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Showing 1 to 20 of 97 for “"The Common Good"”.
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Public debt and the common good.
This study offers the longest quantitative review of state debt in the literature (1920-90). Drawing on classical themes, institutional analysis is integrated with dimensions of culture to define the parameters of political freedom in a theoretically coherent way. Quantitative analysis supports the …
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Agape and Emancipation: The Common Good in Recent Postcolonial Fiction
In this dissertation, I argue that there is a tendency in postcolonial studies to equate injustice with a lack of knowledge. The political task for postcolonial studies is then framed in pedagogical terms: to provide the missing or invisible knowledge that is the catalyst for political change, or …
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The Sacrifices of the American Textile Industry and the Common Good
… states such as South Carolina, especially to the communities that have high numbers of people employed in the industry. Considering the thousands affected by foreign competition and the pleading letters sent to congressional offices between 1984 and 1994, it is apparent that southern …
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Introducing the Common Good Index and a Common Good Immigration Ethic
<p>The U.S. and Mexican bishops, in their influential pastoral letter Strangers No Longer, frame immigration ethics through the lens of solidarity with the immigrant. This frame leads them to erroneously interpret the preferential option for the poor and ignore potential harm to poor U.S. citizens …
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Cultivating the common good : civic life and religious contexts in American society.
… positive link between religion and civic life in the United States. Americans who attend religious services more frequently, who pray more often, and who are more involved in the life of a congregation tend to be more civically engaged than their non-religious counterparts. However, the effects …
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The common good in a plural society: Muslims, Christians and the Public Arena in Britain
This thesis develops an idea of how the common good might be pursued in a plural society, beginning from Jonathan Sacks' vision of such a society as a'community of communities'. It does so principally by developing Alasdair Maclnytre's concept of 'tradition'. Chapter 1 begins by assembling …
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Thinking Together about the Common Good: The Political Implications of Thomas Aquinas's Theory of Conscience
This dissertation examines the problems confronted by claims of ‘freedom of conscience’ in contemporary political society, and argues that freedom of conscience is a critical foundational component of any free political regime. Yet, conscience is often invoked as the final authority or …
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Rethinking Nation-Building: A Christian Socio-Ethical and Theo-Political Task for Appropriating the Common Good
<p>nation-building as a coomon good</p>
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Pursuing the common good : overcoming barriers to collective action through transboundary water negotiation along the Blue Nile River
… In this research, I attempt to delineate common procedural and context-specific barriers to collective action within transboundary water negotiations in the Nile River Basin. I compare efforts by three countries -- Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan --
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The Genesis and Gestation of a Justice Journey: Catherine Pinkerton, CSJ, Champion of and Educator for the Common Good
… in developing her extraordinary commitment to the common good. Data are viewed through the Deweyan lens of education as continuous, participative, and experiential. Additionally, the study illuminates from Pinkerton's speeches examples of her education of others regarding the need for the …
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Selfishness, altruism and utility in everyday two-person random interactions: effects of strong reciprocity, the common good and the costs of competition
… to how would we model such interactions? This thesis tries to understand how individuals will behave in 2-person everyday interactions as such interactions comprise a substantial part of our everyday lives. It starts to answers these questions by reviewing Adam Smith’s concepts of selfishness …
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A Communitarian Approach to Accountability for the Common Good: A Case Study of Community Participation in Planning and Policy Making for Lake Taupo
This thesis seeks to gain a theoretical and empirical understanding of the meaning of a communitarian approach to accountability for the common good (CAACG). The hermeneutic analysis adopted in this study starts by explaining the researcher's pre-understandings which includes contemporary ideas on …
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Combatting grand corruption alongside state-building: the role of the South Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission and the Episcopal Church of South Sudan in defence of the common good
This thesis investigates experiential grand corruption, involving different actors, and institutions in the interim and post-independent South Sudan. The grand corruption phenomenon is critical as South Sudan also undergoes state building, especially after separating from Sudan in 2011. I examine …
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A comparison between the theological approach of the 1992 Australian Catholic bishops' statement on the distribution of wealth in Australia, Common wealth for the common good, and some selected theological types
The Bishops of the Australian Catholic Church have been issuing annual statements on political, economic and social issues since 1940. The focus of this thesis, the 1992 Bishops' Statement, Common Wealth for the Common Good, has as its main theme the distribution of wealth in Australia. It is the …
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Positive Psychology and Being a Good Teammate: How Justice Character Strengths lead to Authentic, Courageous, and Exemplary Followership, Positive Institutions, Flourishing, and Heroic Upstanders for Positive Citizenship and Stewardship for the Common Good
… a conceptualization of followership under the Justice Virtue in the Character Strengths (Peterson & Seligman, 2004) classification, using this to bridge the divide between followership in organizational and societal contexts, and linking multiple elements of positive psychology to …
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A Study of the Principle of Subsidiarity in Catholic Social Thought: Implications for Social Justice and Civil Society in Nigeria
This dissertation examined the centrality of the principle of subsidiarity in Catholic social teaching, in bringing about social and moral reconstruction of society and in particular the Nigerian social context. The origin of this principle has been traced to the natural human inclination to build …
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Corporate Social Irresponsibility: A Critique of American Businesses’ Vacillating Stakeholder Strategies in Reaction to Public Opinion
… today subscribe to some form of stakeholder theory, which assumes that businesses have communal obligations extending beyond the maximization of shareholder profits. Companies adopt Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs to address the concerns of employees, communities, and other …
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An Assessment of David Hollenbach's Contribution to the Debate on Human Rights and its Future Promise
The issue of human rights represents what is probably the primary ethical concern in the world today. No human problem transcends national boundaries to the degree that violations of human rights do, not only with regard to their causes, but also in search for human solutions. There are many …
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