Thesis (M.A.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (June 26, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

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This study explores the relative importance of the media in influencing the electoral choices of a small group of Zambians, namely Evelyn Hone College students in Lusaka who participated in the December 2001 elections in Zambia. The study investigates the interplay of mediation between the lived cultural experiences of the sample of students and the impact of media messages. Students at Evelyn Hone College come from different ethnic groupings, social classes, religions and regions. They are exposed to both the state and the privately owned media, which represent a range of political viewpoints. The outcome of the December 2001 elections in Zambia gave the impression that people in urban areas in Zambia were less likely to vote on ethnic lines because they had easy access to different media, ranging from print to electronic, which provided them with diverse information about the political scene, and probably shaped their electoral choices. Conversely, their counterparts in the rural areas appeared to vote along ethnic lines, seemingly because of lack of exposure to the media. It was also assumed that most people in rural areas were not as modernized as their urban counterparts who were more exposed to enlightened sources of information such as professional groups and other elite social institutions which helped them to shape their political opinions than most rural people. The study attempts to establish to what extent the media impacted on the selected sample of urban students in the choice of their presidential candidates in the December 2001 elections in Zambia. The study further investigates to what extent other factors such as ethnic inclinations and other social predispositions influenced them in their choice of the candidates. The interviewees for this study were randomly drawn from a population of Evelyn Hone College students that voted in the December 2001 presidential elections in Zambia. The sample consisted of 30 randomly selected students who were purposely stratified in three focus groups of ten each. Each stratum represented the approximate ethnic equivalence of one of the presidential candidates who contested the December 2001 elections.

Submitted by Maria Dulce (mdulce@ndc.uff.br) on 2014-02-12T19:41:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Rocha, Luiz-Dissert-2013.pdf: 2479951 bytes, checksum: 8e34133a0eaf1ef42d84ee19fb495740 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-02-12T19:41:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rocha, Luiz-Dissert-2013.pdf: 2479951 bytes, checksum: 8e34133a0eaf1ef42d84ee19fb495740 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / sta dissertação tem um objetivo de natureza modesta: o de iluminar determinadas práticas e certas representações de uma fração do campo esportivo ainda pouco estudada: a dos presidentes de futebol. Tendo em vista o crescimento exponencial da bibliografia sociológica, antropológica e a historiografia na temática futebolística, observou-se que pouco havia sido dito acerca dos presidentes de futebol. Nesse sentido, tomando como pedra angular a metodologia da história oral, realizei um conjunto de doze entrevistas com presidentes do Clube de Regatas do Flamengo e do Fluminense Futebol Clube [entre 1975-1997] para tentar depreender as categorias fundamentais a partir das quais estes elaboravam seus discursos e construíam determinadas ideias sobre o poder e a política. Dialogando com questões nodais da antropologia política e econômica, a hipótese central construída era de que o ideário da honra e da dádiva fornecia sentido e substância às maneiras de narrar sua ascensão ao poder e de gerir os clubes. Sendo assim, esta dissertação foi dividida numa estrutura tripartite: a primeira parte destinada ao estudo das duas agremiações clubísticas aqui em questão numa perspectiva diacrônica e da formação dos grupos dirigentes enquanto entidade à parte do futebol-espetáculo; a segunda parte pretendia mergulhar nas categorias sincrônicas das entrevistas que apareciam nos discursos como constantes, a independer do tempo, do lugar e do clube; a terceira parte indagava, por sua vez, sobre as possíveis diferenças de “estilo de gestão” a partir da análise dos lugares de memória dos clubes estudados e de dois mandatos de dois presidentes-tipo ideais – Francisco Luiz Cavalcanti Horta e Márcio Baroukel de Souza Braga. (1975-1980). / This dissertation hás na objective of modest nature that is to enlighten some practices and certain representations on a fraction still unknown in sports field: the presidents of the soccer clubs. Given the exponential growth of sociological, anthropological and historical bibliography about football, it was noted that very little had been said or written over the presidents of the clubs. In this sense, taking as cornerstone methodology of oral history, conducted a series of twelve interviews with presidents Clube de Regatas Flamengo and Fluminense Futebol Clube (between 1975-1997) to try to infer the fundamental categories from which they drew up his speeches and built some ideas about power and politics. Dialoguing with nodal issues of anthropology and economic politics, the central hypothesis was that built that these key-ideas were erected on honor and gift provide meaning and substance to the ways of narrating his rise to power and manage the clubs. Thus, this dissertation was divided into a tripartite structure: the first part aimed to study the two associations in question here in a diachronic perspective and how an specific groups such as the presidents emerge as an entity side apart from the football spectacle, the second part intended to dive into categories synchronic the interviews and appeared in the speeches as constant, be independent of time, place and the club, the third party inquired in turn about possible differences in “management style” from the analysis of the memory locations of the clubs studied and two terms of two presidents ideals-type – Francisco Luiz Cavalcanti Horta and Márcio Baroukel de Souza Braga (1975-1980).

The purpose of this study was to analyze data from different sizes and types of higher education institutions in order to identify differences and similarities that may exist between the perceptions of top executives relative to idea generation and strategy implementation activities in the administration of higher education in Texas. In order to carry out the purpose of this study, two hypotheses were tested concerning the perceptions of top executives (presidents and vice presidents) relative to idea generation and strategy implementation activities in institutions of higher education in Texas. Type and size of the institution are the primary factors involved with these two hypotheses.

Within Canada, the ever-changing context of universities is paralleled by an increased number of unfinished presidential mandates, approximately 16 in the past ten years. “Never has Canadian university presidential leadership been under greater scrutiny than it is today” (MacKinnon, 2004, p. 132). The trend of an increasing number of unfinished mandates of university presidents in Canada leads to some important questions that require further exploration. Through an in-depth series of interviews with six of the 16 Canadian university presidents with unfinished mandates, this research dives deeply into leadership experiences and highlights patterns and trends within the individual trajectories leading to their shortened mandate. More precisely, the leaders’ transitional process within their presidential role is examined in order to gain insight into the challenges of transition, particularly for the person at the top of the organization. The findings are focused on the themes of board governance and communication, university transitions, relationships within the executive team, the role of the predecessor, and diversity and leadership. This dissertation contributes a unique piece of research to the higher educational literature, and also provides concrete recommendations to improve transitional practices for leaders within the higher education environment.

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This thesis briefly reviews the content of Article II, section 1 of the Constitution which established the Electoral College (modified by Amendment XII), and the principel reform plans that have developed over the years. The reform efforts are examined, together with their possible effects on the entire political system.

The relationship of attitude measurement with the political campaign process provides the problem area that this study considers. The purpose of this political communication study is to explore in detail and describe various "attitude" profiles of voters and resulting candidate "images" of the 1972 presidential election. These "attitudes" and "images" are determined through the use of three primary research instruments: the semantic differential scale, the Method of Ordered Alternatives, and the political philosophy continuum. In addition to these, a record of actual voting behavior serves as validating support of the measured attitudes. This study deals with "attitudes" toward and candidate "images" of George McGovern, R. Sargent Shriver, Richard M. Nixon, and Spiro T. Agnew, the Democratic and Republican candidates for President and Vice-President in 1972. This descriptive investigation unfolds into three major problem areas: 1. to report and describe "panoramic images" of Nixon,. McGovern, Agnew, and Shriver, as measured by the semantic differential scale. 2. to give an account of voter preferred positions A through I as measured by the Method of Ordered Alternatives in connection with "attitude" as measured by the evaluative factor of the semantic differential scale, and subsequently aligned with actual voting behavior. 3. to determine the relationship between voters' own political philosophies and their perceived political philosophies of the four candidates as measured by the political philosophy continuum. The remainder of this chapter overviews the historical mileau of the 1972 presidential campaign, explains the research design and procedures, and offers an organizational preview of the remaining five chapters.