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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Institution building"”.
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Homeland Security: Institution Building and Agency Cooperation
… concepts of police culture, bureaucracy, and neoinstitutional theory this research seeks to determine whether police are willingly cooperating and participating in the formation of the homeland security societal sector. Of particular interest is how successfully the DHS is in having its goals …
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Regionalism and foreign policy:China-Vietnam relations and institution-building in the Greater Mekong Subregion
This study is concerned with the institution-building and capacity-building of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and its interactions with the foreign policies of member states, exemplified by the foreign policies of China and Vietnam. The structure of the GMS includes not only central …
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Trainers by design : a case study of inter-firm learning, institution building and local governance in western Mexico
Studies of international economic development often feature the competitive gains from inter-firm cooperation. By cooperating, firms within a region can draw on their collective resources and experience to test out new production processes and techniques; share the risks associated with system-wide …
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The police and political development in Malaysia : change, continuity, and institution-building of a "coercive" apparatus in a developing, ethnically divided society
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1977.
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From Malcolm X to Malcolm X Liberation University: A Liberatory Philosophy of Education, Black Student Radicalism and Black Independent Educational Institution Building 1960--1973
… a call for 'African-centered schooling,' or institutions in the traditions of self-sufficiency, self-determination, and nationalistic pride. Malcolm X's expansive social and political thought catalyzed later practitioners of social change who stirred up the American landscape from 1965 to …
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From Malcolm X to Malcolm X Liberation University: a liberatory philosophy of education, Black student radicalism and Black independent educational institution building 1960-1973
… a call for ‘African-centered schooling,’ or institutions in the traditions of self-sufficiency, self-determination, and nationalistic pride. Malcolm X’s expansive social and political thought catalyzed later practitioners of social change who stirred up the American landscape from 1965 to …
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The Effects of International Governmental Donor Agencies on Institution-Building: A Case Study of United States Agency for International Development's Assistance to the North-West Frontier Province Agricultural University, Peshawar
… by international governmental donor agencies in institution-building and the effects of such aid on recipient institutions. It was done via the case study approach by examining the multi-million dollar assistance offered to the North-West Frontier Province Agricultural University (NWFP AU) at …
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Institutions by imposition : colonial lessons for contemporary state-building
What explains variation in institution-building under foreign occupations? Why do some state-building missions produce effective and durable state institutions, while others leave a legacy of weak or dysfunctional ones? I explored these questions through a comparative study of the Japanese …
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"""Civil"" Societies and ""Evil"" States: Ambiguities of Women's NGO Organizing and Patriarchy in Post -Soviet Ukraine"
… while contributing to cross-cultural studies of institution building and ""civil society"" in post-socialism that bridge the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, history, and political science. My dissertation contributes to work on post-socialist civil societies by providing ethnographic …
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The limits of state building : the politics of war and the ideology of peace
… the international community build strong state institutions - such as security forces or electoral institutions - in post-conflict societies? An influential technical perspective argues that authority, resources, and expertise enable the international community to build its preferred …
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Insurgent armies : explaining military loyalty after rebel victory
… the importance of obedient militaries for building strong states and durable peace, the logic of military loyalty after victory in civil war has not been studied in a systematic or comparative fashion. To explain variation in ex-rebel commander behavior across and within states where armed …
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Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations, Terrorist Tactics, and the Threat to the United States
… Key aspects of this strategy include institution-building, counter-transnational criminal organization policies, and diplomacy.
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Development in the shadows : how the World Bank and the Frente Clandestina almost built a new government in Timor-Leste
… deepened and broadened their dedication to state-building projects across all aspects of institution-building, to include economic, social and political. I chose to examine the implications of this commitment by looking at Timor-Leste's first local governance project and studying the relationship …
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Exit the Matrix, Enter the System: Capitalizing on Black Culture to Create and Sustain Community Institutions in Post-Katrina New Orleans
… into the Gulf Coast, as have volunteers, rebuilding professionals, and NGO workers. Subsequently, New Orleans has witnessed an explosion of NGOs and Social Enterprises, all intent on rebuilding the city and "doing good" for its residents. However, it was not simply the opening of the …
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The anti-corruption mechanisms in the Anti-Corruption Act no. 8 of 2003
… to draw lessons from previous anti-corruption institutional and legal framework and other best practices. To strengthen the argument, literature review was done on the types of corruption, causes of corruption, effects of corruption and the key elements of a successful anti-corruption strategy. …
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Consuming democracy : local agencies and liberal peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo
This thesis focuses on liberal peace building in the DRC. The thesis takes a critical approach which emphasises local agencies and their engagements with liberal peace building. However, it seeks to bring this critique back to the institutions with which liberal peace building is preoccupied, by …
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A critical review of corporate governance reforms relating to South African state-owned enterprises
… important is the underlying importance of institution building for developing countries. In most cases poverty goes hand in hand with the lack of proper institutions, a vicious circle of mismanagement, inefficiencies, expropriation and corruption. The lack of properly functioning State …
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Bureaucracy and clientelism in an authoritarian context: a case study of local government reforms (2001-2009) in Pakistan
… forefront in administering most of the state’s institutions. Decentralisation of political and administrative authority is reckoned as one of the most effective political strategies for dealing with the predominant ethnic identity problems as well as issues related to the over-centralised …
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Navigating Identity through Philanthropy: A History of the Islamic Society of North America (1979 - 2008)
… in North America, examines the organization's institution-building and governance as a way to illustrate Muslim-American civic and religious participation. Using nonprofit research and theory related to issues of diversity, legitimacy, power, and nonprofit governance and management, I challenge …
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