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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"political conflict"”.
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An Attribution-Emotion Approach to Political Conflict
<p>The current political system in the United States is marked by extreme levels of partisan hostility and polarization, which has not only resulted in a dysfunctional congress, but also increasing conflict between partisan groups in the general electorate. While political scientists have offered …
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Wrangell Island: From political conflict to Russian sovereignty
… and mapping of Wrangell and Herald Islands. Political disputes about sovereignty over the islands will be examined from the early 20th century until the present. The attempts at early settlement by Canadian, United States and Russian parties are described. Regarding current plans for the …
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Transforming the Current Thai Political Conflict to a Peaceful Society
<p>This study explores the current Thai political conflict which began in 2005 and continues in 2011. This conflict is different from the nation’s past political conflicts, which were conflicts between people and the government. On the contrary, the current conflict is a conflict between Thais who …
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Socio-economic inequality and ethno-political conflict : evidence from Kenya
… inequalities on the probability of conflict in Kenya and aims to synthesise various causal hypotheses in the literature. This research extends to a regional analysis of a cross-national sample to understand the extent to which structural cleavages account for a cause of potential …
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The British press and Northern Ireland : a case study in the reporting of violent political conflict.
… with an impartial or meaningful account of the conflict in the North, and explores some of the factors that have contributed to this failure. Chapter One outlines the primary functions that have been ascribed to journalists and the press in democratic society, and provides a standard against …
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The Role of State and Non-State Actors in Determining Violent and Nonviolent Tactics in Political Conflict
… the choices of violent and nonviolent tactics in political conflict. It consists of three papers that focus on different aspects pertaining to the initiation and development of internal political conflict considering violence and nonviolence as potential mobilization outcomes. The overarching …
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THE STRUCTURE OF POLITICAL CONFLICT: KINSHIP NETWORKS AND POLITICAL ALIGNMENTS IN THE CIVIL WARS OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY CHILE
… a novel database of kinship relations among the political elites of Chile in the nineteenth century, this thesis identifies the impact of family networks on the formation of political factions in the period 1828-1894. The sociological literature theorising the cleavages that divided elites during …
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Planning under deep political conflict: the relationship between Afforestation planning and the struggle over space in the Palestinian Territories
… space is at the core of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Different actors are involved in this struggle. The Israeli occupation with its planning system, and the Israeli settlers, since the beginning of the occupation, has been enforcing different policies of using space to achieve control over …
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Rising from the Abyss: A Grounded Theory Exploration on How Afghani and Ukrainian Mothers Navigate Major Milestones Following the Onset of Political Conflict
<p>The political conflicts that have erupted around the world have disrupted the lives of millions of people. This constructivist grounded theory study delved into the experiences of ten mothers from Afghanistan and Ukraine who had to overcome three major milestones: conflict in their homelands, …
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The effects of political shocks on international trade: evidence from China and major partners, 1998-2018
… of this study is to examine the effects of political cooperation and conflict between countries on international trade in the context of China's rapid emergence as a global economic and trading power. The study develops a game-theoretical framework in which a bi-directional relationship …
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The effects of political shocks on international trade: evidence from China and major partners, 1998-2018
… of this study is to examine the effects of political cooperation and conflict between countries on international trade in the context of China's rapid emergence as a global economic and trading power. The study develops a game-theoretical framework in which a bi-directional relationship …
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The political economy of the Kunene River hydro-electric schemes
… Southern African region ... .This work essays a political understanding of these two chief economic requirements, in the belief that political conflict has its roots in an economic base that consists not only in social classes but also in the particular geographical and technological …
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Liberian Women and Political Resistance: Family Influences and Collective Organizing
Fatigued and enraged by 14 years of political conflict rife with violence targeting women and children, Liberian women formed a transnational network of peace activists that ended civil war in their home in 2003. Numerous grassroots organizations, market women, legal aid workers, and women’s rights …
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The limits of persuasion: Strategic considerations of presidential governance
… strategic considerations include the timing of political benefits, the president's public identification with a policy, investment of political capital, and the level of political conflict acceptable to the president in enacting a policy. After historically and analytically justifying the …
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Acquiring Expertise? Developing Expertise in the Defense Acquisition Workforce
… is about technology choices amidst cultural and political conflict. It is about how budget, users, infrastructure, existing and emerging technologies, identity and geography all interrelate as elements within the technology of expertise development. Finally, it is about how at various times in …
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Booze, Boomtowns, and Burning Crosses: The Turbulent Governorship of Pat M. Neff of Texas, 1921-1925
… of Texas from 1921 to 1925, a period marked by political conflict between rural conservatives and urban progressives. Neff, a progressive, found himself in the middle of this conflict. Neff supported prohibition, declared martial law in the oil boomtown of Mexia, and faced the rise of the Ku …
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Investing in new electricity generation in South Africa : what short-circuited decision-making, 1998-2014?
… the public service in a climate of unresolved political conflict and time sensitive decision making.
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Danger-zone tourism: Emotional performances in Jordan and Palestine
… performances in tourist places of ongoing socio-political conflict. I bring together dark tourism, emotional, affectual and sensuous geographies as well as psychoanalytic theories on the death drive to examine danger-zone tourism as a form of tourism performance based on danger and conflict as …
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