Thesis (M.Phil.) - University of Queensland, 2005. / Includes bibliography.

Doctorat en sciences sociales, politiques et économiques / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

En 2003 et 2009, le Conseil des affaires culturelles de Taïwan a lancé puis relancé un projet de sélection de dix-huit sites taïwanais potentiellement éligibles au patrimoine mondial, un premier jeu en dehors du jeu du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO. Après une présentation brève des sites potentiels, nous essayerons de comprendre les causes historiques de l’exclusion de Taïwan du programme du patrimoine mondial, ce qui nous fera remonter à 1949 et à la séparation de Taïwan et de la Chine suite à la fin de la guerre civile chinoise : dès lors, la Chine sera gouvernée par le parti communiste, et Taïwan, refuge du gouvernement nationaliste déchu, vivra un isolement international. Dans ce contexte, le projet semble une possibilité de contourner les obstacles politiques. Or, le patrimoine mondial fait lui-même partie d’un jeu politique. Afin de jouer ce jeu, des sites taïwanais potentiels se rapprochent de la Chine ou du Japon pour une éventuelle collaboration ; nous examinerons le pourquoi du choix de ces deux pays et les possibilités et difficultés liées à ce partenariat. Au niveau international, la marge de manœuvre diplomatique étant réduite, il est primordial pour l’île de mettre en avant son soft power pour participer au patrimoine mondial de façon significative. Au niveau national, il nous faudra également examiner le mécanisme du projet des sites potentiels ; à cet égard, nous avons constaté plusieurs lacunes juridiques et financières. Mais le facteur humain est aussi à prendre en compte. En effet, ce projet est avant tout exécuté par différents acteurs, qui doivent absolument travailler de concert pour mener à bien le projet. / In 2003 and 2009, the Taiwanese Council for Cultural Affairs started the project to select eighteen potential World Heritage Sites in Taiwan, the first step in the process that precedes UNESCO’s World Heritage selection process. After a brief presentation of the potential sites, we will try to understand the historical reasons for Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Heritage program. For this purpose, we will go back to 1949 when Taiwan was separated from China after a civil war. Thereafter, China would be governed by the communist party, and Taiwan, the refuge of the defeated nationalist government, would live in international isolation. In this context, the project seems to be an opportunity to overcome political obstacles. However, world heritage is itself political. In recognition of this reality, some potential sites are exploring possible collaboration with China or Japan. We will exam why these two countries and what the possibilities and difficulties are for these partnerships. At the international level, Taiwan has little leeway in the diplomatic domain, so it is primordial for the island to highlight its soft power and play a significant role in the world’s heritage. At the national level, we should also examine the mechanism of the potential sites project where we found many judicial and financial issues as well as human problems. In fact, this project is executed by different stakeholders, so it is essential for all of them to work in concert in order to ensure the project’s success. In addition to a strong judicial system to avoid any kind of possible fraud, education is crucial to raise citizens’ awareness of the heritage that they own.

Diplomová práce Politicko-geografické aspekty transformace Britského impéria na Společenství národů Abstract The masterʼs degree thesis "From British Empire to Commonwealth of Nations: Political and Geographical Aspects of the Transformation" deals with gradual transformation of the British Empire, one of the biggest colonial empires of all time, into Commonwealth of Nations, i. e. into a loose association of the United Kingdom and its former Dominions and colonies. The masterʼs degree thesis aims to profoundly analyze all the substantial aspects of this complicated process, namely in broader (above all in political-geographical, historical and legal) relations. The initial historical chapter describes the origins and the following territorial expansion of the British Empire. The second chapter concentrates on different types of administrative units that existed within the British Empire; a special emphasis is given to Dominions whose creation marked the beginning of the disintegrative tendencies within the Empire. The third part of the thesis examines the key period of the transformation of the British Empire into a looser association of states, which means the events of the first half of the twentieth century, when couple of crucial documents amending the character of the British Empire were adopted. The...

Based on a historiographical, archival and media analysis, this doctoral thesis explores the phenomenon of parakratos (translated as deep state or parastate) in post-civil war Greece (1949-1967). Research perspectives are fourfold: Firstly, parakratos is discussed in the context of academic debates on parapolitics and the concepts of the dual state, the security state and the deep state; and presented as a Cold War parallel power mechanism, analogical to Italy and Turkey. Secondly, parakratos is analysed as part of domestic political reality through the prism of the historical events documented in Greek historiography. In this sense, the thesis concentrates on the emergence and operation of clandestine military groups and parastate ultra- nationalist organisations against the backdrop of the Greek political, legal and social environment. Both phenomena are elaborated on through the lens of the inefficient Greek political and administrative system, a deeply divided society, the politicisation of the public space, and the persistence of clientelist networks constructed upon political loyalties. Third, the parakratos is examined on an interpretative level as a term and concept employed in Greek historiography. Focusing on its presumed roots, actors, purposes and relations with the state, three...

"Ce mémoire porte sur les réécritures du mythe d’OEdipe dans Kafka sur le rivage d’Haruki Murakami et Les Gommes d’Alain Robbe-Grillet. Plus spécifiquement, il vise à cerner les stratégies par lesquelles ces auteurs se réapproprient le mythe d’OEdipe, d’abord en explorant les liens hypertextuels qui associent ces romans avec OEdipe roi, leur texte fondateur, ainsi qu’avec la psychanalyse freudienne. Ensuite, il sera question d’examiner les modalités entourant la transposition de ce mythe en un contexte moderne, en mettant en lien les thématiques et motifs qui sous-tendent chaque réécriture. Le mémoire procède, en dernier lieu, à l’analyse d’une philosophie de la métaphore dans ces romans, philosophie qui semble dans les deux cas (malgré les divergences fondamentales de point de vue des auteurs sur la question) liée de près à la question du mythe dans leurs oeuvres respectives."

L'une des plus grandes rencontres interculturelles Chine-Occident de l'histoire s'est opérée entre les missionnaires occidentaux et le peuple chinois. La Première Guerre mondiale a ralenti le travail missionnaire des pays européens, c'est pourquoi ceux-ci ont fait appel à leurs homologues Nord-Américains pour assurer l'apostolat dans la nouvelle République de Chine. Les jésuites du Québec se sont portés volontaires pour relever le défi. Les premiers missionnaires ont foulé le sol chinois en 1918. À partir de ce moment, et ce jusqu'en 1955, leur implication ne cessa de prendre de l'importance, tant au niveau du nombre de missionnaires impliqués, des responsabilités que des sommes d'argent investies. Les missionnaires jésuites du Québec ont écrit beaucoup d'articles à propos des traditions socioculturelles chinoises. À partir de 1930, ces articles sont rendus disponibles à la population québécoise par l'entremise du périodique le Brigand, fondé spécifiquement pour la mission des jésuites du Québec en Chine. / Québec Université Laval, Bibliothèque 2014

Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the impact China's accession to the WTO and growing economic ascendancy in the multilateral trading system is going to have on the developing world. The central problem addressed is whether China's accession and growing stature is going to be a competitive threat to the developing world or will China emerge as a collaborator to the developing world and assist in redressing the inequalities of the system. Three themes emerge and are dealt with in this study. The first addresses China as a developing nation itself and its overall position in relation to the rest of the developing world. Then China's growing economic progress and its internal developments are looked at. Finally China is evaluated as collaborator or competitor to the developing world. A descriptive and analytical approach is employed in this study. The complexity and the interplay between the multiple levels of analysis emerge in this study. In order to best address the role China is to play, China has to be set in the greater multilateral context, the regional context and then evaluated in conjunction with the internal dynamics which are unfolding. These perspectives together are of the utmost importance in determining the future role China is to play in relation to the developing world. Whether it will emerge as a collaborator or a competitor to the already marginalised developing sector of the trading system. The regional level of analysis is playing an increasingly important role in the current system as the regional units are proving more effective trading units than sole national units. Thus this study pays particular attention to the region in a case study focusing on South East Asia in relation to China. The multilateral level of analysis addressing China's role in relation to the developing world and the answer to the question of whether China is going to be collaborator or competitor to the developing world is of particular importance in the current global context. The developing world is increasingly calling for the inequalities prevalent in the system to be addressed and China's position in the current context and in relation to this current issue will play an important role. Despite the optimism surrounding China and its possible future the internal dynamics and context cannot be underestimated or neglected. The unfolding domestic developments that take place at the hands of the current leadership will playa deciding role in China's future. As China is in a transition and attempting a mix between a market-based economic system encapsulated in a socialist system it is a precarious situation that needs the careful attention of the leadership to best manage China's internal and external developments. The inclusion thus of China's internal dynamics, therefore cannot be neglected and have been included in this study. Current trends regarding China emerge and it is possible to make assumptions on the basis of these trends as to what China's future role entails. This then is looked at as to the impact these trends are going to have on the various contexts that China finds itself in and most importantly the impact that it is likely to have on the developing world. The possibilities of different impacts being played out in different time frames emerge as the most likely to manifest themselves. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie ondersoek die impak wat China se aansluiting by die WHO, en sy groeiende ekonomiese mag in die multilaterale handelsisteem, op die ontwikkelende wêreld het. Die sentrale vraag wat hier aangespreek word, is of China se aansluiting by die WHO 'n bedreiging inhou vir ontwikkelende ekonomieë en of dié land, alternatiewelik, sy posisie kan gebruik om laasgenoemde ekonomieë by te staan in hul stryd teen die ongelykhede van die huidige sisteem. Drie hooftemas is hier ter sprake. Die eerste handeloor China se status as ontwikkelende land, en sy algemene posisie vis a vis ander ontwikkelende lande. Die tweede, fokus op China se ekonomiese en interne ontwikkelings, terwyl die derde tema meer lig werp op die vraag of China beskou moet word as bondgenoot of mededinger van die ontwikkelende wêreld. 'n Deskriptiewe en analitiese benadering is VIr die doeleindes van die studie aangewend. Die kompleksiteit en interaksie tussen verskillende vlakke van analise kom in die studie na vore. Om China se rol in konteks te plaas, is dit nodig om daarna te kyk vanuit 'n streeksperspektief en dit in verband te bring met interne ontwikkelinge binne dié land. Hierdie perspektiewe, tesame, is kardinaal vir 'n beter begrip van China se toekomstige rol met betrekking to ander ontwikkelende lande. 'n Streeksanalise raak toenemend belangrik in die lig van die feit dat regionale eenhede algaande meer effektief funksioneer as individuele nasionale state. In hierdie studie word daar verallig gewerp op Suid-oos Asië, waarvan China deel uitmaak. Op die multi-laterale vlak van analise is dit ook van belang om vas te stel hoe China saloptree teenoor ontwikkelende lande na sy toetredede tot die WHO. Die ontwikkelende wêreld pleit vir die regstel van strukturele ongelykhede, en China kan moontlik hier 'n deurslaggewende rol speel. Ten spyte van hoë verwagtinge aangaande China se toekomstige rol, kan die land se interne konteks en dinamika nie buite rekening gelaat word nie. Ontwikkelinge wat tans binne China plaasvind sal 'n defnitiewe impak op die land se toekoms hê. China se unieke mengsel van 'n markgerigte ekonomie, wat funksioneer binne 'n breër sosialistiese opset, sal deeglike beplanning rakende die landse binne en buitelandse sake van sy leiers verg. Om hierdie rede het die studie ook klem gelê op die interne politiek dinamiek van China. Spesifieke tendense rakende China is besig om te ontwikkel, en dit raak algaande makliker om sekere afleidings aangaande die land se toekomstige rol binne die internasionale konteks te maak. Hierdie tendense is veral van belang wanneer daar gekyk word na China se toekomstige verhoudinge met die ontwikkelende wêreld. Dit wil dus voorkom asof uiteenlopende resultate hulself gedurende verskillende tydsgrepe sal manifesteer.

Inasmuch as it has been assumed by the people of the State of Texas that the cost of operating the public school systems has risen since the Gilmer-Aikin Bills have gone into effect, the purpose of this study is to determine just what cost items have increased and to what extent. There are many cost items to be considered in the operation of a public school, and they have varied from year to year since the beginning of public school operation. This study attempts to determine those increased cost items in rural high schools which can be contributed directly to the passage of the Gilmer-Aikin Bills.

The main task of this thesis is to investigate economic implications of U.S.- China trade. The study period covers from 1972 to 1992. Data are available from International Financial Statistics, Survey of Current Business, Statistical Yearbook of P.R.China. Various hypotheses are employed to explain the basis and gain of trade, the impact of trade on both economies, and the major determinants of bilateral trade flows. This thesis contains five parts: I. Introduction; II. Outlook; III. Theoretical Analysis; IV. Empirical Study; and V. Conclusion. The major findings of this thesis are that both countries have gained advantages from trade and have also faced some unpleasant problems; several widely recognized theories serve as good approaches to understand these issues; the time series distributed lag models are helpful in explaining the determinants of trade flows.