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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Economic dependency"”.
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Economic dependency and income distribution in Puerto Rico 1950-1977
Thesis. 1979. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Experiences of Abused Unemployed Young Women at Acornhoek Village, Bushbuckridge Municipality, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Domestic violence and the economic dependency of unemployed young women are inextricably intertwined. Hence, the most reason why women become victims of domestic abuse is because they are financially dependent on their partners. Therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate the link between …
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The Work and Politics of Stevedoring in Rio De Janeiro, 1903--1964 (Brazil)
… used to assess how well the idea of external economic dependency could explain changes in the bargaining power of stevedores, as those workers were hypothesized to be critically placed to benefit from external dependency. The reason and timing for changes in the stevedores' wages were …
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A Profile of the Kenyan Labor Force: Race, Occupation and Industry; Ethnicity and Sex Differentials in the Postcolonial Period
… study is the ongoing debate on the impact of economic dependency on the occupational distribution of different racial groups in the Kenyan economy. The debate has yielded two conflicting generalizations. The first argues that despite the dominance of foreign private capital in the Kenyan …
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Ghana’s Shift from Non-Alignment to Alignment: A Comparative Case Study of Foreign Policy Under Geopolitical Pressures
… of Ghana and Zambia, the thesis analyzes how economic dependency, military cooperation, and diplomatic behavior— especially with the United States—have influenced Ghana’s foreign policy trajectory between the Cold War and the post-2010 period. Through analysis of policy documents, defense …
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Anglo-German commercial and financial rivalry in Brazil 1900-1929
… the growth and character of British and German economic interests in Brazil with particular regard to the extent of their historical competition as well as respective economic performances. Being reminiscent of the continuous enquiries into the state of Britain's home industries, the thesis …
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Seeking Common Ground: An Exploration of Conflicting Views on Climate Change in Saskatchewan
… of Saskatchewan, political rhetoric and deep economic dependency on non-renewable resources have contributed to a divided public opinion of both the presence and urgency of climate change. This clash of opposing views and beliefs on climate change has fostered an us-versus-them mentality that …
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The Strategies to Mitigate Gender-Based Violence Amongst Married Women in the Rural Village of Thulamela Local Municipality, Limpopo Province
… norms, limited access to resources, and socio-economic challenges that often exacerbated the prevalence of gender-based violence. By focusing on this specific group, the study sought to identify effective, context-sensitive interventions to protect and empower women in these communities. The …
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Economic Relations between the Third Reich and Yugoslavia, 1933-1941
This thesis focuses on economic relations between the Third Reich and Yugoslavia before the German attack in April 1941. It questions the conventional wisdom, according to which economic relations served mainly as a tool of German foreign policy towards Yugoslavia. Instead, it aims to place mutual …
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THE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN KYRGYZSTAN WITH THE MCDM MODEL.
… climate change in Central Asia due to low-income economic dependency and outdated, low-efficiency energy systems. Consequently, there is a significant need for a systematic diagnosis of renewable energy sources to identify the most sustainable, reliable, and socially affordable options that can be …
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Modernizing Conquest
… quo of colonial territoriality and neocolonial economic dependency. The international system and its discourse plays an important role in this perpetuation. The "new" mode of thought and material production that emerged in the prelude to the “decolonization era” puts all life on an omnicidal …
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An analysis of the Department of Social Welfare & Pensions' capacity to respond to needs & social problems of the people in Venda
… covered the unfavourable political and socio-economic conditions experienced by the Welfare Department and it's clientele. The study also describes and examines the types of social problems and needs of the people, and what the Department is actually able to provide. How the Department …
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From Gwoka Modénn to Jazz Ka: Music, Nationalism, and Creolization in Guadeloupe
… Guadeloupe's atypical path to decolonization and economic dependency has fueled the growth of nationalist sentiment on the island. Using transcriptions and analyses of musical recordings, I demonstrate how musicians have participated in Guadeloupe's political debates by deploying specific musical …
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Political Participation in the Twittersphere and the Nigerian 2015 and 2019 Presidential Elections: A Cultural Underpinning
… diverse society, including the culture of economic dependency, exerts as much – or more – influence on political participation among the country’s citizens. The study employed a connective ethnographic methodology, juxtaposing netnographic data collection on Twitter with offline interviews …
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Prognostics and health management for multi-component systems
… with more components which bear stochastic and economic dependencies. Therefore maintaining such systems is becoming more and more of a challenge, especially due to their degradation processes becoming highly stochastic in nature. This thesis is concerned with the prognostics and health …
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Figuring Women's Work: The Cultural Production of Care and Labor in the Industrial U.S.
… possibilities that precede our present economic and social order. This dissertation reads against this prevailing tendency in labor and working-class studies to pose the question: what if the antecedents of our present culture and economy may be found not merely in the industrial past, …