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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"Protectionism"”.
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Protectionism and national migration policy in South Africa
… reforms implemented in 2014, instigating more protectionism, this thesis examines and seeks to explain why South Africa has adopted and continues to maintain these policies post-apartheid despite their negative implications and lack of congruence with South Africa's new national identity. The …
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Reframing parental involvement of black parents: black parental protectionism
… these parental involvement means, Black parental protectionism drawing from Mazama and Lundy conception of racial protectionism. This finding should reframe our understanding of parental involvement but the implications of Black parent protectionism suggest that Black children need protection from …
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Money, capital flows and protectionism : the Industrial Revolution revisited
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1989.
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Protectionism as a policy strategy in Ghana 1957-66
… It then gives a brief background of protectionism in Ghana and the philosophy that led to its adoption. How the policy was implemented is also discussed. A theoretical background of the effects of protection and a sector by sector analysis and evaluation of the effects of …
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U.S. Importation of French Cheeses: Trade Protectionism or Consumer Protection
This study examines the extent to which the equivalency provision presented in the SPS agreement is able to foster trade negotiations between countries adopting different food safety measures. The study examines the role of scientific evidence as well as the political, economic, and cultural …
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Protectionism as an industrial policy : the case of the United States automobile industry
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1986.
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Japan and Taiwan in the wake of bio-globalization : drugs, race and standards
… thesis rejects conventional interpretations of protectionism for Japan's resistance to globalization. It argues that more than protectionism is involved, and that a rich ethnographic understanding of Japan's medical infrastructure is required to understand the claim of biological, cultural, and …
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"Our Generation Had Nothing to Do with Discrimination": White Southern Memory of Jim Crow and Civil Rights
… I propose the concepts white victimology, white protectionism, and white moral identity. I argue that white victimology ? whites' perception, largely imagined, of their own racial victimization ? is a major ideological and emotional facet of the white racial frame, whereby whites dismiss the …
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Changing dynamics of the Chinese automotive industry : the impact of foreign investment, technology transfer, and WTO membership
… 2001 and committed to end the 50 years of protectionism. The WTO membership is expected to inject fierce market competition into the Chinese automotive industry and ultimately propel the industry to a new level. My research attempts to forecast what might happen in the coming years. My …
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Peruvian trade policies in the 1960-1985 period
… factors explaining the turn towards the protectionism and state intervention of later years is also made. Chapter 2 contains a review of the theory of protection in those aspects relevant to the developing countries. Chapter 3 presents a detailed and systematic account of Peruvian trade …
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Buying Local: An Inquiry Into the Ethical Dimensions of Place in Consumer Decisions
… labor, comparative advantage, competition, and protectionism. In chapter 4, ethical considerations are taken into account including income inequality, sweatshop working conditions, and the environment. The final chapter concludes my argument and shows practical ways it applies to Christians and …
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EU import notifications as a protectionist move: an examination of the relation between tariff and non-tariff barriers in seafood trade
… are divided into two categories: risk and protectionism. The results provide evidence showing not only a negative relation between tariff and non-tariff barriers, but possible illegitimate use of import notifications by importing countries with a high need for protection.
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PROTECTION AND EMPOWERMENT: EXPLORING PARENTS' USE OF INTERNET MEDIATION STRATEGIES WITH PRETEENS
… the majority of parents use a combination of protectionism and empowerment strategies, but more heavily use protectionist Internet mediation overall. Parents reported high confidence in using most of the strategies, with slightly less (but still notably high) confidence in using empowerment …
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Essays on Institution and Innovation
… across three distinct contexts: digital protectionism, academic governance, and language policy. The first essay examines whether protectionist policies can foster domestic innovation in the digital economy, focusing on China’s Great Firewall (GFW)—the world’s most extensive system of …
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Lessons for China from a comparison of logistics in the U.S. and China
… important role in eliminating local government protectionism and easing imbalance between inland and coastal regions in China.
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Emerging Markets Penetration Strategy in the Deglobalization Era - A Case Study of the NEV Industry in Southeast Asia
… including political instability, trade protectionism, and supply chain disruptions. Despite these challenges, there is an enduring need for businesses to explore new markets, particularly during the period when emerging markets are experiencing rapid growth. Among these emerging markets, …
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Essays on Investment and Trade under Policy Uncertainty
The rise in protectionism in recent years has significantly influenced worldwide business sentiment, especially trade policy uncertainty (TPU). This thesis aims to investigate the impact of TPU on investment and export. It includes three empirical studies, with one study conducting the analysis at …
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Competing constructions of children's participation in social care : analysing text and talk
… interview texts to show how the discourses of protectionism, developmentalism, rights and managerialism compete unevenly across them. I argue that there is a new configuration of welfare developing around children’s services where managerialism is dominant and children’s rights are collapsed …
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Patterns of industrial structural change: Biobio region, Chile. 1974-1989.
… reform radically changed the traditional protectionism shielding the Chilean economy. This paper analyzes the adjustment of industrial firms to both trade liberalization and policy reforms for stabilization, during the military regime. The study is conducted using two hypotheses that link …
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Anticompetitive effects of antidumping policy in Mexico
Protectionism or retaliation is often argued as the motivation for the increasing use of anti-dumping measures by developing countries. In this research, I address other possible motives for the relentless use of these measures, such as collusion and trade deterrence. The main hypothesis is that …
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