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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Democratic regime"”.
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Socrates, Democracy and Civic Education: A Study of the Gadfly as Guide to the Formation of Democratic Citizens
… tension between order and liberty in our democratic regime, this dissertation argues that a pious gadfly may be a more useful model for democratic citizenship because it better satisfies the requirements of citizenship for our democratic regime. This dissertation explores a civic education …
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To Continued Success: Reforming Internal Tunisian Security Policy
… Arab Spring rests on the integration of a stable democratic regime. Domestic as well as regional threats continue to push the boundaries of this fledgling democracy. Development measures, and reform of the Tunisian Internal Security Forces are paramount for the state's survival. This work presents …
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Provision of public goods and health outcomes during political transition in Nigeria
… the bene ts of transition from military rule to democratic rule in 1999 to ordinary citizens. This concern relates to the lack of credibility of electoral processes in the country. Politicians in Nigeria have embarked on various unlawful strategies both to win and perpetuate positions of power, …
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International Communications Standards: A Comparative Study of the ITU and ISOC as Regimes
… This study examines ISOC through the lens of regime theory to explain its role. Regime theory is discussed at length in order to create an applicable model of a regime. This model is grounded in the transnationalists school of thought, originating in the 1970s. The regime model is informed by …
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Wealth and Regime Formation: Social and Economic Origins of the Change Toward Democracy
… development, social mobility, elites, and regime formation. I argue that the genesis of regime formation, in general, and of democratic regimes, in particular, is determined by the type of economic structure a society possesses, on the one hand, and on the degree the to which demands from …
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Investigating the challenges of monitoring and enforcement of preferential procurement regulations in South African local government
… local government. The policies of the non-democratic regime created racial disproportions in South Africa and resulted in a need for the transformation of public procurement systems to empower the historically disadvantaged individuals (HDIs) to access government procurement opportunities. …
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Institutions and economic development
… economic reform is more likely to take place in democratic economies. The answer seems affirmative. More specifically, our empirical results show that democracy causes reforms in redistributive policies, trade liberalisation and credit market deregulation. In the next Chapter, we consider the …
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Spatial segregation in medium cities during the 1990s: the case of Ribeirão Preto, SP – Brazil
… in Brazil since the late 1980s when the democratic regime was established after twenty years of a dictatorship. In Brazil, the 1990s are characterized by the adoption of neoliberal policies and the country´s deep involvement in a globalized economy (globalization) through the opening of …
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Hifikepunye Pohamba's rhetorical presidency: inauguration and independence anniversary speeches
… was based on the Aristotelian (2007) ‘three regimes’ of rhetoric as well as the three rhetorical proofs. On the historical background information, a context of the rhetorical situation was drawn from Bitzer (1968), and the rhetorical argument and application of Perelman (1984). Moreover, …
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The UK’s Legal Response to Terrorist Communication in the 21st Century: Striking the right balance between individual privacy and collective security in the digital age.
… armed resistance to a brutal or repressive anti-democratic regime, could in certain circumstances be justifiable, even where such resistance is directed away from non-combatant casualties’. Although the current counterterrorism structure is broad, the UK and the EU must police the Internet and …
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A democracia na União Europeia em crise : o caso da Grécia (2009-2015)
A União Europeia encontra-se numa encruzilhada provocada por uma crise multifacetada (económica, financeira, política e social), com início em 2007/2008 com a pior crise económica desde a década de 30 na Europa. A crise revelou problemas com diversas origens e consequências, e cujo desfecho se …