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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Westernization"”.
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Imitation Game: Military Institutions and Westernization in Indonesia and Japan
… and corporatism. The organization-wide military Westernization by the Sino-Japanese War (1893-94) demonstrates Meiji Japan's maximalist emulation. </p> <p>The arguments and findings have broader theoretical, empirical, and policy implications. They speak and contribute to the resurgence of …
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'A High, Solid Wall': Haruki Murakami, National Identity, and Westernization
Haruki Murakami is no stranger to criticism in Japan, having been described as 'Westernized' by Japanese critics for much of his career. The heavy use of Western culture in his novels seems to suggest that Murakami writes without attention to his nationality, as his books are devoid of references …
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The Impact of Westernization on Tongan Cultural Values Related to Business
This study examined the impact of Westernization on Tongan cultural values (Collectivism I, Collectivism II, Power Distance, Future Orientation, and Uncertainty Avoidance) related to business. A Tongan version of the Project GLOBE Beta Questionnaire measuring cultural dimensions at the societal …
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Complexity of Women's Liberation in the Era of Westernization: Egyptian Islamic and Secular Feminists in Their Own Context
… use this definition in their activism? How is Westernization influencing Egyptian feminists and their participation in national and political conflicts?</p> <p>Data sources were based on individual interviews. The findings indicate that although the phenomenon of Westernization in Egypt had …
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Desecularization of the state as a resistance to the globalization: a case study of the criminalization of blasphemy in Russia.
<p>A cultural aspect of westernization remains in the shadow of widely discussed economic and political ones. While many states are conforming to the Western rules of the global market game, the cultural characteristics and differences are less mutable and thus less easily compromised and resolved …
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Engineering Education and the Spirit of Samurai at the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo, 1871-1886
… century. The ICE was at the forefront of Westernization in the Meiji government. I specifically examine Yozo Yamao and Hirobumi Ito, who studied in Britain and were the co-founders of the college; Henry Dyer, the first principal; and the students of the ICE. As a result of the …
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Changing Personal Names and Titles in Written Farsi (1921-1978): A Sociolinguistic Study With Pedagogical Implications
… political changes. Changes toward modernization, Westernization and/or industrialization impact decisively on changes in Iranian Ns and Ts. Chapter One introduces the problem addressed, reviews the related literature, states research hypotheses, outlines procedures and defines terms used in the …
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Melancholy and Satire: Representation of Islam and Nationhood in the Works of Salman Rushdie and Orhan Pamuk
… at national representation and narratives of westernization. The main question that the study raises is: what are the literary results of migration, cultural or religious conversion within the increasingly diversifying metropolitan centers? I find that such double consciousness of the migrant …
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Aspects of twentieth century black South African art, up to 1980. Volume II
… corresponding with the chapters dealing with 1) Westernization and change in African art, 2) Rural black South African art: figurative woodcarving and mural painting, 3) Early twentieth century urban black art in South Africa and 4) Urban black South African art 1960-1980. Sources of photographs …
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A study of the 1961 controversy over Chinese and Western cultures in Taiwan
… consideration of cultures and the prospect of westernization. The notion of yi exerted a deep-rooted influence on Chinese intellectuals, impeding the realization of cultural pluralism.
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An Assessment on the Impact of Family Dynamics on the Runaway Problem Among Teenagers
… to avoid such problems, but with the effect of westernization and social mobility in Turkey, the basic family structure has become more like the family structure in the western countries. Studies reveal that runaway episodes happen in all families regardless of such factors as economic, race, or …
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Woman in Islam: A Stereotyped Westernized Imagee in Nawal Al Saadawi's "Woman at Point Zero"
… in the Muslim and Arab societies as an agent of Westernization.
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Woman in Islam: A Stereotyped Westernized Imagee in Nawal Al Saadawi's "Woman at Point Zero"
… in the Muslim and Arab societies as an agent of Westernization.
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How Tintin Met Tchang: The Sino-Belgian Catholic Network in the Early Twentieth Century
… Roman orthodoxy, the Catholic mission promoted westernization of the church and converts in China. But this approach caused a social backlash, as seen in the numerous missionary incidents. Imposed westernization has also been criticised by scholars of mission history, who argue that the Church …
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The Rise of Independent Bookselling in China
… non-Western societies and contributes to the de-Westernization of this long-dominant and yet problematic approach to the study of the media and media industries.
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Bridging the Divide: Unveiling Global Disparities and Local Challenges in Academic Internationalization for a Holistic Approach to Change
… evaluation criteria and citational justice. De-Westernization of CMS: The dissertation contributes to the de-Westernization discussion in communication research, highlighting the dominance of US-based scholarship and advocating for practices that elevate non-Western contributions. Novel …
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The sweet, sweet sound of liberty: black settlers and their early education initiative in Liberia, 1820-1860
… was built on colonization, Christianization, and Westernization. The history of silencing the voices of Black Americans has been a practice in early historiography of Liberia. As a result, it has overlooked the important role freed Blacks from the United States played in the formation of Liberia's …
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Aspects of twentieth century black South African art, up to 1980. Volume I
… study is concerned with the influence of Westernization on the development of black South African art, culminating in a form of art referred to as urban black art. While the essential aim of this dissertation is to document selected twentieth century artists and their works prior to 1980, …
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Globalization: From a Political, Economical and Cultural Perspective
… of globalization dominated by the increasing westernization of the world poses the question if a true global culture and identity can become reality. The study presents the specific cases of the U.N. and the regional integration process of the European Union in trying to demonstrate the …
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Porous Empire: Foreign Visitors And The Post-Stalin Soviet State
… as the Soviet opening up to the world promoted Westernization and undermined some of the ideological foundations of Soviet power, it also generated, within the bowels of Soviet institutions, a profound and honestly-held commitment to authoritarianism and social discipline as an instrument of …
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