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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"State Identity"”.
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Ontological Security: State Identity and Self-Image in the Digital Age
The driving argument of this thesis is that states, particularly the United States, are vulnerable in cyberspace for reasons that go beyond the material vulnerabilities that present studies on state insecurity in cyberspace focus on. This vulnerability in cyberspace is an ontological insecurity. …
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The Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Lebanese State Identity — The Impact of the Syrian Refugee Crisis on the Lebanese State Identity Through Discourse and Actions (2005-2020)
… Syrian refugee crisis impacted on the Lebanese state identity. This is operationalized through 4 main steps: (1) the review of the Lebanese nation-building process and the main elements of its state identity; (2) the comprehensive presentation of the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon and its …
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Reimagination of Turkey: The Emergence and Challenges of Post-Kemalist Nation-State Identity (2001-2011)
… the emergence of Turkey’s post-Kemalist nation-state identity and its challenges in the post-9/11 era. By challenging the argument that there is essentially one understanding of Turkey’s identity, it exposes competing perspectives on Turkey’s new identity and its place in the world. To reveal …
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What West Virginia? Conflict over West Virginia's State Identity: A Constitutive Approach to Activism and Public Relations
This rhetorical analysis of a coal advocacy and a coal-critical environmentalist organization examines how each group constitutes different West Virginian identities that accord with their organizational mission. Based on the constitutive concepts advanced by Edwin Black, Maurice Charland, and …
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Lietuvos užsienio politikos formavimo tapatybiniai veiksniai /
… reveal the relationship between the collective identity of Lithuanian foreign policy decision-makers, the concept of Lithuanian identity and national interests as articulated by these persons and particular foreign policy choices. Based on the constructivism theory of international relations, …
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The Human Element: Demography's Influence on Identity, Interests, and the Future Security Environment
… demographic trends and measure their effect on state identity and interests. This study was undertaken since many, if not all, of the United States' decisions are based on the assumption that the interests and behavior of both allies and adversaries remain constant. After examining the …
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South Africa's foreign policy and the domestic developmental agenda
… level that the post-apartheid South African state must promote socioeconomic development. Post-apartheid South Africa's intensive prioritisation of national development as underpinned by the DDA has had a significant impact on not only domestic economic development policies since 1994, but on …
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Sub-state nationalism and social solidarity : essays on Spain and the United Kingdom
This dissertation focuses on sub-state nationalism in Europe, concentrating on the critical cases of Spain and the United Kingdom, where recent independence referenda in Catalonia and Scotland illustrate that sub-state nationalism is neither confined to weak states nor a thing of the past. In the …
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新加坡华文诗歌中的国家意识(1945-1970) = A Study of State Awareness in Singapore's Chinese Poetry (1945-1970)
… attempts to draw more attention on the state awareness concealed in the poetry. This thesis comprises of eight chapters. The first chapter is about the objective, significance and scope of the thesis. The second chapter provides an overview of the Left-wing Literary Movement with …
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Turkey and the European Union: Creating Domestic Norms through International Socialization
… of Turkey is the most controversial candidate state for European Union membership to date. Not only does Turkey face obstacles with the technical aspects of the enlargement process such as changes in domestic policies, the legal system, and economy, but the proposed accession of Turkey to the …
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Patterns of Chemosensory Behavior in a Closed Population of Wild African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana)
… contain important information about reproductive state, identity, status, or location of conspecifics. Elephants are a long-lived species and males reproduce at a much later age than females, which provides a protracted developmental period for males. This study examined chemosensory behaviors in …
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Identity and public attitudes to foreign aid: a framework for bottom-up policy reform
… theory in social psychology to propose an identitybased approach to bottom-up policy reform. Identities are context-dependent categorisations of ‘self’ and ‘other’ which help actors navigate reality. I argue that policy outputs are determined by the state’s identity whereas each citizen’s …
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Identity and public attitudes to foreign aid: a framework for bottom-up policy reform
… theory in social psychology to propose an identitybased approach to bottom-up policy reform. Identities are context-dependent categorisations of ‘self’ and ‘other’ which help actors navigate reality. I argue that policy outputs are determined by the state’s identity whereas each citizen’s …
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Foreign Policy of Pakistan: a Critical Approach
This thesis examines the interlinking between identity and security in the context of foreign policy in Pakistan. Foreign policy constitutes one of key national policies in Pakistan. Since the country’s inception in 1947, foreign policy has had an unwavering influence on the construction of the …
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Contemporary China-North Korea Bilateral Security Relations: Establishing the Role of Power and Ideas in Foreign Policy Decision-making
… In contrast to existing studies that isolate state identity, security, or economic considerations in China’s decision-making, this thesis asserts Beijing’s North Korea policy is best understood by synthesizing realist and constructivist theories. Building on this model, the first aim of the …
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To play or not to play : a historic overview of the Olympic Movement in China from 1894 to 1984
… and China's desire to build a strong national state identity coincided with the revival of the modern Olympic Games. As Western sports were introduced to China at the turn of the 20th century, they were regarded as a way to cultivate military spirits among the Chinese citizens thus …
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Diplomacy in the Making: A Practice-Based Account of China’s Foreign Ministry in the Field of Diplomacy
… relations’ disciplinary focus on the state, the exceptional and the visible, much of this literature ignores the quotidian and banal activities of actors that produce diplomacy, while frequently dismissing MOFA’s importance. This thesis takes the Chinese case as its foil to extend the …
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Victim, Aggressor, and Leader: Hierarchy, War Memory, and Foreign Policy of Postwar Japan
… see itself as a victimized country? How do state leaders reconcile tensions between the competing war memories of victimization and aggression with the state's aspirations for international leadership? Analyzing archival documents, history textbooks, and leaders' speeches, I examine the …
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Scapegoating International Socialisation: Russia’s (Re-)Encounter Narrative 1999-2018
… (IR) scholarship on social hierarchy and identity, the thesis’s starting point is to take states’ socialisation memory seriously and study how it evolves and shapes state identity and behaviour. I argue that Russia, through its changing memory of the intense socialisation in the 1990s, …
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A discursive historical approach (DHA) to understanding South Africa's leadership aspirations in Africa: state exceptionalism and foreign policy under Mandela and Mbeki
… of the Union of South Africa in 1910, the state has maintained a “South African Africa destiny” which sees itself as a modernizing and civilizing force in, and the rightful leaders of Africa. What has also been evident, throughout various political leaderships, has been a strong presence of …
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