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Showing 1 to 20 of 188 for “"political climate"”.
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The 1970's as Hollywood's Golden Economic Age: A Critical, Interpretive Analysis of the Blaxploitation Cinematic Movement
… at the point where a fiscal crisis and social-political climate came together to produce blaxploitation. In three critical narratives it will focus on the production of Shaft, the success of American International Pictures, and patterns of exhibition and distribution of blaxploitation films …
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Globalization, Labor Market Transformation, and Union Decline in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
… market structure, the business cycle, and the political climate. My analysis demonstrates that: 1) globalization and labor market transformation have moderately negative, but cross-cutting effects on union density; 2) globalization has a greater effect on public sector unions while economic …
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Cosmopolitan Democracy: Re-evaluation of Globalization and World Economic System
… I then proceed to discuss contemporary political climate and its relation to critiques of globalization. Finally, I conclude by examining the elaborations of cosmopolitan democracy by various theorists as a way of addressing these problems. Chapter 1 introduces the work of David Held who …
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Spelmanite Soldiers
… to dismantle and disrupt the racial and political climate of the 1960s.</p>
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Characterization of a peptide biomaterial used for cell-seeded scaffolds with an analysis of relevant stem cell policy
(cont.) We describe the ethical debate and political climate that led to the decision. An examination of the publication data shows that researchers in the United States have in fact remained leaders in the field until this point, in part because U.S. federal funding has also been available to …
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The Fight Against Breast Cancer: A Policy and Programmatic Approach
… and external cosmetics. Due to the ever-changing political climate in Washington D.C., the second project did not come to pass. Anyone that is interested in this path must be cognizant of the impact of an unstable political climate. </p>
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Does the lack of sufficient formulation and articulation of principles guiding the limits of the Constitutional Court undermine its legitimacy?
… undermine the Court’s legitimacy in our current political climate.
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The 1949 campaign for the Democratic Gubernatorial nomination in Virginia
… Primary offers an examination of Virginia's political climate, the candidates and their campaigns. In addition, the presentation contains an analysis and evaluation of the charges of campaign "misconduct" leveled at the Byrd Organization. Senator Harry F. Byrd's Harrisonburg speech, not …
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Swift and Stewart: The Societal Background and Influence of Satirists in Turbulent Times
… <em><em>The Daily Show </em></em>in changing the political climate of the world around them. By analyzing the political background of America in the 2000s and the Irish reaction to William Woods’ patent in the 1720s, I prove the influence of Stewart and Swift’s satire. I then analyze the specific …
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Student development in the University of Cape Town residences : a training needs analysis of house commitees
… changing student profile as well as the socio-political climate, which focused on personal and institutional transformation.
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Ethnic Identity of Mexican American Children in the Post Industrial Age
… American children under the current socio-political climate was studied. Mexican American children were expected to display symptoms of ethnic ambivalence and self-rejection. Using the Kenneth and Mamie Clark (1947) Brown doll/White doll experiment as a model, data were gathered using a …
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Motivating factors of academic advisors supporting undocumented students in higher education
… as it relates to personal, institutional, and political factors. Advisors work directly with students throughout college, and are one of the most important aspects of the student experience, serving a key role towards student and institutional success. Undocumented students in higher education …
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Free press, torture and the way forward: one journalist's story of reporting in Ethiopia's totalitarian regime
… a prominent Ethiopian journalist who fled political persecution in Ethiopia in 2008 and was granted refugee status in the U.S. in 2012. The goal of this thesis is to tell the story of Tessaye's life and consider it in the context of theories of development communication, participatory …
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Practical Wisdom in the Office of the School District Superintendent
… on moral and practical issues. The changing political climate coupled with increased accountability and the increased rate at which superintendents have been retiring, have created the necessity to identify some factors that contribute to a superintendent’s success. This study provides an …
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Mother's little helper : minor tranquilizers and women in the 1950s
… phenomenon in the broader social, economic, and political climate of the 1950s, arguing that there is a direct link between the widespread use of Miltown, especially among middle class women, and the decade's obsession with anxiety, gender role conformity, and social stability.
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Memory, time and place in The Ballad of Rosalind Ballingall
… partially in response to the oppressive socio-political climate of the country at the time.
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Broadcast news and abortion : the effects of conservative narratives on the reproductive health debate
… by broadcast media to seize on changes to the political climate and frame debate to their advantage. Continually, conservatives forced liberals into reactionary positions through discussion of "partial-birth abortion," expansion of narratives, and-most recently-misinformation. By dictating the …
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Examining how an institution develops support services for international students
… as well as the influence of culture and the political climate in the acculturation process. The purpose was to understand how an institution of higher education creates support services for international students. By focusing on staff, programming and support services for international …
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Queer Hispanicism in South Texas: The Gallery
… disheartening gender experiences, and current political climate, bringing a new light to my loving culture is an honor. Seven collaborators and I will be the artists creating the pieces, each representing a different area of South Texas and their experiences therein. The pieces created will be …
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Exploring Architectural Implications on Social Sustainability: The case of extended family dwellings in contemporary Bahraini households
… constantly shifting and transforming social and political climate created significant pressures on the welfare mechanism, which then placed citizens on twenty-years-long waiting lists for social housing services. To alleviate the burden, many families opted to provide housing for their adult …
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