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Showing 1 to 20 of 90 for “"confrontations"”.
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The Power to Speak Out: The Effect of Legitimate and Illegitimate Power on Confrontations of Prejudice
<p>Most people do not confront prejudice despite wanting to do so (e.g., Swim & Hyers, 1999). There can be benefits to confronting prejudice that targets may miss out on by being silent as well as negative consequences that could arise from such inaction. However, confrontation rates could be …
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How would you react? : exploring heterosexual women's reactions to confrontations of their own homonegative behaviour
… was to explore three unique aspects of such confrontations among a sample of heterosexual women from the University of Saskatchewan. These three aspects were: 1) to what extent do high- and low-prejudiced women’s reactions to confrontations of subtle homonegative behaviour differ; 2) what …
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Target Perceptions of Prejudice Confrontations: The Effect of Confronter Group Membership on Perceptions of Confrontation Motive and Target Empowerment
… suggest that although both target and ally confrontations are preferable to no confrontation, allies should be aware of the possible disempowering effect of their confronting on targets of prejudice and the importance of their own motivations when engaging in prejudice confrontation. The …
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Women's bodies in dramatic confrontations with patriarchal logic : the representation of violence against the female body in contemporary drama by women
In this study, I examine the dramatization of violence against the female body in contemporary drama by women and the purpose behind their representational approaches. I concentrate on the representation of three types that I consider inclusive of other minor forms of violence: the political, the …
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A Study of Intra-Racial Violence Among Black Males: A Matter of "Diss"Respect
… 20-35 justify their participation in violent confrontations and define the concept of disrespect. The purpose of this study is to glean whether or not a relationship exists between the rationales offered for participating in violent confrontations and being "dissed." This study also seeks to …
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THE ROAD TO VIENNA: HABSBURG AND OTTOMAN STATECRAFT DURING THE TIME OF GRAND VIZIER KARA MUSTAFA PAŞA (1676-1683)
… explanations of early modern Habsburg-Ottoman confrontations, I argue that the monumental encounter in 1683 was a product of the difference between the two states’ governmental priorities and administrative mindsets formed within peculiar geopolitical conditions. This conclusion transforms our …
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The Effective Use of Confrontation in Family Therapy: A Process Study
… confrontation suggesting that direct and focused confrontations are more likely to be understood and accepted than indirect and unfocused confrontations. Findings also indicate that <em>client confrontation response</em> is positively and significantly correlated with <em>within-session …
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Development of an experimental model to investigate the community dynamics of selected saprotrophic wood decomposer fungi from the frigate unicorn
… and reproducibility of small-scale, pairwise confrontations were used to predict the behaviour of larger two- and three-species interactions. The influence of experimental factors such as species patch size and spatial distribution on the community dynamics were also investigated. The spatial …
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Gladstone and the Bank of England: A Study in Mid-Victorian Finance, 1833-1866
The topic of this thesis is the confrontations between William Gladstone and the Bank of England. These confrontations have remained a mystery to authors who noted them, but have generally been ignored by others. This thesis demonstrates that Gladstone's measures taken against the Bank were …
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"True Patriots for the Salvation of the Fatherland": Sinarquistas and the Struggle for Post-Revolutionary Mexico
… to rein in clerical power produced many violent confrontations between secular liberals and partisans for the Roman Catholic Church. Formed in 1937, the Unión Nacional Sinarquista built up a following of conservative Catholics in part by means of a mass culture produced by the movement's elites, …
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The Evolution of <i>Mara Salvatrucha 13</i> and <i>Barrio 18</i>: Violence, Extortion, and Drug Trafficking in the Northern Triangle of Central America
… that enter gang territory with an increase in confrontations. This has resulted with Northern Triangle governments reclassifying gangs as organized crime and/or terrorist organizations; but, do these gangs meet the requirements to be classified as such?</p> <p>The overall purpose of this study …
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The Narrative Function(s) of Evil Spirits in the Gospel of Luke
… and eschatology. On a macro level, Jesus’s confrontations with demons also play a crucial function in all the three stages of Jesus’s ministry: the Galilean ministry, the travel narrative, and the passion. Nevertheless, Luke assigns a different purpose to these confrontations for each stage. …
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A Qualitative Evaluation of Litigation Training Materials in Attorney Preparation for and Undertaking of A Deposition: A Study of Role Format
… levels: (1) a study of particular objection confrontations occurring in each of the three sections of each deposition; (2) a commentary on rule violations over the course of particular depositions; and (3) the patterning and sequencing of rule violations across depositions. The coding was …
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Other means of communication
… Steinberg, "Other Criteria," in Other Criteria: Confrontations with Twentieth-Century Art (London: Oxford University Press, 1972), 55-91 and Nelson Goodman, "When Is Art?" in The Arts and Cognition, ed. David Perkins and Barbara Leondar (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977): 11; "Art …
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Constitución y guerra: Una revisión del sistema de derechos fundamentales de Colombia durante el siglo XX
… of Colombia to incorporate into it the armed confrontations. Through an anthropological and historiographical understanding of the culture war and constitutional cover both periods of violence as the institutions and political practices intertwined with the war. Factors that, despite being …
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The Utilization of Close Friends to Measure Prevalence, Level of Recognition, and the Confrontation of Alcohol Use Disorders Among College Students
… disorder (AUD) according to DSM-IV criteria, and confrontations among college friends regarding alcohol problems. Students responded to a survey inquiring about the drinking habits of "their closest friend". A significant difference was found between the AUDIT score from a self-report study at a …
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The Race for Privilege in Blackness: Transformative Leadership in Traversing Space in Search of Black Queer Cool
… and homophobia. Parallel instances of critical confrontations in predominantly Black secondary schools and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) exposed LGBTQ youth of color consequently unprepared and obstructed from college access. Parallel instances of critical confrontations …
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The Impact of the Emotional Tone of Confrontation on Perceptions of Confronters of Sexism
… to confront when angry and anticipated future confrontations when disgusted. Notably, the emotional tone did not influence expectations regarding the perpetrator's future behavior. Discussion explores implications of these findings and suggests potential avenues for future research.
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Madison, Hamilton, and Reagan: The Limits of Executive Power in Foreign Policy and the Reagan Intervention in Nicaragua
… foray into Nicaragua during the 1980's and its confrontations with Congress during that time period illuminate the complexities of the power-sharing arrangement in foreign policy and offer the ideal case study of executive-legislative war power. The lessons to be drawn from America's involvement …
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Bumbling Biddies and Drunken Pats: Anti-Irish Humor in Antebellum New Orleans
… to release social tensions, become non-physical confrontations, and create lasting stereotypes about Irish immigrants.
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