Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-65). / Africa is returning to the strategic agenda of both old and new powers. A number of new opportunities and alarming missteps will be possible in the coming decades. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the neo-liberal agenda has been unchallenged allowing little flexibility for developing countries to alter their macroeconomic policies and closely coupled development agenda. However, the successes of economies to the east of Africa are providing an alternative to following the prescriptions and rules set by the 'Western' economies. Because of these geopolitical changes and Africa's continued socio-economic problems, the policies of China and the surrounding economies are gaining attention. Africa is no longer completely reliant on trade and aid from the predominant powers and the rise of the Indian Ocean and Asian economies is loosening the grip and associated consequences of following (or not following) predetermined economic policies. These changes in the international order lead to the central purpose of this thesis, which is to explore the influence of China's development model in Africa. This thesis will argue that African governments are beginning to challenge the 'Washington Consensus' by shifting towards a model based on China's development gains. However, the political economy of African countries does not support a complete adoption of China's socialist, state-centric model. The null would suggest African governments are committed to a 'Washington Consensus' defined development model, however the evidence suggest the contrary.

The military uses architectural related theory and philosophy as a new academic language which helps them reconceptualize spaces in contemporary urban conflict zones. The IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) is mostly credited with starting this revolution in military strategic pedagogy, focusing on post modern theorists, but it has spread since the early 2000s. The new design oriented, architectural theory driven approach to war started to be adopted in a couple western Nations after Israel. Now it seems military design has spread throughout the world's military institutions. This emergence of a new design thinking amongst the militaries of the world coincides with the shift from the cold war into the global war on terror and in increase of nonlinear complexities. In some ways military aggression is seen as insurmountable without violence or diplomacy. However a citizen's architectural response to the military could be able to make their neighborhood more resilient to such easy reconceptualization. / 0 / SPK / specialcollections@tulane.edu

Prior research has shown that differences in human resource management (HRM) perception/practices do exist between nations. These differences have been attributed to variations in culture. The fundamental purpose of this study was to determine whether subcultures differing in location, religion, and ethnicity significantly affect perception/ practices of human resource management within a common national context (Indonesia). A secondary purpose of the current study was to compare with those found within Indonesia by the Best International Practices Consortium or Best Practices Project (BPP). Participants in the present study were 762 agri-business employees who were members of three distinctly separate subcultures within Indonesia; Sundanese/ Javanese, Balinese, and Minahasan. Data are obtained through the distribution of written questionnaires modeled after those employed by the BPP. Within each subculture, there were numerous disparities between current perceived practices and those desired by employees. This study also revealed several significant differences in HRM practices and perceptions across the three observed subcultures in the areas of hiring, training, performance appraisal, leadership, and communications. Participants reported differences in current and desired managerial styles across subcultures. However, within these groups, current management practices matched employee preferences. The overall findings of the present study differed from those of the BPP. These differences may be attributable to dissimilarities in the samples for the two studies’ samples. This study indicates that employee attitudes and perceptions of HRM practices do differ across cultural boundaries within a common national context. This discovery has wide implications for international companies which may be looking to establish overseas enterprises in countries with diverse cultural populations.

Prior research has shown that differences in human resource management (HRM) perception/practices do exist between nations. These differences have been attributed to variations in culture. The fundamental purpose of this study was to determine whether subcultures differing in location, religion, and ethnicity significantly affect perception/ practices of human resource management within a common national context (Indonesia). A secondary purpose of the current study was to compare with those found within Indonesia by the Best International Practices Consortium or Best Practices Project (BPP). Participants in the present study were 762 agri-business employees who were members of three distinctly separate subcultures within Indonesia; Sundanese/ Javanese, Balinese, and Minahasan. Data are obtained through the distribution of written questionnaires modeled after those employed by the BPP. Within each subculture, there were numerous disparities between current perceived practices and those desired by employees. This study also revealed several significant differences in HRM practices and perceptions across the three observed subcultures in the areas of hiring, training, performance appraisal, leadership, and communications. Participants reported differences in current and desired managerial styles across subcultures. However, within these groups, current management practices matched employee preferences. The overall findings of the present study differed from those of the BPP. These differences may be attributable to dissimilarities in the samples for the two studies’ samples. This study indicates that employee attitudes and perceptions of HRM practices do differ across cultural boundaries within a common national context. This discovery has wide implications for international companies which may be looking to establish overseas enterprises in countries with diverse cultural populations.

Diploma thesis deals with the comparison of financial statements in accordance with Czech accounting regulations and International Financial Reporting Standards. The theoretical section is divided into several chapters devoted to IFRS, conceptual framework, convergence project and Czech legislation. The main part of the theoretical section is divided according to individual financial statements, where particular related requirements are put into a comparison. Practical section of the thesis concerns financial statements of the Czech Post prepared in accordance with Czech legislation and financial statements of the Slovak Post, which is committed to disclose under IFRS. Conclusion summarizes the main differences which have been identified.

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This diploma thesis with the issue of Czech Franciscan church persecutions during the Communist Era in the period of the 1950´s - 1960´s. The author describes historic development of the Franciscan church, political and legislative assumptions of persecution of the regular churches, situation of the Czech Franciscans from communist party taking power to their repressions, internations, particular trials with main representatives and following detentions. This study is based on the bibliographical research of the primary and secondary sources. The author considers the impact of these persecutions on following development of the Franciscan Church.

Na segunda metade do século XIX, leis abolicionistas, como a Lei Eusébio de Queiroz que impedia o tráfico negreiro, levaram os fazendeiros paulistas a buscar novas alternativas para suprir a necessidade de abastecimento de mão de obra. Uma das alternativas foi trazer europeus. As hospedarias de imigrantes desempenharam importante papel no processo migratório brasileiro, por ser local de transição de estrangeiros e nacionais após a longa viagem do seu ponto de origem ao seu destino. Entre o navio da Europa até a chegada às fazendas no interior paulista, as hospedarias de imigrantes foram importantes para acolhê-los, alimentálos e direcioná-los para o trabalho, quer nas fazendas, quer nas cidades. Nosso objetivo foi localizar hospedarias que não costumam ser elencadas pela historiografia e compreender a quem se destinavam, como se organizavam e quem as comandava. Através da análise textual e paleográfica da documentação oficial dos relatórios de Império e Província, da legislação, dos periódicos e de manuscritos do Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo e da historiografia localizamos hospedarias de imigrantes, de núcleos coloniais e de internação, que funcionaram entre 1875 e 1886. Consideramos que os cafeicultores paulistas, principais interessados em obter alternativas à mão de obra escrava, ficaram à frente na organização das hospedarias de imigrantes. Para se manter na organização das hospedarias, ora criaram associações de imigração, que se sucederam, ora atuaram como encarregados do governo. Também consideramos que as hospedarias de imigrantes, independentemente da localização, mantiveram a continuidade dos serviços, oferecendo três refeições diárias por até oito dias, prestando atendimento médico e funerário em caso de necessidade. Além da hospedaria de imigrantes, houve outras com funções diferentes como as que serviram para abrigar os que tinham por destino os núcleos coloniais e os que eram encaminhados para São Paulo, internados, para manter-se longe das ameaças de contrair doenças como febre amarela. / In the second half of the nineteenth century abolitionist laws such as the Law Eusebio de Queiroz which prevented slave trading, led São Paulo farmers to seek new alternatives to supply the need for manpower provision. One of these alternatives was to bring Europeans. The immigrants hostels played an important role in the Brazilian migratory process, by being a transition place for foreign and domestic workers after their long journey from their point of origin to their destination. A point between their departure from Europe and their arrival at the inland farms, the immigrants hostels were important to welcome them, feed them and direct them to work either on farms or at the city. Our goal was to find hostels that are not usually listed by historiography and understand to whom they were intended, how they were organized and who controlled them. Through textual and paleographical analysis of official documentation of the Empire and Province reports, of legislation, of periodicals and manuscripts from the Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo and of historiography we located immigrants hostels, of colonial settlements and internalization, which ran between 1875 and 1886. We believe that Paulistas coffee planters, key stakeholders in obtaining alternatives to slave labor, were ahead in the organization of these immigrants hostels. To keep controlling these hostels, sometimes they created immigration associations that followed, sometimes they acted as government tenders. We also consider that the immigrants hostels, regardless their location, maintained the continuity of services, offering three meals a day for up to eight days, and providing medical and funeral assistance when needed. Besides the immigrants hostel, there were others with different functions, such as those that sheltered immigrants who were destined for the colonial settlements and who were sent to São Paulo, interned, in order to keep them away from the threats of contracting diseases such as yellow fever.

Na segunda metade do século XIX, leis abolicionistas, como a Lei Eusébio de Queiroz que impedia o tráfico negreiro, levaram os fazendeiros paulistas a buscar novas alternativas para suprir a necessidade de abastecimento de mão de obra. Uma das alternativas foi trazer europeus. As hospedarias de imigrantes desempenharam importante papel no processo migratório brasileiro, por ser local de transição de estrangeiros e nacionais após a longa viagem do seu ponto de origem ao seu destino. Entre o navio da Europa até a chegada às fazendas no interior paulista, as hospedarias de imigrantes foram importantes para acolhê-los, alimentálos e direcioná-los para o trabalho, quer nas fazendas, quer nas cidades. Nosso objetivo foi localizar hospedarias que não costumam ser elencadas pela historiografia e compreender a quem se destinavam, como se organizavam e quem as comandava. Através da análise textual e paleográfica da documentação oficial dos relatórios de Império e Província, da legislação, dos periódicos e de manuscritos do Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo e da historiografia localizamos hospedarias de imigrantes, de núcleos coloniais e de internação, que funcionaram entre 1875 e 1886. Consideramos que os cafeicultores paulistas, principais interessados em obter alternativas à mão de obra escrava, ficaram à frente na organização das hospedarias de imigrantes. Para se manter na organização das hospedarias, ora criaram associações de imigração, que se sucederam, ora atuaram como encarregados do governo. Também consideramos que as hospedarias de imigrantes, independentemente da localização, mantiveram a continuidade dos serviços, oferecendo três refeições diárias por até oito dias, prestando atendimento médico e funerário em caso de necessidade. Além da hospedaria de imigrantes, houve outras com funções diferentes como as que serviram para abrigar os que tinham por destino os núcleos coloniais e os que eram encaminhados para São Paulo, internados, para manter-se longe das ameaças de contrair doenças como febre amarela. / In the second half of the nineteenth century abolitionist laws such as the Law Eusebio de Queiroz which prevented slave trading, led São Paulo farmers to seek new alternatives to supply the need for manpower provision. One of these alternatives was to bring Europeans. The immigrants hostels played an important role in the Brazilian migratory process, by being a transition place for foreign and domestic workers after their long journey from their point of origin to their destination. A point between their departure from Europe and their arrival at the inland farms, the immigrants hostels were important to welcome them, feed them and direct them to work either on farms or at the city. Our goal was to find hostels that are not usually listed by historiography and understand to whom they were intended, how they were organized and who controlled them. Through textual and paleographical analysis of official documentation of the Empire and Province reports, of legislation, of periodicals and manuscripts from the Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo and of historiography we located immigrants hostels, of colonial settlements and internalization, which ran between 1875 and 1886. We believe that Paulistas coffee planters, key stakeholders in obtaining alternatives to slave labor, were ahead in the organization of these immigrants hostels. To keep controlling these hostels, sometimes they created immigration associations that followed, sometimes they acted as government tenders. We also consider that the immigrants hostels, regardless their location, maintained the continuity of services, offering three meals a day for up to eight days, and providing medical and funeral assistance when needed. Besides the immigrants hostel, there were others with different functions, such as those that sheltered immigrants who were destined for the colonial settlements and who were sent to São Paulo, interned, in order to keep them away from the threats of contracting diseases such as yellow fever.

Face aux atrocités qu'ont connu les 19ème et 20ème siècles en terme de crimes de masse, de nombreuses tentatives ont mené la communauté internationale à la création d'une cour criminelle internationale capable de juger les responsables des « grands crimes de guerre » au cours des conflits mondiaux. A travers la lettre et l'esprit du Statut de la cour pénale internationale, on note avec soulagement le regain d'intérêt de la justice pénale internationale pour la victime et pour sa reconstruction. Jusque là, cette dernière était principalement centrée sur le criminel, le but premier de cette dernière étant la lutte contre l'impunité. L'une des innovations majeures qu'a apportée le Statut de Rome réside dans la place centrale accordée aux victimes dans la procédure. A la différence de ses prédécesseurs, la CPI leur confère à la fois un statut pénal et civil ; elles disposent d'un droit de participation au procès pénal dès son commencement sous des conditions strictement encadrées par le juge ainsi qu'un droit à la réparation du préjudice qu'elles ont subi. Mais quelle est l'étendue réelle de l'implication des victimes dans ces procédures et quelles en sont les limites et conséquences pratiques au regard des objectifs fixés à l'origine ? Cette étude se propose de procéder à un examen approfondi du dispositif consacrant les droits des victimes de crimes internationaux et à une analyse de ses premières applications. / To the atrocities experienced by the 19th and 20th centuries in terms of mass crimes, many attempts have led the international community to create an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for the "big war crimes" during global conflicts. Through the letter and spirit of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, we note with relief the renewed interest of the international criminal justice for the victim and for its reconstruction. Until then, it was mainly focused on the criminal, the first goal of the latter being the fight against impunity. One of the major innovations made by the Rome Statute is the central place for victims in the proceedings. Unlike its predecessors, the ICC gives them both a criminal and civil status ; they have a right to participate in criminal proceedings from its beginning under conditions strictly controlled by the judge and a right to compensation for damage suffered. But what is the real victim involvement in these processes, and what are its limitations and practical implications to the objectives originally set extension ? This study aims to conduct a thorough review of the device providing the rights of victims of international crimes and an analysis of its first applications.