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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"political elite"”.
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Polish political elite opinion on Turkey's EU accession
… of the idea of further enlargement. The Polish political elites—like the foreign minister, the president and prime minister—are also supportive of Turkey’s EU accession. But the support ends at words, some of which are full contradictions when looking at the literature on the topic. Unsure of …
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The Political Elite of Jamaica: Recruitment Patterns, 1962-1972
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-13T19:06:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7715017.pdf: 11667982 bytes, checksum: e42b1677a43cb23ecdf2a1bda983f7a0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1977
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ELITES AND POLITICS: WHO GOVERNS US? Measuring and comparing species of capital in the Chilean political elite, 1990-2010
… capital and habitus are applied to the field of elites. Although sociological research has examined the reproduction of Chile’s elites, there is little empirical evidence as to how different forms of capital operate within them. Based on a survey of the country’s elites, this thesis examines the …
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The security imaginaries of an unarmed people: popular and elite security discourses in Iceland
This dissertation analyzes public and elite security discourses in Iceland, drawing on focus group interviews and political debates to develop an understanding of what serves as the foundation of security and insecurity at the societal, environmental, and political levels. The thesis uses discourse …
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Legitimacy in question : elite-mass relations, constitutional reform and Canadian democracy /
During the 1980s and 1990s, Canadian political authority orientations underwent a significant transformation. Canadians are no longer deferential towards their political elites. Instead, they are autonomous, challenging, and increasingly participatory, and this continuing trend has brought the …
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Gold, Grain, and Grace: Piety and Community in Late Medieval Rome
… for strengthening the cohesion of their elite community. For these they turned to various kinds of pious giving, ways of generating kin-like ties by means of circulating wealth within the sphere of economic action made available by the logic of purgatory. Their efforts succeeded in …
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The Royal Bafokeng nation, a Case Study for the resource Curse
… strength, the incentives facing the political elite due to the natural resource and the potential outcome for natural resource abundant economies. This paper argues that the Bafokeng Nation of South Africa provide an unusual case study for the resource curse. The Bafokeng's …
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Nationalism, Identity, and Rhetoric in Bosnia-Herzegovina: A Rhetorical Analysis of Presidential Speeches, 2004–2012
… the three main ethnic groups in the country. The political elites influence on how nationalism and identity is experienced in Bosnia-Herzegovina and offer reflections on how the country can or cannot be united. To what extent do the political elites at the level of the presidency articulate more …
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The Logic of Occupation in the Nagorno-Karabakh War: The Cases of Agdam and Shaumyan
… accounts based on 1) military/security needs; 2) political elite-driven decisions, 3) economic gain, 4) psychological and 5) identity-related factors. Process tracing and archival research points to primarily security and psychological rationales for the original actions, whereas economic gain …
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Development administration: the role of bureaucracy in national integration in Nigeria
… the masses but also due in most part to lack of elite consensus. This study examines three elite groups--the military, the political and bureaucratic elite. Since Nigeria gained independence in 1960, it has been plagued by political instability. Nigeria has experienced a short lived civilian …
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Developing healthy institutions : judicial reform in Chile and Mexico.
… Underfinanced, traditionally neglected by the political elite, and subordinated to the will of the executive and the legislature, judicial institutions are in desperate need of reform. In seeking to establish independent, accountable, and accessible judiciaries, reformers need to address these …
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Diversifying the Media Landscape: Case Study of Two Alternative Russian Media
… state-owned companies or through a so-called political elite. This, along with existence of various restrictive laws and their usage, forms a barrier to the flourishing of ethical, unbiased, and objective journalism. Nevertheless, a few independent media outlets still function in Russia. They …
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Inequality in Political Representation
… and in some cases over a century. However, the political experience of many of these very countries over the past decade have often alternated between apathy and frustration in these democratic institutions. Stark economic inequalities have mirrored inequalities in political influence, voters …
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The International Criminal Court in Self-Referral States: Legitimacy, Reputation, and the Court’s Anti-Impunity Mandate
… when there is credible evidence that state elite were complicit in ICC-level crimes in the situations under investigation. This criticism has been detrimental to the ICC’s legitimacy with many victims of ICC-level crimes and general proponents of international criminal law. Previous research …
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L’Africa Occidentale Francese fra Autonomie e Fallimenti. Il caso del Soudan/Mali
… with the colonial authorities. The Soudan’s political elite followed the political direction dictated by Houphouet-Boigny, leader of the political movement which connected French territories in this area, until the decision of breaking free from this position. Modibo Keita, father of the …
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CHINA¿S BELT AND ROAD `POLITICAL IMPACTS¿ IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPHERE(2013¿2023): HOW TO CONCEPTUALISE, ANALYSE AND EVALUATE THEM?
… less attention has been paid to detecting its political impacts. This study conceptualises impact as a dual concept encompassing both influence and effects. Based on this conceptualisation, it investigates whether China has been successful in altering or strengthening participating states' …
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The White Collar Republic: Patronage and Interest Representation in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1889-1930
… economic interest in the state, that the Mineiro political elite was able to promote a strong coalition at home and to become, together with the Sao Paulo elite, second to none in Brazilian politics. According to this view, it was not interest representation, but patrimonialism and clientelism …
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“Smole Trifeles“: The Itinerant in British North America
… histories which analyze how the social and political elite worked to bring the colonies together. This work focuses on the peddlers, the hawkers, petty chapmen, and the itinerant preachers who roamed the primitive roads and highways of early America. These wanderers knit together a nation …
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The Search for Stability in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
… tribes. They had no functioning centralized political systems or economies until the Soviet Union brought them under its domain. However, decisions in the Soviet Union were largely made through Moscow, with each of the republics having little control over their political systems or economies. …
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