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Nivakoski, H. (Henna). "Individualism as a factor in the American gun control debate:a discourse analytical study of two political events." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201702231255.

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The purpose of this paper is to offer a socio-psychological perspective to the American gun control debate by examining the concept of conflicting worldviews of Americans suggested by Donald Braman and Dan M. Kahan. This study tested their theory of dominance of individualism over collectivism in the United States and how it could have affected Americans’ values in terms of national firearm policies. The data analysed consists of two political debates regarding guns in 2016, one with the president at the time, Barack Obama, and another with the presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary

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黃慧芳 and Wai-fong Wong. "Birth control policies in China and India since the 1950s: the political arena." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4389379X.

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Göthberg, Rosalind. ""He wouldn't have hurt that many students with a knife" : The Gun Control Paradox, Political Opportunities, and Issue Framing: A case study of the Never Again movement in Parkland, Florida." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-354080.

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Smathers, Heidi L. "Open Fire: A Portrait of Gun Control in U.S. and International Newspaper Articles after the 2011 Arizona Mass Shooting." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1443.

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This research sought to explore media framing theory, first introduced by Erving Goffman, which asserts that the media portray certain items in a way that affects awareness, salience and tone of those items. There has long been debate about media framing especially as it pertains to the framing of violent events. Mass shootings are of particular interest because of the graphic and often senseless nature of the crime. This study looked particularly at the 2011 Tucson, Arizona mass shooting. A content analysis of articles between February 7, 2010, and November 8, 2011, was conducted to explor

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Xia, Lu Harold, and 夏璐. "Politicized academic capitalism: the Chinese communist party's sociopolitical control mechanisms over intellectualsduring the reform era." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50899685.

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Why has the significant expansion of a certain social category‘s population and influences– largely resulting from the development of national economy and free market system – NOT frequently caused political instability and unrest to the authoritarian regime during the reform era? How has the regime upgraded its strategies of sociopolitical control by combining the market logics into the conventional approaches? And what strategies has the Party-state adopted so as to preempt and prevent this social category‘s potential challenges from occurring in this ever-changing period? This study undert

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Burinskaitė, Kristina. "The ideological and political aspects of the Lithuanian SSR KGB activities in 1954–1990." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2011. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20111227_091127-64767.

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The analysis of the origins of the Lithuanian SSR KGB activity and relations with political government helps to understand this institution and does not only bring better understanding of this structure but also contributes to the knowledge of the Soviet totalitarian regime and policy in Lithuania. It is also important to show that KGB was not a secret service of the type analogous to secret services in the West, which pursued intelligence and counter-intelligence functions. Functions of soviet secret service were different from others secret services and this was also determined by specific o

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Fong, Yiu Tung James. "Post-war language policy in Hong Kong : an investigation of legitimacy crises and control." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2009. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/988.

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Terjung, Helmut C. "From baby boom to birth dearth : an interpretation of the population control movement and its political discourse since 1945 in the United States /." Thesis, This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06102009-063041/.

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Lin, Chung-hsi. "The politics of scientific practice in Taiwan : the hepatitis B control program /." Diss., This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10022007-144838/.

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Nanabhay, Yasmin. "Non-compliance with external control measures in selected case studies within the national sphere of the public sector." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2426.

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Thesis (MTech (Public Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014.<br>Ethical conduct displayed by members of the public sector is integral to creating a sustainable democratic government, which upholds the constitutional tenets of accountability, transparency and professional ethicality. Furthermore, a true constitutional democracy emphasises and advocates the notion of service leadership that nurtures public participation and engages with citizens in a positive manner. Ethical conduct in the public sector earns public trust; it is hence a key principle in good governanc

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Lambrechts, Derica. "The impact of organised crime on social control by the state : a study of Manenberg in Cape Town, South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80057.

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study set out to research the influence of a local non-state actor on the role and authority of the state, in the domestic environment. Accordingly, the research problem focused on the impact of a domestic actor on the association between the state and the society. This study only focused on the state at the level of local government and the impact of one specific actor, organised criminal groups, on social control by the state. Thus, state-society relations were discussed in this context. In order to guide this study, the

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Fortin, Amanda Michelle. "Exploring Communicative Aspects of Client Satisfaction, Loyalty, and Retention in a Private, Non-profit Organization: A Qualitative, Interview-Based Study of Catholic Charities." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1695.

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This thesis focuses on Catholic Charities (Hereafter CC), a non-profit agency that provides pregnancy and adoption support to families in times of crisis. Research and agency data reflect a positive association between the amount of time clients engage in services and the resolution of crises. Both theoretically and empirically, a key determinant of the depth and breadth of clients' engagement with both for-profit and non-profit services is their satisfaction with such services. In 2009-2010, CC's in-house, client surveys reported a decreasing level of client engagement with services. One clea

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Cummine, Angela. "A citizen's stake in Sovereign Wealth Funds : the management, investment and distribution of sovereign wealth." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:5c3b8fa7-768e-445f-b4f1-54297dca9582.

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Over the past five years, Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) have become a prominent phenomenon in contemporary capitalism. Described as government investment vehicles that invest state wealth in financial markets, the majority of the world's 60-plus funds have been established since the year 2000. Despite extensive treatments of SWFs' geopolitical and international significance, ethical and domestic level analyses are sparse. In response, this thesis interrogates three key normative questions raised by the funds for the domestic citizen-state relationship: (1) How (and by whom) should sovereign fu

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Johnson, Pamela. "Control, compliance and conformity at the University of Fort Hare 1916 - 2000: a Gramscian approach." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013126.

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Arising from Marxist theory, critical theory investigates the mechanisms that enable continued domination in capitalist society, with a view to revealing the real, but obscured, nature of social relations and enabling these to be challenged by subjugated classes. Within the broad spectrum of Marxist theory, social relations of domination and subordination are assigned according to the relationship of social classes to economic production. However, the neo-Marxist perspective developed by Antonio Gramsci locates relations of power within the broader context of the political economy. In doing so

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Davison, N., and N. Lewer. "Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project (BNLWRP). Research Report No. 4." University of Bradford, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3973.

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yes<br>Non-lethal weapons (NLWs) are explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate personnel or material whilst minimising collateral damage to property and the environment. Existing NLWs include rubber and plastic bullets, entangling nets, chemical sprays such as OC and CS gas, and electrical stunning devices such as the `Taser¿ gun. New NLWs are on the way, which will include acoustic and microwave weapons, non-lethal landmines, malodorants, and sophisticated weapons developed through rapid advances in neuroscience and the genomics revolution. Most analysts would agree that ther

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Cosand, Kalistah Quilla. "Black and Blue and Read All Over: News Framing and the Coverage of Crime." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1793.

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This study explores the representation of crime in the news in relation to expressed emotion and intention for future action. Episodic and thematic framing (Iyengar, 1991) and narrative processing (Singer & Bluck, 2001) served as the theoretical foundations of this study and helped examine how scripted news stories involving crime influence levels of fear, anger, and empathy in individuals, and how these emotions subsequently affect behaviors. To measure these framing effects, an experimental manipulation was employed using three conceptually different news stories all involving gun-related cr

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Cho, Seong Yun. "Environmental Justice in Natural Disaster Mitigation Policy and Planning: a Case Study of Flood Risk Management in Johnson Creek, Portland, Oregon." PDXScholar, 2018. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4502.

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This study aims to explore the possibility of environmental justice as social consensus and an institutional framework to reduce socioeconomic differences in natural disaster vulnerability through a case study of flood risk management in Johnson Creek, Portland, Oregon. First, by analyzing institutions, policies, and currently ongoing flood mitigation projects, this study investigates how federal and local governments are addressing and responding to current flood problems. Second, through flood expert surveys and GIS spatial analysis, this study examines various factors that contribute to com

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Conley, Mark Alexander. "Motivational Influences on the American Gun Rights Debate." Thesis, 2018. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8FR1D00.

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For almost forty years gun ownership and the motivational underpinnings of why guns are valued has received little attention in psychology. The gun rights debate is an unresolved salient item that has been on the national agenda for decades, and national polls provide evidence for a slow and steady voter realignment over this issue. Motivation science tools that explain value creation, regulatory focus and regulatory fit, help to explain the salience and importance of gun rights for millions of Americans. Three field experiments, with replications and extensions, demonstrated motivational fit

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Achsnick, Björn. "A contemporary analysis of American companies, which took a political stance on gun issues in the United States." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/29084.

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The objective of this study was to provide a contemporary qualitative analysis of companies, which took a political stance for gun control in the United States, remained neutral or expressed no stance at all, in light of corporate political activity (CPA). First, CPA and gun issues were developed on the basis of current scientific findings. Afterwards, this thesis analysed American newspaper articles in order to identify crucial aspects surrounding CPA and especially focused on the underlying motives to apply and guidelines to implement CPA from a company’s perspective. The key motivations for

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"Comparing Two Samples on the Issue of Gun Control: A Student Sample and the General Population." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.57261.

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abstract: This thesis compares and contrasts attitudes on the issue of gun control between the general population and a student sample in the United States today. Through a comparative survey analysis design, this study aims to better understand attitudes towards gun control in the United States. Due to the fact that students may believe they are at a higher risk of gun violence, and because of their increased participation in gun control activism, this thesis hypothesizes that students will be more likely to favor restrictions on gun regulation. Although both samples share similar attitudes,

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DE, SOUSA Luís. "Corruption: assessing ethical standards in political life through control policies." Doctoral thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/5167.

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Defence date: 12 July 2002<br>Examining board: Prof. Yves Mény (supervisor)(EUI) ; Prof. Philippe Schmitter (EUI) ; Prof. Donatella della Porta (Università degli Studi di Firenze) ; Prof. Manuel Villaverde Cabral (ICS, Univ. of Lisbon)<br>PDF of thesis uploaded from the Library digitised archive of EUI PhD theses completed between 2013 and 2017

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"A challenge to the propaganda state: explaining the impact of micro-blog on information control in China." 2013. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5549249.

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微博在中国的互联网上十分流行，这对中国宣传机构的信息控制形成了新的挑战。微博可以使信息得到快速和广泛的传播，从而增加了国家宣传机器进行信息控制的难度。本文试图探讨微博可以在多大程度上帮助网民挑战政府对信息的控制。通过分析在新浪微博上收集的数据，本文发现微博对宣传工作的挑战有四种机制。首先，基于对微博上热门政治信息的分析，本文发现微博上的部分话语权由媒体转向个人，同时出现了一批对政府持批判态度的超级网民。其次，对于一些热点事件，微博与传统媒体的报道角度与侧重点不同，从而使得中国的政治信息更加多元化。第三，虽然中央政府可以实现对微博的有效审查，但地方政府时常不能控制微博上的报道。第四，网民通过微博上的信息运动，可以将某些传统媒体不愿报道的事件问题化，这对中国传统媒体的自我审查形成了冲击。本文认为微博可以帮助人民挑战国家的信息控制。<br>The micro-blog, with its huge popularity in recent years, poses a new challenge to the propaganda state in China. The micro-blog is able to spread information fast and reach a wide audience. The liberating potential of the micr

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Čadek, Matěj. "České střelecké platformy a události masové střelby: analýza komunikačních rámců." Master's thesis, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-437991.

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The primary goal of this diploma thesis is to analyze online and social media communication of the Czech gun-owner platforms. The online space is where these platforms are able to gather support for their cause and influence the mainstream opinion on firearms, use of guns and gun laws. This thesis presents a case study of online posts and articles of analyzed actors vis-à-vis European mass shooting incidents. Such events usually spark debates about stricter gun control which the Czech gun-owner platforms naturally oppose. The analysis is underpinned by the theory of framing and uses a methodol

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Mazibuko, Sibongile Georginah. "Institutions, mechanisms and processes of political control over the public service: perspectives on functional dependence." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2382.

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M.A.<br>The central problem of this research is to highlight the question of whether the public service should be subject to political control and how such control should be exercised. The objective of this dissertation was mainly to explore, describe and analyse the role of the institutions, mechanisms and processes of political control over the public service including perspectives in terms of the functional dependence of public servants in relation to these institutions, mechanisms and processes. It was also a purpose of this study to establish the nature of political control over the publi

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"Subaltern public spheres on the Internet: a case study of a Chinese online discussion board." 2003. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5896125.

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Zhang Weiyu.<br>Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 170-177).<br>Abstracts in English and Chinese.<br>Introduction --- p.1<br>Chapter I --- Subaltern Public Spheres on the Internet --- p.5<br>Democracy and the Internet --- p.5<br>Public sphere as a democratic ideal --- p.7<br>Chapter ´Ø --- Habermasian public sphere --- p.8<br>Chapter ´Ø --- Multiple public spheres --- p.11<br>Chapter ´Ø --- Habermasian public sphere vs. multiple public spheres --- p.17<br>Public sphere and the Internet --- p.21<br>Chapter ´Ø --- Haber

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Cameron, Robin W. "When foreign policy turns upon its self : the folding of national security discourse into domestic order and social control." Phd thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148432.

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MacNamara, Lawrence Trenholme. "Birth Control and the Good Life in America, 1900-1940." Thesis, 2015. https://doi.org/10.7916/D80R9N8G.

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This dissertation examines the roots of birth control's legitimacy in the United States. Americans were early adopters of fertility control: between 1790 and 1940, the average number of children born into U.S. families fell from seven to around two. During this period there were no major advances in contraceptive technology and very few outspoken advocates for reproductive rights. What changed were Americans' intimate ideas about the place of childrearing in a good life. The study uses letters, press items, and philanthropic field reports from the early twentieth century--when birthrates and b

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Leresche, Antoinette. "The politics of tuberculosis : a policy analysis of the tuberculosis control programme." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9767.

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M.A. (Political Science)<br>Although an effective cure for tuberculosis exists, the incidence and mortality rate for TB in South Africa remain exceptionally high. The reason for this is both medical as well as sociopolitical. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the inter-action of various differential variables which influence the control of TB in this country. TB whilst caused by a germ, is adversely affected by socioeconomic deprivation, which in turn has distinct political connotations in South Africa. The dissertation therefore examines the inter-play of the historical and prese

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"Botswana television (BTV) negotiating control and cultural production in a globalising context : a political economy of media state ownership in Africa." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2234.

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Botswana is considered an exemplary democracy in Africa. It is imperative to assess how an enviable democracy could flourish when the most widely available mass media was not independent. The fact is, despite the fact that media has been at the heart of development in Botswana, it has often been ignored in local academic and popular discussions about democracy and governance. A 1994 seminar on the media in a democracy organized by the Mmegi Publishing Trust (Leepile, 1994), was one of the very few forums where the role of the media in Botswana was given any attention. Even then, most the prese

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Sheppard, Joe. "Mass Spectacles in Roman Pompeii as a System of Communication." Thesis, 2019. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-q1sm-7e39.

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In this thesis I detail how large-scale public entertainment, in the form of gladiatorial games (munera) and dramatic festivals (ludi), could function as a tool for social control in the Roman West. Using late-Republican and imperial Pompeii as a test case, I argue that these spectacular performances provided local notables with a rare and powerful platform for mass messaging. The chief purpose of this communication within the arena and theatres of Pompeii was not to transmit particular words or gestures from wealthy benefactors to their captive audience, but rather to arrive at a public conse

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Coombs, Donald L. "The Ideology of Stadium Construction: A Historical Sociology Model of Power and Control." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/9878.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)<br>The Ideology of Stadium Construction seeks to define the application of community power in the process of building sports stadiums. Using data culled from a literature review, this project examines the recent construction of sports venues and the political, economic, and social ideas driving their proliferation. A three dimensional approach to applied power provides a theoretical tool to illustrate and analyze the blueprint of stadium construction. Taking a more broad view of the culture of business in the United States suggests t

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"Decision discourse as politics of control a case study of the school-based curriculum tailoring scheme catering for student learning (China)." 2002. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6073480.

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"July 2002."<br>Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 420-466).<br>Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.<br>Mode of access: World Wide Web.<br>Abstracts in English and Chinese.

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Moyo, Charity Ntokozo. "Structure and agency in community media: a comparative case study of Alex news and Greater Alex today." Diss., 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27857.

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The objective of this study was to investigate whether community print media is fulfilling its developmental mandate in society using a comparative study of Alex News and Greater Alex Today community newspapers. This study is as the result of an outcry from various stakeholders claiming that community print media is no longer playing its developmental role in society due to the impact of structure and agency. They also claim that community media is no longer representing the interests and needs of the communities that it serves and lacks community participation. There are also concerns that co

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Jooste, L. "F.C. Erasmus as Minister van Verdediging, 1948-1959." Diss., 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17026.

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Text in Afrikaans<br>Die portefeulje Verdediging het vanaf 1948 tot 1959 besondere eise aan F.C. Erasmus gestel. Hy moes 'n parate en doeltreffende Unieverdedigingsmag, wat Suid-Afrika teen moontlike kommunistiese aggressie kon verdedig, daarstel. Hy moes ook die Nasionale Party se verdedigingsbeleid, tot nag toe abstrakte beginsels vervat in die partyprogram, implementeer. Erasmus het die Mag d.m.v. 'n ingrypende hervormingsprogram met 'n Suid-Afrikaanse identiteit beklee en Afrikaanssprekendes in groat getalle daarheen gelok. Nieteenstaande die beperkte hulpbronne tot die land se beskik

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Maluleke, M. J. "Language as an instrument of power." Diss., 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2247.

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