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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Ideological factors"”.
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Choral activities at the University of Chattanooga from 1886-1969
… college founded in 1886, indicates ideological factors, historical events, and technological advancements that shaped the existence and function of choral curriculum and song traditions on campus. A timeline of choral traditions emerged which mirrored those of private liberal arts …
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Money and Nationalist Politics in Nineteenth Century Ireland: From O'Connell to Parnell
… Ireland owed as much to functional, as to ideological factors.
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Rubber Stamps and Litmus Tests: The President, the Senate, and Judicial Voting Behavior in Abortion Cases in the U.S. Federal District Courts
… judge's decision in an abortion case in light of ideological factors measured at the time of a judge's nomination to the bench and legal and institutional constraints at the time a judge decides a case. I analyze abortion cases from all of the U.S. Federal District Courts from 1973-2004. Unlike …
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Special Education Trumps ESL: Policy as Practice for ELs with Disabilities
… More concretely, it examines how institutional factors and personnel's beliefs construct and even limit the opportunities ELs with disabilities are offered within their learning contexts. It argues that second language (L2) identities are erased during service delivery practices through specific …
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Finding Meaning In the Sociopolitical Experience of African American Republicans: A Phenomenological Approach
… in relationships among social, cultural, and ideological factors contributing to political partisanship. To date, most studies related to political identification have drawn from large national databases, using quantitative methods focused on assessing political preferences, attitudes, …
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For Cause and Countries: Initial, Sustaining, and Combat Motivation in the Royal Air Force Eagle Squadrons, 1940-1942
… beleaguered air force reflected a commitment to ideological principles, as the desires to defend England and curb German aggression figured largely into their initial motivation. Once in England, these ideals persisted as motives to remain in RAF service, as their eagerness for combat reflected …
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WHY FIGHT WHEN YOU CAN RULE TOGETHER? REBEL POWER-SHARING DURING CIVIL WARS
… thesis aims to address this gap by exploring the factors that influence the formation of rebel power-sharing arrangements during civil wars. The central research question guiding this study is: What explains the creation of power-sharing institutions by rebel groups during civil wars? To answer …
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An exploration of parents’ perception of Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) in the development of parent voice and authentic, productive and lasting partnerships
… critical insights into historical, political and ideological factors impeding effective strategies for exclusion. Semi-structured interviews and a focus group were used to gather data from parents and key stakeholders. Reflexive thematic analysis and narrative inquiry were used for analysis …
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Body, Mind, Spirit: In Pursuit of an Integral Philosophy of Music Teaching and Learning
… institutional, educational, religious, and ideological factors, and (j) curriculum and experiential practices and guidelines. A close reading of flow pedagogy in early childhood music teaching shows some similar methodologies.
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The Use of Social Power Bases by Southern Baptist Leaders: A Mixed Methods Study
… 1992. It also considers the organizational and ideological factors which might influence the use of social power bases by leaders in Southern Baptist churches. These factors include congregational form of church governance, belief in soul competency and priesthood of the believer, and beliefs …
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Understanding and Enhancing Information Use in the Public Sector: Insights from Politicians and Public Employees
… is often complex, shaped by contextual and ideological factors and the need to achieve personal and party goals. The literature reveals that politicians tend to use information to a limited extent and selectively, often prioritizing personal or party interests over the effectiveness of …
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British Politics, Imperial Ideology, and East India Company Reform, 1773-1784
This dissertation analyses the various factors behind the British East India Company’s metamorphosis from a mercantile corporation into a semi-privatised imperial agency in the crucial period between Lord North’s Regulating Act in 1773 and Pitt’s India Act of 1784. To untangle these factors, this …
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"""Que No Olviden Su Cultura, Y Tambien El Idioma"": A Case Study of Mayan Literacy Revival in the 'Pan -Maya Culture and Language Revitalization Movement' in Guatemala"
… these gains in domain increase are challenged by ideological factors. Traditional Mayan cultural values are being lost as traditional Mayan clothing is replaced with used clothing from the US, as a result of the introduction of Evangelical Christian religion by outsiders, and with Maya youth …
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Translating the Untranslatable: A Comparative Study of Two Modern Language Translations of the Verses of Egils saga Skalla-Grimssonar
… and the extraneous (cultural, economic, ideological) factors, which may have influenced the production of the translation. Similar studies carried out by translation scholars have so far concentrated on the twentieth-century literatures of British, Spanish and French ex-colonies. By …
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The middle class in Halifax, 1780-1850
… the middle classes in Halifax, institutional and ideological factors to sustain the political life of the middle classes are investigated. Then, it analyses the process and institutional background by which the middle classes became structured through their collective actions in public …
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Co-operative Commonwealth or New Jerusalem? The Co-operative Party and the Labour Party, 1931-1951.
… unique political alliance reflected a shared ideological ground between the two parties, united in their aim to displace capitalism with common ownership. However, despite this common aim, the methods through which this would be achieved varied and whilst the Labour Party focused on state …
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Path Dependency or Path Creation? Transitions in Policy Ideas and Reform Strategies in Contemporary New Zealand Pension Politics
… system through institutional and cultural ideological factors. The study focuses on the privatization elements in the evolution of New Zealand's pension system, particularly the KiwiSaver scheme, to examine whether it represents a breakthrough in traditional path dependency. Adopting …
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Capitalismo popular y utopías americanas: una Historia socio-económica del cooperativismo estadounidense
… of American capitalism from the religious and ideological factor, in the way to understand the development of cooperativism according to this, as it has been working in the discipline of Religion & Economics. Attention is focused on the model of the so-called popular capitalism (or Folksnomics) …
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Ice, Ice, Baby? A Sociological Exploration of Social Egg Freezing
… consideration of the structural, relational and ideological factors which influence reproductive timing and reproductive ‘choice’. The demographic profile of interview participants was similar to that found in existing quantitative studies of social egg freezing. Participants were predominantly …
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Sorting out ceramics : correlating change in the technology of ceramic production with the chronology of 18th and early 19th century western BaTswana towns
… through the beginning of the 18th century. These factors increased inter-group competition over land, access to trade goods and control of agricultural and exchange networks. The sociopolitical response to these political and environmental pressures was large- scale centralization, in which people …
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