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Showing 1 to 20 of 100 for “"Modern State"”.
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Sir Ernest Barker on the Legal Aspect of the Modern State
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India, political development and legitimacy: a modern state in a traditional society
… and why these values were obstacles to a modern political structure, and therefore hindered adequate political and economic development
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Why did occidental modernity fail in the Arab Middle East: the failed modern state?
… a complex question, that is: Why did modernity fail in the Arab Middle East? The notion of modernity in this thesis signifies the occidental modernity which reached the region in many different forms and through various channels. This occidental modernity had an impact on many areas …
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The Sciences of the Soul: The Emergence of Psy-sciences and the Modern State in Turkey
… and selfhood in the context of creating a modern Turkish nation (1923-1960). Three inter-related themes run through the study. First, the emergence of new and often contested medical discourses on mental health that engaged with and participated in the construction of healthy secular …
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The modern state and economic leadership: Canada, New Zealand and Australia’s trade and investment relations with Japan 1985-1998
… China-led communist block, numerous socialist states, and a multitude of developing nations. Near the end of the 20ᵗʰ century, with communism in full-scale retreat and socialism largely politically discredited, the free market stands in the ascendency. While significant academic and political …
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'A Reasonably Well Organized Modern State': Investment Treaty Arbitration and the Reformation of Economic Sovereignty in Customary International Law
… between foreign nationals and their host States is commonly supposed to restrict the exercise of sovereignty. Yet several expressions of territorial jurisdiction have been identified by investment tribunals as presumptive rights of States, which formally derive from custom and are …
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Speech styles in Javanese and Balinese : a comparative study
… spoken on the islands of Java and Bali in the modern state of Indonesia. It looks at the historical relationship between the systems in the two languages, as well as attempting a synchronic description of major structural features of each system. A reconstruction of features of the Javanese …
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Speech styles in Javanese and Balinese : a comparative study
… spoken on the islands of Java and Bali in the modern state of Indonesia. It looks at the historical relationship between the systems in the two languages, as well as attempting a synchronic description of major structural features of each system. A reconstruction of features of the Javanese …
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Peculiar places and legitimate chiefs?: an exploration of the role of traditional authorities in the titled locality of kwaMeyi village, Umzimkhulu district, South Africa
… legitimacy by drawing its sustenance from the modern state, working as a complement to democratic local government" (Southall and Kropiwnicki, 2003:76). In light of these assertions, this thesis answers two questions: do traditional leaders have a role to play in democratising South Africa?
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Civil Unrest in the Untied State of America: Facing the Threat
… the purpose and function of the police in a modern state. It draws mainly from the ideas put forth by Walter Benjamin in his 1921 essay, Critique of Violence, and focuses exclusively on the events surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement. By applying political theory to concrete events, it …
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ΤΟ ΚΙΝΗΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΠΟΥΛΑΚΟΥ. ΟΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΕΣ, ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΘΡΗΣΚΕΥΤΙΚΕΣ ΔΙΑΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ
… 1852). PAPOULAKOS REACTING TO THE IMPOSITION OF MODERN STATE URGED THE LOWER STRATA OF MOUNTAINOUS PELOPONESE AGAINST KING OTTO AND THE OFFICIAL CHURCH. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO PINPOINT THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE MOVEMENT AND TO DESIGNATE THE CAUSES OF ITS WIDESPREAD APPEAL. THE …
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O problema da efetividade do direito fundamental de propriedade nas relações horizontais considerando a produtividade como critério de limitação eleito pelo legislador brasileiro
… the historical process of formation of the modern state, birthplace of the emergence of fundamental rights, which together with the limitation of state power, forms the basis of the constitutional discourse. The contractarian theories were highlighted not only by the influence exerted on the …
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Computational Investigation of Perforated Plate Film Cooling Utilizing Conjugate Heat Transfer
<p>The accuracy of modern state-of-practice computational fluid dynamics approaches in predicting the cooling effectiveness of a perforated plate film-cooling arrangement is evaluated in ANSYS Fluent. A numerical investigation is performed using the Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes equations and …
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The Preemptive Paradox: The Rise of Great Powers & Management of the International System
<p>Since the beginning of the modern state system only a few select nations have achieved great power status. But what can account for their rise? The presence of existing great powers would suggest that aspiring states should encounter formidable obstacles that would render their success …
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The Dissolution of Multi-Ethnic Empires and Post-Imperial Inter-Ethnic Relations: The Case of the Soviet Union
… and the fourteen non-Russian successor states is unequal, with the Russian Federation as the dominant power. It resurrects the old-time construct of the empire as a specific type of political system different from that of the modern state in order to explain the asymmetrical pattern of …
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Application of Muslim personal & family law in South Africa : law, ideology and socio-political implications
… and at the level of how they interact with the modern-state. This study approaches the subject from two angles. The first deals with a community's self-perception in relation to its religious symbols and values. The second involves an understanding of the human reality we experience. Law, …
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Islamic Authority and the Articulation of Jihad: Approaching Jihadist Authority through the Islamist Magazine Inspire
… by militant Sunni movements, jihad in the modern era has taken on new purposes and practices that more closely resemble general understandings of terrorism than the regulated forms of warfare cemented during the classical period of Islam. Contrasting the historical authority of the caliph …
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The politics of the invisible: offshore finance and state power. A country-level comparison
… does offshore finance affect the power of the state to unite resources in order to finance its politics? The inquiry into the power relationship between offshore finance and the state immediately raises questions about the nature of the modern state and the delineation between the offshore and …
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The Politics of Sovereignty: Segmentation and Stratification in International Order Today
… considered to challenge the foundations of the modern state system, such as international environmental politics or the politics of outer space exploration. How does sovereignty shape international efforts to combat climate change? Likewise, how does the conquest of extraterrestrial space impact …
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