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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Political economy analysis"”.
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A Feminist Political Economy Analysis of Medical Broker and Fertility Clinic Websites
… egg providers and surrogates. Using a feminist political economy approach, I situate the practice of reproductive tourism within particular historical, economic and political contexts, including both domestic and global neoliberal healthcare reforms. The findings of this thesis reveal that the …
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Decentralize, Depoliticize, Democratize: An Empirical Political Economy Analysis of Global Cryptocurrency Adoption
… gain traction. This dissertation delves into the political economy aspects that fuel this sustained adoption. Through quantitative examination of data from the International Monetary Fund, Statista, World Uncertainty Index, and the World Bank, this study investigates the complex interplay of …
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A political economy analysis of liquid fuel production incentives in South Africa
… these measures of support in the South African political economy environment so as to understand the institutional barriers to their reform. In doing so, the study sheds light on the drivers informing the endurance of the liquid fuels subsidy regime and state support to the liquid fuels industry …
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An historical political economy analysis of high-emissions low-employment development in South Africa
… complex, this thesis presents an historical political economy analysis of South Africa's industrialisation process in order to (1) identify the key factors that have contributed to the country's high emissions and low employment; and (2) to determine the role of industrial policy in shaping …
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Navigating the Empty Spaces of Care: A Feminist Political Economy Analysis of the Care Experiences and Work Practices of Women Living with Cancer
… and various data collection methods (document analysis, participant observation, semi-structured interviews and photo elicitation) in order to explore the patient experience within this changing health care milieu, paying particular attention to patients care experiences and work practices. As …
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"What I do, it's not little, it's really something": a political economy of migrant and minority ethnic care workers' experience in private older-age care in London, Paris and Madrid
… of this research, the thesis presents a gendered political economy analysis of care assistants’ work and life experiences in the context of for-profit and not-for-profit private care provision. Inspired by institutional ethnography (Smith, 2005), the analysis draws upon 82 semi-structured …
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Security Sector Change in Georgia, 1985 - 2008 Local Dynamics, Politics of Reform and Paramilitaries
… programmes including SSR. The thesis employs a political economy analysis to examine indigenous security sector actors and their characteristics. Based on the approach, the thesis particularly examines processes of change and reform of policing institutions. The paramilitary is identified and …
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The political economy of policing in Zimbabwe: Changing roles, practice and identities in relationship to peace, security and development
… Republic Police (ZRP) operates in the wider political economy of Zimbabwean state in response to decades of financial crisis. Guided by the social constructionist philosophy and structural political economy analysis, the case study demonstrates that, through a range of commercial activities, …
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Two essays on the sanitary and phytosanitary regulations affecting Mexico-U.S. agricultural trade
… for tariff reductions imposed by NAFTA. A political economy analysis of the enactment of SPS regulations in Mexico suggests that Mexico has not systematically enacted SPS regulations as compensation for tariff reductions. Institutional changes, new regulatory procedures, and political …
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Regulating the marketing practices of the unhealthy food and beverage industry
… expert interviews and documentary analysis. Three legislative approaches in Chile, Canada and the UK served as case studies. Several frameworks guided the data collection and analysis, including the WellCCat framework, a Public Health Law framework, the health policy triangle …
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The effect of liberalisation of foreign direct investment on the economic development of Thailand: an empirical and political economy approach
… generates an inflow of resources into the host economy but also creates an outflow of other types of resources. While FDI may bring additional capital and advanced technology that contributing to economic growth, the introduction of superior firms into the domestic markets in developing …
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An assessment of landlessness and its impact on social and economic development: A case study of the Omaheke in Namibia, 1990 - 2015
… interviews, a questionnaire and documentary analysis. A purposive sampling method was used to sample a population size of 140 participants. However, due to other limiting factors beyond the control of the researcher and unavailability of some respondents, the end result for this study was 113 …
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Economic integration of the East African community
… effects on member countries. It undertakes a political economy analysis of the challenges facing the implementation of the EAC Treaty. It also investigates how far the lessons learnt from previous attempts at integration among the EAC countries have shaped the current progress.;Chapter 3 …
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Assessing non-formal education provision through a system-wide lens on coherence: Evidence from the Open School programme in Tanzania
… the first level examines policy, unpacking the political and sectoral dynamics that inform learning objectives and service rules; the second examines institutional arrangements, honing in on the delegation of actor roles and responsibilities for the programme’s provision; the third level looks …
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Essays on the political economy of European integration
Recently, a rising interest in political and economic integration/disintegration issues has been developed in the political economy field. This growing strand of literature partly draws on traditional issues of fiscal federalism and optimum public good provision and focuses on a trade-off between …