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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Political affairs"”.
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Civil supremacy of the military in Namibia : an evolutionary perspective
… of excessive military intervention in political affairs and provide a system that endows civilian officials with the authority and the machinery to exercise supremacy in military affairs.
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Venue Shopping: Domestic Interests in Global Politics
… role domestic organized interest groups play in political affairs has drastically changed in a very short time period, yet the subject has been basically ignored by academia. This study investigates the motivation, strategies, and tactics of domestic organizations that seek lobbying targets …
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PATHWAYS TO DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP: THE MEDIATING ROLES OF DELIBERATION AND POLITICAL EFFICACY IN THE EFFECTS OF OLD AND NEW MEDIA USE ON POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN SOUTH KOREA
… than three decades, citizen engagement in the political process in South Korea was strictly hampered by the harsh control of the public sphere by authoritarian regimes and mainstream media's failure to provide a democratic public forum. With the penetration of online and social media, the …
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Constructive globalism: Tracing the route toward inclusive education
… to food tastes, almost every industry, such as political affairs, manufacturing, and finance, has seen a world breaking movement. What fell under an American reign has become an international conglomerate. Globalization in international education has been the study of many scholars for decades …
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Assessing the efficacy of Kenya's international and national obligations in enhancing the effective political participation of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Kenya
… with Disabilities Act (PDA)) that condition the political participation of persons with disabilities (PWDs)1, and to explore the extent to which, consequently, PWDs do and can exercise their participatory rights2. Based on a desktop-study, using primarily secondary literature and qualitative …
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The endurance of female leadership in Islamic Southeast Asia : a study of Sultanah Safiatuddin (R. 1641-1675)
… Acehnese women played a multitude of roles in political affairs, serving as court officials and even assuming the role of state leader. The emergence of women as royal leaders was not entirely unexpected, given that Acehnese women had been actively involved in court affairs during the reign of …
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Role of the Indiana township trustee in educational administration, 1895-1959
… township trustee in managing the educational affairs of the public schools in rural Indiana from 1859 through 1959. The century time span started in 1859 when the state legislature enacted a law that reduced the number of trustees per township from three to one. The concluding year, 1959, the …
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Italian Unity as Leitmotiv in British Literature, 1820-1865
… of the marketplace, can develop and formulate a political will and expression. In nineteenth- century England, a sympathetic embrace of what the historian C. P. Brand called Italianate fashion” (3), captivated the interest of the rapidly expanding reading public. The commercial success of …
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The United States and Mexico, 1901-1912
… had the good fortune to let well enough alone in political affairs, and to continue in office, from term to term, a president who has known how to maintain order and keep out of foreign complications." The United States had good reason to look with favor upon the stem rule of Diaz: Realizing that …
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Liu Binyan's odyssey : intellectuals and the state in the PRC
… a better understanding of the intellectuals' political position in China today. The methodology of the paper is to approach the topic from a historical perspective. The paper suggests that Chinese intellectuals, as a social group, have been recognized as an elite class since ancient times and …
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Paranoid-Schizoid, Manic Defensive Society: Kleinian Psychodynamics in Contemporary Political Culture
There is a trend at present within political discourse whereby extreme polarisation and post-truth attitudes are rife. One can see the rise of emotive far-right populist candidates and causes as exemplary of this. Specifically in the case of the support for Donald Trump, Brexit as well as the rise …
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Interorganizational town-gown relationships and property taxes: A case study
… cooperation through his involvement in civic and political affairs. Second, he conveyed a willingness to engage in a more cooperative relationship with local government by actively utilizing college resources to meet government needs. Finally, he served as champion for the relationship for both …
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Comparative analysis of the UK, Russian, and Turkish soft power in the education sector of the Kyrgyz Republic from 2000 to 2021
Central Asia has been a geopolitical hotspot for centuries, with Britain and Russia engaging in a rivalry known as the 'Great Game' during the 19th and early 20th centuries. This region's strategic location and abundant resources make it a prime location for geopolitical interests, with former …
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John Hardyng's Chronicle: a study of the two versions and a critical edition of both for the period 1327-1464
… selected for their relevance to the public and political affairs of late medieval England, and because it is in this section that Hardyng draws together his conclusions about the reigns of previous monarchs in relation to the present governance of England; the edition is supported by full …
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Hiram W. Johnson and California Politics 1910-1914
<p>This essay treats of the political achievements of the Progressive movement organized under the outstanding leadership of Hiram Johnson. Previous to his advent, California had for many years been dominated by the Southern Pacific Railroad which came into being through the wise maneuverings of …
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"Hammering in the wedges": The political praxis of Harriette Colenso in Zululand and Natal, 1884 to 1913
… tracks and analyses the praxis of the political actor, Harriette Colenso, in support of Africans in the struggle against imperialism, in Natal and Zululand, between 1884 and 1913. It examines the interplay between Colenso's political praxis and the rapidly changing colonial political …
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Rhetorical Perspectives of American Civil-Military Relations
<p>American political leadership, military commanders, and informed observers have recognized a widening civil-military gap as a potential problem for American democracy. This gap has been characterized by the differing values, knowledge and experiences between the military and wider society. …
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British intelligence and American neutrality during the First World War
… policy-over diplomatic, military, financial, and political affairs. Intelligence, however, provea a favoured weapon. Intercepted communications, sometimes ripped from their context, caused serious but spurious paranoia that the Americans were collaborating with Germany. Previous scholars, however, …
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Elite Identities in Scottish Family Group Portraits, 1740 - 1790
… between these domestic relationships and the political affairs of Scotland, be that the Jacobite cause or Enlightenment, will be revealed. The chapter on motherhood will highlight that, while patrons commissioned portraits of sentimental motherhood, old concerns of lineage were deeply embedded …
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