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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"Political ideologies"”.
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A study of the relationship between presidential inaugural addresses, socio-political ideologies and presidential policy
<p>Character of Inaugural Addresses. Research concerning the character of the Inaugural Address reveals great diversity of opinion among writers. The New York Herald Tribune, after President Kennedy’s address, concluded that the function of an Inaugural address “to express… the essence of what (the …
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AVERSIVE RACISM AND POLITICAL IDEOLOGY: CONTEXT-DEPENDENT DECISIONS AND PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS
… of aversive racism. This study also explored the political ideologies of non-racists, aversive racists, and blatant racists. Using chi-square analysis, the political ideologies (conservative or liberal) of the three racist groups were significantly different, χ2 (2) = 43.03, <italic>p</italic> …
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The people and the mob: The ideology of civil conflict in modern Europe
… a radical effect on European politics. These new political actors were typically depicted in one of two opposite ways; as the virtuous people or as the wicked mob. However, these dichotomous depictions of the masses, have become complementary rather than exclusive terms in various political …
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Government Evolution and the Democratic Ideal: Applying Pragmatism as a Method for Success
… progression towards democratic freedoms in political and civic life. History has witnessed an on-going development of political consciousness which demands government accountability by protecting the natural rights of life, liberty, and property. Coupled together, these foundational …
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Essays in Behavioural Corporate Finance
… this study aims to gauge the alignment of political ideologies between CEOs and independent directors to proxy for board friendliness. This chapter finds that CEOs in politically friendly boards are less likely to make CSR decisions. This chapter also documents that CEOs whose political …
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Solidarity Forever: The Story of the Flint Sit-Down Strike and the Communist Party from the Perspective of the Rank and File Autoworkers
… the workers responded the Communism and other political ideologies of the day. The final chapter then examines the many anti-Communist forces that surrounded the autoworkers before, during, and after the Sit-Down Strike, which may account for the strikers' reluctance to admit their affiliation …
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Sitting on the fence or walking a tightrope? : a political history of the coloured community in Zimbabwe, 1945-1980
This thesis examines the political history of the Coloured community of Zimbabwe, a group that has not only been marginalised in most general political and academic discourses but whose history has also been subject to popular misconceptions. The specific focus of the thesis is on the evolution of …
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The Risky Side of Creativity: A Scientific Investigation of Creativity and Domain Specific Risk Taking
… who subscribe to the right-wing socio-political ideologies. As predicted, individuals who affiliated to the right-wing socio-political ideologies (in the United States) were found to be low on creativity and were significantly less likely to take risks, specifically in the social …
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Walling political conflicts : an urban archetype for the Demilitarized Zone
Polarity in political ideologies within the Korea Peninsula has left a heavily militarized infrastructure, called the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The no man's land is a thickly belted corridor on the Korean peninsula that demarcates North Korea from South Korea, incorporating territory on both …
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Using Mathematical Biology to Model a Revolution
… thesis, we seek to model the dynamics of violent political revolutions using adaptations of mathematical biology models. Existing models of similar social phe- nomena either lack recruitment terms from one population to another, or assume the entire population is a constant size, which is not …
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Transforming the Current Thai Political Conflict to a Peaceful Society
<p>This study explores the current Thai political conflict which began in 2005 and continues in 2011. This conflict is different from the nation’s past political conflicts, which were conflicts between people and the government. On the contrary, the current conflict is a conflict between Thais who …
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Media Framing of the Movement for Black Lives
… of three broadcast news networks with differing political ideologies and the New York Times, the present study examined news stories to determine how the Movement for Black Lives was framed during its initial four years. The study measured for marginalization tactics of the media, messages of the …
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A matter of life and death? : the Western Province Football Board and the implementation of the double standards resolution
… (WPFB)) and its implementation of the ostensibly political Double Standards resolution, it re-examines the concept that politics captured the sports movement. Instead it is argued that sporting impetuses based in a desire for institutional survival retained primacy within the Board's decision …
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Show-me ambiguity : an ethnographic study of Missouri Civil War reenactment
… War characters as removed from larger socio-political ideologies. The author points to the link between the narrative tendency to emphasize the difficult circumstances of frontier warfare and the embodied practice of reenactment, which often involves negative or strong bodily experiences. Two …
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Comics Ideology: Racism in American Comics During World War II
… history of the Japanese-US. relationship and the political ideologies that served as the framework of the conflict between the two nations. Second, this paper discusses American comics during the war that discuss the conflict with Japan, layering the comics with contemporary anti-Japanese …
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Music, Cinema and the Representation of Africa
… back to other cultures of visuality and socio-political ideologies that were prevalent at the time of cinema’s birth. The result of this relationship means that cinema has functioned as both a tool for portraying Africa as the “Dark Continent” and for reshaping narratives about the nature of …
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Alignment and Impact: A Comparative Analysis of NATO’s Women, Peace, and Security Policies and National Action Plans in Canada, Poland, and Greece
… Canada, Poland, and Greece due to their varied political ideologies. This research shows a substantial alignment of policies between the member states and NATO, reinforcing a Western normative discourse.
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Layers of Influence in Educational Reform: A Comparison between China and Europe
… institutional structures, and their supporting political ideologies still greatly influenced policy. Nevertheless, it is still important to consider the pressure exuded by the integration of the global labor force. My research focusing on China and Europe revealed that different states …
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American Imperialism in the Middle East: 1920 – 1950
… the Soviet Union was fueled by vastly different political ideologies and economic objectives brought to the forefront by Soviet actions in Iran and Turkey. Finally, Truman supported Israel’s statehood to appease the Jewish constituency and to garner campaign contributions.
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