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Showing 1 to 20 of 953 for “"Contradictions"”.
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Far-Right Civilizationism: Limits and Contradictions
This thesis critically explores the ideological aspects of political contestation within the states and societies of the so-called Liberal International Order (LIO) in recent years. Such divisions are associated with key capitalist social and political formations which are concerned with the LIO’s …
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Beyond Photojournalism: Constraints and Contradictions in Hostile Environments
My doctoral thesis examines the function of photography and the performance of photographers working under restricted circumstances, by focusing on the controversies they have to handle in a hostile environment. In particular, by thoroughly studying the case of North Korea I concentrate on the …
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Children's Resolutions of Verbal Contradictions: A Developmental Study
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Exploring digital discourse with Chinese characteristics: contradictions and tensions
Capitalism in China is under transformations. This research aims to register and interpret China’s discourse on network technologies, reveal the underlying ideologies, and tie this discourse to the transformation of China’s capitalism of which it is a part. Digital discourse, as this thesis defines …
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Distant Localities: The Rhetorical Contradictions Of Local Food Narratives
<p>This dissertation explores the rhetorical construction of the local food movement through the narrative genre of the food exposé. On its face, local food appears to be a grassroots movement, and yet, through an analysis of the tropes used to describe and construct the movement, another story …
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Contradictions in the Arab media: The case of Arabsat
In the construction of their media infrastructure, most of the Arab countries are spending millions of dollars on US and Western contracts. Regarded as one of the fastest growing and dynamic markets for media technologies in the world, the region may lack a clear media policy as a guideline to shed …
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time + again: critical contradictions in Chris Marker's La Jetée
… to infiltrate theoretical debates in the form of contradictions. The thesis takes the form of a case study of Chris Marker's 1962 film La Jetée. The main concern in the consideration of La Jetée is its critical relation to conceptions of time in different discursive contexts. More specifically, La …
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The performativity of multicultural discourses: youth, conflict and contradictions
The Rainbow Nation discourse in South Africa is meant to create a liberatory myth that unites the nation in its cultural and racial differences. However, discourses of multiculturalism are translated, as well as performed, differently within and between various levels of society. The thesis looks …
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The mastery of cultural contradictions: developing Paiute Indian leadership.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Political Science. Thesis. 1972. Ph.D.
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Inside the Incelosphere: Tracing the Origins and Navigating the Contradictions
Incel, an online community of men connected through their shared lack of intimate relationships with women, is often described as a monolithic misogynist group of privileged and entitled white men. My research has revealed that, contrary to this dominant narrative, Incel is a racially diverse space …
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Conflicts, contradictions and commitments : men speak about sexualisation of culture
In the past two decades sexualisation has ascended as a focus for academic, social policy and public debate: central to these debates is concern for children and young people and the significance of sexualised cultural landscapes to feminist politics and women’s social positions. A striking feature …
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Corporate Governance Reforms in Pakistan: Institutionalisation, contradictions, and unintended consequences
… examines the process of institutionalisation, contradictions and unintended consequences of Corporate Governance (CG) regulations in Pakistan. Prior studies have mostly focused on outcomes of CG regulations. The ‘process’ centred approach adopted in this study contributes to the CG theory and …
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The Effects of Cultural Contradictions on Information Security Compliance Behaviour
… in cultural values can lead to cultural contradictions. Cultural contradictions can in turn lead to conflict, which has an undesirable influence on employee compliance behaviour. The purpose of this research is to explain the nature of the relationship between emergent cultural …
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Crisis discourse, response, and structural contradictions in Thai Buddhism, 1990-2003
… an ongoing crisis in Thai Buddhism emerges from contradictions brought about by the secular administrative structures imposed by the Thai state and internalised within the Sangha. While the Sangha's acceptance of the secular bureaucratic structure maintains its hegemonic control over Thai …
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The Life and Literature of Reinhard Goering: A Study in Contradictions
… and literary output: his theory of the inherent contradictions and paradoxes
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Contradictions in change: ecological factors in the implementation of ecological prevention
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2023-12-01
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Identity Denied: Minority-Within-Minority Discrimination and the Contradictions of British Multiculturalism
This thesis explores the causes and lived experiences of anti-Ahmadi sentiment in the United Kingdom. It reveals that British Ahmadis experience severe, targeted anti-Ahmadi hostility, which is both more widespread and has a greater negative impact on their lives than the anti-Muslim prejudice they …
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Conservation, Consumption, and Livelihoods: Contradictions in Conservation Projects and Audiences in Vietnam
This thesis explores the relationships between conservation organisations and consumers of wild animal products in Vietnam. Using semi-structured interviews across social worlds, this thesis shows the changing ways people relate to conservation projects and wild animal products. I argue that …
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Living with contradictions: re-reading the representation of hybridity in visual art
… debates on identity. Through this work I explore contradictions that arise for people of mixed heritage, opening a space for viewers to reflect on their own narratives and position. Each of us contain different narratives, and sometimes it is through other people’s stories that we can deconstruct …
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