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Špinkutė, Daiva. "Institucinės galios raiška benamių atžvilgiu Vengrijos Szegedo miesto ir Lietuvos Šiaulių miesto atvejo analizė." Bachelor's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20130820_092658-16270.

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Bakalauro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjama institucinė galios raiška Vengrijos Szegedo miesto ir Lietuvos Šiaulių miesto socialinėse benamių organizacijose. Darbe analizuojami socialinės visuomenės formavimosi principai, socialinių institucijų funkcionavimas ir jų daroma įtaka žmogui; analizuojama galios samprata bei jos raiškos būdai. Kadangi galia kontroliuoti egzistuoja kiekvienoje institucijoje, tai empirinėje dalyje yra nagrinėjama jos raiška Socialinių darbuotojų etikos kodekse; įrodinėjama, kad galia kontroliuoti reiškiasi socialinėse benamių organizacijose. Nustatyta, kad institucinė gal

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Erkan, Gokhan Huseyin. "Local Institutional Capacity And Decentralization Of Power." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607961/index.pdf.

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The aim of this thesis is to examine the relationship between the success of the decentralization schemes and the local capacity by concentrating on the case of Metropolitan Municipality of Diyarbakir. The Local Government Reform in Turkey was built on the argument that local authorities, compared to the central government, are better in providing services in a more efficient and more participatory manner. This thesis argues that such an argument is valid only in an environment where there is a strong local institutional and societal capacity to carry out the given responsibilities and to pro

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Tockman, Jason. "Instituting power : power relations, institutional hybridity, and indigenous self-governance in Bolivia." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50912.

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Scholars have long observed that institutions and power relations are cyclically constitutive, as institutions shape a given polity’s power relations, and the latter influence the design of institutions. This dissertation unveils how indigenous agents interact with each other, and with the state’s bureaucrats and consultants to create divergent institutional trajectories in a new institutional environment: the construction of 11 pilot institutions of indigenous self-governance in Bolivia, as provided by the 2009 Constitution. The combinations of institutional forms have most significantly been

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Quiñones, Alayza Maria Teresa, and Acosta Edwin Quintanilla. "Power sector: institutional framework, issues, and new trends." THĒMIS-Revista de Derecho, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/108326.

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The power sector of a country is highly relevant for its competitiveness and social development. In Peru, this sector has passed through many changes before having its current configuration, which has negative and positive aspects.In the present versus, two different perspectives come face to face as the debate about key and current topics starts. The discussion is about questions such as the “oversupply” of power generation, the creation of additional charges to the power transmission service, or the frontiers of the regulated market.<br>El sector eléctrico de un país es de suma importancia

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Flint, Kevin John. "The lakeside study : empowerment and institutional systems of power." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270777.

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Cathey, Paul Eben. "Understanding propaganda: Noam Chomsky and the institutional analysis of power." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002975.

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This thesis argues that Noam Chomsky’s theory of propaganda is a useful way to understand class domination. The strengths and weaknesses of Chomsky’s theory are examined by means of a comparison with Antonio Gramsci’s theory of cultural hegemony. Since work that discusses and analyses Chomsky’s theory is sparse, this piece first gives a detailed explanation of his theory. This requires a short clarification of Chomsky’s terminology, focusing on his definitions of indoctrination and class. Thereafter a thorough account of Chomsky’s ideas regarding class structure, the indoctrinating functions o

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Snyder, Robert Scott. "Student Body Presidents and Institutional Leaders| Navigating Power and Influence." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10637926.

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<p> The purpose of this study was to understand and perceive how student leaders, and specifically student body presidents, navigated social power and used influence with institutional leaders in the higher education decision-making environment to achieve the goals and objectives of their presidencies. The foundational texts of higher education governance and the literature on decision-making are unclear about or do not acknowledge the role of students as leaders. Meanwhile, the popular press makes it clear students are playing a role in decision-making, and there is growing student consumeris

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Lloyd, Rhiannon. "An institutional approach to understanding the green paradox of nuclear power." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/58700/.

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This thesis proposes that the range of institutional logics provided by both Friedland and Alford (1991) and Thornton, Ocasio and Lounsbury (2012) has overlooked the inclusion of an environmental societal logic. The concept of an environmental logic is therefore developed and applied in order to understand how a ‘green paradox’ surrounding nuclear power emerged over the past sixty years of the UK civil nuclear energy programme. The research employs a Critical Realist ontology (Bhaskar 1975) and constructs a qualitative and historical case study of the nuclear power industry via the analysis of

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Han, Shuangmiao. "Policy experimentation and institutional power dynamics in China's higher education reforms." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:98ec6bdc-4171-4a2f-a54f-7d1f6412f5df.

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In response to the challenges presented by unprecedented growth in higher education (HE) since 1978, China adopted policy experimentation (PE) as a means of introducing and testing HE reforms. This study involves four in-depth case studies of important reforms facilitated by policy experiments at different junctures of China's HE development: early 1980s, mid-late 1980s, late 1990s, and early 2010s. Within each reform, two elite universities as 'experiment points' (shi dian) were selected. Through cross-case analysis informed by semi-structured interviews and extensive documentary analysis, th

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Reisinger, Tyler Lang. "Beyond Beyle: Assessing the Measurement of Institutional and Informal Gubernatorial Powers." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34495.

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The subject of studying the institutional powers of state governors has largely been expressed on a macro level. Scholars have focused on obtaining a measurement of overall gubernatorial powers, often overlooking the quality of the individual measurements that make up their cumulative index. The most recognized method for measuring the formal and informal powers of state governors was created by Joseph A. Schlesinger in 1960, with Thad Beyle carrying on the work and providing periodical updates to the index. The scales used in these studies fall somewhat short of measuring the reality of gu

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McCarthy, Daniel R. "Power, information technology, and international relations theory : the institutional power of the Internet and American foreign policy." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/31d00cb8-faee-462c-bec6-394ca740d162.

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This thesis examines the place of information communications technology (ICT) as a form of power in International Relations (IR) theory. Through an examination of the dominant approaches to ICTs in IR I outline the need to introduce a concept of technological power which can account for agency and culture in the process of technological design and development. Turning towards the critical theory of technology of Andrew Feenberg, the thesis argues that conceptualizing technology as biased but ambivalent provides the space within which agency may be considered alongside the structuring character

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Baker, Kathryn Anne. "Organizational and institutional effects on safety and efficiency in nuclear power plants." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185405.

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This dissertation explores the extent to which organizational and institutional factors continue to influence the economic and safety performance of nuclear power plants. Although the importance of non-technological factors during the developmental period of nuclear power has been recognized after the fact, most contemporary research fails to recognize the continued importance of organizational and institutional factors for ongoing nuclear power plant operations. Moreover, a second generation of advanced nuclear reactors is now imminent but technological advances will not suffice to prevent ma

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Söderström, Fredrik. "Introducing public sector eIDs : The power of actors’ translations and institutional barriers." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Informatik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-132737.

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The electronic identification (eID) is a digital representation of our analogue identity used for authentication in order to gain access to personalized restricted online content. Despite its limited and clearly defined scope, the eID has a unique role to play in information society as an enabler of public digital services for citizens as well as businesses and a prerequisite for the development of electronic government (eGovernment). This study shows a tendency of treating public sector eIDs like Information and Communications Technology (ICT) artefacts in general. Hence, a narrow focus on te

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Read, Natalie. "Exploring constructs of capacity in learning disability contexts : power, protection and institutional practices." Thesis, University of East London, 2016. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/5398/.

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The Mental Capacity Act (2005) is a legislative framework designed to promote autonomy and support those who may struggle to make decisions for themselves. Previous research suggests that the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act raises a number of challenges for professionals (McVey, 2013; Walji, Fletcher & Weatherhead, 2014) and that applying the Act in learning disability settings may be particularly complex (Brown & Marchant, 2013). The concepts of ‘capacity’ and ‘learning disability’ draw on knowledge across legal, philosophical and psychiatric discourses, which may imply different pr

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Brunton, Kathryn Anne. "The Decentralization of Power and Institutional Adaptations: Decentralized Land Reform in Kayunga, Uganda." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32410.

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While many African governments have made legislative changes to the formal economic institution of land law in order to strengthen land tenure security, very few have seen these changes take hold (Bruce & Knox, 2009). This thesis demonstrates that Uganda is no exception. In exploring the interactions between the formal, informal, political, economic and social institutions which influence land tenure behaviour in Uganda, and how decentralization impacts this institutional structure, this thesis offers a first step in understanding how state-led land reforms can be undercut at the local level,

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Brito, Anna C. "Misuse of Executive Power as an Obstacle to Democratic Institutional Reform in Argentina." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1366.

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This thesis explores three different institutions that underwent proposed reforms during the President of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007-2015): the intelligence sector, the judiciary, and the media. Though the stated purpose of these reforms was to make more democratic institutions that had suffered under the military junta, in reality they were generally unsuccessful. Furthermore these institutions would be further changed under her successor, Mauricio Macri, still with little improvement to democracy. When examining these changes in the context of hyper-presidentialism, it is apparent

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Carvalho, Oliveira Joao Pedro F. F. "Power and organisational change : a case study." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2010. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/ee082d56-43de-4f97-abe6-d03824405a75.

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This thesis reports the results of a case study conducted in a Portuguese manufacturing organisation, a part of a large group, which endured profound organisational changes. The initial objective of the research was to explore, in a processual way, the long-term interactions between an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, the consultants that implemented it and management accounting and control, in this organisation. However, during the fieldwork, the researcher was confronted with an apparent puzzle: in the past, formally powerful ‘central’ actors had been confronted with important limi

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Snodgrass, Eric. "Executions : Power and Expression in Networked and Computational Media." Doctoral thesis, Malmö University, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-67285.

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This research looks at questions of power and expression as they are composed in various ways within networked and computationally-informed situations of the present. Drawing from the term as it is originally invoked in practices of computing, the research puts forward execution as a central conceptual framework for its investigations. In a computer program, a program becomes executable when it is able to execute a set of procedures within a designated set of relations and affordances. Similarly, the concept of execution developed here looks at the ongoing negotiations of various formative rel

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Crnojacki, Zorica. "Extra high voltage transmission corridor siting : technical, public, institutional and regulatory considerations /." Diss., This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10032007-171749/.

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Mourato, João Morais L. "Europeanisation and territorial governance : an inquiry into power and institutional culture change in Portugal." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2011. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1334588/.

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From within the European Union integration project, a shared spatial development agenda has emerged. From the beginning of the European Spatial Development Perspective process in 1989, to the post-enlargement Territorial Agenda of 2007, in a non-binding policy context of inexistent formal competencies, member-states agreed on a shared vision, spatial development objectives and planning principles for the EU territory. This catalysed the institutionalisation of European Spatial Planning. Fuelled by processes of socialisation framed within a platform for common policy learning the latter produce

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Davis, Mark. "Electrification and institutional reform in power utilities : case studies in South Africa and Swaziland." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.361297.

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Awlad-Thani, Faiza S. S. "University Knowledge Commercialisation through an Institutional Logics Perspective: The case of Oman." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17394.

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University Knowledge Commercialisation‘ (UKC) has come to be seen as a stimulant for developing economic performance. Regardless of the increasing body of literature in the UKC, it is revealed to be undertheorized, whilst existing theories are the result of inductive theorizing based on successful KC stories within the western context. Moreover, the literature provides modest practical directions and pay insufficient attention to the role of mechanisms, such as power, mimetic isomorphism, and intermediation, in bridging differences in institutional logics between actors. These gaps inspired th

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Tiba, Eman. "Arab Americans: The Power of Creative Expression to Combat Discrimination." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524072265195156.

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Michelutti, Enrico. "An institutional approach to urban fragmentation : power and sustainability in un-recognized settlements of Mumbai." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/145690.

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Urban fragmentation is a phenomenon which characterizes the so-called "global city", both in the North and in the South of the world. Since the 1990s, several disciplines have approached fragmentation dynamics from different perspectives, mainly focusing on their consequences in the urban fabric. Urban fragmentation has risen to the attention of decision-makers as a "political issue" during the 2000s, particularly after the global crisis of 2008, with the increase of socio-economic inequalities in urban areas and the emerging of the question of rights as key issues for city development. In thi

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Tahyar, Benjamin H. "Patrimonialism, power and the politics of judicial reform in post-Soeharto Indonesia : an institutional analysis." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2012. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/15945/.

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Hicks, Jacqueline. "The politics of wealth distribution in post-Soeharto Indonesia : political power, corruption and institutional change." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2004. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1040/.

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This thesis examines the processes through which the redistribution of political and economic power is taking place in post-Soeharto Indonesia. In order to do this, patterns of `grand' corruption between the business community and the state are explored in three sites: the allocation of government contracts, the interaction between business associations and the state, and the negotiations over the repayment of debt. It is found that corruption has become more widely dispersed with the inclusion of new state actors and that the basis of allocation has moved away from the political influence of

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Vermeersch, Sem Andre Claudine. "The power of Buddha: the ideological and institutional role of Buddhism in the Koryo dynasty." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251749.

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Etchanchu, Helen. "The roles of discourse, legitimacy and power in enabling and hindering institutional change towards sustainability." Thesis, Cergy-Pontoise, Ecole supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016ESEC0005.

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Cette thèse est basée sur trois essais distincts mais interconnectés qui soulignent le rôle important du discours, la légitimité et le pouvoir dans le changement institutionnel vers un développement durable. Dans deux chapitres de ma thèse, j'explore les dynamiques de (de)légitimation du gaz de schiste, en France et en Allemagne. L'exploitation du gaz de schiste par la fracturation hydraulique a déclenché une forte contestation dans ces pays en raison de ses implications socio-économiques, environnementaux et politiques. Le premier essai est une étude de cas comparative des débats publiques su

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Fang, Yuanyuan. "Balance of Power in Regional Institutional Framework: Reassessment of the China-U.S.-Japan Trilateral Relationship." FIU Digital Commons, 2017. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3386.

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Relations among China, the United States, and Japan constitute some of the most complicated and dynamic relations in the contemporary era. Since the end of the second half of the twentieth century, all three nations, which were not in favor of regional multilateralism, have changed their strategy and have actively engaged in regional Asia-Pacific institutions. This research attempts to integrate realist discourse on the balance of power and liberal analysis of institutions to look at the China–U.S.–Japan interactions within regional institutions. This study explores why China, the United State

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Zaman, Mahbub. "Beyond formal governance structures and processes: an institutional and power analysis of corporate audit committees." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488096.

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The aim of this thesis is to provide insights into processes associated with operation of audit committees (ACs) and their effects on aspects of corporate governance. The thesis provides a critique of extant studies of ACs, develops an alternative framework for researching ACs, analyses evidence of AC operation and their effects on internal control and risk management, financial reporting and external audit in three case companies. The thesis seeks to contribute to the literature on ACs in a number of ways. First, it provides a historical background to the development of ACs (chapter 2) and ex

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Miller, Chad Richard. "The Tholian Web: The Political/Institutional Context of Regional Cluster-Based Economic Development." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27984.

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This is an exploratory study that applies the dominant theories of the community power structure literature to the trend of regional cluster-based economic development policy in order to develop a conceptual framework of the political/institutional context of this "new" approach. In order to develop a framework that can be utilized by practitioners, field studies were conducted in Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina; Lynchburg, Virginia; and Roanoke, Virginia. The findings are that the major community power structure theories (i.e., market model, economic fo

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Callaghan, John. "Slavery and Major Power Warfare: Similar Paths to Obsolescence?" University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1291051347.

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Lisanti, Melissa Wall. "Interaction, Power, and The Institution: Uncovering the Negotiations that Organize the Planning Work of Social Studies Teachers." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52940.

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With the proliferation of standards and accountability systems in education, questions about how they function and intersect with broader patterns of institutional relations await investigation. The existing literature in social studies education is replete with studies that frame teachers' expertise for managing how instruction unfolds in the classroom and how sophisticated domains of knowledge contribute to the ways that teachers manage the complexities of their work. While valuable for better understanding what makes teachers effective, this dispositional and cognitive framing makes it dif

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Cassidy, Pierre. "Will to Power: The Philosophical Expression of Nietzsche's Love of Life." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19945.

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Any adequate interpretation of the concept of the will to power, given the radical break with the history of philosophy it presupposes, requires a preceding analysis of Nietzsche’s critique of the history of philosophy as a critique of metaphysics. Only once Nietzsche’s critique of metaphysics is properly understood as a critique of, in the broadest sense, any correspondence conception of truth, can the philosophical concept of the will to power, as a product of that critique, be understood as well. Each of the three typical types of interpretative approaches to the will to power (i.e. as a

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Jefferson, Antwan D. "(Un)invited families| Locating the institutional power of school at work against the involvement of families." Thesis, University of Colorado at Denver, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3562641.

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<p> This qualitative study examined the interaction of families and school in a local community. Data were gathered through document analysis; semi-structured interviews with family members, community members, and school professionals; group interviews; street interviews; and observer field notes. A conceptual framework consisting of postcolonial theory, critical social theory, and thirdspace theory guided data analysis. This study documented the deep and pervasive nature of school's institutional power, and severely limited opportunities available to family members to shift the power balance

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Josolyn, Simon. "Men's experiences of violence and abuse from a female intimate partner : power masculinity and institutional systems." Thesis, University of East London, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.542307.

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The phenomenon of intimate partner abuse has attracted considerable attention over the past 40 years. However, although the epidemiological literature has consistently reported that at least 30-40% of those experiencing intimate partner abuse are men, it has come to be constructed as a gendered social problem where heterosexual men are stereotyped as `dangerous' perpetrators and their female partners as `vulnerable' victims. Consequently, the `abused man' and the `abusing woman' have come to be marginalized, not only in statutory policy and service provision, but also in academic research and

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Bloemhof, Barbara Lynn Mestelman Stuart. "Market power and the sale of Ontario residential natural gas: An institutional analysis and a laboratory experiment." *McMaster only, 2004.

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Nyaungwa, Mathew. "Newspapers' institutional voices in Zimbabwe : speaking to power through editorials between 1 June and 31 December 2013." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017786.

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This study investigates the complex role editorials – a newspaper's institutional voice – play in highly-polarised political contexts. Employing Van Dijk's insight that editorials "are usually not only, and even not primarily, directed at the common reader: rather they tend to directly or indirectly address influential news actors" (1992: 244), the study focuses on how the editorials of two Zimbabwean daily newspapers – The Herald, a perceived pro-government newspaper, and NewsDay, a perceived pro-opposition newspaper – speak to those in power. The study looks at these two newspapers' editoria

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Polite, Tiffany Nicholl. "The Exercise and Maintenance of Power in Organizational Fields: Institutional Selectivity and Persistent Inequality in Higher Education." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1531936651388741.

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Voss, Hinrich. "The foreign direct investment behaviour of Chinese firms : does the 'new institutional theory' approach offer explanatory power?" Thesis, University of Leeds, 2007. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/367/.

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The People's Republic of China has become a major source country for foreign direct investment. The objectives of this research are to identify the determinants of this phenomenon, to identify the international investment strategies pursued by Chinese MNEs, and to evaluate the effect of the domestic and international institutional environments on the determinants, investment strategies and behaviour of Chinese MNEs. Particular emphasis is given to the role of cross-border business and social networks. To address these objectives a novel framework, termed the Chinese outward direct investment r

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Pham, Thi Bich Ngoc. "Decentralizing hydraulic society : Actor responses to institutional arrangements in Vietnam." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema vatten i natur och samhälle, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-92825.

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Irrigation decentralization has been launched worldwide with high expectations of improved governance, efficiency, and productivity through democratic processes. However, there is widespread recognition that decentralization is, in reality, unlikely to bring about these positive outcomes. Poor implementation is widely blamed for these failures, but the current study argues that this is only partially true. Decentralization is usually treated as a technical way of power transfer that can be evaluated through quantitative indicators. Much attention goes to searching solutions to constraints du

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Li, Jerry. "Institutional Influences on the Political Attainment of Chinese Immigrants: Ethnic Power Share, Citizenship Acquisition Law, and Discrimination Law." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1942.

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A transnational network of more than 50 million people, the Chinese diaspora stretches its reach across the globe. As part of their immigrant journeys, many Chinese immigrants have achieved political leadership in their adopted home countries despite monumental barriers. This thesis examines the political attainment of Chinese immigrants by uncovering how institutional factors such as political power sharing between ethnic groups, citizenship acquisition law, and discrimination law affect their pursuit of public office. I first establish a database of 265 politicians I define as Chinese immigr

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Li, Xin. "Environmental implications and institutional challenges of China's wind power development : integrating input-output analysis and life cycle analysis." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2012. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/5432/.

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Wind power in China has been experiencing substantial growths in the past decade. Accumulated generation capacity increased from 381.2 MW in 2001 to 62,364.2 MW in 2011, which could increase to 200 GW and 1,000 GW by 2020 and 2050, respectively. Despite the considerable growth in generation capacity and promises of a bright future, issues such as the power grid infrastructure and back-up systems, and life cycle environmental impacts of wind power development in China are largely overlooked. This thesis aims to investigate the capability of power grid infrastructure, the feasibility of back-up

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Prum, Virak. "Decentralization within the centripetal expression of state power : re-guiding Cambodian statutory devolution." Graduate School of International Development. Nagoya University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/6225.

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Glass, Edmund. "Power Analysis in Applied Linear Regression for Cell Type-Specific Differential Expression Detection." VCU Scholars Compass, 2016. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4516.

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The goal of many human disease-oriented studies is to detect molecular mechanisms different between healthy controls and patients. Yet, commonly used gene expression measurements from any tissues suffer from variability of cell composition. This variability hinders the detection of differentially expressed genes and is often ignored. However, this variability may actually be advantageous, as heterogeneous gene expression measurements coupled with cell counts may provide deeper insights into the gene expression differences on the cell type-specific level. Published computational methods use lin

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Buliga-Stoian, Minodora Adriana. "Institutional choices in uncertain times the role of organized groups in shaping political institutions /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2009.

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Woldegiorgis, Birhanu Desta. "A Blue Print or a Mirage : An Anthropological Study of agricultural and institutional practices, engagements and development discourse in Ethiopia." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Kulturantropologiska avdelningen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-230216.

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This thesis is an exploration of the institutional engagement between farmers and government, as well as a discourse about the development process in Ethiopia. The discussions are based on the fieldwork conducted from January 2012 to March 2012 in the eastern Ahmara region of the Dewa Chefa district (woreda). The ethnographic material will show how the public’s opinion is altered by the government and national media in terms of the discourse on development, economic growth and change of a farmer’s life. The discourses portray an unrealistic view of real, existing practices and engagements amon

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Jung, Jin Wook. "Shareholder Value and Workforce Downsizing, 1981-2006." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10511.

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Even before the current economic meltdown, waves of downsizing, starting in the late 1970s, had swept corporate America, eroding workers’ expectations of economic security. But not only did downsizing become more prevalent during this period; its basic nature changed. Previously, firms had cut jobs temporarily, to adjust the size of their workforce during a downturn. Since the late 70s, firms have increasingly cut jobs in both good and bad times, in order to boost stock price. My dissertation examines the inter-group power dynamics underlying the transformation of workforce downsizing as a sh

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Liu, Xiande, and Melissa Goisa. "Influence of the Institutional Context on the Business Model : A case study of a solar power company in China." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-23626.

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Tai, Juan-Ann. "Dance as an Institutional Power : A Bourdieuian Approach to Socio-political Changes in Dance in Higher Education in Taiwan." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.520575.

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