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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"political performance"”.
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An analysis of the political performance management systems (PMS) impact on organisational effectiveness: A case study of the democratic alliance in the Western Cape provincial government
… not to debate the different contested views on performance management, good governance, and accountability but to rather assess the applicability of the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) political performance management in the field of public administration. The study further tries to provide a …
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The surface image and ulterior psyches: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore's anti-Nazi propaganda
… Marcel Moore's anti-Nazi resistance acts are a political performance that relies on multiple subject positions, invisibility, and absence as its dominant strategies. Cahun and Moore’s acts of anti-Nazi resistance were possible through a purposeful invisibility that allowed them to live a private …
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RIGHTS OR RICE? THE POLITICS OF POVERTY IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF AFRICA'S DEMOCRACY
… citizen faith in democracy as opposed to the political process itself. By this popular belief, society will support democracy, or not, mainly for its perceived economic benefits. In this study, I revisit the assumptions of the theory of `politics and poverty' espoused over 20 years ago using …
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Performative Riffing: Theory, Praxis, and Politics in Movie Riffing and Embodied Audiencing Rituals
… of enduring debates among Critical, Cultural, Performance, and Rhetorical Studies scholars. One salient ongoing dialogue among scholars and critics questions the degree to which audiences actively participate in the process of making sense of mediated texts. How capable are media consumers of …
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Senior leaders: succession planning and talent management in the Ghanaian civil service
… problem. Kelsall argued that the African political economy is characterised by patrimonial or neo-patrimonial leadership. However, the implementation of the policy process can help create an understanding of the continuous growth of bureaucratic and political performance. Leadership is …
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The emerging art markets of greater China : 1989-1999
… that value by external forces: macroeconomic and political factors and historical issues. The basis for this enquiry is that globalisation is a `reality' and that it is a Western construct. It is also understood that risk is an essential element of globalisation. It follows from this that global …
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When citizen politics becomes uncivil: Between popular protest, civil society and governance in Jamaica
… as well as the extent to which this model of political participation serves the agenda and promise of civil society. Through an in-depth, country-specific, empirical case study, the thesis examines micro social processes of power at community level to raise questions about who should be …
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Rethinking Rhetoric: An investigation of political persuasion online. A case study of Mauritian electoral interviews livestreamed on Facebook
… 2011), the opportunity to comment on live political performances, Facebook Live presents a worthy site of investigation into how traditionally-powerful performer-persuaders (electoral candidates) now face off with traditionally-excluded masses of audience-persuadees (citizen-users). The …
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Occupying Politics: Black women reimaging power and representation in Rio de Janeiro's Legislative Assembly
… Souza, all positioned within Brazil's left-wing political spectrum - this dissertation examines the political imaginaries constructed within their institutional representative practice, specifically focusing on their ongoing demand for political occupation in positions of power. Grounded in …
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Shatterpoints: An adaptation theory on Shakespeare’s Coriolanus
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Sean Spicer is the News: The Relationship Between Sean Spicer and The White House Press Corps
… spin (Downes, 1998; McNair, 2000, Craig, 2013), political source relations (Downes, 1998, McNair, 2000, Davis, 2003, Sanders, 2009), news values (Galtung & Ruge, 1965; Harcup & O’Neill, 2016), the mediated public sphere (McNair, 2000; Herman & Chomsky, 2002, Jackson & Valentine, 2014). This …