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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"political impact"”.
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The Beijing Olympics political impact and implications for soft power politics
… commentators and scholars debated the potential impact of the Games in China. Some theorized that hosting the Games would lead to greater freedom and possibly democracy in China's political life. While the media debate focused on the optimistic possibility for change, scholars were more skeptical …
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Exploring the political impact of literature and literary studies in American government
<p>This thesis explores the role of literature and practices of literary study in American government. Specifically, it looks at how the President’s Council on Bioethics (PCBE) and the Supreme Court have deliberately embraced the humanities to fulfill their respective responsibilities. I begin by …
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The Political Impact of the Rising Salafi-Wahhabi Influence in Bosnia-Herzegovina
This thesis examines the political impact of Salafi-Wahhabism in contemporary Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) since the El Mujahed Brigade of mujahedeen introduced this puritanical Saudi form of Islam during the 1992-1995 War that broke apart the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFROY). This …
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A Conspiratorial Republic: The Societal and Political Impact of Conspiratorial Knowledge in the Early Nineteenth-Century United States
… American republic period, having a significant impact on early republic society. Drawing on Michael Butter’s study of conspiracy theories, this study examines how early Americans continued to view republican government as inherently fragile and continuously under threat from corrupting forces. …
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HAIGHT-ASHBURY AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT
… mid to late sixties. The social, cultural, and political impact of this movement is vast and widely known. This thesis provides a themed historical narrative of the Haight-Ashbury, specifically about its role in the Counterculture Movement. There are three major themes that explore the history …
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People's Parliament? An assessment of public participation in South Africa's legislatures
This paper assesses the political impact of the constitutional framework and policy for public participation in South Africa. I consider the question of how legislatures are fulfilling their obligations to facilitate public participation, if they meet international human rights law (IHRL) norms and …
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Advocates For the People & the Test Ban
… scientific community witnessed a renaissance of political activism that would influence the national public debate for years to come. This thesis examines the events leading up to the Reykjavik Summit and the unorthodox methods used by one organization to influence the administration's nuclear …
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Relocation & Realignment: How the Great Migration Changed the Face of the Democratic Party
… of the most significant developments in American political history--the shift of the U.S. political parties on racial issues. In Relocation and Realignment: How the Great Migration changed the face of the Democratic Party, I argue that increasing competition between the parties for the presidency …
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The expousal, examination through experience, and renunciation of communism by Emma Goldman, Benjamin Gitlow, Max Eastman and Louis Budenz
… of this thesis is to present a study of the political impact of Communism on four individuals who at one stage in their lives thought that Communism was the best political system on earth, and who subsequently became disillusioned ot the point where they considered Communism the worst …
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The Ottoman Press, 1908-1923
… conclusion, the thesis considers the social and political impact of the press and argues that it could play a decisive role in the course of political events.
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Entertainment Bias: A Case Study of the Tonight Show and the California Gubernatorial Recall Election in 2003
… which gives them the potential to have more of a political impact than traditional news media. The basic theory is that Jay Leno showed political bias in his monologues towards his friend and gubernatorial candidate, Arnold Schwarzenegger. This theory was tested through a highly detailed …
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Suetonius and the Politics of Private Life
… Caesars* against the backdrop of contemporary political discourse. Suetonius is (in)famous for writing more about an emperor’s love affairs, dining habits or pastimes than about speeches in the senate or military campaigns, a focus that has led many scholars to argue that he is ‘not interested …
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Cinematic infernos: Digital technologies and the remediation of Dante’s Infernal imagery through the cinematic screen (2005-2015)
… has been written about the aesthetic, social and political impact of digital technologies on cinematic adaptations of the infernal imagery. In order to fill this gap in knowledge, this study investigates the remediate power of digital technology by simultaneously exploring its involvement and its …
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The Royal Nunneries in the Landscape of Anglo-Saxon Wessex 871–1066
… the nunneries within their changing physical, political and ecclesiastical settings, it attempts to assess the extent to which the nunneries were inward-looking, insular communities and the extent to which they were products of ideas and events beyond their walls. It asks whether the nunneries …
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Beyond Oil Wealth: Resiliency of the Aliyev Administration in Azerbaijan
In political science literature, many scholars highlight how natural resources, particularly oil, have often been more of a curse than a blessing for developing countries. The Dutch Disease phenomenon highlights that the rapid development of the natural resource sector leads to a decline in other …
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Vers Une Problematique De L'Alterite Dans La Constuction De L'Identite Haitienne: Etude De Romans Choisis De Jean Metellus et De Marie Vieux Chauvet
… United States, focusing on the economic and/or political impact of these countries on Haiti, or on their perceptions of Haiti. In general, their role in the construction of Haitian identity has been viewed as negative.The purpose of this work is to demonstrate the contrary, to show that the …
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Between the old and the new : Friedrich Gentz, 1764-1832
This dissertation reviews the life and political impact of Friedrich Gentz, who was born in Breslau, Prussia, in 1764, and died in Vienna, Austria, in 1832. Though remembered today as only a second- (or even third)- tier statesman alongside such luminaries of his day as Napoleon, Metternich, …
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International Branch Campuses
… I studied the socio-economic, cultural, and political impact of International Branch Campuses in developing countries. I focused on the financial implications for the host country and examine whether international education providers are helping to enhance students’ core competency levels. I …
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The political economy of Swaziland's quest to incorporate Ingwavuma and parts of Mpumalanga(South Africa)
This study analyses the political economy of Swaziland’s quest to incorporate Ngwavuma and parts of Mpumalanga. The primary research question is: What drives Swaziland to pursue the issue of the land that was taken from her during the colonial era despite the declaration by the Organization of …
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EU regional policy : has the UK government succeeded in playing the gatekeeper over the domestic impact of the European Regional Development Fund.
… in playing a gatekeeper role over the domestic impact of main instrument of European Union (EU) regional policy, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) In relation to the domestic financial impact, this research examines the UK government's implementation of the EU principle of …
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