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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"elite interviewing"”.
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Probing corruption: Elite perceptions of sting operations
This thesis examines whether a governmental elite consensus exists that the nature of public corruption in the Las Vegas Valley justifies the use of federal law enforcement undercover operations. Using the elite interviewing method, the writer obtained the perceptions of twenty-four sworn public …
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The Rhetoric and Realities of Social Impact Bonds
… practice of SIBs through textual analysis and elite interviewing. I identify three major disparities between the rhetoric and realities of SIBs: measurement of social impact, complexity of partnerships, and transfer of risk.
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The Expansion of Counter-terrorism in the EU Post-9/11: The Development of EU Aviation Security
… entrepreneurship. Both documentary analysis and elite interviewing are used to form the basis of the empirical analysis. The thesis considers the origins, development and organisation of the new competence. It also examines the EU efforts and the results of these – both in terms of the resulting …
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A blessing or a curse? An anatomy of the Republic of Cyprus energy program
… Discourse Analysis (PDA) and Semi-Structured Elite Interviewing.
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PEDAGOGY OF ACCOMPLICE: NAVIGATING COMPLICITY IN PEDAGOGIES AIMED TOWARD SOCIAL JUSTICE
… justice oriented fields. I used the method of elite interviewing and interviewed the following eight people: Kevin Kumashiro, Barbara Applebaum, William Ayers, Lynn Fels, Marcelo Diversi, Cris Mayo, Mark McPhail and Deanna Fassett. I applied the conceptual framework of the discourses of …
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Power sharing in Northern Ireland: design, operation and proposals 1999-2006
… new primary data from documentary research and elite interviewing with former ministers, advisers and politicians outside of the Executive.<br/><br/>The provision in the 1998 Agreement for the d’Hondt method of executive formation came about due to the evolution of proposals since the 1970s and …
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The Management of the Economic Crisis in Spain by the PSOE Government: a Domestic Political Perspective
… qualitative primary research and employing elite interviewing and process tracing, this dissertation aims to fill this gap for the period of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) administration. The question it seeks to answer is: what role did domestic political factors play in the …
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A comparison of the defining characteristics of college-level course work between and among English and mathematics faculty at a community college and a university
… qualitative research method of semi-structured elite-interviewing which allowed for in-depth exploration of the opinions of the knowledgeable individuals involved in the issue being studied. A set of broad, open-ended interview questions were designed to gather information from community college …
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National images in international relations: Putin’s Russia and the West
… help of foreign propaganda. Russian political elites have always been very sensitive to perceptions of Russia in Western Europe and later in the United States of America. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia’s images in Western countries underwent significant transformation. …
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ArctiC-EUrope relations: A case-study of inter-regional co-construction and its geopolitical impacts
… structured interviews, using a novel creative elite-interviewing method. Theoretically, I combined Anglo-Saxon critical geopolitics with the French/Lacoste school of geopolitics to create an analytical framework enabling inter-regional comparisons. Part II provides a historical analysis of …
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Projection of State Power: State-making in the Dryland Periphery of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda
… tools—a survey, conjoint experiments, and elite interviewing—and twelve months of fieldwork in sixty-eight research sites in seven areas of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. Analysis of the collected data reveals that extension of state power in the drylands and the observed inter- and …
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Crossing the line: an exploration of the experiences of male athletes who commit crimes.
… athletes. This thesis utilised the concept of elite interviewing to explore the stories of ten male athletes who committed criminal offences either during or immediately after their athletic careers. Thematic analysis was used to explore the data and five key themes were established: the …
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Privileged actors in environmental policymaking: the historical development of the aviation industry in the UK
… occurred more rapidly. Archival analysis and elite interviewing uncover fresh details of the two cases. Two contrasting theories of policy are employed to understand and explain the industry’s role: the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) (which maintains that policy change arises primarily …
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Identifying the Defining Characteristics of College-level Course Work: Perceptions of Accounting and Business Management Faculty
… qualitative research method of semi-structured elite-interviewing which allowed for in-dept exploration of the opinions of the knowledgeable individuals involved in the issue being studied. A set of broad, open-ended interview questions were designed to gather information from community college …
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The role of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in the transition to democracy in Mexico
… of elections were created. The study employs “elite interviews” and a broad range of local sources including law, official documents, party literature and secondary source analysis. The study begins by examining the context of electoral reform in Mexico, giving a description of the Mexican …
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Educational Imaginaries in Motion in Chile: a Cultural Political Economy Exploration of Educational De/Privatisation Discourses, Dynamics and Outcomes
This dissertation explores the institutional changes in Chilean education between 1981 and 2019, focusing on the privatisation and de-privatisation of the educational system. The study analyses the hegemonic and counter-hegemonic discourses in education and investigates their development, the …