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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Militarization"”.
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Police Militarization: Attitudes Towards the Militarization of the American Police
<p>Police militarization is a critical contemporary issue in the criminal justice field; however, only a minor amount of research exists on this issue. Almost no research exists on public attitudes toward police militarization, which is very important given the social context. A contextual …
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Civil-Military Relations and militarization in El Salvador
… the state of Civil-Military Relations and militarization in El Salvador under the leadership of President Mauricio Funes (2009–2014). Civil-Military Relations are examined using the Center for Civil-Military Relations trinity framework—first proposed by Thomas C. Bruneau in the journal …
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Why Refugees Rebel: Militarization in Jordan and Worldwide
… the importance of exogenous factors in enabling militarization, I fill this gap by proposing a framework of refugee militarization including factors endogenous to refugee groups, which will help explain the motivation of refugees to militarize and the framing used to mobilize them. In this …
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Fighting their way home : the militarization of the Rwandan '59ers
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-90).
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Closing the gateways of democracy : cities and the militarization of protest policing
In the era of globalization, cities function as 'gateways of democracy,' the spaces and places where the civil society literally 'marches through' in order to deliver oppositional claims into the global arena. However, this paper documents a broad, increasing pattern of political repression …
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A Call To Arms: The Militarization of Natural Disasters in the United States
… This thesis will provide evidence that the militarization of disaster response in the United States is a real phenomenon through a case study of Hurricane Katrina, and will delve into why the military has been used less as a support to civilian authorities and more as first responders. One …
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White South Africa and defence, 1960-1968 : militarization, threat perceptions and counter strategies
This thesis is concerned with the militarization of white South African society in the 1960s. It argues that the military threat perceptions of the period were crucial in altering white views of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and reinforcing support for the National Party government. The …
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Effect of Militarization and Conflict on Intimate Partner Violence in Israel and South Africa
… is still a paucity ofresearch on the effect of militarization on gender violence. This thesis establishes a theoreticalframework for evaluating the militarized cultures of Israel and South Africa, the conflictthat both countries have experienced, and the extent to which militarization and …
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Militarization And Modern Gaming: An Analysis Of The Relationship Of The Military And The Video Game Industry
<p>This paper examines the influence of militarism and the military itself in modern video gaming. The military's involvement includes developing its own, free of charge, video game title used as a recruitment tool, and training games used to desensitize new soldiers. Surrounding this direct …
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Future War for Fun and Profit: Authority, Bureaucracy, and Masculinity in Defence Industry Software Development
… corporations and citizens increasingly shaped by militarization. One group of technologies affected and whose development has been conditioned by these discussions is simulation software. Based upon four months of participant observation research at a defence contractor and software development …
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Escaping the Peripherality: Local Experiences of the US Military Presence in Northeast Thailand
… to fill this gap by addressing issues of US militarization, internal colonization, local experiences, and gender. I aim to contribute to the study of the US military empire during the Cold War and highlight the historical significance of local experiences.</p> <p>I argue that while the …
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Pedagogy and profit: Multiethnic literature, gender and young adult publishing
… Chapter Four outlines the development of “militarization” stories through analysis of Suzanne Collins’s <em>The Hunger Games</em> series and Orson Scott Card’s <em>Ender’s </em>Game. The marketing mechanisms for twenty-first century militarization stories promote crossover reading across …
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Military Industry and the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Military Aid, Technology, and Barriers to Peace
… current conflicts. I also argue that Israel’s militarization has measurable impacts on Israeli citizen’s quality of life. Finally, this paper provides several alternatives to US and Israeli foreign policy regarding Palestine and the military industry. I conclude that US policy toward Israel …
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Heroes on the home front : heroism and virtue in post-9/11 American cinema /
… with the speeches, contribute to an ongoing militarization of visual culture. Both systems echo a dangerous ideological fantasy of American history, life and patriotism.
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Breaking the silence: an intersectional approach to sexual violence and harm narratives of women living in Lebanon
… address their resilience and survivorship. The militarization of public spaces increases the vulnerability of women living in Lebanon and advances masculinization within patriarchal power structures (Accad, 1990; Farr et al., 2009, Holt, 2014; Holt, 2013; Joseph, 2012). This dissertation …
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Arms Race, Military Expenditure and Economic Growth in India
… the demand for defence; the economic impact of militarization and the effect of defence on development. First, the arms race between India and Pakistan is analyzed by using a Richardson action-reaction model and cointegration techniques. The empirical results provide robust evidence to support …
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The Mangrove Walks: An Econometric Analysis of Climate Migration Drivers from Coastal Bangladesh and their Geopolitical Impacts
… connected with food insecurity, increased border militarization, and the recent rise of nativist authoritarianism. </p>
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Multispecies Syntopia: Collaborative Survival in the Nuclear Anthropocene
… plants that embody the aftermath of nuclear militarization. Through a two-fold structure, this thesis questions humans’ dominant role in knowledge production while eliciting an eco-centric way of world-making. It draws upon new materialism and post-humanism to reflect on cross-species …
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Celebrity Diplomacy in the Current Global Economy: A Feminist Perspective
… privatization of the public sector, increased militarization, and increased emphasis on commodification and consumption. In order to examine this phenomenon, this dissertation examines the diplomatic endeavors of two celebrity diplomats, Angelina Jolie and George Clooney. More specifically, …
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The immigration challenge: the use of U.S. Military Force to control illegal immigration from Mexico
… in lowered military readiness, and that the militarization of the border will produce tensions in U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Latin American relations. Therefore, it is recommended that the military not be used to supplement the Border Patrol
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