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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Overseas Territories"”.
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Distant Relations: A Study of Identity, Ethics and Power in the Relationship Between Britain and the United Kingdom Overseas Territories
… and the fourteen remaining United Kingdom Overseas Territories. By examining the discourse of social and political elites in Britain and in several Overseas Territories it identifies the significance of the role of identity in shaping perceptions and relations between these international …
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Resilience thinking and the influence of street-level bureaucrats on the implementation of EU environmental policies in overseas territories: lessons from Gibraltar.
… particularly in smaller countries and non-states territories, where mismatches between policy requirements and resources are more acute. This thesis addresses these knowledge gaps by examining the implementation of the EU waste framework directive (WFD) in Gibraltar, a UK overseas territories …
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Germans in the Dutch Cape Colony, 1652-1806
… served in the Dutch East India Company in its territories in southern Africa and southeast Asia, totalling over a quarter of the Company’s workforce. Germans enlisted primarily as sailors and soldiers, and to a lesser extent as artisans, surgeons and clergymen. Two-thirds of these employees …
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Suspect Wealth – A Risk to Stability, Development and Sustainability: The case of Bermuda, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Anguilla
In the global financial architecture, British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean and North Atlantic are of material significance. Post-colonialism, these relatively homogeneous, archipelagic territories with financial centres have been the recipients of soft-domination by metropolitan interests. …
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The Legacy of British Rule On LGBT Rights In Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
… Comparing the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory, and Jamaica, an independent former colony of the United Kingdom, the situation for LGBT people is evaluated. While Jamaica has serious abuses and a concerning situation for the human rights of LGBT people, the Cayman Islands’ …
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“Quisiera ver los que suelen componer estos libros de pastores donde todo es primavera”: campo literario y literatura del campo en España y la América colonial (1516-1808)
… and the modus vivendi of millions across the territories of the Spanish empire. In the first chapter, I lay out the dissertation's theoretical framework. I discuss the historical developments that enabled the transition from feudalism to capitalism and the subsequent changes in the ideological …
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Using ecosystem services mapping in deep-sea Marine Spatial Planning
… services at fine-scale resolution in the UK Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic. This thesis provides a comprehensive understanding of the ES provided by benthic deep-sea ecosystems and demonstrates how such information, despite large knowledge gaps, can be used as baseline data to …
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An investigation into combating money laundering in banks and financial institutions in the city of London and British Overseas and Crown Dependent Territories
… in the City of London and the British Overseas and Crown Dependent Territories. In this study, the phrase “City of London” is used as a euphemism for the broader UK financial sector and economy, rather than solely referring to the geographic “Square Mile.” This approach follows common …
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How political decentralization in the outermost regions of the European Union lead to their economic success in the securing of structural funds
The Outermost Regions are among the EU’s least developed regions. As a result, European policy-making towards them are often catered to their realities as stated in EU treaties and Commission Communications. Despite EU recognition of their socio-economic challenges, their levels of socio-economic …