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Showing 1 to 20 of 557 for “"Prosperity"”.
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Multi-Generational Cycles of Poverty and Prosperity
… in the mid-20th Century time of economic prosperity during and following World War II; however, this time period also coincided with educational and employment segregation that forced African Americans into second class citizenship, leaving them out of much of the opportunities to …
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Eurasian Economic Union: Towards Economic Prosperity, or towards Power Gains?
The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) emerged more than one year ago but so far there has been no consensus on the nature and the main aspects of the cooperation. Whereas some observers underline pure economic incentives of the integration, others see the regional organization as a tool for increasing …
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Spatial analysis of poverty and prosperity in the U.S. counties
… THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Prosperity is often associated with income. This study goes beyond the economic determinant of prosperity and develops a prosperity index by using indicators of education, employment, housing occupancy, and poverty status for all contiguous U.S. …
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Crisis and Prosperity: Status, Accountability and Time in Central Greece
… negotiate periods of socio-economic crisis and prosperity in the town of Trikala, Thessaly, central Greece. Localised understandings of the global economic crisis are analysed in relation to history, social status and concepts of time. The complex interaction between people within global and …
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Paper, Pottery and Prosperity: Handicrafts and Rural Development in Thailand
The focus of this thesis is on the role of handicraft production in rural development in Northern Thailand, exploring how handicrafts evolve over time in the context of a modernising economy. This links with on-going debates on community-based development theory, including those related to rural …
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The political economy of property rights : institutions, interests, and economic prosperity
… rights are at the core of modern economic prosperity. Theoretically, property rights reduce the transaction costs of economic exchange and create incentives for innovation and investment. Empirically, there is considerable evidence that strong property rights lead to higher per capita …
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Aspiring to Prosperity: the Economic Theology of Urban Muslims in Contemporary Indonesia
This study examines the dissemination of economic theology among urban Muslims in contemporary Indonesia. This “economic theology” emphasises the performance of Islamic devotional acts with a strong expectation that such performance will result in material wealth as its reward. It is promoted by …
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The Social Market Economy as a Formula for Peace, Prosperity, and Sustainability
… market economy became a formula for peace and prosperity for post WWII Germany. Since then, the success of the social market economy has inspired many other countries to adopt its principles. Drawing on evidence from economic history and the history of economic thought, this thesis first …
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Prosperity and decline under the Qing : Yangzhou and its hinterland, 1644-1810
This thesis is concerned with identifying the physical, social and economic characteristics of a particular Chinese city, Yangzhou, and with examining the nature of the relationship between this city and its hinterland. These questions are considered within the time frame provided by the growth and …
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Prosperity and decline under the Qing : Yangzhou and its hinterland, 1644-1810
This thesis is concerned with identifying the physical, social and economic characteristics of a particular Chinese city, Yangzhou, and with examining the nature of the relationship between this city and its hinterland. These questions are considered within the time frame provided by the growth and …
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A linguistic analysis of discursive strategies in the Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPP) policy document
… the linguistic devices employed in The Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPP) document which was launched in 2016. The study aimed to explore the discursive ways in which the devices were employed to persuade readers. It employed the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach and the Systemic Functional …
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Nationalism and Common Prosperity: The Impact of Ideological Symbiosis on Redistributive Preferences in China
… government redistribution. While economic prosperity and social fairness contribute to Chinese citizens' acceptance of this symbiosis, economic inequality makes it less appealing. Citizens also interpret nationalism in a way that aligns with their interests. Therefore, the positive effects …
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The political impediments to prosperity : an analysis of the political origins of business confidence
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1993.
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REFRAMING THE METROPOLITAN GROWTH PROPOSITION: PREDICTING METROPOLITAN GROWTH AND PROSPERITY THROUGH AN ECONOMIC INCLUSION SIMULATION
… of economic growth and many families’ well-being/prosperity remains a by-product of an inefficient wealth distribution eco-system. This study/simulation at its core attempts to assess various causal conditional propositions and increase the knowledge regarding these relationships in regards to the …
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Growth, prosperity, and inequality after the great recession: A regionalist cultural political economy of Chicagoland
In the 2010s, major public, civic, and private institutions began to promote new regional planning and coordination projects in the Chicago region. Shortly after the recovery from the 2007-8 economic crash began, regionalist institutions in the Chicago metropolitan area formed a series of new …
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The formation of a prosperity theology that takes full account of an ‘ideal’ considered hermeneutical strategy in the light of the strengths and weaknesses of the hermeneutics of Word-faith and non-Word-faith prosperity teaching
… addressed by this thesis is the extent to which prosperity teaching, both Word-faith and non-Word-faith, may be regarded as legitimate in its interpretation of Scripture, regarded by all concerned as the final authority on matters of faith and doctrine. This thesis will derive a considered …
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