E-Dissertationen: Browsing E-Dissertationen by Classification (DDC) "ddc:300"
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Accountability in the parliament of Malaysia: A study on interruptions by the Chairperson in the Dewan Rakyat
A Rahman, Nor Azura binti (2021-09-03)The election of the chairman of the House of Representatives, a chamber of the Malaysian parliament, has always been determined by the ruling party. The centralization of executive power has also absorbed the function of ... -
Actors, Alliances and Power in Negotiations: Unequal Distribution of Mining Benefits in Tarkwa's Gold Mining Area of Western Ghana
Tsuma, William (2010-04-27)The gold mining sub-sector is an important segment of the Ghanaian economy and continues to play a significant role in the country’s socio-economic development (Akaabza, 2008:1). At the moment, Ghana is Africa’s second ... -
Actors’, Ideas and Ideational Realm in Irrigation Management: The Case of Decentralization in Madhya Pradesh, India
Singh, Ruchika (2014-10-24)Decentralization has been considered a panacea for good governance worldwide and pursued with great fervour by international organizations and national government alike. Though experiences worldwide reveal that it is not ... -
Agency, opportunity structure and empowerment in everyday refugee life: Enduring and overcoming challenges of daily living in Cologne refugee shelters
Ekren, Elizabeth (2021-11-22)To what extent are refugees empowered in their daily lives to overcome legal, material and sociocultural challenges that governmental institutional structures create? In Germany, where over 1 million individuals have ... -
Another epistemic culture: Reconstructing knowledge diffusion for rural development in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Nguyen, Quy-Hanh (2014-07-01)In the age of “post-industrial society” and “knowledge economy,” how do agrarian communities in developing countries talk, think, and apply knowledge for their everyday life and production? Does a farmer become a “knowledge ... -
Antwortqualitäten: Zur Vergleichbarkeit von Einstellungsmessungen in standardisierten Befragungen
Barth, Alice (2018-12-17)Die Dissertation befasst sich mit der Frage, inwiefern in standardisierten sozialwissenschaftlichen Befragungen erhobene Einstellungen über Zeit und verschiedene Gruppen hinweg vergleichbar sind. Während ein standardisierter ... -
Arbeitsmigration und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung in Japan unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Integrationsperspektiven von brasilianischen nikkeijin-Arbeitnehmern in der Kleinstadt Mitsukaidô
Tamura, Claudia (2004)Eine Ausprägung von internationaler Migration ist die Arbeitsmigration. Spätestens seit den 80er Jahren existiert diese aufgrund eines raschen Wirtschaftswachstums verbunden mit starker Arbeitskräftenachfrage und hohen ... -
Die Attraktivität des Ursprünglichen: Millenarismus, Hybridität und Gesellschaftskritik in der Lehre von José Argüelles
Riessinger, Bianca (2024-03-28)Millenarismus und millenaristische Bewegungen sind Phänomene, die im Laufe der Geschichte immer wieder in unterschiedlichen Gesellschaften aufgetreten sind, wobei das Spektrum bis in die Gegenwart hineinreicht. Ein Beispiel ... -
Bangladeshi Diaspora in Peninsular Malaysia: Organizational Structure, Survival Strategies and Networks
Sultana, Nayeem (2008)Like other diasporas, international labour migration as well as the adoption of transnational activities is very common for Bangladeshi migrants at this present age of globalization. Regarding their causes for migration ... -
Challenges and Opportunities for the Inclusion of Women in Politics in Pakistan: A Case Study of Women and Men Career Politicians in the Pakistan Tehreek Insaf Political Party (PTI)
Hussain, Madiha (2022-02-08)The present study inquired into the challenges and opportunities pertaining to women’s political participation beyond elections in Pakistan. The main objective of the current research was to explore how women who pursue ... -
Civilian loyalty and agency in insecure spaces: A study of armed conflicts in the Lake Chad Basin region
Oginni, Oyewole Simon (2024-01-26)This dissertation examines how civilians, as a diverse category of people, influence political, social and economic environments around them and relate to futures during armed conflicts characterised by multiple competing ... -
Coreografiando la Nación: Folklore, danza y representación en Chile ; 1900 – 1990
Díaz Soto, Valeska Andrea (2022-01-24)La presente investigación se ha desarrollado en torno a la interrogante sobre el rol que han jugado los bailes folklóricos como elemento central de la cultura en Chile y cómo han contribuido a formar una identidad nacional ... -
Corporate Diversity Management in Multinational Companies in Singapore. Lost in Translation?
Meinert, Sarah (2011-11-24)The research deals with the concept of workforce diversity management that has gained popularity in recent years because of increasing diversification of employees, customers, markets and stakeholders. In this context, ... -
Cotton, Rice & Water: The Transformation of Agrarian Relations, Irrigation Technology and Water Distribution in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
Veldwisch, Geert Jan Albert (2008)<p>This study is about the organisation of agricultural production and the distribution of water for agriculture in the post-soviet context of a slowly reforming authoritarian regime. The study is based on 12 months of ... -
Creating knowledge-based clusters through urban development: a study of Cyberjaya, MSC Malaysia
Nordin, Ramli (2012-09-18)In 1997 Malaysia started the construction of the biggest knowledge-based cluster in the form of a new township known as Cyberjaya. <em>(Knowledge-based clusters are agglomeration of organisation that actively uses knowledge ... -
Cultural and Institutional Conditions of Anti-corruption Measures in Vietnam, and Lessons from Singapore
Le, Tho Xuan (2018-12-06)Vietnam's struggle against corruption is stuck for a long period regardless of the recognition of the global trillion-dollar pandemic as "internal enemy to national development". There is a shortage of vision, insights, ... -
Culture and Communication: A Study of NGO Woman-to-Woman Communication Styles at the United Nations
Stillman, Linda J. (2005)This dissertation is an original study that will confirm that culture determines the foundation for shaping one’s communication style. A multitude of communication styles strongly impacts woman-to-woman interaction among ... -
Decisions, Practices and Priorities: A Qualitative Study on University Dropout and Personal Development in Panama
Barsallo Alvarado, Gabisel (2019-12-19)This qualitative study examines the relationship between sociocultural factors and community practices connected to university dropouts in Panama. It also examines the outcomes that dropping out has had on former dropouts' ... -
Demystifying the (post-)politics of Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP): An analysis of the what, why, and how of GAP and the operation of development in Turkey from a critical perspective
Bilgen, Arda (2017-07-20)Turkey’s modernization process has been heavily influenced by the strong will and idealistic ambition of the Turkish state to ensure progress and development since the inception of the country in 1923, or even earlier, ... -
Development and displacement: Kenyah-Badeng in Bakun Resettlement Malaysia
Jeffrey Jehom, Welyne (2008)<p><u>Background of the research</u> <br /> This study intends to analyses the involuntary resettlement of an indigenous Dayak community due to the implementation of the Bakun Dam Project in Sarawak, Malaysia. The significance ...