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Past, current and future military endeavors will invariably involve conflict at the sub-state level. A recurring problem in the study of insurgent conflict is a lack of data that has the breadth, depth, and historical accuracy to provide insight as to why, at the individual level, people participate in insurgency. Accessibility to street gangs provides a comprehensive source of data not seen in insurgencies. Street gangs provide a "ground truth", to the interaction between the state and organized substate group in a competition for control. The individuals who fuel both sides of this competition for control are basing decisions to participate in insurgency on a framework founded in rational actor theory, but modified by their perspective of the world. Groups who wish to recruit individuals into their insurgency apply incentives and disincentives selectively to individuals to compel membership. As a group gains more members it can apply more incentives, increasing the rate or future recruitment and level of control over a community. A comprehensive and effective strategy cannot be developed to counter these insurgent forces without answering the fundamental questions behind individual participation first. This thesis examines insurgency from the individual level and proposes concepts that must accompany any attempt to combat rebel groups. / US Army (USA) author.

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陳偉強. / 論文 (哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 1999. / 參考文獻 (leaves 75-83). / 附中英文摘要. / Chen Weiqiang. / Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi) -- Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 1999. / Can kao wen xian (leaves 75-83). / Fu Zhong Ying wen zhai yao. / Chapter 第一章 --- 前言 --- p.2 / Chapter 一. --- 本文硏究的目的、理由和方法 --- p.2 / Chapter 二. --- 本文的硏究槪要 --- p.4 / Chapter 第二章 --- <志玄安樂經>的宗教操練 --- p.6 / Chapter 一. --- <志玄安樂經>的背景 --- p.6 / Chapter 二. --- <志玄安樂經> 簡介 --- p.11 / Chapter 三. --- <志玄安樂經> 宗教操練的方法 --- p.13 / Chapter 四. --- < 志玄安樂經>宗教操練所達至的境界 --- p.20 / Chapter 第三章 --- 從本色化角度看 <志玄安樂經> 的宗教操練 --- p.23 / Chapter 一 . --- <志玄安樂經 >是中華本色化了的基督教文獻 --- p.23 / Chapter 二 . --- 從本色化角度看 <志玄安樂經> 的宗教操練 --- p.23 / Chapter 三. --- <志玄安樂經> 宗教操練的特色 --- p.39 / Chapter 第四章 --- <志玄安樂經〉的宗教操練與唐代社會 --- p.54 / Chapter 一 . --- <志玄安樂經〉的宗教操練與唐人的生活 --- p.54 / Chapter 二 . --- <志玄安樂經〉的宗教操練與唐代的宗教 --- p.55 / Chapter 三. --- 論 <志玄安樂經> 的交流模式 --- p.64 / Chapter 第五章 --- 總結 --- p.66 / Chapter 一. --- <志玄安樂經 >宗教操練的貢獻 --- p.66 / Chapter 二. --- <志玄安樂經〉宗教操練的不足 --- p.68 / Chapter 三. --- <志玄安樂經〉宗教操練對當代基督教靈修操練的啓迪 --- p.70 / 附錄： <志玄安樂經> 標點及分段 --- p.72 / 參考書目 --- p.75

Thesis (M. Ed.(Educational Management) -- University of Pretoria, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-98) Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

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The Japanese ’new religion’ Tenrikyo, founded by Nakayama Miki (1798-1887) in the late Tokugawa era, is arguably the largest of the thirteen Kyoha Shinto (’Sect Shinto’) groups that trace their institutional origins to the Meiji period. Under the joint leadership of Iburi Izo (1833-1907) and Miki’s grandson Nakayama Shinnosuke (1866-1914), Tenrikyo grew from a sparse collection of ko (religious confraternities) into a vast institutional network of branch churches within ten years of Miki’s death due to the aggressive propagation efforts of its first generation missionaries. This thesis surveys the historical, sociological and ideological contexts that surrounded the emergence of three schisms--Tenrin-O-Kyokai, Daidokyo, and Honmichi--which occurred at three separate stages within Tenrikyo’s transition from a small rural movement into a nationwide phenomenon. Despite the differences in the historical backdrops of these three schisms, themes of sacred space and charismatic authority were central issues in the emergence of each. / Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 181-194). / x, 194 leaves, bound ; 29 cm.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 158-166).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massey University, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in an electronic version via the Internet. Address as of 13/02/2003: http://www.psychologist.net.nz/phd%20contents.htm.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1985. / Title from title page screen, viewed July 7, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Clayton Thomas (chair), Ronald Halinski, Ronald Laymon, Calvin Jackson, David Eaton. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-101) and abstract. Also available in print.