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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Political Roles"”.
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Political Roles of Presidential Children: FDR Through Clinton
… unexplored: the presidents' children and the political roles that each has had or has the potential to have. This thesis is based upon role analysis and the basic assumption that all presidential children from FDR through Clinton have performed political roles. Among the 32 presidential …
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Buddhism and politics : the political roles, activities and involvement of the Thai Sangha
… influenced the cultural, economic, and political development of the nation, and also reputedly continues to mould the social and political values of the great majority of the Thai population. The Sangha has played a very important role in the social life of almost every Thai. I intend to …
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Exploring the Political Roles of Chinese Think Tanks: A Case Study of China's Three Gorges Project Decision-Making
… during the transformative process of China's political reform and modernization, and their influence has become more notable than before. However, think tanks historically have been given little attention by the public as well as social scientists in China, so scholarly study on Chinese think …
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The Master of the Rebels: Teenage Encounters with Shakespeare, 1944-2012.
… in the invention of the teenager and teenagers' roles in re-inventing Shakespeare. In post World War II England, Australia, and the United States, Shakespeare's plays became one arena where competing versions of teenage identity were defined, with Shakespearean characters and teenage subjects …
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Work in Progress: Gender and Politics in Late Elizabethan Progress Entertainments
… entertainments that feature women in prominent roles at Bisham Abbey (1592), Sudeley Castle (1592), Rycote Park (1592), Wilton estate (1599), and Harefield manor (1602). I analyze these performances, along with their afterlives in print and manuscript, in their precise historical moments to …
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THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF THE IRAQI MARJAʿIYYA
… marjaʿiyya (religious authority) in Iraq’s socio-political landscape, focusing on the intersection of jurisprudence, religious guidance, and political engagement. It explores historical, jurisprudential, and contemporary perspectives on the political involvement of the marajiʿ (Shiʿi scholars) …
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The development of the contested city form of Shenzhen, China
… is to demonstrate the historical, cultural, political, economic, urban planning, and architectural factors that have saliently affected the city form development of Shenzhen, China, which is illustrated extensively. Zone, City, and Regional Nexus are three key terms that characterize the …
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Discourses of professionalism and the production of teachers' professional identity in the South African Council for Educators (SACE) Act of 2000 : a discourse analysis
… impact on, and in the actualisalion of the political roles of teachers in post-apartheid South Africa. Central to the study is the conceptualisation that discourses coiistruct identities. The research methodology is derived from Ian Parker's approach to discourse analysis, which is premised …
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Strategic Unionism : the political role of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in South Africa and what it means for black workers
This dissertation looks at the political role of trade unions in developing countries. Trade unions and particularly their engagement in political unionism have been absent from the development literature in recent decades. However, recently there has been a renewed interest in the role of trade …
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Digital Environments of Reception and Governance: A Landscape Analysis of Immigration-Related Webpages on U.S. State Websites
<p>American state governments occupy unique political roles when it comes to critical public-facing policy areas like education, health, transportation, and commerce, and therefore they administer many public services and benefits that affect immigrants and their communities. This study expands the …
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California Elected City Council Women of Color: Building a Collaborative Vision With Inclusive Voice
… women of color—made the decision to run for political office for the first time at both the national and local levels. It is imperative that these women’s campaigns and victories are studied as a means to resist essentialism and honor the unique perspectives and histories of the voices of …
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The Politics of Health: Community Engagement in South African HIV Vaccine Trial Sites
… responds to limited evidence of the social and political aspects of health biotechnologies. Reaching beyond the literature on trial participation, it explores the extent to which members of Community Advisory Boards (CABs) play meaningful political roles in South African vaccine clinical trial …
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A study of associational culture and the development of Irish nationalism, 1780-1830, with the construction of a software information environment
… development of movements which shaped the Irish political, social and cultural landscape. A case study on the Historical Society of Trinity College reveal the educational, social and political roles societies play and the important social networks and communities they can nurture and support. …
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Language use and gender in the Italian parliament
… construction of gender at its intersection with political roles in 13 parliamentary debates on the topic of violence against women occurred in the Camera dei Deputati (Lower Chamber) during Parliament XVI, which ran from 2008-2011. The findings concerning the use of institutionalised forms of …
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A sociological analysis of four police consultative committees in Birmingham
… contextualises them within the social and political parameters of urban policing in the late 1980s. Each committee is taken as a case study to highlight the following aspects of consultation:- relations between the police and black communities; membership, representation and accountability; …
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Violent Actors and Embedded Power: Exploring the Evolving Roles of Dons in Jamaica
… patterns for one of Jamaica's two major political parties: the Peoples National Party (PNP) or the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP). This dissertation explores the major roles dons played in Jamaican garrisons. It focused on one community in the downtown metro area of one of the nation's cities. …
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An iconological analysis of British gold staters c.80 BC - AD 45
… emphasis placed upon the relative 'monetary' or 'political' roles performed by coinage within these regions. From the context of the forms or motifs illustrated on staters it is concluded that such images were appropriated by members of a minority social elite to legitimise and maintain their …
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"Sisters of the Capital": White Women in Richmond, Virginia, 1860-1880
… movement into broader social, economic, and political roles in southern society. Suzanne Lebsock and George Rable have observed that claims about white Southern women's gains must be measured against the conservatism of Southern society as the patriarchy reasserted itself in the postwar …
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Food and the Social Body in US Performance Art, 1962–1980
… our biological organism with the social and political world. This complex, life-sustaining substance began to appear in US art in the early 1960s not just as an image, but as a literal material. Artists associated with every major artistic movement in the ’60s and ’70s, working in every …
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Understanding and Enhancing Information Use in the Public Sector: Insights from Politicians and Public Employees
… information used and how socio-demographic and political roles shape preferences about the types and the features of information. The second article analyses the different ways information is employed for decision-making or political strategy, observing differences among politicians with …
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