power. Their understanding of power is searched in their educational practises. These two movements try to create new alternatives that based on local issues and powers with also awareness of international and global factors. The clues of their understanding of power searched in their history and different resistances struggles.
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Lloyd, Rhiannon. "An institutional approach to understanding the green paradox of nuclear power." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/58700/.
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This thesis proposes that the range of institutional logics provided by both Friedland and Alford (1991) and Thornton, Ocasio and Lounsbury (2012) has overlooked the inclusion of an environmental societal logic. The concept of an environmental logic is therefore developed and applied in order to understand how a ‘green paradox’ surrounding nuclear power emerged over the past sixty years of the UK civil nuclear energy programme. The research employs a Critical Realist ontology (Bhaskar 1975) and constructs a qualitative and historical case study of the nuclear power industry via the analysis of newspaper articles and Government policy documents. The findings show that the green nuclear debate was informed by four ‘situated’ manifestations of an environmental societal logic which informed the environmental values and expectations of different actor groups engaged in the debate. In particular, the thesis shows how a situated target-based environmental logic emerged within the energy industry as a result of embedded institutional work and eventually informed the arguments promoting green nuclear. These arguments remained in contention with those of the environmental movement who maintained that nuclear power was definitively not environmentally friendly. Additionally, the Critical Realist ontology provides a framework with which to explore levels of meaning and structure and thus offers a means to explain this ‘situated’ nature of institutional logics. This thesis contributes to existing institutional theory in three key ways: Firstly it proposes and illustrates the theoretical and analytical utility of an environmental institutional logic. Secondly it develops the concept of a situated logic and, in doing so, builds an improved understanding of the ways in which agency, institutional logics and the institutional structure of industries interconnect. Thirdly it demonstrates and explains how one societal logic may become situated in multiple and possibly contradictory ways depending on the actor groups in which it manifests.
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Harvey, Blane Leslie. "Speaking to power: the discursive shaping of Southern communities and institutions in international development cooperation." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=86684.
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This study examines the work and partnerships of a Senegal-based environmental non-governmental organisation (NGO) to understand the ways that power is exercised and coordinates peoples' activities within multilateral networks of international, national/regional, and local development institutions and actors. Looking specifically at the discursive relations within these networks, the study sought to reveal the complex and multi-layered culture of discipline, power and control that exists within development; outline strategies to help re-situate notions of authority, accountability and power in development management and evaluation; and suggest ways that learning and reflective practice might be used to uncover, critically engage with, and transform power relations within the development apparatus.The study is structured around a theoretical examination of development and the discursive practices that constitute and sustain it, followed by three case studies drawing upon different dimensions of engagement and struggle within one organisation. The first case takes as a point of focus the internal struggles around action within the organisation, the second considers engagement between the organisation and one of its funding partners, while the third considers relations of power and authority between the organisation and a community based Federation it aims to support. Methodologically, all three of these cases involved the use of extended semi-structured interviews, on-site observation, and discourse (textual and oral) analysis. The final two cases involved an action-oriented approach to the research where lines of questioning and points of struggle arising from the community (or institution) over time formed the basis of the investigation and helped to shape the direction it took.
The study concludes by exploring the limits and possibilities of engaging with power at these particular sites, and considers how critical, reflexive and dialogical approaches to informal learning can serve as vehicles for this engagement. Drawing upon an examination of the three case studies, it suggests specific conditions needed to for actors to engage in the forms of collective learning which might strengthen collective voice and agency and expand the limits of what is deemed possible at the specific sites and instances of struggle.
La présente étude examine le travail et les partenariats d'une organisation non gouvernementale environnementale située au Sénégal afin de comprendre les façons dont le pouvoir est exercé et son impact sur les activités des gens au sein des réseaux multilatéraux des institutions de développement et des intervenants à l'échelle internationale, nationale, régionale et locale. Portant particulièrement sur les relations discursives au sein de ces réseaux, l'étude vise à dévoiler les cultures de discipline, de pouvoir et de contrôle complexes et à paliers multiples au sein du développement; à décrire sommairement les stratégies conçues pour aider à resituer les notions d'autorité, de reddition de comptes et de pouvoir dans le cadre de la gestion et de l'évaluation du développement; et à suggérer des façons dont l'apprentissage et la pratique réflexive pourraient être utilisés pour révéler les relations de pouvoir au sein de l'appareil de développement, s'engager dans celles-ci et les transformer.
L'étude s'articule autour d'un examen théorique du développement et des pratiques discursives qui le constituent et le soutiennent. Elle est suivie de trois études de cas portant sur différentes dimensions de l'engagement et des enjeux au sein d'une organisation. La première étude de cas met l'accent sur les enjeux internes relatives aux mesures prises au sein de l'organisation, la deuxième étude de cas est axée sur l'engagement entre l'organisation et l'un de ses partenaires financiers, tandis que la troisième étude de cas porte sur les relations de pouvoir et d'autorité entre l'organisation et une fédération communautaire qu'elle vise à appuyer. Sur le plan méthodologique, les trois études de cas comportaient des entrevues en profondeur semi-structurées, des observations sur place et des analyses du discours (écrit et oral). Les deux dernières études de cas comprenaient une approche en matière de recherche centrée sur l'action au sein de laquelle les questions et les enjeux soulevés au fil du temps par la communauté (ou l'institution) ont jeté les bases de l'enquête et ont permis de façonner son orientation.
L'étude se termine par un examen des limites et des possibilités liées à la prise de pouvoir dans ces sites particuliers, et tient compte de la façon dont des approches en matière d'apprentissage informel critiques, réflexives et dialogiques peuvent agir à titre de véhicules pour cet engagement. Fondée sur l'examen des trois études de cas, l'étude propose des conditions précises requises pour que les intervenants participent aux méthodes d'apprentissage collectif susceptibles de donner voix et vie et d'étendre les limites de ce qui est jugé possible dans ces sites particuliers et dans les cas d'enjeux.
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Alhadar, Ibrahim. "'Moral discipline', state power and surveillance : the rise and operation of CCTV surveillance in Riyadh." Thesis, University of Hull, 2010. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:8978.
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The employment of CCTV in contemporary control policy has produced various perspectives and debates in an attempt to understand this phenomenon. In non-western countries, however, there has to date been no academic writing on the topic of CCTV. This thesis aims to make a contribution to these debates by exploring this trend in Saudi Arabia (S.A.) by asking how the rise and use of CCTV cameras fits in with the existing theoretical literature. Moreover, this research seeks to identify and define the structure and operational practices within CCTV sites. With the introduction of CCTV in the process of social control, the research explores its mechanisms by outlining how operators and surveillance technology are organized to meet the requirements and the criteria of those parties who implement surveillance, and thereby to contribute to a better understanding of the employment of CCTV cameras in the Saudi context. It is argued that the employment of CCTV and its rise are attributable mainly to the aspiration of central political control, which has been shaped and formed by cultural values that are dominant in the Saudi society. Triangulation of research methods was adopted by using three instruments: documentary sources, observation and semi-structured interview. The findings show the dominance of the central structure of gaze in the current surveillance practices. Although the contemporary surveillance is carried out by various actors, the decentralized surveillance structure is reassembled by state authority for the purpose of strengthening the political control of the state. Moreover, due to the social and cultural characteristics of the Saudi society, the operation of CCTV and the process of targeting are shaped by moral principles and cultural values. Significantly, the present study emphasizes the persistence of 'moral surveillance' in both the operators‟ attitudes towards targeting and the operational process of CCTV cameras in public settings.
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Gilbert, Anthony Patrick. "Social welfare : care planning and the politics of trust." n.p, 2000. http://oro.open.ac.uk/18902.
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Lundmark, Jessica. "Professionella bloggar - girl power eller genusfälla?" Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25926.
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Denna uppsats är en kvalitativ studie av de två största professionella bloggarna i Sverige, blondinbella.se och kissies.se. Studiens syfte är att ta reda på vilka markörer för klass och genus som kan hittas på bloggarna och utifrån dessa vilken bild av att vara ung tjej det är som förmedlas till bloggarnas läsare. Debatten om de två aktuella bloggarna pågår i media och speciellt är det författarna bakom bloggarna som uppmärksammas, Isabella Löwengrip och Alexandra Nilsson. Med hjälp av teorier kring kön och klass analyserar jag bloggarnas innehåll och försöker utkristallisera vilka teman som är dominerande på dessa bloggar. Resultatdelen är uppdelad utifrån dessa teman som handlar om shopping, kroppsuppfattning och valmöjligheter. Ett utmärkande drag i bloggarna är betoningen på jaget, den individuella upplevelsen av allt som händer och hur alla omnämnda händelser relaterar till bloggerskorna själva. Det som till en början framstod som två ungefär lika modebloggar, har visat sig rymma fler olikheter och fler dolda sociala mekanismer än vad man först kunnat ana. Hur bloggerskorna förhåller sig till sin vardag, sin omgivning och till kritik och ideal, formas till stor del av deras klasstillhörighet. En annan slutsats är att den kommersiella sidan av bloggarna i stora delar utformar vad det skrivs om, vilket påverkar helhetsupplevelsen som förmedlas.This is a qualitative study of the two biggest blogs in Sweden, blondinbella.se and kissies.se. The purpose of this study is to find out which characteristics can be found that represent social class and gender, and from that perspective, what image of being a young girl is forwarded to the readers of these blogs. The media debate on the two blogs is ongoing and of special interest are the two writers of these blogs, Isabella Löwengrip and Alexandra Nilsson. With the help of social class and gender theories I analyze the content of the two blogs and try to distinguish which themes are dominant. The result part is divided from those themes that consider shopping, bodily self-esteem and choices. A predominating characteristic on the blogs is the emphasis on the self, the individual experience, and how all that is happening is related to the bloggers themselves. What in the beginning appeared to be two similar fashionblogs, has turned out to be embedding more diversity and hidden social mechanisms than was first apparent. How the bloggers relate to their everyday life, their settings and to critique and ideals, is in big parts shaped by their social class. Another conclusion is that the commercial side of the blogs in large aspects shapes what is written and this affects the subjective total experience of the blogs
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Chia, Cheng Kiat. "The effects of coorientation on students' responses to coercive power." HKBU Institutional Repository, 1997. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/168.
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Hartmann, Aglaja Irina. "Power in organizations : towards a conceptual redefinition and model." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/30984.
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Ashkettle, Bryan L. "The power of the provocative| Exploring world history content." Thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3618923.
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This study addresses how my freshman world history students come to understand controversial issues as provocative within the secondary social studies classroom, and in what ways does their engagement with provocative issues influence their understanding of the content and the world around them. In addition, this research study seeks to discover in what ways does the teaching of these provocative materials inform and influence my curricular decisions, my pedagogy, and my relationship with my students. The three research questions were established to guide this study.
1. How do my world history freshman students come to understand provocative materials in regards to the historical content?
2. How does my students' engagement with these provocative materials influence their understanding of historical events and the world around them?
3. In what ways does the teaching of these provocative materials inform and influence my curricular decisions, my pedagogy, and my relationship with my students?
Self-Study methodology was selected as a way to personally explore and examine my students understanding of provocative issues as well as my instruction. Grounded theory was utilized exclusively as a coding and analyzing device. To address these questions, thirteen student participants were selected for this study based on the criteria assumed by the questions. Data was collected from individual interviews, group interviews, student blog posts, and my own journal.
As the data was analyzed and coded, nuanced constructs of the students' thinking began to coalesce on three distinct perceptions of provocative issues which evolved into the findings of this study. The first finding involved students who advocated for the inclusion of provocative issues. Their rationales for this inclusion were; Real World Phenomenon, Provocative for Grade Sake, Provocative for Interest Sake. A second finding involved a student who opposed the inclusion of provocative issues. This student's rationales were labeled Oppositional. The first two findings were partnered with the six students' rationales. The third finding involved the other seven students who had a varying range of nuanced articulation, varied their opinion across time, or lacked a clear robust rationale. This finding was labeled developing rationales. These students' perspectives were labeled other voices.
In addition to the student data, journaling was utilized to explore my own rationale for using provocative issues within my world history classroom. These journals provided a space for reflection on my practice in regards to the teaching of provocative issues, thus addressing my third research question. The journals, like the other data sources, were coded using grounded theory as the main analytical device. Upon completion of the data analysis of my journals, themes began to emerge that progressed into findings. The self-study findings were categorized as; The Closed Space of Sexuality, The Banality of Violence, and Anti-Americanism Linked to Racism to Foster Critical Thinking.
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Baker, Randy. "The Concepts of Capitalism and Democracy in Implied Power Relations: Fractionation Philosophy and Theory." PDXScholar, 1993. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4761.
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This research proposes that it is possible to meaningfully examine the differences between subjects' perceptions of concepts at two different levels of analysis. The central theory, called "fractionation", is derived from structuration theory. The theory suggests that there is an important and particular difference between subjects' perceptions of key concepts at the value (abstract) level, as differentiated from the policy (action) level. The key concepts provided here are capitalism and democracy. Three major stages of data gathering and analysis were conducted. The first stage, carried out in several phases, surveyed 337 college students to gather words commonly associated ·with two key concepts: capitalism and democracy. These words were then used as items in a multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. The results were used to represent the relationship between the two key concepts at the value level of analysis. The second stage consisted of gathering policy fragments from two mainstream newspapers. Television advertising was selected as the focal point of this search, to represent one area where democracy and capitalism co-exist. Fragments were taken from the newspapers and compiled into "fragment topics", or pieces of argument about the relationship between capitalism and democracy in television advertising. Stage III was carried out by surveying seventy-three subjects who were presented with the argumentative statements developed in each fragment topic. An assessment was made of the relationship between capitalism and democracy at the policy level based on the argument choices made by the subjects. Stage I resulted in a clear distinction between the two key concepts of capitalism and democracy at the value level, while Stage III resulted in a conflict between the two at the policy level. The comparison of results between the first stage of the research and the third stage represents the fractionation that was being sought.
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Doucet, Denise. "The power of sweet words: local counselling and other forms of help among women in rual post-conflict Sierra Leone." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=106232.
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Thousands of women were affected by the civil war in Sierra Leone, which took place between 1991 and 2002. Using a postcolonial framework, the study explores the wartime experiences of women, and examines the ways in which women provided assistance to one another in the early post-conflict period. Qualitative interviews were conducted with two distinct sets of participants in rural Sierra Leone: 1) women who suffered various forms of abuse during the war, and 2) female leaders who were active participants in the healing process of others. Results reveal discrepancies between the model of intervention used by international agencies and local helping mechanisms. Overall, help provided by local female leaders was shown to be more significant to war-affected women than international interventions. Based on these findings, recommendations for improved social work practices in post-conflict settings are presented. Implications of these findings for the field of international social work are also discussed.Des milliers de femmes ont été touchées par la guerre civile en Sierra Leone qui a eu lieu entre 1991 et 2002. À l'aide d'un cadre théorique postcolonial, l'étude explore les expériences de guerre des femmes et examine les différentes manières dont les femmes se sont entraidées dans la période d'après-guerre. Des entrevues qualitatives ont été menées en région rurale en Sierra Leone avec deux groupes de participantes distincts : 1) des femmes ayant subies différentes formes d'abus durant la guerre, et 2) des femmes qui sont intervenues auprès d'autres femmes dans le besoin. Les résultats démontrent des écarts importants entre le modèle actuel d'intervention utilisé par les agences internationales et les interventions utilisées par les instances locales. De manière générale, les interventions locales ont eu un effet plus significatif sur le processus de guérison des femmes que les interventions internationales. Les données de cette recherche sont utilisées pour développer des recommandations afin d'améliorer les pratiques de travail social en période d'après-guerre. Les répercussions de ces résultats sur le domaine du travail social international sont également discutées.
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Pinto, Pablo Martín. "Domestic coalitions and the political economy of foreign direct investment /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3130413.
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Matos, Izalto Junior Conceição. "Em busca da memoria perdida : a historia dos orfãos e vadios no Instituto Disciplinar de Mogi Mirim." [s.n.], 2006. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/252141.
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Erdem, S. Altan (Selim Altan). "Antecedents of Power in the Distribution Channel : A Transaction-cost Perspective." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277744/.
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A discussion of reward, coercive, expert, legitimate, and referent power bases was the initial focus of this research. A review of the power sources literature suggested that vertical integration within a channel of distribution was a crucial precursor to develop a structure to facilitate the use of power without creating a significant conflict among channel participants. Elements of transaction cost analysis (TCA) were offered as being suitable for determining the existing level of vertical integration among respondent firms. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to develop a tentative model to determine proper use of power within varying levels of vertical integration.