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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"Democratic state"”.
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South Africa's new social movements and their approach to the liberal-democratic state : differences and possibilities
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 150-158).
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Intolerant groups in a democratic state : analyzing political entanglement between state and Aliansi Nasional Anti Syiah (annas) in Indonesia
This thesis examines the relationship between the state and the Aliansi Nasional Anti Syiah (ANNAS), a nationwide mass organization established in 2014 in Bandung, West Java. ANNAS aims to curb the growth of Shiite teachings in Indonesia, which it considers deviant from the true Islamic faith. Due …
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Civil-Military relations and democratization in Guatemala
… relations in Guatemala and their effect on democratic consolidation. The issue of civil- military relations in Guatemala is one of particular importance as political and military leaders as well as members of civil society attempt to redefine the role of the military after 36 years of civil …
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Effects of ownership and circulation on editorial presentation in West Virginia newspapers
… the opinion-editorial pages in a traditionally Democratic state with few competing media markets and reliance upon newspapers for local news. This thesis finds ownership status and circulation size affects the balance and variety of feature items presented within the opinion editorial content. …
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The importance of time during Peace Negotiations: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Dayton Peace Accords
… the possibility that important aspects of the democratic state building process are going to be overlooked. When they are overlooked, the road back to a functioning democracy will be an exceptionally long one. The events that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in a short three year span, …
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Traditional leadership, democratic authority and public opinion in Botswana
… between traditional leadership and modern democratic citizens. It is the state-chieftaincy relationship that has dominated much of the current research on traditional leadership in modern Africa. Even work that has been done on traditional leadership and the modern democratic state is …
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Masculinity on Trial in South Africa? The Zuma Rape Trial, Rape, HIV and AIDS and Masculinities
… in this Thesis. Since the country became a democratic state in 1994, South Africa has tried to overcome more than 50 years of racial suppression/segregation and – more recently - has put into effect the most progressive constitution in the world. Another problem to be overcome in South …
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Governing transition in Kosovo : post-conflict peacebuilding United Nations style
… (ICTY) - with efforts to rebuild the Kosovan state justice and political system. The thesis questions the capacity of the United Nation (UN) to govern, build a democratic state system through transitional administrations, and serve as a role model in war torn territories. The analysis is …
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Seven contemporary French political thinkers
… of substance and of a recognition that a modern democratic state is heteronomous and may contain a substantial range of incommensurable values . This amounts to an acceptance of agonistic value pluralism, that is, of the idea of political conflict which is constructive (by contrast with the …
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State, religion, and the public good: An examination of Nurcholish Madjid in constructing civil religious pluralism as political philosophy
… the chronic tension between religion and the state by constructing a dialogue between the writings of Nurcholish Madjid and classical political theorists. Framed around the development of the modern nation-state, civil religious pluralism is presented as an important contribution to political …
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Constitutional rationalisation of legislation dealing with traditional justice system
… leadership at a local level. As a unitary democratic state with diverse cultures, the Constitution also acknowledges and grounds diversity which could be interpreted as permitting legal pluralism. I argue that the Constitution envisages recognition and application of the indigenous system …
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The right to education of asylum seeker and refugee children
… has occurred since South Africa became a democratic state in 1994. The enactment of international law into the 1994 Constitution contributed into the protection of various children right and insured equal access into the education system. However, refugee children have been prejudiced in …
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Walter Lippmann's Search for a Sustainable Liberalism
… struggle. Lippmann was a defender of the liberal democratic state whose value as a thinker derives from his attempt to understand the problem of political freedom (are people competent to self-rule in a mass democracy?) throughout this critical time period. In this struggle Lippmann remains a …
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Tracing Violence Against Women from the Francoist Dictatorship to Democratic Spain
… transitions from an authoritarian regime to a democratic state? This thesis examines how Spain’s transition from authoritarianism to democracy impacted the advancements of women’s rights through a specific analysis of violence against women. While democratization created the institutional …
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Review and reform of South African health legislation
… South African citizenship in a sovereign and democratic state. Political transition brought with it the promise of a better life for all citizens of South Africa as apartheid policies and racist legislation were relegated to the annals of history, and as the process of reconstructing a society …
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Democracy denied : the Press in South Africa
… (SA). Here it shall be seen that SA was not a democratic state while under National Party (NP) rule. This statement is obvious as the vast majority of SA citizens were denied the franchise. But democracy eluded even those enjoying life within the narrow confines of white democratic rule, as …
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Brasil Junho/2013: movimentos de rua e o direito de reunião aspectos sociais e constitucionais
… constitutional challenge implementation of the democratic state of law. In addition, we intend to evaluate the framework of the right of assembly and demonstration as a fundamental right guaranteed the Federal Constitution, establish its entirety, limits and differences/ similarities between the …
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The Conditions of Kindness In Politics
… and as such relations are fundamental to a democratic state, kindness should be considered the unspoken first-foundation for our politics. It at the very least contributes to a more understanding deliberation; more significantly, it assures a commitment to fellow citizens resilient to …
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Interest mediation and democratic transitions : NEDLAC and South Africa's experiment in Corporatism
… finally move from an authoritarian apartheid state to a democratic state that respected and upheld the basic principles of human rights. The field of ""transition politics"" is huge. It necessarily encompasses and is a reaction to the years of history prior to the period of transition, which …
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