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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Political capacity"”.
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Synergetic Effects of Democracy and Economic Development on Income Inequality and the Role of Relative Political Capacity
… spotlight on the mediating influence of Relative Political Capacity (RPC). Uncovering the pivotal role of RPC as democracies advance and economies progress, this research navigates the contours of income inequality. By dissecting distinct sub-samples of OECD and non-OECD countries, nuanced …
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The Interaction of Political Capacity and Economic Growth to Attract Foreign Direct Investments at the Provincial Levels of Developing Countries
… development literature that both economic and political variables interact to advance a nation's economy. The ability for a country to provide a free market economy to exchange goods and ideas makes the environment more favorable for investors, hence it makes sense to focus on institutions that …
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Conjecture and Evidence: Discovering the Costs of Contemporary American Political Ideals
… offers an adaptation of the relative political capacity (RPC) research framework to domestic American politics, enabling a quantitative examination of the relative performance of state governments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Theoretically, I examine the notion that more politically …
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Between "Play" and "Power" : performing "Waiting" Under Siege : Susan Sontag's staging of Waiting for Godot in Sarajevo
… Sarajevo, staged amid an entanglement of political, ideological, cultural, ethical and epistemological discourses. The production is discussed in the theoretical context of emerging postmodern aesthetic/political praxis, and in the western cultural context of a distanced post cold-war …
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Government Expenditure and Relative Efficiencies: A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates with Application of the Relative Political Allocation Model
… this, the case study utilized the Relative Political Allocation model (RPA) paired with Analytic Narrative as a method of analysis. Secondary data of the UAE and other countries are obtained from the latest Relative Political Capacity dataset V2.4 (2020). The aim of this case study was …
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Participation in a shifting global context? A case study of labor and faith in the American South
… To address this gap, this study investigated a political capacity-building project conducted by the Valley View Farmworker Ministry in the summers of 2015 and 2016. That initiative sought to increase engagement and leadership of the workers that Valley View serves, to increase the Board of …
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Deliberating in an Emergency: Participant Experiences and Public Perceptions of Deliberative Mini-Publics on Climate Change in Canada and the United Kingdom
… particularly in terms of their implications for political behaviour and public opinion. The first study compares the political efficacy and behaviour of DMP members before and one year after participating in a DMP (Climate Assembly UK). This study shows that members reported higher internal …
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International norm diffusion? Durable solutions and displaced persons from post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2000-2010.
… refugee groups have – in practice – significant political capacity and considerable interest in shaping durable solutions to suit their needs. However, this thesis also argues that evidence suggests that there is – at present - insufficient awareness among refugees on how the development of …
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The neoliberal state and multiculturalism : the need for democratic accountability
… that have historically lacked sufficient fiscal capacity and have been hampered by colonialism in the development of the political capacity necessary to fully meet the requirements entailed by the devolution. At the same time, this practice releases the formerly responsible jurisdiction from the …
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The Social Organization of the Ontario Minimum Wage Campaign
… workers-rights organizing with a broad-based, political capacity for movement building orientation. I suggest that this is largely so because the social coordination of what we do and what we understand about what we do turns on at least three components of social reality: an institution-based …
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Defining and Analyzing Negative Policy Transfer: National Orphan Drug Regulatory Policy in Canada and Australia
… applies these tools to an underexplored area in political science: the transfer of national orphan drug regulatory policies in Canada and Australia. These cases present a puzzle for researchers, as Australia was an early adopter of a national regulatory policy in line with other jurisdictions …
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Education, Aristocracy, and Morality in the Political Thought of François Guizot
… education system through an analysis of the political thought of the French historian and politician François Guizot (1787-1874), who played a central role in developing public instruction during the July Monarchy. It argues that Guizot’s educational reforms were designed to generate a new …
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New roles for intermediaries: the case of community-owned solar energy development
… and (5) supporting local organizational and political capacity-building. Intermediaries in the community solar context include community-owned cooperatives and energy justice organizations along with a variety of governmental support offices. From the data I have collected, I think it is fair …
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Movement, knowledge, emotion : gay activists and the Australian AIDS movement
… gay community played in the social, medical and political response to the virus. Drawing conclusions about the cultural impact of social movements, the thesis argues that AIDS activism contributed to improving social attitudes toward gay men and lesbians. It also concludes that AIDS activism …
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Movement, knowledge, emotion : gay activists and the Australian AIDS movement
… gay community played in the social, medical and political response to the virus. Drawing conclusions about the cultural impact of social movements, the thesis argues that AIDS activism contributed to improving social attitudes toward gay men and lesbians. It also concludes that AIDS activism …
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Multidisciplinary Approach to Civil Conflict: Political, Economic, and Social Determinants of Violence
… findings. This dissertation explores specific political, social, and economic factors that impact the onset, severity, and duration of civil conflict and the frequency of nonviolent conflict. It adopts a unified transdisciplinary approach incorporating the most robust variables based on the …