Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 302 for “"Coercion"”.
-
Coercion
… to justify a re-examination of the nature of coercion, and the moral grounds, if any, for its justification. These two concerns constitute the scope of this thesis. A number of approaches are used to examine the concept of coercion and issues relating to it. These include conceptual analysis, …
-
Calculating bully : explaining Chinese coercion
Since 1990, China has used coercion for territorial disputes, foreign arms sales to Taiwan, and foreign leaders' meetings with the Dalai Lama, despite adverse implications for its international image. China is also curiously selective in the timing, target, and tools of coercion: most cases of …
-
Organizing coercion in authoritarian Chile
Coercion is at the center of politics, yet how it is organized has remained poorly understood. This dissertation analyzes how the Chilean military regime (1973-90) organized coercion, focusing especially on two major shifts during the period of most institutional flux, from 1973-78. Available …
-
Justifying Coercion: Nurses' Experiences Medicating Involuntary Psychiatric Patients
… methodology to uncover the process of Justifying Coercion that participating California psychiatric nurses use to resolve this problem. The process consists of three stages: (a) Assessment of Need, (b) Interpersonal Negotiation, and if the negotiation reaches an impasse, (c) Justifying and Taking …
-
Bernard Williams on Coercion and Reasons for Action
… external reasons holds some inherent danger of coercion. Williams believes that if an agent who takes the role of advisor wants to convince another agent that an external reason applies to him, and rational persuasion fails, then he has to use coercion to persuade the agent to act. I argue that …
-
Bernard Williams on Coercion and Reasons for Action
… external reasons holds some inherent danger of coercion. Williams believes that if an agent who takes the role of advisor wants to convince another agent that an external reason applies to him, and rational persuasion fails, then he has to use coercion to persuade the agent to act. I argue that …
-
Coercion, Conversion and Counterinsurgency in Louis XIV's France
… is a study of the domestic application of armed coercion during the reign of Louis XIV. It examines the coercive aspects of tax collection and the Crown's military response to fiscal revolts, and the enforcement of Louis XIV's religious policies, focusing on the dragonnades of the 1680s and the …
-
Risk Factors for Sexual Coercion in Male Batterers
… study examined risk factors for sexual coercion using data provided by 87 couples that were screened to participate in a couples treatment program for domestic violence. Risk factors examined included: level of alcohol use, anger, beliefs about wife beating, jealousy, dominance, …
-
Caregiving, Crisis and Coercion in the American Revolutionary War
This dissertation uses the health crisis of the American Revolutionary War to interrogate the coercive labour dynamics underpinning care work in early America. It examines the Continental Army’s efforts to utilise existing coercive labour regimes (including enslavement, indentured servitude and …
-
Self-Objectification, Eating Attitudes, And Sexual Coercion In College Women
… they have little choice when faced with sexual coercion. The present study examined a path analysis model of self-objectification, body dissatisfaction, body shame, low self-esteem, eating attitudes, and sexual experiences self-reported by sorority and non-sorority college women. It was …
-
Effective Coping Interventions for Victims of Rape and Sexual Coercion
<p>Rape and non-consented sexual activities among women is increasing. Although very few perpetrators are a stranger to the victims, a large percentage of them are known. For example, relatives, family members, family friends, and neighbors. This study focuses on individuals who provide services to …
-
Coercive Statecraft in Disguise: China’s Economic Coercion and Its Effectiveness
… change in the Chinese understanding of economic coercion. To examine the effectiveness of China’s coercive statecraft, I draw on an original dataset of economic coercion involving China as initiator since 2001 and use a research design that leverages interviews and comparative case studies. I …
-
Red lines and faits accomplis in interstate coercion and crisis
The International Relations literature has an established view of interstate crises that explains how states pursue victory in terms of signaling resolve. States make gains with credible coercive threats (compellence). In contrast, this dissertation conceives of each crisis as a strategic …
-
Mythmaking, Mega-events, and Coercion: Autocratic Legitimation in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan
… identity under increased media exposure. Coercion prevents the opposition from rebelling against those in power, ensuring regime survival once discourses and spectacles are unavailable as alternative sources of legitimation. Through document analysis and sixty expert interviews collected …
-
Understanding adolescent antisocial behaviour from attachment theory and coercion theory perspectives
… two theoretical perspectives: attachment and coercion theories. Adolescents (N = 662, mean age: 15.8 years) completed measures of coping styles, attachment styles and coercive interactions (with mother and father), and rated their parents' use of hostile punishment and parental monitoring. …
-
The grand strategies of rising powers: reassurance, coercion, and balancing responses
… grand strategy-whether it is reassurance or coercion--on the severity of the balancing response by the other major powers. I develop a theory of successful reassurance that shows how a rising power can prevent or minimize the severity of the balancing response by other great powers. …
Page 1 of 16