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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"centre-periphery"”.
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Exploring postcolonial trauma in Nigeria as stimulus for creating new plays
… for creating such plays in this research is the centre-periphery concept (Ashcroft, Griffiths and Tiffin, 2013, 43) situated with the imagined nation as backdrops for understanding postcolonial trauma. In order to gain stimulus for playwriting in this research, I explored Chinua Achebe’s Things …
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The exploration of a performative space to nurture EAL international students' writer identities at a South African university
… suggests that this may unwittingly reproduce the centre-periphery divide which characterises global knowledge transactions, within UCT's own institutional structures especially for students from developing African nations, the focus here being on Southern African Development Community (SADC) …
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Peripheral backwater or innovative upland? : patterns of Franciscan patronage in renaissance Perugia, c. 1390 - 1527
… and spread of ideas, particularly theories of centre-periphery and cultural exchange, are considered as a means of explaining Perugia's changing artistic status. The introduction analyses theories regarding the autonomy of peripheral patrons, the innovative potential of the periphery and the …
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From Walter Scott to Cormac McCarthy : Scottish Romanticism and the novel from the American South
… links which complicate conventional centre-periphery models of cultural exchange. My theoretical approach draws on contemporary theories of materiality in the work of Manuel Delanda and Tim Ingold, which I use to emphasize the significance of objects and material processes in the …
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The Impact of Welfare Colonialism on Inuit Responses to Climate Change in Qikiqtani, Canada
… colonialism, which refers to the problematic centre-periphery interactions between the state and indigenous groups from the 1950s, affect the ability of Inuit to respond to climate change. To do this, the ‘vulnerability’ term, currently widely used in Canadian Arctic research, was re-framed to …
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Territorial Shock and Fragmented Geopolitical Culture: The New Geography of Armenia and Siunik
… of the country, some of which are manifested as centre-periphery distinctions between the capital Yerevan and the province of Siunik. The strong local identity of the province serves as a basis to look to ideological tropes of nationalist imaginations as a coping mechanism while facing precarious …
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Conflict Complexity in Ethiopia: Case Study of Gambella Regional State
… by different actors. First, asymmetrical centre-periphery relations entrenched in the state building processes of the imperial and military regimes, continued under the present regime rendering Gambella an object of extraction and repression. Consequently, competing claims of ownership of …
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Conflict Complexity in Ethiopia: Case Study of Gambella Regional State
… by different actors. First, asymmetrical centre-periphery relations entrenched in the state building processes of the imperial and military regimes, continued under the present regime rendering Gambella an object of extraction and repression. Consequently, competing claims of ownership of …
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Neo-Latin America: the poetics of the "New World" in early modern epic. Studies in José Manuel Peramás's 'De Invento Novo Orbe Inductoque Illuc Christi Sacrificio' (Faenza 1777)
… same themes and concerns––in this case, the centre|periphery binary––as are investigated for counterparts when in Spanish or Portuguese. The crucial difference is that––while the ends may be the same––the means of thematising these issues derive in form and signifying power from interactions …
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The waning of the two giants: the electoral decline of the Italian Christian Democratic Party and the Italian Communist Party
… The growing importance of the North-South and centre-periphery cleavages suggests that the Italian party system, which is traditionally based on religious and ideological cleavages, may be changing.
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THE POLITICS OF LONG-TERM CARE IN SOUTHERN EUROPE: A CROSS-CASE COMPARISON OF SPAIN, ITALY AND PORTUGAL
… state–family, state–market, state–church, and centre–periphery — mediates the translation of ideas into coalitional alignments, typically at the cost of concessions that leave durable imprints on policy design. Third, partisan configurations — particularly the party in office, parliamentary …
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Lak-ka-pid-lak-ka-perd : Contemporary urban conditions with special reference to thai homosexuality
… that has been set up by the fixed dualism of centre/periphery has been disrupted and possibly broken up? How can we build identity around such conditions? How can the various forces of power and their complex relationships be revealed and broken down through the understanding of the …
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Introducing a quality system into an adult education college
… throughout this Section. They identify a centre-periphery model of educational change as being particularly relevant to the change process at the college. The role of the Principal is confirmed as being significant in the successful adoption of innovation in the college as is his (her …
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The Bias of the World : Theories of Unequal Exchange in History
This is a history of theories and theorists of unequal exchange. Starting with mercantilists and Richard Cantillon's theory based on land values, it briefly covers the early Classical economists and Gerald Fitzhugh. Among early 20th century Marxist economists, unequal exchange appeared in Otto …