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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Modernisation theory"”.
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Analysing sustainability of solid waste management in Malaysia using ecological modernisation perspective
… does this by adopting the concept of ecological modernisation as a reference for analysing the policy and institutional structures that control waste management and sustainability policy. It examines the relevance the institutional dimension of the ecological modernisation theory to the Malaysian …
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New Maps for Africa? Contextualising the 'Chinese Model' within Ethiopian and Kenyan Paradigms of Development
… approach it most resembles, in fact, is the modernisation theory of the 1950s and 1960s. Despite the fact that both Kenya and Ethiopia thus possess modernising elites that seek to emulate aspects of the East Asian experience, different dynamics drive the process in each national context. In …
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The Interscetions between economy, environment and loacality: the London 2012 Olympic and paralympic games
… of „shallow‟ and „deep‟ ecology, and Ecological Modernisation Theory (EMT) in order to better understand the relationship between the environment, sustainability and the Olympic Games. Adopting a three-phase qualitative approach which utilises interviews, focus groups and an analysis of secondary …
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Challenging the incompatibility paradigm: a democratic audit of Jordan, 1990-2010
… rentierism, Arab-Israel conflict, and Rustow’s modernisation theory. The latter offers the most plausible explanation, as Jordan has not satisfied Rustow’s four antecedents to democracy. The Islamist groups have not yet managed to be in power through democratic means. It remains debatable …