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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Abuse of power"”.
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Child sexual abuse: making sense of the abuse of power and control
Child sexual abuse (CSA) poses many difficulties, ranging from definition to explanation. Despite, or because of, this complexity few studies have investigated the relationship between a professional's knowledge base, the conceptualisation of problems and the delivery of therapeutic skills. The …
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Are the current Zambian constitutional provisions sufficient in preventing abuse of power by the executive organ of government?
… without deliberate commitment to the maintenance of values and principles of democracy, good governance and the rule of law. Zambia prides itself to be a democratic and peaceful country. However, accountability, openness and responsiveness to the needs of citizens has been a challenge despite this …
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Sociální psychologie nacismu: konformismus, poslušnost a zneužití moci
Social psychology of Nazism: Conformism, Obedience and Abuse of Power Thesis Social Psychology of Nazism: Conformism, Obedience and Abuse of Power deals with a human behaviour at the time of Nazism. Since the end of the Second World War, we have been trying to find an explanation of our actions at …
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Ethical Analysis Of Abuses Of Power In Christian Leadership - A Case Study Of "Kingly Power" In The Seventh-day Adventist Church
<h3>Problem and Purpose</h3> <p>Power is an integral aspect of all types of leadership. The term “abuse of power” describes an inappropriate and corrupt application of power. The exercise of power becomes an abuse of power when a person in a position of power acts in a manner that cannot be …
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From Discourse to Reality: A Critique of the Sustainability Discourse for Activities in Earth Orbits
… elites have exerted hegemonic abuse of power towards the peoples and ecosystem of Earth through production and propagation of misleading and manipulative discourses on the fundamentals of space sustainability. The elites have utilized their discursive powers to create knowledge, …
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The Gastonia Novels and Ecofeminism: Rereading the Works of Fielding Burke Grace Lumpkin and Myra Page.
… Page's <em>Gathering Storm</em> through the lens of ecofeminism, an interdisciplinary theory that contributes the necessary insight into the link between the abuse of power on personal, political, and economic levels that underlies the human oppression and environmental exploitation experienced by …
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… past three decades, especially in the aftermath of September 11th, significant effort has been focused on developing technologies for aviation security. Security inspectors have considerable latitude to wave passengers into additional screening, and pat-downs are extensive and thorough. …
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Power in practice: clergy workplace experiences within the Pentecostal assemblies of Canada
… qualitative research to explore the impact of power differentials experienced by clergy within the PAOC. A rich and varied sample of twenty-five current and former PAOC clergy were interviewed on the subject of their own lived experiences in relation to power differentials within the …
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Alternative to state dominated criminal prosecution in Namibia
… general, are proceedings which in substance are of a criminal nature, and not of a civil nature and include, inter alia, applications for a stay of prosecution and release from detention, etc. The constitution of the Republic of Namibia protects the rights of all persons including the rights of …
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Women as Perpetrators: Male Rape
… committed by men (Eriksson, 2011). A wealth of literature exists on female experiences of sexual violence; for decades feminist academics have researched the topic, portraying rape as an abuse of power used to dominate females in a society governed by patriarchy (DuToit, 2012). Research, …
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Women's Stories of Emotional Distress, Relational Experiences and Sense-making : Listening in a Different Way
… was conducted to examine the impact of maternal mental health difficulties on the mother-daughter relationship. Nine studies were synthesised which resulted in the development of seven themes. The findings indicated the ways in which maternal mental health difficulties can disrupt the …
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Nixon's Wars: Secrecy, Watergate, and the CIA
… American history. It resulted in the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon, and it had a profound, lasting, and damaging impact on the American people’s trust in government. The story of Watergate is often intertwined with that of President Nixon—his corruption, paranoia, abuse of power, and …
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A critical analysis of the law on sexual harassment in the workplace in South Africa in a comparative perspective
A central feature of sexual harassment in the workplace is that it essentially involves two sides of a coin an impairment of dignity, self-esteem, self-worth, respect, ubuntu, individual autonomy, and equality from a positive aspect and freedom from insult, degrading treatment, disrespect, abuse of …
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The discontent of social scoring through state surveillance using the Chinese social credit system as a case study
… exclusively for ensuring safety and security of citizens, it has also facilitated unchecked control and power abuse by the state. The COVID-19 pandemic made many such abuses glaringly evident. Governments and private companies have partnered to create advanced surveillance programs that …
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Statements issued by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue - with recent legislative changes what is their legal status?
… system have had on the legal status of statements made by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue. One of the Commissioner’s strategic goals is to improve voluntary compliance with the Revenue Acts. One mechanism used by the Commissioner is the issuing of binding rulings and non-binding …
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A Comparison of Perceptions of Students, Parents and School Personnel Regarding Bullying Behavior
<p>A COMPARISON OF PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS, PARENTS AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL REGARDING BULLYING BEHAVIOR Joan Buchar July 2, 2004 52 Pages Directed by: Richard W. Wilson, J. David Dunn, Lisa L. Lindley Department of Public Health Western Kentucky University Bullying in America's schools is a problem …
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The thick blue wall: a socio-historical analysis of police accountability in the Republic of Ireland
The powers afforded to public police in liberal democratic societies to perform their functions of investigating crime and maintaining social order, inherently raise tensions concerning the use of those powers, conflicts with the liberty of citizens, and accountability for these powers. 1n the …
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Prometheus unbound: quality of government and institutionalised grand corruption in public procurement
This PhD thesis looks at one of the most crucial determinants of state formation, quality of institutions, and social equality: institutionalised grand corruption. Institutionalised grand corruption denotes the particularistic allocation of public resources, that is violating prior explicit rules …
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Design and the police : toward a model of citizen intervention and civic imagination
… policies, and human services are all products of deliberation and choice, and therefore open to consideration and re-consideration in an era that has seen widespread abuse of power. This thesis takes up one element of the designed police system in the United States: its material culture-from …
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Humanitarian intervention: legality, legitimacy and the search for solutions
Humanitarian intervention refers to the use of force for the protection of human rights in a foreign state and usually against the will of the state in which force is used. The legality of unilateral humanitarian Intervention is a widely contested area in contemporary international law. It is a …
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