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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"political motivation"”.
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To Survive and Thrive: A Self-Determination Perspective of Political Motivation
Political scientists concentrate on the concept of political activity as social cooperation motivated to meet two goals: biological survival and accumulation of extrinsic rewards such as power, wealth, or territory. Self-determination research in the field of human motivation reveals a different …
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Political and military aspects of the Irish Army’s service with United Nations forces in the Congo 1960-64
… in the period 1960–64, and also studies the political motivation of the Irish Government in acceding to the request from the Secretary General of the United Nations Organisation when, in July 1960, he sought an Irish military contingent to join UN forces in the Congo. The thesis opens by …
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Thinking about “US”: Liberal nationalism and political organizing in Central Iowa
… have neglected the participation of other political groups in nationalism, particularly political liberals and, more specifically, Democrats in the United States. Through content analysis, qualitative interviews, and ethnographic fieldwork, this project aims to understand the nature of …
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Eviction or inclusion? : the politics of resettlement in Calcutta's squatter settlements
… slums have been legalized due to historical and political reasons, whereas others with equally strong claims to official recognition (as per the legal definition of slums) have been denied their existence and basic rights. Residents of the non-recognized slums have managed, through political …
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Understanding Creative Partnerships: An examination of policy and practice
… so doing, this thesis critically evaluates the political motivation for the use of arts-based education as a means to develop self-reliance, and considers how successive governments have imported the free market economic model into education to promote efficiency, and the role that Creative …
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'ABD Al-Rahman Al-Kawakibi's Vision for an Islamic Renaissance: Umm Al-Qura
… writing it. Rather than having that purely political motivation, his primary motivation for writing it resided in his desire to reform Eastern society in general, in addition to reforming the corruption in the Ottoman government, which he had personally witnessed.Information about the …
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Political metaphysics : God, determinism, and constructivism in the thought of Thomas Hobbes and Gerrard Winstanley
This thesis assesses the role of theology in the political theories of the seventeenth-century contemporaries Thomas Hobbes and Gerrard \v'instanley. It claims that a proper understanding of their respective political theories relies upon a thorough and nuanced understanding of the nature of the …
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Mistaken identities
… both demographic data and a measure of their political orientation. The latter was tested through use of a standard question set, currently in wide use across North America as a measure of political thought, philosophy and orientation. A total of one hundred and fifty-two emigres, all resident …
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Understanding Chinese Economic 3 Engagement in the Africa Continent
… with the intention to shed light on the political motivation behind these economic activities. Our overall findings suggest that Chinese investments are correlated with more subsequent exports of consumption and processed goods from China, an indicator of market-seeking motivation of the …
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A study of the origin of Scottish Presbyterianism (1560-1638)
… Presbyterian church polity; fourthly, the simple political motivation for the Reformation; fifthly, Queen Mary’s religious policy; sixthly, re-examination from contemporary local and urban contexts; seventhly, the Gaelic perspective on the Scottish Reformation; and eighthly, application of Max …
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Towards a Philosophy of Least Violence
… work. Indeed, weakening is, from the start, a politically motivated project, tied up in an effort to reduce (not to say eliminate) violence. This political motivation, in turn, is not merely about reduction but is instead tied to an ethico-aesthetic-religious complex, a vision of the world in …
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Paramilitary imprisonment in Northern Ireland 1969-1999 : resistance, management & release
… question as to whether and to what extent their political motivation has been recognised by the prison authorities, has been a defining issue for all of the protagonists. Prisoners have asserted their political status through a variety of resistance strategies over the course of the conflict. At …
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DEVELOPMENT OR DEPENDENCY? THE EMERGING CHINESE CULTURAL-LINGUISTIC TV MARKET AND IDOL TV DRAMA IN TAIWAN AND CHINA
… of a regional cultural market. Fourth, the political motivation and manipulation might not be easy to recognize but are influential powers forging the regional cultural market. For example, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) proposed the China-Taiwan TV drama co-production policy near the end …