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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"political debate"”.
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The political debate over war strategy, 1689-1712.
The dissertation covers 1689-1712 in English political history. It deals with the debate between the Whig and Tory parties, and their internal conflicts, over the strategy necessary to defeat France in the two wars of this period: the Nine Years' and Spanish Succession Wars. It describes the …
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Political Debate in the Age of Justinian I
… how Romans in sixth-century Constantinople debated politics. It begins by observing that Justinian I ruled in a political culture far more open to conflicts of views and criticism of the régime than is often appreciated. It conducts intertextual, contextualist close readings of the texts of …
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Facebook as a disruptor of journalism and political debate in Vietnam
… dimension to the situation and enabling greater political understanding and engagement by young Vietnamese Facebook users. The thesis asks whether Facebook should be constructed as a new forum for the expression of public opinion, creating a quasi-public sphere, promoting the country’s democracy …
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The role of national defence in British political debate, 1794-1812
… previous analyses of the late eighteenth-century political milieu insufficiently explore the impact of war on the structure of the state. Work by J.E. Cookson, Linda Colley, J.C.D. Clark, and Paul Langford depicts a decentralised state that had little direct involvement in developing a popular …
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The effects of a televised political debate on cognitive selective retention/evaluation during the political decision-making process.
The effects of a televised political debate on cognitive selective retention/evaluation during the political decision-making process.
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L'Historien dans la cite l'oeuvre intellectuelle de Donald Creighton et de Michel Brunet
… ivory tower to become active participants in the political debate of their time in hopes to affect tangible change in the political orientation of their country. Creighton and Brunet were particularly active in national media such as radio and newspapers, most notably the CBC/Radio-Canada. They …
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Las prácticas políticas en la comunidad digital de Facebook: @Deslengua2
… of digital media for information spaces and political debate. The results of the findings will also contribute to determining the effectiveness and efficiency of social networks based on this theme, which will be a great contribution as it is a recent research topic. Within the social sphere, …
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Pamfletter! : En diskursiv praktik och dess strategier i tidig svensk politisk offentlighet
… for legitimation and delegitimation in political pamphlets published in 1769 and in 1809–1810, each period representing the onset of democracy and freedom of the press. The aim of the study is twofold. The empirical aim is to examine the political language in the early political debate …
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The Casta paintings of Colonial Mexico : the politics of constructing social order through art
… thesis examines the conceptual structures and political contexts of race mixture depicted in Las Castas Mexicanas, a genre of colonial Mexican painting. The first chapter places this genre in historiographical perspective, and provides the conceptual contexts within which this author analyzes …
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The Jones Act : an economic and political evaluation
… the American economy, and an evaluation of the political debate surrounding the act. Conclusions are made regarding the effects of the act and recommendations are made for the future of the act.
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Integrating 6th Grade Geometry Standards into a Waldorf Methods Charter School
… methods into public education. In today’s political climate all public schools must pass the state’s bar of academic success measured by their Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Because these scores are based largely on standardized tests there is a need to integrate California’s academic …
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Detention of Asylum-Seekers: Comparison of the Asylum and Detention Practices in United States and Sweden
… humanitarian issue and the subject of much political debate in the U.S. and Europe. This research paper compares and contrasts the asylum process in US and Sweden. It analyzes the similarities and differences in their refugee policies and how asylumseeker rights are undermined or supported …
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Comparing Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change During Election Campaigns in the United States, Canada and Australia
… the findings of earlier studies that the political agenda shapes the news agenda when it comes to climate change coverage. However, the study did find that coverage of general climate change stories continued during the election campaign periods in the three countries. Reporters who cover …
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Behind the Stakes, Between the Lines, Beyond the Pun: A Critical Deconstruction of Humor in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Other Popular Comedies
… levels of human discourse—from casual banter to political debate. Still, despite humor’s global prevalence, its historical transgressiveness, and its distinct potential both to neutralize and critically engage highly fraught issues, humans do not often pause to ask how humor works. And what does …
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Homebased healthcare : issues and challenges
… This is a cause of major concern and current political debate. The largest contributor to this cost is the hospital cost accounting for 30 % to the healthcare expenditure. Segmenting healthcare through new delivery mechanisms may be an answer to the rising cost. Disruptive innovations like …
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Media in an emergent democracy: the development of online journalism in the Kurdistan region of Iraq
… in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and its role in political debate in this emerging democracy. It also focuses on the role of the internet in the public sphere, explores the historical context in which Kurdish online journalism has developed and compares mass media in the Kurdistan region to that …
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The social construction of the family: family values and the Los Angeles riots
The issue of "family values" was at the of political debate during 1992 president campaign. In this debate conflicting views over the conceptualization and understanding of just what constitutes a "family" were presented. This thesis examines how the "traditional family" model is used by the …
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Memories of the War of Spanish Succession in eighteenth-century Spain (1714-1758)
… as the means to make sense of a changing world. Political writings transformed social speculation into political debate. Fears about usury failed to influence debates about the merits of enemy investments in imperial joint-stock companies. Speculation fomented scrutiny and deliberation. Political …
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Experiencing civil society: the reality of civil society in post-devolution Wales
… formation, both on the right and left of the political spectrum. Linked to ideas concerning social capital', 'trust' and 'partnership' civil society has moved to centre stage in both academic and political debate. Despite a considerable body of social science literature about Wales, especially …
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Legitimacy, Inequality, and Conceptions of Democratic Crisis
… reviews rival accounts of how to conceptualise political legitimacy and of what poses a threat to it. In subsequent chapters, it syncretises these accounts together. The second chapter argues that legitimacy crises are created by resentment, i.e. inability on the part of the subjects themselves …
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