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Showing 1 to 20 of 923 for “"mobilization"”.
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Three Essays In Mobilization Theory
… explores the phenomenon of society-wide mobilization, the response to a major national emergency in which the stakes feel existential and the policy choices often push the bounds of what was previously conceivable within the political discourse. The prototypical examples of this are major …
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State repression, nonviolence, and protest mobilization
… of how state repression impacts protest mobilization and historical processes of social change. After initially problematizing Gene Sharp’s notions of power and consent with aid of political discourse theory, and two case studies of the 1905 Russian Bloody Sunday Massacre and the South …
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Rapid application mobilization and delivery for smartphones
… them effectively. Traditional application mobilization involves significant cost in development and typically provides limited functionality of the PC version. Since the mobile applications rely on the embedded wireless interfaces of smartphones for network access, the application …
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Political legitimacy, citizens' mobilization, and leaders' survival
Leader survival has been addressed mainly by international relations students, while regime survival and government survival have been dealt with mainly by comparativists. Most stud- ies that examine leaders' survival neglect how their constituents (both voters and nonvoters) view the leaders' …
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Essays on volunteer mobilization in peer production
… theories on the sources and effects of volunteer mobilization in peer production. The first essay is a qualitative analysis of seven attempts to create English-language online collaborative encyclopedia projects started before January 2001, when Wikipedia was launched. Analyzing data from …
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Japan's delayed antinuclear power mobilization after 3.11
… that Japan's 15- month delay in antinuclear mobilization was unusual. Both the 1979 Three Mile Island and the 1986 Chernobyl accidents had been quickly followed by mobilized protests. Moreover, the 3.11 Fukushima meltdown prompted mass protests in Germany almost immediately. Given these …
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IDENTITIES, PROXIMITY, AND MOBILIZATION IN INDIAN SLUM NEIGHBORHOODS
… mobility. I find that collective political mobilization has a substantial impact on lived outcomes, through the mechanism of services.</p>
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Dignity'S Revolt: Threat, Identity, And Immigrant Mass Mobilization
… and what explains variation in the levels of mobilization in both expected and unexpected locations?; and 3) What, if any, effects did the wave of protests produce? To answer these questions, I use various data sources (e.g., more than 120 in-depth interviews, participant observation, …
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Arsenic mobilization through bioreduction of iron oxide nanoparticles
… exists on the mechanisms causing this arsenic mobilization. Arsenic mobilization was studied by conducting controlled microcosm experiments containing an arsenic-bearing ferrihydrite and an Fe(III)-reducing microorganism, Geobacter metallireducens. Results show that arsenic mobility is strongly …
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PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING: NONCOMBATANT MOBILIZATION FOR PEACE IN AFRICA
<p>During the 1990s and early 2000s, a number of domestic social actors mobilized for peace in several African countries. They did so under unfavorable political conditions. Some of them went further and pursued their objective for peace at the level of formal negotiations. This particularizing …
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Knowledge Mobilization: Local Community Engagement, Sustainability, and Adaptive Governance
… initiatives and contribute to local knowledge mobilization. The key research question considers if and how community social learning can be advanced through ecomuseums within the system of adaptive governance. This project offers several key contributions to both the literature and society by …
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Plant organic matter mobilization and export in fluvial systems
… this thesis is to identify factors that control mobilization and transport of plant organic matter (pOM) through rivers towards sedimentation basins. I investigated this aspect in the eastern Nepalese Arun Valley. The trans-Himalayan Arun River is characterized by a strong elevation gradient (205 …
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Clay colloid mobilization in an iron oxide-coated sand
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1992.
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Becoming a Side: Legal Mobilization and Environmental Protection in Poland
… and socio-legal analysis of environmental legal mobilization in contemporary Poland. It examines how administrative law is being used by individuals and societal groups to enforce environmental protection commitments, and what the broader implications of interactions with the administrative legal …
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Women's Mobilization in Latin America: A Case Study of Venezuela
… the following elements in regards to women’s mobilization in Latin America and Venezuela from the late 1950s to the present: (a) the influence of the state and economy on times when women mobilized (b) class division within the movement (c) women’s demands during different time periods (d) the …
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Intracellular calcium mobilization in cardiomyocytes of rats with experimental diabetes
… alterations in intracellular calcium, [Ca2]i, mobilization in the heart are among the major causes of cardiac dysfunction. To study the mechanism(s) involved in the development of diabetic cardio myopathy, [Ca2]i (determined by fluorescence microscopy and Ca-indicators) and contraction of the …
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Mobilization Nation: Mass Movements in the People's Republic of China
… thesis is to investigate the role played by two mobilization campaigns in the development of a modern Chinese national identity in the People's Republic of China. After the triumph of the Communist Party at the conclusion of the Chinese Civil War mobilization campaigns became the primary force …
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Engaging Neighbors: Housing Strategies and Political Mobilization in Moscow's Renovation
… struggle. The reason it sparked a high degree of mobilization in a relatively politically apathetic society is the thing it targeted: housing is literally the issue closest to home, able to provoke even politically indifferent people to act. I seek to demonstrate that political action partly grows …
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Literacy Intervention for Struggling Readers: Knowledge Mobilization in our Communities
… The study also examined the concept of knowledge mobilization by exploring the relationship between a course at Brock and the Learning Disabilities Association of Niagara. This partnership was considered a strong example of knowledge mobilization as defined by Brock’s strategic mandate. A mixed …
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