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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Internal Politics"”.
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The internal politics of external threat
… international threat. In explaining the domestic politics of external threat, I seek to answer why states choose escalate conflicts over some issues and not others, against rivals at certain times and not others, and choose to abuse human rights during some conflicts, but not others. I focus …
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The Labour party and the impact of war, 1939-1945
This thesis examines the internal politics of the Labour party during the Second World War. There are two primary elements to the study: on the one hand, an analysis of the techniques of party management, and, on the other, examination of the personal conflicts and rivalries which dominated …
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Businessmen and butchers: the domestic roots of Syria's changing foreign policy
… was more a reflection of altered Syrian internal politics than of the recognition that the United States was the only true superpower in a changed international system. This thesis has important policy and theoretical applications. It identifies the driving forces of Syria's current …
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Transitions in domestic architecture and home culture in twentieth century Iran
… gender relations. Since 1979 the focus on Iran's internal politics and its foreign relations has distracted attention from more subtle transformations, which took place prior to and in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution. By looking at the roles and opinions of religious scholars, the Left, …
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Canada's foreign aid program : a policy analysis (1946-1980)
… since CIDA's aid policies were influenced by internal and external factors. Aid was used to promote trade and investment, to create jobs in Canada, assist Canadian farmers and to boost the Canadian economy. Overseas, aid was used to protect Canadian economic interests or try to influence …
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The Land of the Lion and the Sun: British Travel-‐writing on Persia, 1890-‐1940
… the thesis, Britain engaged deeply with Persian internal politics, and records emerge from soldiers, diplomats, missionaries and independent travellers.<br/>The first chapter compares George Curzon’s Persia and the Persian Question (1892) with Ella Sykes’ Through Persia on a Side-Saddle (1896), …
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The Finality of Partition: Bilateral Relations between India and Pakistan, 1947-1957
… were also responding to the compulsions of internal politics; and the policies they advocated were also shaped by domestic political positions of the day. In the immediate months and years following partition, the suggestions of a lastingly adversarial relationship were already visible. This …
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Researchers’ experiences on collaborative research: The case of the University of Namibia and Namibia Commission on Research, Science and Technology
… lack of fund, caliber of researchers, internal politics and bottlenecks, absence of policies to regulate how data sets and how data is owned and absence of national data base to curb scattered data in iii Namibia. Therefore, the study recommended among other things, that research …
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The exploration of leadership styles on employees’ performance: a study of Premier Specialist Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
… responsibilities and roles that causes internal politics. Initial results pointed to a lot of laissez-faire leadership tendencies. Thus, this serves as a breeding ground for poor innovation, decreased commitment, and poor team chemistry, which significantly affects employee performance, …
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Independent Internationalism and Nationalistic Pragmatism: The United States and Mexico Relations during the 1920s
… relations while facing a reconstruction in internal politics. Decades ago, William Appleman Williams refuted the stereotype of American isolationism, arguing that the administrations of Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover engaged in diplomacy, even where they conducted diplomacy through …
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Independent Internationalism and Nationalistic Pragmatism: The United States and Mexico Relations during the 1920s
… relations while facing a reconstruction in internal politics. Decades ago, William Appleman Williams refuted the stereotype of American isolationism, arguing that the administrations of Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover engaged in diplomacy, even where they conducted diplomacy through …
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Paul and the Politics of Idolatry: Ancient Mediterranean Cult Images and Iconic Ritual in the Letters of Paul
… sympathetic to iconic piety and sensitive to its internal politics. That is to say, in Pauline scholarship on 'idols' and 'idolatry', the intelligibility and recognisability of Paul's claims among his own gentile followers have been all but overlooked. The distinctive contribution of this thesis …
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The Irish Soccer Split: A Reflection of the Politics of Ireland?
… in shaping sports. It shows the pivotal impact internal politics – the ways that power is shared in an organisation and the way it is affected by relationships between people who work together – has on sports. It scrutinises the governance of sports in Ireland and transnationally, as well as in …
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Desafiando el bipartidismo: auge y evolución de los partidos políticos españoles del siglo XXI (2008-2019)
La crisis del 2008 provocó en España una verdadera “crisis de legitimidad” popular en el sistema político. La mayor materialización política e institucional de dicha crisis fue el enorme grado de erosión (entendido como disminución drástica en sus niveles de apoyo electoral) que atravesaron los dos …
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Brunei's political development and the formation of Malaysia : 1961-1967
… to Limbang, foreign involvement in Brunei's internal politics and lastly, the British role in ensuring the survival of the Brunei Islamic State will be examined in depth.The main focus of this study is to trace the political development of Brunei from the announcement of the Malaysia Proposal …
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After conversion: gender, modernity, and the regeneration of Christianity across three generations of indigenous evangelicals in highland Ecuador
… evangelical in an era of rising identity-based politics, higher rates of schooling and social mobility, engagement with Western feminist ideologies, and heightened exposure to global, consumer culture, members of the ""second"" and ""third"" post-conversion generations in Chimborazo have begun …
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CREATION OF AN AMERICAN STATE: POLITICS IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1765 - 1789
… witnessed a domestic revolution which altered internal politics for the decades following renunciation of British sovereignty. Before 1763 Carolina's colonial government was dominated by "gentlemen," by individuals who had become accustomed to deference from those whose birth or fortunes placed …
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Chasing Tickets: Party Politics, Corruption and Municipal Elections, New Delhi
… thesis is an exploratory study of informal party politics and competition for party tickets in local politics in India. It is an ethnographic account of the Bharatiya Janata Party (the BJP) and its party members in the city of New Delhi where they compete for election tickets in the municipal …
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Western Historical Gardens and Chinese Influences--From Great Britain to Picturesque Royal garden in Piedmont
… of landscape is not only a matter of internal politics and national or class ideology but also an international phenomenon. Indeed, the Britain was not exactly going out on a limb to create a new order of garden and went through a complicated process of exchange, mutual transformation …