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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"ungoverned"”.
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Ungoverned spaces and armed civil conflicts: the predicament of developing nations
… nations are grappling with the phenomenon of ungoverned territories, which are believed to be harboring insurgent, terrorist, and other armed violent groups. This study investigates how a developing nation can use its resources to reduce violent activities and, consequently, ungoverned spaces …
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Ungoverned Masculinities: Gendered Discourses of Neoliberalism in The Sopranos and Breaking Bad
This thesis examines the discursive intersections of neoliberalism and masculinity on The Sopranos and Breaking Bad through a critical discourse analysis in order to illuminate larger sociocultural issues concerning contemporary masculinity. The Sopranos and Breaking Bad are praised in contemporary …
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A study of agrammatism with special reference to Hebrew
… governed prepositions are impaired and ungoverned prepositions are preserved. In order to test this part of the theory an indepth case study of a Hebrew speaking agrammatic patient who never used prepositions in her spontaneous speech was carried out. The study tested the hypotheses of …
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Ethnic Violence on Kenya's Periphery: Informal Institutions and Local Resilience in Conflict-Affected Communities
… occurs not only within states but in the most ungoverned areas within states. Conflicts that occur between groups living in largely ungoverned areas often become deeply protracted and are difficult to resolve when the state is weak and harsh environmental conditions place human security …
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A cross-case analysis on models of football governance and the influence of supporter groups
… football governance; 2) a weakness exist around ungoverned roles on boards and executives; 3) there is weak governance knowledge of the role and responsibilities of supporters; 4) a lack of understanding on the benefits of supporter relations; 5) and that ungoverned groups of non-stakeholder …
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Terrorist Organizations in North Africa: The Evolving Threat to Global Security
… for and launch attacks because of the large ungoverned spaces and the ability to disappear among the populations. Because of the push by coalition forces, however, terror groups have had to relocate, and have found a new home in the Maghreb and the Horn of Africa where they have established …
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HOT+COLD : physical and atmospheric phenomena in the Antarctic
… Claimed as a global commons, Antarctica is ungoverned, yet under the international protection and afforded the combined preservatory efforts of these bodies of power. Despite our concerted efforts, its current deterioration is due directly to an individual and universal, detrimental …
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Madness and Gender in Late-Medieval English Literature
… Equally, madness, in prompting violent, ungoverned behaviour, can undermine traditional definitions of femininity. These rules can, however, be reversed. Malory’s Morte Darthur presents a version of masculinity which is actually enhanced by madness; equally divergent is Margery Kempe’s …
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Transitional Justice in Times of Conflict: A Case Study of the Barza Inter-Communautaire in the Kivus
… justice mechanisms was adopted in the ungoverned Kivu provinces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), characterised by the lack of political settlement, the decline of government control, and the prevalence of different types of violence other than armed fighting. In the …
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The United States and Yemen: coin in the absence of a legitimate government
… Peninsula (AQAP) has found this volatile, ungoverned environment a welcome area in which to recruit, equip, train, and conduct operations. That their antagonistic narrative continues to find a welcome audience in the tribal areas of Yemen and their securing of safe havens is testament to …
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Who am I to judge? : rhetoric, passion, and rule of law in Aristotle's political thought.
… to political passions and actions set adrift, ungoverned by reason and apparently incapable of being gentled by its guidance. In the face of this, turning to Aristotle's political thought provides a robust alternative understanding of reason and its role in political life. The Rhetoric, in …
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A new learning environment: designing an urban school dedicated to the learner and the community at large
… place where the learner can meet and play in an ungoverned manner, where the school building has an equal emphasis on learning and playing. The design of this building should address the needs of the learner as a child that needs to learn, express, move, run. At the same time, the school-building …
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Governance strategies towards organising for action sports: A national structure for New Zealand skateboarding
… skateboarding was largely an informal activity, ungoverned and lacking structure, and with some resistance to Olympic inclusion. This research explores and documents the views of various skateboarding-related stakeholder groups, and governmental and national sport bodies regarding establishing a …
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Security Provision and Governing Processes in Fragile Cities of the Global South: The case of Medellin 2002-2012
The incidence of violence and the configuration of areas of instability, which have accompanied rapid urbanisation processes in the global South, have led to a wide range of responses by state authorities at different levels. These responses include attempts to control, prevent and/or manage …
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The Dynamics of Border Disputes in State Making: The Fragile Borderlands in the Northern Region between Nigeria and Benin Republic in West Africa
African borders were arbitrarily drawn by the European powers. The post-independence African leaders agreed to maintain the inherited arbitrary partitions as discarding them would open doors for more crisis between African states. However, sixty years after independence, border disputes continued …