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The Theory and Practice of Anti-Globalization Movement: Case Studies of the Independent Media in the Chinese Societies – Hong Kong and Taiwan
(2014-09-18)
The main characteristic of globalization is the "positive" and the "negative" appearing at the same time, and in the same context. The positive effects of globalization are to break down political border, to create ...
Politische Repräsentation und Einfluss von Frauen in Ecuador: Quoten und ihre längerfristigen Auswirkungen
(2014-12-05)
Im Zuge der lateinamerikanischen „Quotenwelle“ haben seit 1991 dreizehn von achtzehn lateinamerikanischen Staaten Gesetze zur Steigerung des parlamentarischen Frauenanteils verabschiedet. Auch Ecuador gehört dazu. Die ...
Actors’, Ideas and Ideational Realm in Irrigation Management: The Case of Decentralization in Madhya Pradesh, India
(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 ...
Handa sa laban araw-araw? (Ready to fight every day?): Readiness to Political Action and Sense of Entitlement: How strong is Citizenship in the Philippines? With a Special Focus on International Call Center Agents
(2015-02-23)
The aim of this dissertation is to identity the sense of citizenship prevalent in the Philippines. Citizenship here is defined in two respects: an active dimension (exercis-ing voice) and a passive dimension (claiming ...
Korruption und Korruptionsbekämpfung in Indonesien: Ein Vergleich der Suharto-Jahre mit den ersten Jahren in Reformasi
(2015-12-02)
Als einer der korruptesten Staaten ist seit vielen Jahren Indonesien gekennzeichnet. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird der Frage nachgegangen, ob sich an der Art und dem Niveau der Korruption im Zuge der Demokratisierung und ......
It has been known for many years that Indonesia is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. The question examined here is whether the types and/or levels of corruption have changed much since the time of Suharto’s ......
L'Indonésie est connue depuis plusieurs années comme étant l'un des Etats les plus corrompus. L'étude se demande si les méthodes et le niveau de corruption, ont vraiment changé dans les premières années de démocratisation ......
It has been known for many years that Indonesia is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. The question examined here is whether the types and/or levels of corruption have changed much since the time of Suharto’s ......
L'Indonésie est connue depuis plusieurs années comme étant l'un des Etats les plus corrompus. L'étude se demande si les méthodes et le niveau de corruption, ont vraiment changé dans les premières années de démocratisation ......
(Re-)Constructing Afghanistan?: Rewriting rural Afghans’ Lebenswelten into recent development and state-making processes
(2015-04-22)
Afghanistan has been in political turmoil since the late 1970s. The coup d’état in April 1978 was followed by Soviet intervention, civil war, Taliban rule and recent international intervention. This dissertation identifies ...
State–Society Interaction in Vietnam: The Everyday Dialogue of Local Irrigation Management in the Mekong Delta
(2015-09-09)
This anthropological research on field drainage and canal dredging in Vietnam aims to understand local arrangements for irrigation practices and how they are shaped and negotiated by stakeholders. As well, a research aim ...
Local Knowledge and Livelihood Sustainability under Environmental Change in Northern Ghana
(2010-11-09)
One of the most daunting challenges of development in Sub-Saharan Africa, and northern Ghana in particular, is how to secure livelihoods for rural populations under environmental change. This dissertation explores how rural ...
Irrigate or migrate?: Local livelihood adaptation in Northern Ghana in response to ecological changes and economic challenges
(2010-11-05)
At all times, people had to adapt to processes of ecological change. But the strategies and mechanisms of the adapting of livelihoods to those processes have certainly gained more and more global attention since the effects ...
“Marketing and Market Queens”: A case of tomato farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana
(2010-11-17)
The tomato sector in Ghana has always been viewed as a potential sector for employment and income generation. In the Upper East Region, its significance was back in the 1960s when the government supported the sector with ...