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Showing 1 to 20 of 101 for “"Power Structure"”.
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Elite composition and power structure of Chittagong, Bangladesh, 1940-1985
… the processes that have shaped and molded the power structure of Chittagong, the principal port city and commercial center of Bangladesh. My approach is to identify the elites and analyze their nature, composition, characteristics and value orientations in order to determine their role in the …
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The Web of science : power structure research of the American stem cell industry
… the developments in the research of business power and social structure, particularly focusing on the phenomena of "inner circle" and "structural hole" and their underlying theories. Through a close study on its technical and commercial developments as well as its ethical controversies, the …
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Primary influencers of Indiana K-12 public educational decisions and methods of influencing : a Delphi technique
… Further purposes were to identify sources of power and methods utilized by the primary influentials to affect the educational decisions.A survey of selected educational leaders was utilized to identify the selected educational decisions. A Delphi technique consisting of a series of four …
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Effects of Parental Style and Power on Adolescent's Influence in Family Consumption Decisions
… variables (i.e., family socialization and power structure) mediate the effects of the antecedent variables. In addition, effects of family socialization and power structure on children's choice of influence strategy and subsequent relative influence vary with the product type, decision …
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COUNTER-PROPAGANDA EDUCATION: A CRITICAL POSTMODERN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
… epistemology and education within the economic power structure of society in the United States (Aronowitz & Giroux, 1993/1991, p. 88). Public education in the United States often functions as a propaganda delivery system which conserves the economic power structure by use of a conservative and …
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MARITAL POWER, CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE (NEGOTIATION TACTICS, EGALITARIAN)
… used to analyze the relationship between marital power structure, the level of marital conflict and the rate of violence in a nationally representative sample of 2,143 American couples. Although previous authors suggest greater conflict in egalitarian relationships, other research demonstrates …
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The Tholian Web: The Political/Institutional Context of Regional Cluster-Based Economic Development
… applies the dominant theories of the community power structure literature to the trend of regional cluster-based economic development policy in order to develop a conceptual framework of the political/institutional context of this "new" approach. In order to develop a framework that can be …
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Recovered Voices: Fairy Tales and the Reading Child
… literature discussions, classroom talk creates a power structure, with the teacher as owner of knowledge, and students as those lacking this knowledge. This study seeks to upset this power structure, by removing the guiding force of the teacher in literature discussions, as well as the assessments …
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The Kaleidoscopic Unsaid: Voice, Memory, and Body of the Afro-Americas
… In this metaphor the kaleidoscope is the global power structure while the unsaid is the articulation that emerges for these subjects within this world order. Using three case studies that reveal how the power structure shifts and moves within the local structures, I show how Black subjects …
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(IL)Legitimate Problems: Instances of Queer Familial Creation and the Reinforcement of Patriarchal Structure in Eighteenth-Century British Literature
… to reinforce the patriarchal and heteronormative power structure of eighteenth-century society. The first two chapters will focus on sapphic sexual initiations and the implications of female same-sex behavior and female sexual agency in conservative texts. The first chapter focuses on Henry …
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Explanation and Critique of the Iranian Reform Movement: Alternative Discourses for a Conservative Regime
… victory was the first step for reforming the power structure which might lead to the transformation of the socio-political and economic liberalization, and which combines modern political thought with a religious framework in the power structure in Iran.
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The policy-formulation process in higher education as an aspect of organizational change.
… were incorporated and reflected by the formal power structure, the informal power structure, the attitudes, and the organizational culture(s). The failure of some levels of the organization to utilize a multi-frame perspective and the resulting implications for change are addressed. This study …
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Prevailing Winds: Radical Activism and the American Indian Movement.
… the American Indian Movement's national power structure.</p>
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Role of food street vending in empowering indigenous women in South Africa: Case study of uMhlathuze Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal
… I examined the role of Food Street vending in empowering black women in South Africa, using the case study of women street vendors in uMhlathuze Local Municipality in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Food street vending was a very popular phenomenon among black people in South Africa. Though …
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Crowdsourcing in community participatory planning in China : case studies in four communities in Shenzhen
… analytic framework of information flow/incentive structure/power structure, this research further shows that the incentive structure and power structure are to some extent not aligned, resulting in ineffective information exchange. Crowdsourcing, however, can enhance weak connections by providing …
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An Inhospitable Land: Anti-Italian Sentiment and Violence in Louisiana, 1891-1924
… racial discrimination at the hands of the white power structure in Louisiana. This discrimination culminated with several violent incidents against Italians which exposed the motives behind white control of Louisiana.
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Patriarchal and medical discourses: shaping the experience and management of HIV-related stigma in Turkey
… is low and the stigma attached to HIV/AIDS is powerful and widespread. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of the social construction and management of stigma, by offering an empirically informed discussion of the management of the biological body and social identity in …
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"Reading ""Rabotnitsa"": Ideals, Aspirations, and Consumption Choices for Soviet Women, 1914--1964"
… for women that would prove beneficial to the power structure of the country in which these magazines were published. The findings suggest that women's magazines in both societies are instrumental in serving the needs of power under both economic systems, including both the management of …
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Gospel of the Heavenly Mother
… that is available to the individual within a power structure. The two structures examined in the book are the grammar of the English language and organized religion, specifically the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The poems enact the belief that as we reorient ourselves to these …
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The Role of Political Behavior and Socio-Economic Development in the Transition and Consolidation of Liberal Democracy in Sub Saharan Africa
… to investigate the role of political behavior; power structure (at the micro level) and socio economic development (macro level) in the transition and consolidation of democracy in Sub Saharan Africa. In the analysis, political behavior, defined as the acceptance of political elites to …
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