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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Grassroots movement"”.
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Distant Localities: The Rhetorical Contradictions Of Local Food Narratives
… 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 emerges – one intended for …
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Gasland: The Rhetoric of Images in the New Media Landscape
… <em>Gasland</em> team successfully established a grassroots movement that was responsible for helping create the Frack Act and a moratorium of fracking in the Delaware River Shed.</p> <p>This thesis intends to determine what made <em>Gasland</em> so influential. Through a rhetorical criticism and …
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Henry S. Lane and the birth of the Indiana Republican Party, 1854-1861
… transform the Republican Party in Indiana from a grassroots movement into a powerful political party by 1860.
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The first educational exodus : a narrative of 1965
… Black parents created Operation Exodus, a grassroots movement aimed at enrolling Roxbury children in other Boston schools, in response to the Boston School Committee's reluctance to build better schools and integrate existing schools. Led by a group of prominent black activists, Exodus …
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CURRICULUM INTERNATIONALIZATION AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
… of curriculum internationalization; and (e) a grassroots movement of curriculum internationalization among faculty enables an institution to begin the process at a greater pace.
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Analyzing the United States Air Force agile transformation using a systems thinking approach
… best addressed by employees such as creating a grassroots movement. Agile could be a major contributor for helping the USAF to succeed at becoming more effective at quickly deploying needed systems. By utilizing a holistic view, the USAF will be better able to address the current challenges of …
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The Paranoid Style of Tea Party Politics
This thesis aims to examine the Tea Party movement from the context of Richard Hofstadter's writings on the paranoid style in American politics. The findings in this study suggest that the Tea Party is something of a paranoid movement, and it suggests that factors for individual paranoid political …
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All for One, but Not One for All: The Knowledge/Power Struggle and Its Effect on Teacher Autonomy
… to truly be hope for our educational system, a grassroots movement must ensue which encourages freedom of pedagogical practice and the opportunity for transformation.
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The Crime Victim Movement and United States Public Culture
This dissertation examines the U.S. crime victim movement's media practices within the larger context of public discourse about victimization by crime, violence and disaster from 1964 to the present. This work considers the predilection toward victims' rights approaches to crime and violence within …
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Facilitating teacher leadership in Kazakhstan
… within and outside their schools. Such a grassroots movement requires systemic and systematic facilitation in schools in Kazakhstan. Ongoing practice-oriented critical reflection, focused action, horizontal communication and school networking can enable teachers and school leadership team …
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WWF's Earth Hour Campaign: ‘Global Village' or Eco-Imperialism?
… Hour, which touts itself as “the world's largest grassroots movement for the environment,” often adopt a utopian view of globalisation that celebrates what Marshall McLuhan termed the ‘global village'. While this global ethos might be useful in engaging the publics in collective action, this …
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The 'failure' of Political Islam? : The Muslim Bortherhood's experience in government
… of the Muslim Brotherhood’s evolution from a grassroots movement into an Islamist political party, and analyses the organisation’s understanding of Political Islam to assess the implications of its deposition for the perception of the ideology as a whole. Ultimately, this thesis argues that …
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The Role Of The Citizen's Clearinghouse For Hazardous Wastes As An Agent Of Adult Education In The Environmental Justice Movement From 1981-1985
… Its role as an agent of adult education in the grassroots movement for environmental justice was demonstrated by tracing the movement from the toxic waste disaster at Love Canal, New York and focusing on the role of Lois Gibbs as a leader in the movement. The conceptual framework for the study …
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Outsider Within: Examining Homosexuality and the Black Church on YouTube
… My analysis of YouTube shows that there is a grassroots movement to challenge the traditional teachings of the church on homosexuality. The larger public dialogue demonstrates: that despite the church’s teachings there are many people who 1) disagree with theological teachings and …
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Globalization, land expropriation, and community resistance: a case study in Wanbao community, Miaoli County, Taiwan
… resisted land expropriation through a grassroots movement. This paper strives to offer the following: a comprehensive understanding of the legitimization of land expropriation from the local as well as the global perspective; background information on the rise of land expropriation in …
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Educators’ Perspectives Regarding the Impact of a College Readiness Program on Latinx Students in an Urban High School
… States has not utilized in education reform movements is the power educators have in their schools and surrounding communities. Reforms originated by educators working in marginalized communities are at the forefront of creating successful college programs. Purpose: The purpose of this study …