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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"democratic system"”.
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Local Authority Support for Creativity in Scottish Primary Headteachers: Emergence of Social Intrapreneurialism in a Complex Pseudo-Democratic System?
… educational, societal, political, and economic systems require headteachers to adopt creativity as an integral feature of their leadership. When considering the rapidly evolving systems and the diverse needs of the school community, creativity must be supported throughout the system, including …
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Wealth and Regime Formation: Social and Economic Origins of the Change Toward Democracy
… genesis of regime formation, in general, and of democratic regimes, in particular, is determined by the type of economic structure a society possesses, on the one hand, and on the degree the to which demands from disfranchised groups do or do not pose a substantial threat to the interests of …
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Political Parties and Democratic Development in Ghana: From Transition to Consolidation and Beyond
… of the Ghana’s independence in March 1957, a democratic system of government was instituted, but the process of political development was derailed and often interrupted by frequent coups. This is evident in the interchange of military and civilian regimes in the last fifty-one years. While in …
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Educator involvement in decision making in secondary schools
… and bureaucratic governance to integration and democratic system of education. In this study, a small sample of educators in the Upper South Coast area of Durban South Region in Umbumbulu district has been chosen to investigate their responses to the issue of educator involvement in …
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The Women and Peace Hypothesis in the Age of Nancy Pelosi: Can Female Leaders Bring About World Peace?
… for each country-year. Controlling for wealth, democratic status, national capabilities, military expenditures, and contiguity, I find moderate support for the women and peace hypothesis. This support continues when democratic system type is interacted with the measured office. While women do …
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Droit électoral et principe d'égalité. L'élection des assemblées législatives nationales en droit allemand, belge et britannique
… the equality principle in three European legal systems, i.e. the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Belgium and the United Kingdom. In this framework, the research is structured into two principal questions. I firstly wonder whether the election law guarantees equality among the …
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Challenges to democratic and economic transition in Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan: a comparative study of the political, economic and social structures in the three countries
There have been procedures of consolidating democratic processes in many countries of the world. But in most African countries like Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan, the transition to democratic system of government has been challenged by authoritarian regimes for decades, whose leadership quality did not …
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Brunei's political development between 1966 and 1984 : challenges and difficulties over its security and survival
… put more pressure on the Sultan to implement a democratic system of government in the Sultanate. Britain's insistence that the Sultan should implement the system was supported by Malaysia and Brunei's local party. This demand for democracy posed challenges and difficulties concerning Brunei's …
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Working with the enemy : the military integration process in transitional South Africa and the factors that shaped a new defence force
… political transition from Apartheid to a democratic system of governance during the early 1990s, the South African military underwent a distinct transformation of its own. During the military's transition seven disparate forces that had previously been vying for power were integrated under …
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"""For God, Mac, and country"": The political worlds of midwestern Germans during the Civil War era"
… ideology, and behavior of these foreign-born Democratic constituents. The defeat of General George B. McClellan in his quest for the presidency in 1864 was bitterly disappointing for the German Democrats, yet they were not demoralized. There was always another campaign for which to prepare; …
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The Origins of Organized Crime
… paper will illustrate the correlation between democratic and market economy transitions and the increase of organized crime. This correlation exists despite the differences in political system prior to the democratic transition. What matters the most is that these transitions either occur at …
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La herencia intransmisible. Dinámicas de sucesión en la novela española (2006-2017)
… against the dysfunctionality of the Spanish democratic system, the cultural elites castle themselves in their defense of both the system and their very own hegemonic position, thus authoritarianly refusing to pass the baton to the younger generations. In order to explore this idea, I examine …
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From the First to the Second Italian Republic in Catania (Sicily): politics, economy and society between cosmetic changes and deep continuities
… it can trigger, especially in regards to democratic systems so to ultimately establish whether or not it was a crisis what occurred in the Sicilian city. The study, which is based on 39 in-depth interviews along with electoral, judicial and socioeconomic data gathered from institutional …
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Syntes och design : Den intellektuelle politikern som konstnär
… politics on a general level. In a pluralistic, democratic system all four types of intellectual politician are generally represented and they can correct one another and balance each other out. The critic can call out warnings and tell the artist off, when needed. The theorist can instruct the …
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The (de)personalisation of mediated political communication in communist and post-communist societies: The case of Croatia
… develops over time in a communist non-democratic system, a post-communist new democracy, and an established Western democracy? The question is answered through a longitudinal content analysis of Yugoslav/Croatian daily newspapers and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis. The …
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Imagining and building more equitable and democratic systems: lessons from Bay Area organizations
America’s democratic system has been built atop politics of exclusion and oppression. While strides have been made in enfranchisement and inclusion, communities continue to be systematically marginalized, dispossessed and disempowered. Processes illuminate the often invisible purpose and values …
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No meaningful participation without effective representation: the case of the Niall Mellon Housing Project in Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… housing is one of the most debated issues in democratic South Africa. The government continues to battle with existing backlogs in the provision of housing and a seemingly increasing demand. At the same time, urban populations take to the streets to register their anger and frustration at the …
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An Examination of Some Modern Liberal Thinkers
… of growing unemployment and poverty in liberal democratic societies.</p> <p>This thesis considers modern liberal thinkers who address the meaning of liberalism and the contemporary crises faced in Western democratic nations. These thinkers, Guy Debord, John Kenneth Galbraith, Norberto Bobbio, …
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EK komunikacijos generalinio direktorato veikla ES komunikacijos strategijos įgyvendinime /
… of policy and as active participants in the democratic system, to impartial, objective and full information on the European Union in all official languages. Furthermore, the information that is being distributed should show citizens the specific advantages in their daily lives belonging to …
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The Construction of National Identity in post-1918 Poland
… the authorities were unable to maintain the democratic system, gradually introducing authoritarianism, and by the late 1930s replacing the inclusive state model with the organic definition of the nation. This exclusive programme resurfaced following the Second World War and became a …
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