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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"JQ Political institutions Asia"”.
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Pembentukan model struktur pengurusan aset tak alih di Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan (PBT) Negeri Johor
Laporan Ketua Audit Negara tahun 2015, 2016 dan 2017 menunjukkan pengurusan aset dan fasiliti di Malaysia masih dalam proses penelitian dan pemerhatian kerana wujudnya elemen-elemen yang tidak memberangsangkan serta berpotensi untuk meningkatkan kos penyenggaraan sedia ada terutamanya di negeri …
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Political Party organisation in East Asia : towards a new framework for the analysis of party formation and change
… progressive theory‐building in the area of political party organisation is being hampered by the controversy over how much freedom of choice decision‐makers within a party enjoy in relation to their environment. This piece of research will therefore develop an analytical framework that …
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Rebuilding livelihoods of the poor affected by conflict through donor-led market-based approaches: the case of Liberia
A pro-poor market-based approach has increasingly been adopted by INGOs as a livelihoods rebuilding strategy following destructive armed-conflicts. However, there remains a gap in knowledge of the feasibility of such an approach in post-conflict contexts. This research seeks to address this gap. It …
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Extending environmental governance: China's environmental state and civil society
… protection in China that goes beyond Party-state institutions and actors. For this reason, it challenges the argument that China’s system of environmental governance is likely to converge any further with those observed in western liberal democracies.
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Informal pathbreakers: civil society networks in china and vietnam
… with authorities and elites. In the challenging political contexts of China and Vietnam, civil society networks have brought about significant social change. The findings of extensive fieldwork in both countries demonstrate a wider range of advocacy techniques and strategies than previously …
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China's ICT industry and East Asian regional production networks
… the impact of China’s putative rise in East Asian regional production networks (EARPN) with regard to the ICT industry. Many research studies have focused on China’s strengthening military and political power or are devoted to China’s astounding economic achievements vis-à-vis Japan’s …
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Contesting the vision: Mahathirism, the power bloc and the crisis of hegemony in Malaysia
Abstract available: p. 3
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George W. Bush, September 11th and the rise of the Freedom Agenda in US-Middle East relations: a Constructivist Institutionalist approach
This thesis generates a greater understanding of the George W. Bush administration’s Freedom Agenda for the Middle East and North Africa. It is motivated by two central research questions: How and why was the Freedom Agenda developed? And, how was the Freedom Agenda constituted? To address these …
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The impact of marketisation on higher education in post-Mao China, with case studies of universities in Yunnan Province
An important component of the New Public Management, which has spread through many countries in the world, is the emergence of hybrid governance, a structure which has replaced traditional hierarchical governance in many parts of the public sector. Hybrid governance lies between hierarchical …
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Explaining policy making in the People's Republic of China: the case of the Urban Resident Minimum Livelihood Guarantee System, 1992-2003
… insights provided by the China studies and wider political science literature I argue that the development of the MLG system has been a complex process which can be explained by using a synthesis of concepts. These are the role played by policy sponsors, a new concept developed in the …
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Understanding the background of the political and social movements supporting the United Nations
Although academic literature predominantly discusses UN centrism as Japan’s foreign policy, this thesis stipulates it as a popular norm supported by the Japanese public. The thesis employs the constructivist approach in understanding UN centrism as a domestic norm. Following the analytical methods …
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An ethnographic investigation into Mongolian management in the context of cultural and institutional changes
… and institutional changes in relation to its political, economic and societal development. The country has fluctuated between having the fastest growing economy and the world’s worst performing currency. Mongolia itself has become the land of opportunity for many by attracting foreign direct …