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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Boycott"”.
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Boycott Toolkit : collaborative research for collective economic action
Many modern social movements advocate boycotts as a mechanism to pursue social change. However, these campaigns are often broad in scope and limited to committed activists as potential adherents. This thesis describes a web-based platform to organize highly targeted boycotts, perform collaborative …
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The Secondary Boycott and The Taft-Hartley Act, 1947-1954
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The Belfast Boycott: Consumerism, Gender, and the Irish Border, 1920-1922
<p>The Belfast Boycott was a protest designed to dislodge loyalism in Northern Ireland, punish its adherents for perceived intolerance toward Catholics, and end Irish partition. The boycott was set off by the expulsion of several thousand Catholic workers from employment in Belfast in July 1920. A …
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The effect of an academic boycott on academics in South Africa
… including economic sanctions, a sports boycott, the arms and oil embargoes and, more recently, the cultural and academic boycott. This research was designed to investigate the effect of an academic boycott on academics and libraries associated with South African universities.
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Buy or boycott?: an examination of mediated consumer animosity effects on purchase intentions
… influence product quality assessment, boycott motivations, and buying intentions. In addition, the impact of animosity on purchase intentions was completely mediated by boycott motivations whereas the impact of consumer ethnocentrism and subjective norm was partially mediated through …
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The political survival of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan: from participation to boycott
… and religious modernity as since the 2007 boycott, increasing numbers of al-Bannaist Doves have converted into Qutbist Hawks. This has empowered the Hawks to demand fundamental reforms regarding the monarchy’s existence, initiating the Brotherhood’s final 2010 political boycott, and …
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The role of occupation in an integrated boycott model : a cross-regional study in China
Consumer boycotts are a worldwide and historic phenomenon in modern society. As the number of protests grows and as local authorities recognize the economic and political impact of such activities, then multinational corporations (MNCs) and host countries begin to see the historic and cultural …
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Historicising the Popular: Trans-Atlantic Exchanges between African American and Local South African Musicians during the Cultural Boycott, c. 1960-1993
… as controversial. They broke the cultural boycott, but they can also be viewed as pivotal moments for cultural exchange and the promotion of Black identity. By analysing the tours, this study, firstly, seeks to situate African American tours into the broader historiography of South African …
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“The voice of the people” : personal reflections on the impact of the 1985 class
… in a regional and nationwide class/school boycott, from July 1985 to January 1986. It analyses how this event affected the community, and how the community responded to the authoritarianism of apartheid rule at critical moments during the course of the boycott. A key factor identified, is …
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Got Silk?: Buying, Selling, and Advertising British Luxury Imports During the Stamp Act Crisis
… goods, especially before and after the boycott. Advertisements also demonstrate that the decision of many merchants to place the needs and expectations of their community before their own personal gain offered a rare economic opportunity for others. The colonists' devotion to imports …
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The Effectiveness of Marketing Policy Boycotts
Protest groups often utilize boycotts in an attempt to force their targets to modify an allegedly improper policy. This dissertation specifically evaluated the effectiveness of boycotts designed to alter organizations' marketing policies. Contrary to previous work, effectiveness was defined as the …
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Legacies of violence : an in-depth analysis of two case studies based on interviews with perpetrators of a "necklace" murder and with Eugene De Kock
… to support the efforts to break the consumer boycott. Chidester (1991) describes the commandos as a system where civil and military functions came together "as white settlers formed a citizens anny to enforce their common political, social, and economic interests against indigenous opposition" …
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The Politics of Purchasing: Ethical Consumerism, Civic Engagement, and Political Participation in the United States
… through buycotting (intentionally purchasing) or boycotting (intentionally abstaining from purchasing) of particular products or companies. Based on data from the 2002 National Civic Engagement Survey II, this study finds income and education significantly predict participation in political and …
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Engaging apartheid : the teachers' league of South Africa in the Western Cape, 1985-1989
… attitudes and responses to the 1985-1986 school boycott and to the educational initiative 'People's Education For People's Power'. Key sources for the study are interviews conducted with League members who were active during the 1985-89 period, and an examination of The Educational Journal among …
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