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Citizens Review Panel
… paper is to analyze the effectiveness of the Citizens Review Panel ln the City of Spokane which was implemented September of 1992. It is the belief of the writer of this paper that the Citizens Review Panel was developed in haste and is not performing the objectives for which it was …
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Polypharmacy Issues in Senior Citizens
… and by the use of health resources. Often senior citizens are seen by a variety of health care providers. Medications are prescribed without a complete understanding of what the senior is already taking. Too often seniors will continue to take medications after they are no longer needed or take …
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To be acknowledged as citizens
… history that contributed to the second-class citizenship of lesbians and gays are reviewed. Second, a look at how the secondclass citizenship is unique to lesbians and gays is examined. Finally, this paper looks at the marriage, fatherhood, and faith-based initiatives under welfare reform and …
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Political Liberalism and LGBTQ+ Citizens
… equality have still not been secured for LGBTQ+ citizens in liberal societies. This thesis identifies several areas in which LGBTQ+ citizens still face injustice, in both the law and the family. It leverages the theoretical resources of political liberalism – a substantive normative ideal of …
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Citizens, services, and new towns
"Citizens, Services and New Towns" is a study of two new towns, Reston, Virginia and Columbia, Maryland, their private governmental structures and their service delivery mechanisms. Because of the relative success of Reston and Columbia and the 1970 Housing Act, new towns are springing up across …
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Radicalisation of European Citizens and ISIS Terrorism
… been identified with a good number of European citizens, who have joined the Islamic State (IS) and engaged in acts of terror against their own citizens and governments. Radicalisation has been used as a weapon by the Islamic State to recruit some European citizens as its members in order to …
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Political legitimacy, citizens' mobilization, and leaders' survival
… as a cause for leaders to secure the support of citizens. Finally, leaders' survival is understood in the context of mass political movement and voters' electoral behavior.Chapter 3 argues that the loyalty norm for each leader provides an institutional context for voters to perceive how …
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Analysis of attitudes towards social services expressed by the citizens of Arlington, Massachusetts in the Citizens' Survey of 1980
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1981.
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"To make all Irishmen - citizens; all citizens - Irishmen"? Die Genese und das Scheitern des republikanischen Nationalismus in Irland (1782 - 1798)
Die Dissertation untersucht die Genese und das Scheitern des ersten modernen, des republikanischen Nationalismus der United Irishmen in Irland im ausgehenden 18. Jahrhundert (1782-1798). Ausgehend von der These, dass Nationalismen - jenseits ihrer strukturfunktionalen Analogien und Parallelitäten - …
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School Choice Overseas: Are Parents Citizens or Consumers?
Currently, some Korean parents are educating their children in primary and secondary schools in foreign countries even though Korean schools demonstrate high performance as confirmed by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Report. Using Hirschman's (1970) framework of "exit" …
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"Live as Worthy Citizens": The πολιτεύομαι Metaphor in Philippians
This thesis argues that πολιτεύομαι functions as a dominant conceptual metaphor in Paul’s letter to the Philippians, and therefore, this metaphor frames and structures Paul’s ethical discourse. When Paul employs this powerful metaphor to describe the Christian life, he brings to the foreground a …
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Parents as consumer-citizens: an investigation into parent governors
… altogether, and that the alternative notion of citizenship is in itself insufficient. Based on an appreciation of developments in consumer studies and consumerism, four models of consumer empowerment are outlined. Each model is associated with different types of consumer activity (see below). …
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Information Technology Professionals as Citizens: An Expectancy Theory Perspective
Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) has been suggested to facilitate organizational functioning. However, how OCB is motivated and the extent to which OCB is exhibited by highly skilled professionals remains uncertain. Very little theoretical and empirical research has focused on motivational …
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Cultivating Reproductive Citizens: State And Fertility Practices In Turkey
… embrace the two child ideal advance a notion of citizenship that is grounded in reproduction and aligned with the Turkish state building and development project. In this dominant model, quantification of childbearing becomes a mark of ideal citizenship, and a numerically based style of thought …
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Model citizens : fisherfolk imagery from West Cornwall, 1860-1910
… construct Cornwall's "fisherfolk" as model citizens for national consumption.
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Citizens' political perception and behavior in authoritarian elections
… about authoritarian elections by focusing on citizens as main political players. This study mainly examines citizens’ political behavior and perception in authoritarian elections. What type of people are more likely to vote and why do they vote in authoritarian elections? Why do citizens …
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Making Good Citizens: Policy Approaches to Increasing Civic Participation
… of exit. I find that failure signals mobilize citizens both at the ballot box and by encouraging them to vote with their feet. However, these increases in voice and exit come primarily from citizens who already active—thus exacerbating inequalities in both forms of participation. Chapter 3 …
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