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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"transnational movements"”.
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Analysis of the Appointment of the First African American Ambassador to Apartheid-Era South Africa
… alliances, international organizations, and transnational movements for human rights and racial equality. Among the domestic factors were the dynamics between the executive and legislative branches of government, interest groups, and activism. National and international politics and policies …
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Radicalization within the Somali-American diaspora: countering the homegrown terrorist threat
… of Somalis generally discourage the adoption of transnational movements like global jihadism. A study of the profiles of the Somali-American travelers shows that these youths are less like their Somali parents and more like their American and European Muslim counterparts. Thus, they are a "blank …
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Making internationalism conscious: libraries and the transnational propagation of the international mind (1911 – 1951)
… through the dual lens of library history and transnational history, this dissertation provides a unique view of the role of information professions in promoting internationalism. The history provides further understanding of the evolution of these information dissemination and propaganda …
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Visuality and the transnational urban space: Koreatown, Los Angeles
… how visuality and countervisuality influence the transnational urban space of Koreatown, Los Angeles. Based on Nicholas Mirzoeff’s (2011) concepts of visuality and countervisuality, and by incorporating perspectives of globalization, specifically treatment of cities under globalization, the study …
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The movement of Argentine Tango: an ethnography of improvisation and transnationalism
… this dance moves, both on the dance floor and transnationally. Research was carried out using multiple methods as ethnographic and autoethnographic data were collected through observant participation, sensory ethnography and interviews. Fieldwork took place between July 2017 and July 2018, of …
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The technology of hope : twitter and the #BringBackOurGirls campaign
… organize swiftly in their capacity as new social movements. The case study also reveals important intersections between technology, radical Islam, gender, the tension between the Global North and the Global South, and online versus offline activism.