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Showing 1 to 20 of 141 for “"political activity"”.
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The Dynamics of Political Activity and Organisation
… explanatory model of the changing membership of political parties, capable of reproducing past behaviour and of testing the same systems under alternative conditions. The thesis considers the appropriateness of the General Epidemic Model to political party growth, and considers other models in …
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An examination of teaching as practical political activity
… is important because it explored schools as political sites where teaching and learning are understood in terms of democratic citizenship and social justice. The theoretical base for the research was neo-marxist theory drawing specifically on the concept of teacher as "transformative …
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Measuring Political Activity How Online and Offline Political Activities Connect
… media has emerged as a pivotal platform for political involvement, influencing how both individuals and political entities engage in political activities. Its widespread use encompasses diverse aspects of political engagement, from organizing protests to election campaigning, making it an …
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Francois Hotman and Jean Bodin. Political Activity in Sixteenth Century France
… the Reformation and Counter-Reformation came political and religious disputes that resulted in warfare for more than thirty years.</p> <p>Political theory flourished during this century. The printing presses became important weapons in these wars, as writers attempted to analyze political …
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Political Activity as Advocacy: Through the Eyes of the Illinois Superintendent
… understanding, responding to and influencing the political context of schools in Illinois. The overarching research question for this study asked: What are Illinois superintendents' perceptions of the effectiveness of political activity as they advocate for resources and services to improve …
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The duality of corporate political activity: impact of institutions on lobbying and campaign contributions
… the theoretically oriented research on corporate political activity has emphasized mainly economic and strategic determinants of corporations and industries to investigate why corporations engage in political activities. Considering growing social pressures over corporate use of political …
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Nurses, Politics And Policy: Moving A Critical Initiative Forward Through Education, Inspiration And Motivation For Political Activity
… educate, motivate and inspire Texas nurses for political involvement. The project was completed in collaboration with the Texas Nurses Association. 78 nurses participated in surveys focusing on nurses’ attitudes and opinions, knowledge level, mental preparedness for political involvement and …
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Corporate political activity in sub-Saharan Africa : the influence of multinational enterprises in the institutionalisation of Uganda's electricity industry
… electricity industry engage in corporate political activity (CPA), and how this in turn influences regulatory institutionalisation. It deploys an exploratory, qualitative multi-case study approach drawing on semi-structured interviews, archival materials, media reports and fieldwork notes …
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An Inquiry Into the Effects of Statutory Climate on the Political Attitudes and Behavior of State-Level Public Administrators
… examines ways in which differences in states' political activity laws affect the political attitudes and reported behavior of senior state government employees. Of particular concern is whether a stringent little Hatch Act engenders any "chilling effects" that may lead these workers to shy away …
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To Survive and Thrive: A Self-Determination Perspective of Political Motivation
Political scientists concentrate on the concept of political activity as social cooperation motivated to meet two goals: biological survival and accumulation of extrinsic rewards such as power, wealth, or territory. Self-determination research in the field of human motivation reveals a different …
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Understanding the politics of Hispanic American women: Attitudes and behaviors of an emerging elite
… purpose of this study to learn more about the political attitudes and behaviors of Hispanic women in the United States. A survey with questions taken from the National Election Study was completed by 101 Hispanic women and 106 Anglo women at Texas Woman's University. The questionnaire examined …
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Conflict in the Unions: The Communist Party of Australia, politics and the trade union movement, 1945-1960
This thesis examines the political activity of the Communist party of Australia (CPA) in the trade union movement between 1945 and 1960. It represents the first systematic scholarly analysis of this activity. The historiography of the CPA has generally focused on the industrial activity of CPA …
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Attitudes Toward the Dispersal of Low Income Housing in Birmingham, Alabama.
… policy has attempted to clarify the realm of political activity which is responsible for the decisions made in the public arena for the good of the people. Public policy, in a very broad sense, has been defined as "whatever governments choose to do or not to do" (Anderson, 1977, p.2). There …
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Transnational Political Participation Among Diasporic Migrants
… participate in a variety of dual social, political, and economic processes. Sending and receiving states overtly encourage transnational practices when they allow migrants to maintain homeland citizenship regardless of their citizenship status in their receiving communities. Yet, we know …
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Gendered political spaces in international relations : the case of NGO use of information & communication technologies (ICTs)
… framework for analysis apposite to research into political activity that is not state-centred. This analytical frarnework is based initially upon the work of Henri Lefebvre, and identifies three categories of analysis: spatial practice, representations of space and space of representation. In this …
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The Nature of Iowa Territorial Politics
… of this thesis is to examine the nature of political development, the strength of political activity, the nature and influence of partisan politics, the specific development of politics on the various levels of government, and the relationship between territorial politics and national …
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The politics of a German town during the Weimar Republic : Coburg 1918-1929.
… to local politics as the grass roots of national political patterns. This study appraises the general situation in Germany at the end of the First World War and the impact of the subsequent 'revolution' on Coburg. After analysing the political issues involved in Coburg's decision to sever all …
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South Africa's Developing Deterrence Regime: how the Retraction of Employment and Political Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Poses a Threat to the Principle of Non-Refoulement
… seekers as well as placed a prohibition on political activity for refugees and asylum seekers. These amendments make it incredibly difficult, if not impossible, for asylum seekers to sustain themselves during their sojourn and increase the likelihood of enforced destitution. The amendments …
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Quaker politics and industrial change c.1800-1850
… process of Quaker consolidation, economic and political activity, the shift to evangelicalism. Chapter III explores the London Quaker evangelical elite around William Allen, Elizabeth Fry, Joseph John Gurney: their interconnections with the Clapham "Saints", with Dissenting evangelicals, with …
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