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Showing 1 to 20 of 81 for “"International institutions"”.
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On human rights: International institutions, domestic factors and incentivizing changes
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Overseas projects finance by international institutions for Japanese construction firms
… firms, and overseas projects financed by international institutions, such as the World Bank Group, United Nations, ADB, IDB, JBIC, and JICA. Japanese construction firms have as large revenues as other international construction firms in the world. However, the scale of overseas business is …
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The effect of international law and international institutions on the place of war in society in the 20th century
Competing claims for primacy by national and international interests traditionally accommodated a sovereign national right to use force in international disputes. At the same time binding international law was being developed to limit wars and mitigate their excesses. The two World Wars emphasized …
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How Can International Institutions Be Improved to Ensure Accountability and Justice for Violations That Occur in Humanitarian and Counter-Terrorism Operations?
… Nations Security Council (UNSC) in maintaining international peace and security and the International Criminal Court (ICC) in prosecuting individuals who have committed severe violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international law, during humanitarian and counter-terrorism …
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Hegemony, Private Actors, and International Institutions: Transnational Corporations as the agents of transformation of the trade regime from GATT to the WTO
… mainstream approaches in IR/IPE literatures on international regimes, which suffer from inadequacies in capturing the ‚intersubjective‛ nature of regimes and non-state actorsâ€TM roles in global politics. For neo-Gramscian scholars, international regimes are intersubjective entities that …
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Contestation and collectivies: protecting labor organizing rights in the global economy.
… of state ratification of treaties protecting international labor organizing rights, states do not necessary comply with these rights under the current period of economic globalization. This is because the foundational conditions of these norms--specific to the political, ethical and economic …
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An assessment of the political economy of trade between Jordan and the United States of America
… the role of Jordanian and US engagement in international institutions is considered and conclusions formed regarding the utility of these in trade relations and inter-state cooperation. It is found that the Jordanian government's key interests over the past decade or so have been the pursuit …
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A bottom-up approach to international cooperation: econocrats' role in compliance with IMF agreements
"Modern international relations is a system of hierarchically-organized sovereign entities interacting with each other in the absence of hierarchical structures between them. Building on this observation, Realists and -to some degree- Neoliberal institutionalists emphasize the central role of …
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The Depth of Cooperation and Institutional Strength: Assessing the Design of Regional Trade Agreements
… of the different ways that states engage in international co-operation. What can account for variations in the extent of international cooperation? What can explain differences in the strength of the international institutions that govern cooperation? To answer these questions, this project …
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An empirical analysis of the strategic management of competitive advantage : a case study of higher technical and vocational education in Taiwan
Institutions of higher technical and vocational education (hereafter HTVE) in Taiwan face the pressures of a reduced number of students and competition for students from an increased number of domestic and international institutions. To cope with these challenges, HTVE institutions that are better …
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Putting the poor to work: a conceptual and critical analysis of the Expanded Public Works Programme in South Africa
… lines to reveal how authors writing for international institutions such as the World Bank have substantially dominated the production of knowledge on the topic. This has led to inappropriate policy choices, errors in programme design and unrealistic expectations on the part of policy …
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THE IMPACTS OF NEO-LIBERAL POLICIES ON TURKEY IN 2000-2001
… Programs and the conditions imposed by these Institutions on developing countries, the development process of these countries has been fraught with problems. Many of these countries faced severe economic crises, causing them to rely more heavily on the intervention of international …
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Anti-Americanism: an exploration of a contested concept in Western Europe
… processes of internal cognition, responses to international political events, patterns of interpersonal communication and information diffusion, and the contextual role of ideology. We also observe the important implications European anti-Americanism has for support international institutions, …
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Dependence, independence, and interdependence in world politics
We implement techniques of graph theory to international trade in order to empirically inspect the international system of trade. Examining macro and submacro levels of the international system of trade from 1962-2003, we find the presence of a Scale-Free Network with a Multiscalar Hierarchy. Such …
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A Study of Some of the Challenges of the Alternative Development Program in Bolivia
… since the 1970's and a goal of various international institutions around the world as well. What appears to be a solution is the application of an Alternative Development program, which consists of the creation of an economic and social environment in which households can attain an …
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A conversation analytic examination of alignment and disalignment in broadcast political news interviews
… and diplomatic negotiations, especially at international institutions such as the United Nations.
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Analýza mediálního rámcování války na Ukrajině v českých dezinformačních médiích v prvních měsících (únor-duben 2022)
… a savior and whether Ukrainian armed forces or international institutions such as NATO and the U.S. are portrayed as aggressors or culprits of the tensions. The analysis further examines arguments legitimizing the invasion through narratives of denazification and necessary defense. At the same …
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Domestic Politics and the International Community: A Case Study of China's SARS Policy in 2003
… of contemporary politics is the involvement of international forces in a state's domestic politics, and vice versa. Despite the plethora of literature on the international system and comparative state politics, relatively little addresses the interpenetration of international and domestic …
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The governance of agriculture: Global programs of development and agricultural biotechnology.
… apparatus consists of development discourses and institutions and attempts to govern agriculture, pointing to the current effort underway to liberalize agriculture on a global scale. Farmers of the developing world are now subject to a regime of control that includes international institutions of …
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The Evolution of Global Competition: The Creation of a Soft Power Escalatory Dilemma
… can be seen when looking at the leadership of international institutions. By then examining how actors are reacting to these changes within the global network, centrality becomes a large concern as actors wish to maintain their dominance. As actors or nodes then compete for stronger …
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