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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Empowering function."”.
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"He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh" : mockery and typology in Milton's poetry.
… the primarily destructive and condemnatory function of comic ridicule. By analyzing the exchanges of mockery between Milton's protagonists and antagonists in the light of Christ's endurance of mockery on the cross and his mocking defeat of the devil in the Resurrection, I argue that mockery …
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Urbanization process models, internal rural-urban migration, and the role of institutions in China : three essays on urbanization and migration
… that China's institutions have played an empowering function, thus giving rise to an institution-bound rational choice behavior concerning migration and settlement. Lastly, I briefly discuss the implications of the findings on urbanization and development theories, as well as the policy …