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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"The Maldives"”.
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VIOLENT RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS’ DERADICALIZATION: THE MALDIVES
… in Middle Eastern conflicts and upon their return, many display radicalized religious views. This thesis explores deradicalization programs in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Singapore to gather successful approaches and propose an optimal design for the deradicalization of violent …
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Population, human capital and development in the Maldives
The relationship between population and development has drawn the attention of economists and demographers for a long time. While academic interest has focused on population and development problems of small island countries, much of it is centred on the Pacific countries and the island states of …
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Influence of Sustainable Tourism on Community Development in the Maldives
For a nation like the Maldives, which depends entirely on tourism for its survival, sustainable tourism is essential. Several elements must be effectively managed with the long-term objective in mind for tourism to be sustainable. The local community develops via sustainable tourism, which is …
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Making the Maldives: exploring how the body holds cultural knowledge
This research explores the weaving culture of the Maldives by focusing on the islands’ traditional embroidery called kasabu viyun. It uses ethnographic information collected during fieldwork in 2018 to explain why it is important to safeguard methods as much as the objects created. It does this by …
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Navigating great power competition: The Maldives as a democratising small state
This thesis evaluates how great power competition systematically constrains democratisation in small states when geo-strategic interests intersect with domestic political processes. Using the Maldives as a case study, it demonstrates that democratic consolidation is constrained by mechanisms …
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Teaching economics at secondary school level in the Maldives: A cooperative learning model
The dominant approach to the study of economics at secondary school level in the Maldives is teacher-centred methods based on behaviourist views of teaching and learning. Despite considerable research on the benefits of cooperative learning in economic education at the post-secondary level, very …
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Last resorts : a tour guide to territorial protection for the Republic of the Maldives
A two meter rise in sea levels projected by the end of this century threatens the sovereignty of the Maldivian nation state. While flight from the Maldives to establish a new homeland elsewhere has been proposed, the culture and economy of this country is inextricably entrenched in its geophysical …
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Understanding Teacher Educators' Pedagogical and Technological Cultural Habitus (PATCH): An Ethnographic Study in the Maldives
A substantial body of literature discusses the complexity of integrating technology in teachers’ pedagogical practices (Mishra & Koehler, 2006). The literature over the last two decades, specifically suggests that teachers and teacher educators have shown limited pedagogical changes regardless of …
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Leadership Style's Effects on Intrapreneurship and Organisational Performance: The Case of the Resort Islands in the Maldives
… performance. Thus, this research investigates the effects of leadership styles among transformational and transactional leadership styles to improve employees’ intrapreneurship and organisational performance in the context of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), in particular in the Maldives …
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Maldivian primary teachers activate and shape their Social Studies pedagogies through reflection
… study emerges from a deep-seated concern about the potential erosion of Maldivian cultural heritage and identity, reflected in the diminishing prominence of traditional cultural practices, language, beliefs, which are often threatened by tourism and foreign influences. The research investigates …
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The development and evaluation of a computer-assisted strategy designed to change student misconceptions about chemical equilibrium
The main aims of this thesis are twofold. First, to identify and describe misconceptions about chemical equilibrium held by Year-12 chemistry students in the Maldives. Second, to investigate the effects of using a computer-assisted instructional strategy in changing those misconceptions. A …
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Analysing the effect of taxation on consumer behaviour in the tourism industry.
This research explores the impact of tourism taxes on tourist behaviour. Research to date has tended to focus on the impact of tourism taxes on consumer behaviour only in terms of willingness to pay and the nature of the demand curve (Seetaram et al. 2018). Also, the impact of air passenger duties …
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International politics and construction of climate security by small island developing states: Maldives and Samoa form broader meanings of security
… comprehensive approaches to climate security at the United Nations Security Council debates - these included considering multi-sectoral climate-related threat factors and comprehensive security provisions, including collaborative (whole-of-government) governance approaches to address them. For …
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Influence of Institutional Environment on Social Entrepreneurial Intention: a study in Maldives using Social Cognitive Career Theory
… influence social entrepreneurs. This thesis applies Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) to the Maldives' SIDS context to examine how institutional conditions affect social entrepreneurial intention. The study begins by situating local social enterprise models in worldwide SE …
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Local Implications of International Human Rights Treaties: The Impact of a CEDAW Right to Public Life in the Republic of Maldives
In 1979, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) codified women’s rights to equality in both private and public spheres of life, and introduced it as a global norm. It stipulated not only that women should not be discriminated against, but also that …
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The language of tourism advertising in five countries worst affected by the Asian Tsunami : before and after focussing on Thailand
This research investigated the use of language in the texts of the promotional brochures created for the tourist industry. The selected printed materials for the study were used in advertising the five countries most severely affected by the Asian Tsunami in 2004 (Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, …
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Post disaster tourism crisis recovery in SIDS: development and testing of an integrated approach
The tourism industry is especially vulnerable to crises and disasters. Its vulnerabilities include both physical infrastructure and more intangible elements such as destination image and reputation. Being a fragmented industry, its response is typically difficult to initiate and coordinate during a …
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The Past and Present of Maldivian Coral Reefs
… through declining reef fisheries and tourism. Maldives is a coral reef-generated nation, putting it at great risk of climate change-associated damage, namely coral mortality from warming ocean temperatures and reef drowning from rising sea levels. In this thesis, I explore the past and present …
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Factors Influencing Value Added Public Services in Maldives
Civil servants in the Maldives serve the public in many ways and are key stakeholders who implement the policies of the incumbent government. With decentralisation as the key phenomenon in moving to a more democratic society, the city councils play a key role in delivering a range of services to …
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Economic Adjustment in Small Open Economies to External Shocks Arising from the Carry Trade, Trade Liberalisation and Remittance Flows
In recent years the vulnerability of both advanced and emerging small open economies to external shocks has attracted significant attention. Among these types of shocks, three shocks emanating from sudden movements of exchange rates, financial flows such as workers' remittances and trade …
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