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Debates y propuestas sobre la densidad
La solución más aceptada por los arquitectos respecto a la densidad es: un urbanismo sostenible que se centra principalmente en la mayor concentración de personas y la restauración de las zonas degradadas como alternativa a la urbanización de las valiosas y cada vez más escasas áreas naturales y/o …
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Minimum Wage: Theoretical and Empirical Debates
<p>This thesis aims to explore the evolution of research methodologies in the minimum wage debate, focusing on the contrasting perspectives of the neoclassical and institutional models. By examining the changes in research methodologies employed by economists from these two schools, this study …
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Beyond Allegory: Postcolonial Debates in Science Fiction
<p>Marxist allegorical reading in Third World literature and the pertinent analysis of binary class struggles in First World literature, typified by Fredric Jameson’s 1986 essay “Third-World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism,” have long been canonized in literary studies. The …
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Immigrant Inclusion: Reframing Local Politics in Immigration Debates
Through a three-paper dissertation, I explore the causes and consequences of local immigrant integration policies, such as the adoption of sanctuary practices, municipal IDs, the establishment of local immigrant affairs offices, and more. While these policies have gained traction in recent years, …
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Imperial precedents in the Home Rule Debates, 1867-1914
The cause of Home Rule was the primary focus of mainstream Irish nationalism from the mid-1870s until the Irish parliamentary party’s electoral collapse at the 1918 general election. The Home Rule movement’s predecessor as the dominant force in Irish nationalism was Daniel O’Connell’s repeal …
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Considering Religious Discourse and Debates Concerning American Public Education
… themselves, and the specifics of contemporary debates over religion and public education in this country. That there are generalizations which can be made about this discourse cannot negate the very real difficulties that we face in the manifestations of religiously-motivated concerns over …
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The feminist pornography debates: Civil rights v. civil liberties
… of the contemporary feminist pornography debates in the United States. It focuses on the specific controversy among feminists over a proposed civil rights antipornography ordinance. This ordinance was written by antipornography feminists' Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon, and as a …
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Who Is Our Master? -Debates during Civil Service Reforms-
… Act of 1883, and the CSRA of 1978. Congressional debates recorded in Congressional Record were analyzed to find evidences supporting multiple masters perspective. There were evidences that support the significant existence and role of the multiple masters perspective in all the four eras analyzed. …
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Seriously funny : a look at humor in televised presidential debates
… how humor was used in U.S. Presidential Debates and what kind of coverage it garnered in the press. A content analysis was done on the general election presidential debates from 1960-2004 and a newspaper sample of post-debate news stories to see the functions of humor use, type of humor …
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Washington Square Park: Struggles and Debates over Urban Public Space
<p>Public space is often perceived as a space that is open to everyone and is meant for gatherings and interaction; however, there is often a great competition over the use and control of public places in contemporary cities. This master’s thesis uses as an example Washington Square Park, which has …
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Whose French? Authority and public discourse in language policy debates
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Knowledge Controversies and Renewable Energy Transition: Exploring Science and Policy Debates
… new insights into the dynamics and impact of debates over the cost and environmental impacts of “new” renewable energies, as well as the role and nature of social resistance in the context of emergent concepts of energy democracy. This dissertation comprises three standalone articles (chapters …
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The effects of debater styles on audiences during televised political debates
… The study used three separate gubernatorial debates with identical questionnaires attached to determine the behavioral traits viewers found most appealing in state level political candidates during organized, televised events. The author acknowledges that many studies of this nature are …
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