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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"United Front"”.
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Soul power: the Black church and the Black Power Movement in Cairo, Illinois, 1969-74
… Cairo’s leading Black Power organization, the United Front, reworked the religious discourses and institutions that had anchored earlier civil rights struggles and provided access to the Black church’s tremendous organizational resources. Seizing upon emergent trends in Black Theology, the …
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The Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier: State Building, National Integration and Socialist Transformation, Zeku (Tsékhok) County, 1953-1958
… a "subimperial" strategy, referred to as the United Front, as a means to gradually and voluntarily bridge the gap between empire and nation. However, the United Front ultimately lost out to a revolutionary impatience that demanded immediate national integration and socialist transformation, …
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A National System of Reciprocity in the Fire Service
… is left is for the fire service to develop a united front and agreement on such a system. </p>
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Legitimacy in Conflict Contexts: Shifting Rebel Engagement in Sierra Leone and the Presence of Private Contractors
… This case study of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) during Sierra Leone’s civil war between 1991-2002 contributes to emerging work on rebel behavior by examining how rebel’s legitimacy-seeking behavior might evolve when PMSCs enter a conflict context. I explore the ways that PMSCs …
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Indigenous Sovereignty in State-Native Conflicts: A Comparative Study of Process and Outcomes
<p>Using the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, this study was designed to understand how indigenous groups assert their sovereign rights in conflict situations, and how they can be most successful in doing so.</p> <p>Two instances of indigenous-state conflict were …
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Persian Gulf in the Soviet perceptions : a case study of the Ba'thist Iraq (1968-1975)
… of the Soviet policy: a. formation of a ‘united front' of all 'progressive' forces of the Ba'thist Iraq. b. resolution of the 'nationalities question' of autonomy/separation seeking Kurds. c. promotion of friendlier relations of Iraq with the neighbouring Iran. In other words, this …
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Strategies against racism: a comparison of a social movement and case studies of anti-racist policy and practice in the local state
… late 1970s and its opposition to the National Front is considered as an example of anti-racist social movement based on the Trotskyist model of the United Front. The degree to which the Anti Nazi League corresponded to such a model is analysed as are the potential broader applications for such …
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Persian Gulf in the Soviet perceptions : a case study of the Ba'thist Iraq (1968-1975)
… of the Soviet policy: a. formation of a ‘united front' of all 'progressive' forces of the Ba'thist Iraq. b. resolution of the 'nationalities question' of autonomy/separation seeking Kurds. c. promotion of friendlier relations of Iraq with the neighbouring Iran. In other words, this …
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What Enemy Hath Done This? The Death of the Fusion Movement and the Rise of Illiberal Conservatism
… were largely masked by the fusion's united front against communism. For forty years, the movement largely towed the line of the compromise, emphasizing social conservatism, muscular internationalism, and free market economics. With the downfall of communism, the theoretical divide …
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China-Taiwan Rivalry for ‘Representational Legitimacy’ among the 'Third Force' of Afro-Asia, 1949-1971
… state building, a ‘Third Force’ between the United States and the Soviet Union. Under this context, both Beijing and Taipei contended (on their own terms) that they were the legitimate representation of ‘China’ as an Asian great power for anti-imperial solidarity. Centered on China and …
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Sectarian influences within Islam in Britain with special reference to community
… the latter is in fact far from presenting a united front. There are divisions between generations and ethnic origins, and a diversity of religious practice and doctrine. There are many different religious groups at work that originate from the subcontinent, and reflect this wide range. …
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Managing change: an investigation into readiness for change within the public sector in the UAE - the case of the Ministry of Interior (MOI)
… initiatives have not generated a consensus or a united front of satisfaction but feelings of discontent and negative reactions were voiced from several individuals who perceived that the way aspects of change were handled lacked a sense of purpose and inadequate preparation.This minority of …
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Not only 'the younger daughter of Dr Abdurahman': a feminist exploration of early influences on the political development of Cissie Gool
… Liberation League (1935), and the Non-European United Front (1938). She was the only black woman to be elected to the Cape Town City Council before 1994, where she served for 25 years. She was the first black woman to obtain a Master's Degree in Psychology at the University of Cape Town, where …
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Exploring anti-fascism in Britain through autobiography from 1930 to 1936.
… Communist Party and Jewish community to be a united front against fascism. It goes on to observe how each of the autobiographies explain their clashes with the authorities and how their campaigning worked out in practice. Finally, chapter four highlights the authors’ recollections of the …
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Not only 'the younger daughter of Dr Abdurahman': a feminist exploration of early influences on the political development of Cissie Gool
… Liberation League (1935), and the Non-European United Front (1938). She was the only black woman to be elected to the Cape Town City Council before 1994, where she served for 25 years. She was the first black woman to obtain a Master's Degree in Psychology at the University of Cape Town, where …
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EXPANSIVE MODERNISM: FEMALE EDITORS, LITTLE MAGAZINES, AND NEW BOOK HISTORIES
… two conflicting literary groups and promoting a united front during the development of the Harlem Renaissance. She also promoted co–operation between black and white artists and writers with her universally themed poetry, graphic art, and literary column. Chapter four centers on Black Sun …
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Attorneys and Accountants in a changung environment in South Africa: The case for multidisciplinary practice.
… The lawyers find themselves attacked on all fronts. Can these two professions continue to regard themselves as a "calling", or should they be adopting the stance of aggressive businessmen responding to negative environmental stimuli? In this report we highlight the threats facing the two …
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A Chinese exploration of Sino-Soviet relations since the death of Stalin, 1953-1989.
… expanding to economic, political and military confrontation. Until the end of 1962 both sides refrained from attacking each other directly. The Chinese directed their attacks against `revisionism' in general and the Yugoslavs in particular; the Russians directed their attacks against `dogmatism' …