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Showing 1 to 20 of 167 for “"Local state"”.
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Cultural policy and the local state : Sheffield, 1960-1987.
… considers the organisation and development of local state cultural policies in post-war Britain, taking as the central focus the policy concerns of Sheffield City Council in the period 1960-1987.The concept of the local state is developed to discuss local policies as constructed within a …
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An overview of local, state, and federal regulations imposed upon political advertising
An Overview of Local, State and Federal Regulations Imposed Upon Political Advertising discusses the 1991 policy revisions enacted by the Federal Communications Commission that effect political advertising. In addition, considerable attention is devoted to how the judicial system has treated cases …
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The implementation of the new primary Physical Education syllabus in the local state schools
Undoubtedly, Physical Education brings about many benefits which have many positive impacts if presented to students as from a very young age. Thus, this study sets to investigate the implementation of the New Physical Education syllabus issued in September 2005 for the primary years. Data was …
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Leisure, patriarchy and policy: an examination of processes and ideologies in the local state
… situated practices of leisure professionals and local politicians in the local state at a time of economic and political restructuring in the late 1980s. The research explored the gender dimensions of recruitment to and experience of local government leisure professional and party political …
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Strategies against racism: a comparison of a social movement and case studies of anti-racist policy and practice in the local state
… and equal opportunities policies within local government in the 1980s, primarily by Labour-controlled local authorities. The theory of the local state and the political phenomenon of municipal socialism are discussed, specifically the role of various groups operating in and around local …
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An Emerging Partnership in Regional Economic Development: Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Local State and the World Bank. A Case Study of Planafloro, Rondônia, Brazil
… of civil society to influence the actions of the State, especially in the process of economic development. NGOs are primarily seen as effective advocates for the less privileged sectors of civil society. This study examines the influence of local NGOs participation in the implementation of …
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New quality of service routing algorithms based on local state information. The development and performance evaluation of new bandwidth-constrained and delay-constrained quality of service routing algorithms based on localized routing strategies.
… way they gather information about the network state and the way they select paths based on this information. The biggest downside of current QoS routing schemes is the frequent maintenance and distribution of global state information across the network, which imposes huge communication and …
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Universal pensions in Mexico City : changing dynamics of citizenship and state formation in a global city
… at city residents 70 years of age or older. A state-centered framework for social policy analysis is used to understand why and how was this policy implemented at the local level considering that it pertains a policy area that is normally restricted to national states. In order to show that …
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An analysis of the role of government in the locational decisions of Cambridge biotechnology firms
… the central role of the dynamic, entrepreneurial state sector in economic development. Through an examination of the role that government at three levels-local, state, and federal-has played in the locational decisions of firms in Cambridge's biotechnology industry, the impact of the state sector …
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The regulation of tourism business activity in the transitional Vietnamese economy
… regulatory processes and secondly, national and local scales as key sites in the regulation of global economic processes, regulation theory can be utilised in analysing thedevelopment of capitalist economic relations and activities in transitional economies.Nevertheless, the findings in this …
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Reppin' 4 Life: The Formation and Racialization of Vietnamese American Youth Gangs in Southern California
… gang formation in Southern California, including local, state, and national policy implications. A major concern is around the politics of deportation and question of citizenship. By understanding the political economy of racism, migration, and schooling---historically, contextually, and …
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Tamed village “democracy”: elections, governance and clientelism in a contemporary Chinese village
… has empowered villagers to resist the state and may mark the beginning of a bottom-up democratization in China. In contrast, it argues that even procedurally “free and fair” village elections largely fail to deliver meaningful results, and that village governance, although in the name …
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Towards sustainability via participation? environmental evaluation and land use planning in the Garden Route, South Africa
… framed within the context of the South African local state, where government institutions interact with civil society to support socio-economic development, as wen as environmental protection. In this respect, key mechanisms are land use planning and environmental evaluation, which interact to …
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Is There A Nurse In The House? Or The Senate? Barriers And Facilitators To Pursuing Elected Office
… The nursing profession is underrepresented in local, state, and federal legislatures. While the profession desires to increase nurses’ political participation, there has not been a structured, comprehensive program to recruit, train, motivate, and support nurses to pursue elected …
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City of Davis Greenbelt Master Plan
… coverage, greenbelt capacity, and existing local, state, and federal design guidelines. The final plan is a set of goals, objectives, policies, and programs, along with a greenbelt map, which is aimed at improving the greenbelt infrastructure in Davis through the year 2020.
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One Nation, Separate Spheres: An Examination of Red Power Activism Between Two Mohawk Communities
Red Power activism in the United States and Canada during the 1940s and 1950s is primarily localized, consisting of several tribes or particular regions of tribes simultaneously, but separately protesting local, state, or federal legislation that threatened aspects of their tribal sovereignty. The …
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NEITHER NORTHERN NOR SOUTHERN: THE POLITICS OF SLAVERY AND FREEDOM IN PHILADELPHIA, 1820-1847
… to 1847. As the northernmost southern city in a state that bordered three slave states, Philadelphia maintained a long tradition of abolitionism and fugitive slave activity. Conflicts that arose over fugitive slaves and the kidnapping of free African-Americans forced Philadelphians to confront …
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A Pragmatic Experiment of Rural Construction Movement: The Self-Government of Wanxi in Southwestern Henan, 1930 -1940
… of China. From 1930 to 1940, there was a local self-government, which was led by local elites. This thesis discusses this historical event from two perspectives. One is from the central-local relationship, and the other is from the a??local state buildinga??, or rural reconstruction. …
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Sensibility of a VMT-Based Incremental Analysis for Bridge Cost Allocation
… adopted previously by all levels of government; local, state, and federal. However, they rarely address the issue of long span bridge allocation properly, simply treating these unique structures as the typical short span bridge. This methodology can lead to grossly inaccurate results. …
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Looking Through Their Lens: The Decisions about Reading Instruction Made by Experienced 2nd, 3rd and 4th Grade Teachers
… influenced both by the policies instituted by local, state and national agencies and the beliefs teachers hold. Teacher decision making strongly influences the teaching of reading in classrooms. Marzano (2003) stated, â â ¦ all researchers agree that the impact of decisions made by individual …
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