The thesis is an investigation into the concept of modem political myth and its relationship to ideology. It argues that political myth can best be understood as the personalisation or familiarisation of ideology, by which ideological constructions are identified either with an individual, normally a political leader, or are expressed in mythic representations familiar within a given state and drawn from the traditional myths which permeate the political cultures of that state. The thesis argues that the personalisation and possible personification of ideology is one of the most obvious methods of political myth production and notes that the inherent contradictions and tensions resulting from an attempt to identify an individual with a principle almost always results in the construction of political myth. Political myth construction and development remains dynamic and reciprocal in relation to its ideational and material environment. Iran during the Pahlavi period (1921-79) provides the case-study for the thesis, as a society in the process of profound social and economic change led by a government both enthusiastic and economically able to impose its own particular conception of development and modernity within a nationalistic framework, upon the country. The continued importance of personalities to the political process and then attempts to identify with particular ideologies provided cogent examples of political myth construction and development. With particular emphasis on Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the thesis shows the development of his ideological world-view, the initial reciprocal dynamic of these views, leading towards increasing identification, polarisation and isolation by the end of his reign. The thesis seeks to show how political myth was employed to naturalise and legitimise the Pahlavi Dynasty within the Iranian state. In charting the ideological development in the Pahlavi era, from traditional state towards a particular conception of modernity, political myth is seen to be not a uniquely modem phenomenon. However, the emergence of the modem mass media, especially in electronic form has resulted in the acceleration of political myth construction and its widespread and rapid dissemination. This technological change helps to differentiate modern political myth from its predecessors and given the continuing growth of the mass media, is likely to ensure that the concept of political myth wall be increasingly important to political discourse.

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Internationell migration har ökat stadigt under de senaste decennierna och integrationen av migranter på arbetsmarknaden har blivit en utmaning för många länder. Tidigare litteratur har funnit att invandrare, särskilt icke-europeiska invandrare, missgynnas på arbetsmarknaden och att graden av denna nackdel varierar mellan ansökningar om jobb och att bli kallad tillintervju. Ett problem inom forskningen på detta område är bristen på empiriska metoder som kan urskilja skillnader mellan olika förklaringsmodeller. Vår uppsats syftar till att undersöka diskriminering på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. Undersökningen genomförs med hjälp av fyra fiktiva karaktärer som har olika nationaliteter och som skickar ansökningar till arbetsgivare via LinkedIn. Resultaten stödjer både statistiska och preferensbaserade diskrimineringsteorier och syftar till att ta tag i den ofullständiga information som statistisk diskriminering grundar sig på samt den fientlighet som preferensbaserad diskriminering bygger på.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Comparative Literature. / Includes bibliographical references.

In this dissertation, we develop novel computationally effiient model subset selection methods for multiple and multivariate linear regression models which are both robust and misspecification resistant. Our approach is to use a three-way hybrid method which employs the information theoretic measure of complexity (ICOMP) computed on robust M-estimators as model subset selection criteria, integrated with genetic algorithms (GA) as the subset model searching engine. Despite the rich literature on the robust estimation techniques, bridging the theoretical and applied aspects related to robust model subset selection has been somewhat neglected. A few information criteria in the multiple regression literature are robust. However, none of them is model misspecification resistant and none of them could be generalized to the misspecified multivariate regression. In this dissertation, we introduce for the first time both robust and misspecification resistant information complexity (ICOMP) criterion to fill in the gap in the literature. More specifically in multiple linear regression, we introduce robust M-estimators with misspecification resistant ICOMP and use the new information criterion as the fitness fuction in GA to carry out the model subset selection. For multivariate linear regression, we derive the two-stage robust Mahalanobis distance (RMD) estimator and introduce this RMD estimator in the computation of information criteria. The new information criteria are used as the fitness function in the GA to perform the model subset selection. Comparative studies on the simulated data for both multiple and multivariate regression show that the robust and misspecification resistant ICOMP outperforms the other robust information criteria and the non-robust ICOMP computed using OLS (or MLE) when the data contain outliers and error terms in the model deviate from a normal distribution. Compared with the all possible model subset selection, GA combined with the robust and misspecification resistant infromation criteria is proved to be an effective method which can quickly find the a near subset, if not the best, without having to search the whole subset model space.

Thèse doctorat : Lettres et arts : Lyon 2 : 2000. / Le document est protégé en vertu de la loi du droit d'auteur. Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr. Index.

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Zugl.: Köln, Univ., Magisterarbeit, 2004

During the 2011 Arab Spring protests, the Presidents of Egypt and Tunisia lost their seats as a result of popular protests. While protests occurred in Morocco during the same time, King Mohammed VI maintained his throne. I argue that the Moroccan king was able to maintain his power because of factors that he has because he is a king. These benefits, including dual religious and political legitimacy, additional control over the military, and a political situation that make King Mohammed the center of the Moroccan political sphere, are not available to the region's presidents.

Lugha ni nyenzo muhimu katika mchakato wa mawasiliano, hali inayoifanya nyenzo hii kuweza kuchanganuliwa kwa njia mbalimbali. Katika jitihada za kuichunguza na kuichanganua lugha, imebainika kwamba kuna uhusiano wa ufaano kati ya miundo ya lugha na dhima yake. Huu ndio uhusiano ambao hutumiwa na wasanii kifasihi kuunganisha mifumo ya lugha inayotumika katika matini na kuafikia ruwaza zao. Hali hii inatokana na uwezo wa kufulikana kwa lugha kama chombo cha mawasiliano ambao pia unaipa lugha uwezo wa kusukwa tofauti kwa mujibu wa dhima tofauti na hivyo basi kuendeleza grafolojia. Grafolojia ni mojawapo ya viwango vya uchanganuzi wa kiisimu kimtindo. Hata hivyo, umuhimu na nafasi ya grafolojia kama kiwango cha uchanganuzi wa matini hudhihirika katika umitindo na mbinu mseto. Kwa hali hiyo, watalaam wengi wakiwemo Halliday, McIntosh na Strevens (1964) wamefanya utafiti kuhusu jinsi mchepuko wa kigrafolojia unavyoathiri ufasiri kimaana na kuzalisha athari zingine za kiujumi katika matini. Miongoni mwa vipengele vya kigrafolojia ambavyo wamevitaja kwamba vinaibua athari tofauti katika matini ni viakifishi. Ingawa uandishi wowote, uwe wa jadi au wa leo unahitaji kuzingatia matumizi mema ya viakifishi, hivi leo kumeshuhudiwa ukiukaji wa matumizi ya vipengele hivi katika shughuli za kijamii. Ni kwa ajili hii ndiposa makala haya yameandaliwa yakilenga kuchanganua aina mbalimbali za viakifishi, herufi kubwa na mchango wa alama hizi katika uimarishaji wa mawasiliano katika lugha ya Kiswahili. Aidha makala haya yametayarishwa kwa kuchanganua yaliyomo katika riwaya ya kisasa ya Mkamandume (2013) huku nadharia ya Sarufi Amilifu Mfumo (SAM) iliyoasisiwa na Halliday ikiongoza utafiti huu. / Language is an important tool in communication. In an effort to explore and analyze language, it has been observed that there is a correlation between language structures and stylistic choices. Also used by literary artists who integrate these principles of in their text, graphology is one of the standards of linguistic analysis in style. However, its importance and place as a standard for textual analysis is manifested in a variety of styles and techniques. In this context, many scholars including Halliday, McIntosh and Stevens (1964) have done research on how grammatical “abnormalities' affect interpretation and produce other metaphorical effects in texts. This article aims at analyzing the different types of signs and conventions, abbreviations, practices of capitalization and the contribution of these symbols in strengthening communication in Swahili. In addition, this article uses the content of the novel Mkamandume (2013) and refers back to the basics of 'Sarufi Amilifu Mfumo' (SAM) developed by Halliday.