Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 70-71)

Zugl.: Passau, Univ., Diss., 2008

This diploma thesis deals with Mexican-American migration issues. The first part of this paper defines the theoretical framework of migration and migration policy and related to the United States the paper examines the concept of national identity and the immigrant paradigm of American nation. Based on the literature review the thesis describes historical development of immigration to the United States while focusing mainly on immigration policy. The case study analyzes Mexican immigration to the United States, specifies the nature of current migration flows and compares immigration policy of Clinton's, Bush's and Obama's administration.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-03-03T19:48:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DanielSousaDeHolandaCavalcante_DISSERT.pdf: 1070487 bytes, checksum: a6fe05e5b77ba36b2ad06b32f0dae96b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-03-03T21:47:34Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DanielSousaDeHolandaCavalcante_DISSERT.pdf: 1070487 bytes, checksum: a6fe05e5b77ba36b2ad06b32f0dae96b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-03T21:47:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DanielSousaDeHolandaCavalcante_DISSERT.pdf: 1070487 bytes, checksum: a6fe05e5b77ba36b2ad06b32f0dae96b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-12-10 / O presente trabalho foi elaborado visando a discutir como se construiu o discurso da administra??o presidencial de George W. Bush para engendrar as Guerras Contra o Terror. Por meio de uma an?lise de fontes, revistas, jornais e discursos oficiais do presidente, realizamos uma pesquisa que apresenta o processo de desenvolvimento discursivo do governo estadunidense com o objetivo de tornar cr?vel ao mundo a exist?ncia de Armas de Destrui??o em Massa no Iraque. Para concretizar tal feito, no trabalho primeiro tentamos desconstruir o que seria o terrorista e as suas a??es contra os governos hegem?nicos, al?m de realizar uma importante discuss?o com o tema da Hist?ria do Tempo Presente e a necessidade de uma pesquisa como essa nos dias atuais. Ao desconstruirmos a ideia do ser terrorista, mostramos de que forma o presidente George W. Bush se utiliza dos atentados de 11 de setembro e do medo da popula??o norte-americana como ferramentas para construir uma guerra com uma intencionalidade real voltada ? conquista do petr?leo iraquiano e para terminar uma tarefa que seu pai, George H. Bush, havia deixado inacabada. / This work was built aiming to present how they built the speech of the presidential administration of George W. Bush to engender the Wars on Terror. Through an analysis of sources, magazines, newspapers and official speeches of the President; construct a survey that shows the process of development discourse of the U.S. government in order to make credible to the world the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. To accomplish this feat, the first attempts to deconstruct the work that would be the terrorist and their actions against the hegemonic governments, and perform an important discussion with the theme of the story of the present time and the need for a search like this nowadays. To deconstruct the idea of being a terrorist present as President George W. Bush uses the attacks of September 11th and fear as tools to build a war with a real intentionality toward the conquest of Iraqi oil and finish a task that his father, George H. Bush had left unfinished.

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Relações Internacionais, Programa de Pós-graduação em Relações Internacionais, 2012. / Submitted by Albânia Cézar de Melo (albania@bce.unb.br) on 2012-09-12T13:48:43Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2012_LuizFelipePereiraDoles.pdf: 1132546 bytes, checksum: eac7ea7eaa72d1969a59a4edf0b65980 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luanna Maia(luanna@bce.unb.br) on 2012-09-13T13:27:23Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2012_LuizFelipePereiraDoles.pdf: 1132546 bytes, checksum: eac7ea7eaa72d1969a59a4edf0b65980 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-09-13T13:27:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2012_LuizFelipePereiraDoles.pdf: 1132546 bytes, checksum: eac7ea7eaa72d1969a59a4edf0b65980 (MD5) / Os ataques terroristas de 11 de setembro trouxeram à tona mais uma vez os vínculos entre o neoconservadorismo e a política externa norte-americana. A bibliografia refere-se a temas como o unilateralismo e a chamada exportação da democracia como características desse pensamento, além de afirmar que há relações entre sua suposta origem intelectual na academia norte-americana, mais precisamente Leo Strauss, e sua doutrina política recente. Qual a influência de Strauss e suas idéias na política externa contemporânea? Com o intuito de responder essa pergunta de pesquisa, o trabalho possui três partes: na primeira discute-se as principais idéias do autor; na segunda explora-se o neoconservadorismo nas décadas de 1970 e 1980, em dois de seus principais nomes - Irving Kristol e Jeane Kirkpatrick; na última parte, realiza-se um apanhado do neoconservadorismo a partir do fim da Guerra Fria, privilegiando, aspectos como a democracia e o unilateralismo. Essa divisão busca dar historicidade aos conceitos defendidos pela política externa norte-americana, por meio da recorrente crítica ao realismo e à ONU, além de privilegiar aspectos específicos, em que se acredita haver alguma relação entre seus godfathers e sua manifestação política mais recente, em detrimento de uma análise exaustiva de discursos e descrições da política externa. Espera-se, ao fim do texto, mostrar os vínculos de uma filosofia política e o exercício do poder na esfera internacional, além de corroborar a hipótese inicial de que a forte crítica intelectual promovida no âmbito do pensamento neoconservador seria o lastro de seu notável, ainda que fracassado, alcance político. ______________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT / The 9/11 terrorist attacks exposed, once again, the links between neoconservatism and American foreign policy. The literature on this specific subject lists themes such as unilateralism and the tactics of ‘exporting democracy’ as main features of this school of thought. Besides, it states that there are some relations between neoconservatism’s intellectual origins in American universities, notably Leo Strauss, and its recent political doctrine. What is the influence of Leo Strauss and his ideas in contemporary foreign policy? Our strategy to answer this research question entails three main sections: a) in the first section, Strauss’s ideas are discussed; b) in the second, neoconservatism in the 1970s and 1980s is examined using texts from two of the most renowned neocons of that time - Irving Kristol and Jeane Kirkpatrick; c) in the last section, a brief evaluation of neoconservatism since the Cold War is made, especially discussing subjects like democracy and unilateralism. This division attributes historicity to the concepts advocated by US foreign policy, while focusing on specific subjects, which are believed to exemplify the relation between neoconservatism’s godfathers and its recent political display, to the detriment of a more comprehensive analysis of speeches and descriptions related to foreign policy. In the end, the links between political philosophy and the exercise of power in international affairs are expected to become clearer. In addition to that, the hypothesis - that the strong intellectual critic carried out by neoconservatism is the ballast of neoconservativism’s remarkable, yet failed, political outreach - is expected to be upheld.

In my diploma thesis, I deal with the federal budget of the US as an instrument designed to promote partisan policies on the example of the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama in order to find out whether there are ideological differences in the budgetary policy of Democrats and Republicans at the beginning of the 21st century. The main part of the thesis is devoted to the analysis of the revenue side and spending side of the budgets of both presidents and the development of the balance they managed. The analysis suggests that, although the nature of the time, phase of the economic cycle and other external influences have a significant impact on budgets, the federal budget can still be considered as an effective tool for expressing partisan preferences.

Bush tea (Athrixia phylicoides) is an herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family used throughout history as medicinal herbal tea by the people of South Africa. Many studies stated that the plant has an ability to be commercialized as a medicinal herbal tea. But vegetative propagation of this type of plant by stem cutting, survival ability of the rooted cuttings, response to different hormone concentrations and the requirement of the seeds for germination has not been studied. In this investigation, different features aimed at effective propagation of bush tea were studied. These comprised: cutting position (apical vs. basal), media (pine bark vs. sand), hormone (Seradix No. 2), season (summer, autumn, winter and spring), transplanting survival of rooted apical and basal cuttings, response of basal cuttings to three hormone concentration levels (Seradix No. 1, 2 and 3) and light and temperature requirement for bush tea seed germination. In vegetative propagation, apical cuttings rooted to higher percentage and produced high root number as well as longer roots than basal cuttings. Pine bark improved the number of roots developed but had no effect on rooting percentage as well as root length. Application of rooting hormone (Seradix No. 2) increased root numbers but not rooting percentage or root length. Rooting of cuttings was improved when propagated in autumn (longer roots) and spring (more number of roots) than in summer or winter. There was higher survival percentage (67.5%), high root number as well as longer roots from apical cuttings than from basal cuttings (50%) two months after transplanting. Propagation in pine bark with hormone application increased root number after transplanting. Application of hormone also improved root and shoot length after transplanting. Apical cuttings propagated in pine bark with hormone developed more number of roots. Cuttings propagated in sand with hormone and in pine bark without hormone also produced longer shoots after transplanting. Regarding response of basal cuttings to hormone concentration, high number of roots was produced in pine bark with Seradix No. 2 at 10 days after planting (DAP) but at 15 DAP more roots were produced in pine bark with Seradix No. 1. With sand, more roots were produced with Seradix No. 3 than Seradix No. 1 and 2. Number of roots were also higher with 0.3% IBA concentration (Seradix No. 2) and 0.1% IBA concentration (Seradix No. 1). Similarly, cuttings with lower IBA concentration (0.1%, Seradix No. 1) rooted to higher percentage followed with 0.3% IBA concentration (Seradix No. 2). Germination percentage of bush tea seeds differed with the temperature treatments and the highest was 75.5% at 20 and 25°C followed by 15°C with 64.5% and low percentage at 30 and 10°C with 36 and 47% respectively. There was a high germination percentage in constant temperatures than alternate temperatures and in continuous light than alternate light: dark or continuous dark. Germination percentage was also higher in continuous light at constant temperatures than with alternated light: dark with constant temperatures. In addition, there was more differences in germination percentage with variation in light exposure than variation in temperatures. At low temperature (10°C), longer time was required to start germination and germination rate was high at 20°C continuous light and low at 30:30°C alternate light: dark. Based on this investigation, better vegetative propagation and survival of bush tea can be attained from apical cuttings with Seradix No. 2 but basal cuttings rooted better with Seradix No. 1 in pine bark. Seeds germinated to higher percentage and rate at 20°C constant temperature and continuous light. / Dissertation (MSc (Agric) Horticulture)--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Plant Production and Soil Science / unrestricted

Previously threats were conceived as being connected to wars and armed attacks on other countries. But if we observe the world today there are financial situations that, if they got out of hand, could cause severe problems for large parts of a countries population. The environment is another area where severe consequences can be expected. Buzan, Waever and de Wilde (1998:2) work from the premises that security can, and should, be applied to a wider selection of areas in society. From this stand point this Bachelor thesis will cover the discourse of threats in the inaugural addresses of USAs five most recent presidents: Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama and Trump. The inaugural address` were chosen because it is the presidents opportunity to outline their strategy and ‘set the tone’ for their term in office (Brownell 2016).Throughout the analysis there is a focus on the five sections outlined in Buzans (1991:116) analysis model: military, politics, economy, ecology and societal. The analysis frame is based on both traditional realism and more alternative security theory. There is also a comparing element to examine whether there have been any changes in the discourse, connected to threats, since the 9/11 attacks. Furthermore, the study sets out to see if any of the subjects have shown signs of becoming securitized.The result of this study shows that the discourse of threat is mainly focused around the military section. There has been a general increase in the number of threats mentioned since 9/11, although some sections have decreased. Terrorism and immigration are the two questions that meets the criteria to have undergone securitization.

This thesis examines the extent to which sugar bush management in Eastern Ontario might contribute to biodiversity maintenance and conservation and therefore be promoted as a form of rural sustainable development. Ontario government policy seeks to actively promote actions that strengthen the province’s rural communities and protect biodiversity. Therefore sustainable development is an important concept to encourage in rural areas. The production of maple syrup on sugar bushes has already been demonstrated to be economically, socially, and in some aspects ecologically sustainable. This study seeks to determine how the operation of sugar bushes might also contribute to ecological sustainability through the maintenance and conservation of forest biodiversity. I identified three documents published by the Eastern Ontario Model Forest (EOMF): a set of management principles for conserving biodiversity on private woodlots, a list of biodiversity indicators, and a manual for monitoring them. I monitored three of the biodiversity indicators (spring ephemerals, birds, and frogs) on three of the larger sugar bushes in the Eastern Ontario and established that the EOMF biodiversity monitoring practices and guidelines were suitable for working sugar bushes. Using the management principles for biodiversity conservation developed by the EOMF, I interviewed 22 sugar bush operators in Eastern Ontario. With these interviews I addressed two objectives: 1. To generate empirical information regarding the management practices of maple sugar bush operators in Eastern Ontario and to compare these with established management principles for forest biodiversity conservation in the region 2. To generate suggestions for woodlot operators and government policymakers alike about future opportunities for research and management decision-making. The results of the study show that although most operators do not have a formal management plan for their sugar bush, many of their management practices are consistent with prescribed biodiversity conservation principles. Sugar bush operators are receptive to conserving biodiversity on their properties. The findings suggest that through sound management and planning, small-scale commercial sugar bush operations generally can be made environmentally sustainable, and become important components in broader rural development strategies. This study provides new insights into how small-scale sugar bush management, when practiced well, is consistent with conservation principles and with sustainable development principles more generally. It shows how sugar bush operators in Eastern Ontario can help the province reach its goals of biodiversity conservation and rural development set out in Ontario’s Biodiversity Strategy (2005) and Ontario’s Rural Plan (2004).