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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"social mobilization"”.
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Development and its discontents: NGOs, women and the politics of social mobilization in Bangladesh
… and sometimes as aggressors, are linked with the social stresses and dislocations produced by modern development agencies, the NGOs in particular. My dissertation documents how NGOs have become channels through which globalization enters the most private space of rural society---the home---and how …
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The Andean Exception: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Absence of Large-Scale Indigenous Social Mobilization in Peru
The study of “new” social movements in Latin America has inspired the work of many scholars from numerous disciplines over the past two decades. In particular, Peru is known among scholars of Latin American indigenous peoples as an exception in the Andes, due to the country’s historical lack of …
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Genomic Designation: New kinds of people at the intersection of genetics, medicine and social action
… medical conditions - it can create new ones. The social sciences have assumed that genetics must work in and through existing categories of human difference in order to inform clinical practice or social mobilization. By contrast, I go beyond the specter of reductionism and examine the emergence …
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Fluid dynamics : politics and social struggle in São Paulo's water crisis (2014-2015)
… sprung up in the city. My thesis explores this social mobilization around Sao Paulo's supply crisis as a window into water politics and governance when water supply problems and solutions are unclear but have important political and service repercussions for different stakeholders. Two …
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Nationalism or Cost-Benefit Analysis in Perception: The Logic of China’s Foreign Policy Choices in Bilateral Disputes in Post-Cold War Period
… Popular nationalism, due to its considerable social mobilization capacity, may have the potential to influence the Chinese government’s foreign policy choices through a bottom-up approach, especially in the context of the Chinese government’s increasing reliance on nationalism for its regime …
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La construcción discursiva de la identidad en los nuevos movimientos sociales: el caso español del 15M.
… study of discursive construction of identity in social movements, delving into the characteristics of the new social movement, the processes of construction of identity and the discourse dimension of identity. For this, discourse and social movements will be reflected upon through a review of the …
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The role of framing in counterinsurgency/counterterrorism operations the status of hearts and minds
… and defensive operations. Framing, as defined by social mobilization theorists offers a different perspective on the operational structure of insurgent leadership and can demonstrate weaknesses in the insurgent organization that can be capitalized upon with less threat to civilian life.
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Subnational Developmentalism: Brazil in Comparative Perspective
… on subnational patterns of electoral and social mobilization, political party development, and the creation of cross-class coalitions. I employ case study analysis and subnational comparative method to evaluate these questions, focusing on contemporary Brazil (1990--present)."
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Alliance Politics, Solidarity Praxis, Precarious Alliances: A Case of the Anti-Capitalist Muslims in Turkey
… of this encounter between Turkish Left and a Social Justice-centered interpretation of Islam? Second, what were the terms upon which this diverse group of individuals coalesced? Third, how did their work together transform their own political understanding? Fourth, what lessons can be drawn …
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Decentralization and local challenges in environmental resources policy: the Korean cases
… of June 29,1987 ushered in democratization and social mobilization, political processes that have encouraged decentralization. As Korea decentralizes, the impact of these reforms is felt across the policy spectrum. Yet the Korean government remains reluctant to allow the policy involvement of …
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Understanding the Role of Sport for Development in Community Capacity Building in a Refugee Camp in Tanzania
… as a means to promote peace, a forum for social mobilization efforts and health initiatives, and a tool for sustainable community development (SDP IWG, 2008; UNIATF, 2003). Often, a fundamental goal of such programs is community capacity building. However, despite this increase in …
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The Wartime Origins of Postwar Democratization: Civil War, Rebel Governance, and Political Regimes
… rebel governance of civilians generate different social and institutional legacies across civil wars. These legacies can endure into peacetime politics, affecting the latter in often unintended ways. The theory centers on two wartime transformations that result from different forms of rebel …
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Gold, Water, and Governance: the Stakes in the Santurbán Páramo Debate
… Framework for transnational economic and social processes, I consider how different forms of private capital interact with state and civil society through social mobilization and environmentalism. My findings suggest ways that land-use planning driven by local actors and grounded in …
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Worshiping Leadership: Morality, Revolutionary Values, and the Politics of Magnicidio (Assassination) in the Case of Camilo Torres and Fabio Vásquez with the ELN, Colombia 1963-1978
… fostered by leaders that promoted drastic social change along Colombian history. This analysis of authority and obedience facilitates interpretations into how leaders create allegiances and legitimize violence as a strategy to bring about change in Colombian politics. I argue that the …
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An assessment of transformative learning programme in Nkonkola Community in Mazabuka District
… high levels of participation in terms of social mobilization, community development, and civic awareness and above all community participation. Individuals in the community started mobilizing themselves in small groups and started doing communal activities such as gardening, livestock …
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EXTREME LEVELS OF POVERTY AND INEQUALITY MAY LEAD TO EQUALLY HIGH LEVELS OF SOCIAL CONFLICT AND CRIME
… continuously looms, creating a constant state of social discomfort in the region. Latin America has established an unparalleled zone of democracy. The region has also become an economic force.</p> <p>The prevailing notion regarding the relationship between poverty and inequality with crime and …
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Silent Refuge? A Critical Democratic Exploration of Voice and Authorship among Resettled Iraqis in the United States
… explores the American invasion of Iraq and the social and political breakdown that it triggered in that country. I argue that the conflict was an aggressive war and that, consequently, the United States should be held responsible for all of the harm it has caused to the people of Iraq. I …
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Women's empowerment in informal settlements of the Peruvian Amazon frontier: A case study of 9 de Octubre, Pucallpa-Peru
… what type of women's empowerment leads to social development, assuming that women go through a process of empowerment as a result of their participation in women's organizations. The study data consists of a case study in one informal settlement in Pucallpa, 9 de Octubre, and key-informant …
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Elites and society in modern Greece: cabinet circulation and systemic change (1946-1976)
… of the Greek ruling elite in its evolving social setting, and b) to examine the changing composition of the cabinet elite (N = 589) from 1946 to 1976, especially as it relates to systemic change.</p> <p>The first part of the study describes how an identity crisis resulting from the Ottoman …
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Construcción de memorias comunitarias en torno a crímenes de Estado ejecutados en Boyacá, Colombia: una lucha con vida, memoria y dignidad
El artículo caracteriza las iniciativas de memoria desarrolladas en torno a crímenes de Estado, tales como la “Masacre de la Sarna”, desapariciones forzadas y ejecuciones extrajudiciales perpetradas en el departamento de Boyacá (Colombia). A partir de una investigación cualitativa, basada en …
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