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Showing 1 to 20 of 282 for “"Power structures"”.
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Queer: The Creation of Power Structures within Deviancy
… and scopes of the term queer to uncover the power structures that have been created within and around the term. Specifically, this thesis analyzes the ways in which academic queer theorists, the university system, and LGBTQ+ groups and activists, in an attempt to make the queer useful, …
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The manifestations of political power structures in documentary film.
… the ways in which the political and social power structures between filmmaker and protagonist are manifested in the aesthetics and cinematic means of documentary film. Through a synthesis of filmmaking practice and “hidden knowledge” with critical theories from the fields of cultural studies …
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The economics of violence: On the relations between power structures and economic systems
… are discussed to develop the intricacies of power and institutional structure. It is shown that power depends on a complex of trust, fear, and other forms of knowledge to maintain solidarity within groups and distinction between groups. The economic structure of enterprises, banks, etc. is …
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Dialogues on the Net - Power structures in asynchronous discussions in the context of a web based teacher training course
The general aim of this thesis is to investigate the interaction processes that occur in group dialogues when teacher students work in small groups, using net based asynchronous dialogues to solve a problem in the area of environmental sustainability. More specifically, the interest is to determine …
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The influence of informal power structures on corporate strategy of a selected mining organisation in Northern Cape Province, South Africa
… organisational success and the role of informal structures in achieving this success has also gained a lot of focus. However, several scholars have pointed out that most of the studies on informal structures have used western and Asian socioecological narratives to contextualise informal …
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Political economy, public policy, power structures, and human rights violations : the case of internally displaced persons in Colombia between 1993 and 2010
… first two were due to a reorganization in the power structures of the country. However, the last and worst peak of violence in Colombia is due to a specific economic agenda. It began with the imposition of the neoliberal ideology in the nineties. Neoliberalism made the State weaker which …
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Enacting Race and Class Online: Gatekeeping and Meaning Making on Reddit’s r/Brooklyn
… thesis I examine how race- and class-based power structures are conceptualized and actualized in the virtual sphere. The Internet as an “imagined community” upholds the historically embedded power structures that perpetuate deeply-rooted American hegemonic ideals as they relate to race and …
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The Architecture of the Great House in the Contemporary Postcolonial Novel
… chapters, each focusing on the ways that the power structures connected to the Great House impact the lives of the characters in four different postcolonial locations: Ireland, South Africa, Puerto Rico, and India. The use of the Western European Great House in Edna O'Brien's House of Splendid …
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Khomanani : critical discourse analysis of South African state funded publications on HIV
… in the text maintain or resist existing power structures in the context of post-colonial South Africa. The discourses that emerged are: hegemonic biomedicine, gender, and citizenship discourses. The discourses in the text reinforce dominant and oppressive power structures in complex ways …
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Dynamics of National Morality: Negotiating Values and the State
… morality is constructed, manifesting changes in power structures, social practices, and state bureaucracies. A focus on state institutions highlights negotiation processes for civil-sphere activity and state reactions. I analyze the public discourse regarding three cases of military violence that …
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The role of tourism in local power relations A case study of Pisac, Peru
… change and has the potential to reshape local power dynamics by creating new employment and educational opportunities for traditionally marginalised population groups. Concurrently, the introduction of tourism may also foreground the conditions for the emergence of new business elites and the …
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Failed Liberalism and the Seeds of Revolution: Russian and Chinese Constitutional Reform at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
… challenges to the legitimacy of the traditional power structures in each state gave rise to and, in effect, necessitated these reforms. Moreover, I contend that the failure of these political reforms to establish meaningful norms of representative government in Russia and China further …
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IDEATIONAL POWER IN THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY REFORMS:A DISCOURSE NETWORK ANALYSIS OF INTEREST GROUPS' POLICY NARRATIVES
… of the CAP remains dominated by long-standing power structures and traditional agricultural interests, making meaningful reform difficult. The study addresses the puzzle of the CAP reform trajectory, showing increasingly multifunctional objectives alongside an exceptionalist core. It …
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Decolonizing Benevolence: Can Faith Leaders Move the Mark Toward Equity to Create an Alternative to the White Savior Complex?
… can dismantle White Supremacy and hierarchical power structures in Christian benevolence assistance. By using grounded theory, this project contributes to scholarship on the development of new tools and strategies for how leaders undo racism, promote justice, and co-create equitable practices. …
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Rhetorical Imperialism
… to subversively challenge imperial and global power structures through the native’s own narrative. The second proposes an understanding of the novel’s cultural appropriation as an exploitative commodification of marginal identity. Here, the novel privileges imperial power by creating a …
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The Introduction and Operation of the New Poor Law in Suffolk 1834-70
… conversion to Union workhouses. It examines the power structures surrounding the New Poor Law, particularly the relationship between the local Boards of Guardians and the central Poor Law Commission (and later Board.) It also looks at the power structures within the workhouse. In the early days …
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English Theatre in Cairo, Egypt: Dialogue and Resistance
… activities may possibly be subversive to such power structures. Although English theatre may be classified as a "marginalized" form, this research purports that the affiliation English performance has with an institution as notable and influential as The American University in Cairo (AUC) …
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