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Showing 1 to 20 of 142 for “"Political influence"”.
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Women Parliamentarians perceptions of political influence in the South African Parliament
… how women Parliamentarians understand their political influence within the South African Parliament and what environmental factors contribute to this understanding. Currently, South Africa is a global leader for the amount of women in Parliament and has been since the 1994 democratic …
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Two essays on political influence and the regulation of financial markets
… first essay I test whether managers engage in political activity designed to influence federal regulation of the market for corporate control. In the second, I examine whether firms in the financial services sector attempt to affect bank deregulation. Using Federal Election Commission data, I …
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Political influence in urban resource allocation: A revised model of urban distributive politics.
Political influence in urban resource allocation: A revised model of urban distributive politics.
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Rethinking Modes of Political Influence: Catherine de' Medici and her Female Political Network
Though previous studies on the political career of Catherine de' Medici have been male-centric, focusing primarily on Catherine's relationships with her sons and male noblemen, it is the contention of this thesis that Catherine amassed a female-based political network during her tenure as Queen …
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The socio-political influence of rap music as poetry in the urban community
<p>Rap, like poetry, is oral and traditionally set at a specified meter, maintains a consistent thought and is created to please the ear as well as the mind. I contend that rap music, just as traditional poetry, stands as not only as a means to express creativity on the part of African-Americans, …
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The economics of firm size, market structure and the market for political influence
… investigates the question of whether political influence in the business sector is distributed disproportionately among firms in a manner which favors large economic units. The factors which are likely to be sources of variation in the market for political influence faced by economic …
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Right Reverend Stephen Elliott: Political Influence and the Protestant Episcopal Church in Georgia, 1840-1866
By the late 1840's, the South's religious and political convictions upheld slaveholders' social and economic views. These convictions permeated worship services in Georgia via the ministries. At the onset of the Civil War, spirituality provided an essential source of Southern strength in both …
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Great Basin opposition to the MX missile : a case of grassroots mobilization and political influence
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1982.
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A study of female parliamentarian's perception of their political influence in the Namibian parliament: A case study of the National Assembly.
… parliament, women perceive their ability to influence the political agenda in a male dominated institution. Often, the experiences of the female parliamentarians are told by a second or third party such as the media who tell the women’s stories from the perspective of the media. The thesis …
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The Impact of China's Economic Engagement on Political Influence in Latin America and the Caribbean from 2000 to 2015: An Empirical Analysis
… engagement with LAC has promoted China’s political influence in the region, which has long been treated as the backyard of the US. This research is the first attempt to answer the question by investigating the direction and magnitude of the effects of China’s economic engagement …
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The Identity, Agency and Political Influence of al-Hakkamat Baggara Women Poets in Armed Conflict in Darfur, Sudan, from 1980s to 2006.
… to exercise their own identity, agency and political influence in an otherwise overwhelmingly patriarchal society. The study also reveals that the conflict of Darfur is rooted in the history of the neopatrimonial domestic politics pursued by the riverine ruling elites, marked by systemic …
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Political interference in the recruitment of communication manager: a case study Mopani District Municipalities
… The study attempted to establish the impact of political influence during the recruitment of officials in the Mopani District Municipalities for the position of Communications Managers. Employing a qualitative research approach, the study diligently probed the intricate connections between …
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Vocational science and the politics of independence: The Boston Marine Society, 1754--1812
… ties between seafaring, economic growth and political influence in a mercantile economy, the Marine Society's work in navigational research granted them social and political influence in Boston during the Early Republic. With this added influence, the Marine Society crafted themselves into …
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Federal-Sector Labor Relations and the Political Activities of Three Federal-Employee Unions
The importance of political action to public-employee unions has long been recognized by industrial-relations researchers. However, few researchers have attempted to examine public-employee union political action. The gap in the literature has been particularly significant at the Federal level. The …
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Opportunities and Limits for Mayoral–Public Employee Union Collaborations: The Case of the de Blasio Administration in New York City, 2013–2017
… relations and public sector employee unions’ political influence affect this mayoral administration’s efforts at policy innovation and administrative practice. In particular, how, if at all, do public employee unions shape the administration’s decisions about the balance between providing …
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Exploring Tourism Advocates' Relationship with Tourism Industry Members through a Political Model of Leadership
Political environments shape the tourism industry. Political support for the industry can result in the creation of competitive and sustainable destinations through which tourism may contribute positive social, environmental, and economic impacts to residents and business owners alike. However, …
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Inequality in Political Representation
… and in some cases over a century. However, the political experience of many of these very countries over the past decade have often alternated between apathy and frustration in these democratic institutions. Stark economic inequalities have mirrored inequalities in political influence, voters …
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