Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Social Cleavages"”.
-
Leadership and social cleavages : political processes among the Indians in Labasa, Fiji Islands
… the political aspects of its adaptation to the social situation in Labasa. Adaptation is a complex, multi-dimensional phenomenon involving diverse processes of growth and change. For the analysis of the implications and effects of the political elements involved in these processes, my approach …
-
Leadership and social cleavages : political processes among the Indians in Labasa, Fiji Islands
… the political aspects of its adaptation to the social situation in Labasa. Adaptation is a complex, multi-dimensional phenomenon involving diverse processes of growth and change. For the analysis of the implications and effects of the political elements involved in these processes, my approach …
-
Patterns of elite-mass conflict in Soviet-type systems: 1948-1989
… country's socioeconomic development and enduring social cleavages will, in large part, account for the specific types of collective action (legal, extra-legal, illegal) and elite response (accommodation, reform, repression).
-
Partisan identification in Africa : an exploratory study in Mozambique
… and voting behaviour. These factors include social cleavages (such as ethnicity or region), cultural values (such as individualism versus collectivism, democratic versus authoritarian values), economic factors (including ‘pocketbook’ assessments and sociotropic assessments, retrospective and …
-
Party System Competition and *Representation: Democratization and Redemocratization in Chile From a Comparative Perspective
… relations; (3) the structure of social cleavages; and (4) the expansion of suffrage. Beyond assessing and explaining the origins of party system competition and representation in Latin America, I demonstrate how the nature of the bureaucratic-authoritarian regimes and the dynamics …
-
Creative cleavages : distributive politics and electoral alignment
… Regionalism does not only arise from economic or social cleavages that we are able to observe, but they are also intentionally cultivated. There are numerous possible reasons why regionalism started in the first place. It could have been from ethnic cleavages, unequal economic development or …
-
Constructing activist identities in post-apartheid South Africa
… but also a historical one, this study uses social-constructionist accounts of collective identity, narrative inquiry and positioning theory to trace the moral careers of twenty-six young, middle-class activists, based in Cape Town, South Africa. In doing so it explores the relationship …
-
Building Coercive Capacity: Three Essays
… career data. Extant conflicts and social cleavages often shape how states expand power to the periphery. The chapter “How Settlement and Inter-Ethnic Conflict Over Property Rights Shapes State Capacity” focuses on Japanese-led state-building in Manchuria. I examine the strategies …
-
EMANCIPATING DESIRE, EMPOWERING FANTASY: CULTURAL POLITICS OF CONTEMPORARY CINEMA IN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA
… on the potentiality of cinema for progressive social change, I examine new film practices, genres, networks, industry structures and social struggles in Indonesia and Malaysia today which are aided by the advancement in new digital technology. Unlike established film industries in the West, the …
-
Ukraine's foreign and security policy 1991-2000: the regional dimension
… and was weakened by internal political and social cleavages. This thesis argues that in order to tackle the threats to its sovereignty, the new state adopted a foreign and security policy with two key objectives. Firstly, Kyiv sought to establish bilateral ties with all regional neighbours. …
-
The Determinants of Voting Behavior in Turkey
… this study finds that the most important cleavages among Turkey’s voters are religious (the degree of importance they place on their faith) and ethnic (the division between Turks and Kurds). With this central motivation, the study investigates the main determinants of the voter’s choice in …