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Showing 1 to 20 of 123 for “"Public debate"”.
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Sexual assault: public debate and criminal law reform
… and in the media, all of which formed the public debate on the Bill. Key issues were whether criminal law should be used to advance social justice for women, and whether the new law contradicts the "natural order". A major argument against the Bill was that it contravened the fundamental …
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Beyond the polarising constructions of terrorism : Challenging the discourses that silence public debate in Western Australia
… significant focus politically, academically, and publically has been given to the issue of terrorism. During this past decade a number of labels, assumptions, and narratives have become dominant in an effort to explain what many continue to describe as a contested and complex phenomenon. The …
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Contemporary Public Debate on Religion: Parliamentary Debate on Church Property Restitution and its Taxation in the Czech Republic
… a gap in the literature and illustrate what a public debate on religion might look like in a country as unchurched as the Czech Republic, this thesis conducted thematic content analysis on two parliamentary debates related to church property restitution. Transcripts of the debates in The …
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Anne McLaren and the Human Embryo Research Debates in Britain, 1982–1990: Sociological Biography in the Analysis of Public Debate
… the role of the scientist Dr Anne McLaren in the public and parliamentary debates on human fertilisation and embryology (HF&E) in Britain between 1982 and the resulting Act in 1990. A focus on McLaren’s contributions to these debates elucidates how the case in favour of embryo research was …
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Pieter Waterdrinkers roman Danslessen
… by the writer Pieter Waterdrinker and in the public debate of that time and how those positions correspond.<br/>Waterdrinker’s novel seemed to have violated the taboo on antisemitism with the following passage: “Maar ja, wat wil je ook, met zo’n joodje aan het hoofd” (But anyhow, what would …
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Transforming participation?: a comparative study of state and civil society agency within national development processes in Malawi and Ireland
… this regard as being ‘communication without’ or public awareness raising, with this enhancing visibility and public debate on both the developmental outcomes of the respective processes and the agency and actions of actors therein. While both processes are characterised by many similarities, a …
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Flags of convenience: legal responses to a 20th century shipping phenomenon
… phenomenon has been subject both to constant public debate and to legal scrutiny. Generally, public opinion associates flags of convenience with ships owned by unscrupulous individuals from rich countries which are flagged out to certain developing countries in order to take advantage of a …
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W.G. Sebald’s Luftkrieg und Literatur: German literature and the allied bombings of German cities in World War II
… and in scholarship. Sebald‘s essay caused a public debate in 1997 over the ethical implications of a cultural memory of the Allied bombings of German cities in the Second World War. Since then, the essay has come to be understood as a foundational moment in the discourse surrounding 'German …
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Toppling the ivory tower: Coded communication in American political discourse
Anti-intellectualism has a long history in U.S. public debate, and in the 21st century it is not uncommon for politicians to emphasize themes of anti-intellectualism in their public communications. This study proposes a new approach to understanding how anti-intellectualism is communicated in the …
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Cobertura periodística y corrientes de opinión sobre el indulto de Alberto Fujimori
… broadcast on television that contributed to the public debate of the case, to identify the constitutive elements of public opinion. It also reconstructs the work routines that the journalists of the print media fulfilled, in the judicial coverage of the uneventful pardon, and collects their …
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Working in a web of relationships: Experiences of selected second-level teachers in Ireland
… and teaching which are rarely considered in public debate in Ireland. Two primary, linked findings emerge from the study. Firstly, that teaching takes place within a complex web of relationships, and that these form not only the context within which learning takes place, but are, in fact, an …
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Conor Cruise O'Brien, public intellectuals, and politics in twentieth-century Ireland
This thesis is a study on the ‘public intellectual’ in mid-twentieth century Ireland, where the figure of the intellectual in politics was routinely maligned or altogether rejected by a broad cross-section of civil society for being insufficiently deferential to societal norms and out of touch with …
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A Constructionist Analysis Of Same-sex Marriage
Same-sex marriage has been heavily debated in academics and in the public sphere. During the 2004 Presidential election same-sex marriage became an issue that polarized the candidates. It has become a lightning rod for public debate. Due to the increasing attention to the controversy of legalizing …
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Nuances of corruption and foreign direct investment
… study point to the need for further research and public debate in order to better understand the relationship between corruption and foreign Direct Investment.
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“Nem bandido, nem herói. Policial é trabalhador”: O movimento de Policiais Antifascismo e as polícias na política
… since the participation of these agents in the public and political life of the country has always been a constant, since the military and police are present in almost all the important events of the political life of Brazil. Thus, more recently, between 2018 and 2022, the military and police …
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San Antonio's energy future
… demand for electricity. This report examines the public debate that accompanied the proposal and investigates the possibilities of other solutions for utilities to meet demand. Two case studies, overviews of the utilities in Austin, Texas, and Sacramento, California, provide insight into the …
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Good life in the balance: A cross-national study of Dutch and Australian disability perspectives on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
… (EPAS). A disability voice is not prominent in public debate on EPAS in Australia or the Netherlands, even though people with disabilities are often thought to be vulnerable in relation to EPAS policies. Disability perspectives are potentially valuable in illuminating issues in relation to …
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Romantic-Era Periodicals and the Rise of Population
… two Romantic-era phenomena: the hotly contested public debate occasioned by the publication of T. R. Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) and the rise of the periodical press in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. My goal for this study is to demonstrate how an …
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Advocates For the People & the Test Ban
… these concerns, nine U.S. Administrations have debated the national security implications of one issue in particular: verifying a nuclear test ban. From 1981 to 1986, the scientific community witnessed a renaissance of political activism that would influence the national public debate for years …
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Toys, Consumption, and Middle Class Childhood in Imperial Germany, 1871--1918
… culture surrounding toys facilitated this very public debate. Producers willingly responded to buyers from both camps, and individual consumers created and marketed their own toys. The making, marketing, and consumption of miniatures formed a site around which we can see how adults as consumers …
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