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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"banditry"”.
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WHEN STEALING TIME AT WORK SEEMS JUSTIFIED: THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON TIME BANDITRY
<p> Interest in the study of time banditry at work is relatively new to researchers. Existing research on this phenomenon has focused primarily on antecedents to the time banditry relationship, such as personality and organizational justice (Brock, Martin, & Buckley, 2013). This study further …
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ETHNOGRAPHY OF RESISTANCE POETICS: Power and Authority in Salale Oromo Folklore and Resistance Culture (Ethiopia, Northeast Africa)
… protest, peasant rebellion, or more preferably, banditry; it is rather the poetics of emancipatory act. An emancipatory resistance is not simply a strategic plan to change the status quo, oppositional to social change, or a strategy for temporary material gain. In the Salale social world, an …
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"The Lawmen Faced the Outlaws, No Badge Upon a Breast:" Historical Memory and the Legacy of Henry Plummer and the Montana Vigilantes
… of Eric Hobsbawm's theory of social banditry, this chapter argues that the vigilantes fit the description of social bandits, and this contributed directly to their reputations as heroes. Overall, this thesis encourages a more nuanced analysis of this popular regional myth and …
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E as Cangaceiras? As representações sociais e o imaginário do feminino cangaço no cinema
… of the past, forming a visual culture of banditry.
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"The Lawmen Faced the Outlaws, No Badge Upon a Breast:" Historical Memory and the Legacy of Henry Plummer and the Montana Vigilantes
… of Eric Hobsbawm's theory of social banditry, this chapter argues that the vigilantes fit the description of social bandits, and this contributed directly to their reputations as heroes. Overall, this thesis encourages a more nuanced analysis of this popular regional myth and …
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It takes two hands to clap conflict, peacebuilding, and gender justice in Jonglei, South Sudan
… cycles of violence, cattleraiding, banditry and loss of human life. Jonglei state has seen some of the most extreme violence in South Sudan; the Lou Nuer, Murle, and Dinka in Jonglei raid and retaliate back and forth, killing civilians, abducting women and children, and talking …
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Dissecting the 2015 Nepal Earthquake: Rural Response and Way Forward for Nepal
… for comparison including those discussing banditry and rural politics. Based on these findings and the additional expert advice of disaster specialists, recommendations were assimilated with the intention of augmenting current preparedness strategies for the people of Nepal. RESULTS: A …
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Exploring Resilience Capabilities of Micro and Small Businesses during Crisis in Nigeria
… crises (kidnapping, herders-farmers conflicts, banditry, and armed robbery) and natural crises (COVID-19 pandemic, flooding), each with distinct impacts on operations and sustainability. MSBs demonstrate various resilience capabilities, including rapid environmental scanning, information …
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Empire, Province, and Power: Chorbadzhi (Çorbacı) Networks in the Ottoman Empire, 1790s-1860s
… system, this chapter argues that chronic banditry, disease epidemics, and long-lasting wars, and inter-imperial rivalry played a role in chorbadzhis’ emergence and expansion as the Ottoman Empire’s alternative local partners. Complementing the holistic analyses of the earlier chapters, …
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Tracking Technology and Society along the Ottoman Anatolian Railroad, 1890-1914
… in agriculture as well as the “labor” of banditry. Weaving all these elements together through interconnected networks allows us to see the long-debated trope of Ottoman modernization in a more complex manner, so that it is not reduced to having a single or small number of causative …
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La pirateria marittima negli stretti di Malacca e Singapore in prospettiva storica e attuale
… strongly and crucially imbued with the maritime banditry phenomenology. During the era of great maritime political entities exercising dominion along the Malay and Indonesian coasts, predation assumed character of endemicity going to fit firmly within the society, politics and economy networks. …
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Confederate Borderland, Indian Homeland: Slavery, Sovereignty, and Suffering in Indian Territory
… which would be filled by guerrilla violence and banditry. The failure of either Confederate or Union forces to permanently secure Indian Territory left Indian homelands ripe for violence and lawlessness. The thesis concludes by evaluating the cost of the conflict. One-third of the Cherokee Nation …
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Revenge and Its Implications: Literati Discourse of Justice in Late Qing and Modern Chinese Fiction
… Quelling the Bandits, 1851) in order to oppose banditry. His illustrations of <italic>lingchi</italic>: death by slicing), on the other hand, envision the triumph of legal justice against abusive ministers. Wu Jianren's: 1866-1910) <italic>Tongshi</italic>: A History of Pain, 1903-06) draws on …
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Climate change and food security: effects of rainfall variability on sustainable food security in the Sahel of northern Nigeria
… assets depleted by precipitation deficits, banditry, and terrorism. National food policy should prioritise sufficiency for all citizens, with implementation cascading down to the state and local levels. Policies must address the impact of climate change, which has amplified natural …
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The Political Economy of Transnational Drug Trafficking: Criminal Rackets and State-Making in Modern Mexico
Far from embodying distinct social actors, the line separating the ‘police’ from the ‘criminal’ is historically fluid and at times very thin. Generated by the capitalisation of economic relations, waves of bandits and criminals have often been instrumental to advance the interests of their enabling …
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Building on Sand: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army and State Formation in South Sudan
This thesis examines the state formation process in South Sudan through an in-depth, historicized analysis of the exercise of power of the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). It explores key elements of the trajectories of state formation in South Sudan by examining the nature …