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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Political commitment"”.
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Political Commitment: A Sartrean Civic Virtue
… articulates and defends the claim that Sartrean political commitment is a cogent notion of political responsibility, the later half argues for the feasibility and desirability of promoting commitment. Empirical and analytical considerations alike indicate that decentralized civil, social and …
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The tension between political commitment and academic neutrality in the W.E.A.
… the relationship between educational aims and political objectives. This thesis examines the tensions and the dilemmas generally experienced in any education involving social and political values, by taking the clash of principles between the W. E. A. (non-party, unsectarian, with its formal …
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'Protective colouring' : the political commitment in the poetry of Seamus Heaney
… Troubles into a private domestic world, and the political responsibilities he has towards his Catholic community. He tries to reconcile the demands of politics and art by concealing his political message below the protective colouring of analogy, metaphor and parable.This technique is evident …
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Political commitment by the UK's environment cities to the expectations of agenda 21
… activity in many UK local authorities to their commitment to the •sustainable development green ideology of the Earth Summit's Agenda 21 action plan for managing our Planet's future. Most studies of this response have focused on behaviour and process, including that of some of the four UK …
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Origins of postmodern impegno: ethical and political commitment in the works of Gianni Celati
… from the perspective of his ethical and political commitment. This study analyses Celati’s choices in terms of language, content and style to see in what way his idea of literature engages with society and proposes Celati’s ethical and political commitment as a determining aspect to be …
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Identity cards and political commitment: a study in the formation, operationalisation and measurement of a concept
… presents a new definition of the concept of political commitment. It shows how the concept can be operationalised for empirical research in parliamentary and executive settings, and reports findings from a study to measure the commitment of the Labour Government to its identity card policy. …
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The Literary Background of Verdi's Operas
… the balance between artistic freedom and political commitment. For that reason his operas satisfied the patriots of the 19th-century, but continue to draw large audiences today.
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Analysing transition narratives : Christian leaders in public life in post-apartheid South Africa
… men and women who held Christian faith and political commitment in each hand as the New South Africa emerged from the Old. In-depth interviews were conducted with all subjects using qualitative research methods based on an oral history approach. Subjects were asked to consider their faith …
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Examining Drug Policy in Portugal and Greece
… analysis demonstrates how historical context, political commitment, comprehensive service networks, and sustainable funding models are critical success factors in effective drug policy reform.</p>
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The sponsor strikes back: Interacting with a budget-maximizing bureau
… from sociology, business administration, and political science as well as economics, prominently featuring selections from Herbert Simon, Anthony Downs, William Niskanen, Migue and Belanger, and Breton and Wintrobe. The second part assumes a bureau that maximizes its budget, a la Niskanen, or …
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Action and activism in selected novels by Ursula K. Le Guin
… and Always coming home. Le Guin is a politically committed author whose ideological perspective is informed by feminism, Taoism, and anarchism, as well as a strong ecological awareness. These determine the structure of her fictional societies and the actions of her characters. Each …
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Transnational Sub-regional Cooperation in Practice: Dynamics of Micro-regionalism and Micro-regionalisation in the East Asia Pacific
… interaction at the local level without heavy political commitment, can be an alternative path for region-building in the East Asia Pacific. This thesis is based on case studies and the comparative methodology. A fieldwork research based on in-depth interviews was designed for further data …
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Identity and representation under occupation: cultural conflict in contemporary cinema
… locked in the past, in a version that sustains political commitment. The impact of nation and the ideology purported by national elites on identity and how that impact resonates in the space of home is assessed. Whilst individuals conceive of the self within an historical, cultural and …
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Reclaimed territory : the plays of John McGrath and the 7:84 theatre company considered as a continuum of twentieth-century theories concerning theatrical form
… of modernist ideology, the second defining the political and social milieu which provided the matrix for the development and staging of McGrath's plays. Recognising the partisan disposition of the 7:84 Theatre Company, the focus is on not only the division between political commitment and …
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An examination into the quality of regional trade institutions: The economic community of West African states (ECOWAS); a historical, theoretical and modelling perspective
… Sudan would be desirable. This will require political commitment to do so. ECOWAS members should have the confidence that deep integration is feasible given that it existed in the region in the past.
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An examination into the quality of regional trade institutions: The economic community of West African states (ECOWAS); a historical, theoretical and modelling perspective
… Sudan would be desirable. This will require political commitment to do so. ECOWAS members should have the confidence that deep integration is feasible given that it existed in the region in the past.
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Defending American Credibility: The U.S. Commitment to the Republic of South Vietnam
Critics of the American commitment to defend the Republic of South Vietnam argue that the United States made a vast military and political commitment in an area of little apparent geopolitical importance – an area whose political destiny would not drastically alter the overall balance of power in …
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From the demise of theory to its resurgence. A retrospective on the postmodern turn to rethink the 'desire for narrative' and the sublime untimeliness of emancipation
… entirely regained its prominence in our socio-political context marked by the effects of the latest crisis of capitalism and by the global threat of terrorisms rooted in messianic eschatologies. In its current form theory does no longer need to show allegiance to certain intellectual stances or …
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Power sector reforms and the poor : case study of Zambia
… the reform design early and backed by strong political commitment.
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Utilizing facial scanning to screen for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in South Africa
… to FASD and highlight the urgent need for political commitment to translate evidence into practice.
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