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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"power politics"”.
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Power politics : renewable energy policy change in US states
… However, I argue that shifts in the balance of power between supportive and opponent interest groups best accounts for variation across states in repeal efforts' success. Through policy feedback, policy design structures interest groups' relative power. Retrenchment attempts are more likely to …
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The power & politics of naming: literary onomastics within dystopian fiction
… nature of some ruling force, with this power manifested in a variety of manners, all of which feature important onomoastic manipulation in their composition. The control exercised over such naming is a major feature of the genre, but has received little scholarly attention. As a …
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The Beijing Olympics political impact and implications for soft power politics
… 1988 Seoul Games were used as an example of the power of the Olympics to change a nation. Aside from Korea and China being located within the same region, there are few similarities between the two nations. In order to assess the lack of positive political change resulting from the Beijing Games, …
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The Global War on Terrorism in the Context of Great Power Politics
The twenty-first century has seen an increase in threats of terrorism. Many of these threats have been directed at the United States by Islamic fundamentalists. In the aftermath of September 11, the United States has declared war on international terrorism. The United States has described this war …
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Islam, Christianity, Traditional Religions and Power Politics in Northern Nigeria Since Pre-Islamic Period
… Islam, and Christianity) and its relation to power politics.</p> <p>This study validates historical data by comparing and analyzing a variety of historical sources, particularly on the religious history of Northern Nigeria beginning from pre-Islamic to colonial times. Three Northern Nigeria …
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From Global Cities to Global Governors: Power, Politics, and the Convergence of Urban Climate Governance
… as a governance field illuminates currents of power that operate beneath the still waters of nominal and voluntary cooperation, and provides a means of explaining how convergence has been pursued, contested, and produced by actors who claim and wield various sorts of power and authority. The …
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TeacherWork: A Journey to Recast the Reggio Emilia Approach for a Middle School Within the Context of Power, Politics, and Personalities
… effort. Particular attention was focused on the power, politics, and personalities that both harmonized and conflicted with the work of these reformers. Analysis revealed a passionate desire on the part of the reformers to change the face of schooling and education for children and for …
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Politics, ethnicity and jostling for power : the evolution of institutions of Muslim leadership and Kadhiship in colonial Kenya, 1895-1963
… In a broad sense this work first examines how power, politics, ethnicity and colonialism influenced the development of political institutions among Muslims. Secondly, it debates the basis of the authority of the (ulam
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A study of the United States-Korea Treaty of 1882
… States in 1882, but also it is a study of modern power politics in the Far East, in which Korea played a significant role.</p><p>The importance of the Korea position in international affairs has been dimly treated by the Western World - yet, she is a nation populated by approximately thirty …
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From a Christian Socialist to a Christian Realist: Reinhold Niebuhr and the Soviet Union, 1930-1945
… Niebuhr's realistic approach to international power politics, culminating in the "positive defense" policy regarding the reconstruction of Europe during the period under examination, was a direct result of his engagement with the Soviet Union.
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The King and His Court: The Culture of Royal Power and the Creation of the Angevin Empire Under Henry II
… and violence were necessary aspects of royal power that in conjunction with resources gained from familial inheritance and a fortunate marriage allowed King Henry II to build, govern, and legitimize his rule over the Angevin Empire, as well as attempt to create an Angevin dynasty. Examining …
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The Behavioral Consequences of Territorial Competition
… strategies are referred to as realpolitik (or power politics, often defined as the use of arms races, alliances, and bellicose rhetoric) and are believed to account, at least in part, for the propensity of territorial stakes to escalate to war. In short, realpolitik foreign policy practices are …
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The Effect of Regional Security Environments on State Attitudes Regarding the Use of Force and International Law: A Quantitative Analysis Utilizing International Positions on Operation Iraqi Freedom
… of regional security based on concepts of power and polarity adapted from John Mearsheimer's The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. I then test this measure using a logistic regression analysis for 85 states located in 10 regions. The results indicate support for the hypothesis, but also …
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Civilizational Jihad: The Implications of Terrorist Strategy
… is neither based on Western concepts of power-politics nor is it chiefly a reaction to Western policies. This ideology is none other than Islam’s sacred end of the universal dissemination of the religion, law, and polity of the Islamic concept of God and divine law. The transformational …
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"Highland Farmers and the ""Modernizing"" State in Ethiopia: Conjunctures and Disjunctures"
… farmers, and the corresponding mode of elite politics are examined to reveal the great extent to which all of these have been driven by the changing context of global power politics and cultural flows. As a whole, the study underscores the implications of the disjunctures and conjunctures …
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The western order under quasi-multilateralism:the Bosnian conflict and the West 1992-1995
… to the Western debate regarding use of coercive power in the Bosnian conflict of 1992-1995. As the role of multilateralism and the authority of the UN were the most contentious issues of the debate, this thesis will provide a critical resource for comprehending the origin and the nature of …
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Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy since Independence: A Small State From Order Taker to Order Maker (1991-2021)
… has been thought of as one of deference to great powers. In this view, great powers can create, maintain, and dictate behaviour, while small states must follow their lead. Small states are considered weak, vulnerable, lacking in power, and therefore as “takers”. However, this thesis makes the …
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