Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007. / Thesis Advisor(s): Malley, Michael. "December 2007." Title from title page of PDF document (viewed on: Apr 11, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-75).

Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007. / Thesis Advisor(s): Malley, Michael. "December 2007." Title from title page of PDF document (viewed on: Apr 11, 2008). AD-A475 759. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-75). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Security Building in Post Cinflict Environments)--Naval Postgraduate School, Dec. 2004. / Thesis Advisor(s): Gaye Christoffersen. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-91). Also available online.

Thesis--Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-326).

This study aims to explore the relationship between clientelistic economies and systemic corruption under the framework of Economic Norms Theory. Pointedly, it examines the evolution of contractual mortgage credit as a percentage of GDP (representing the growth of a non-self-enforcing contract market) compared to both actual and perceived levels of corruption in Brazil in order to assess whether Brazil is exemplary of a transitioning economy under the theory of Economic Norms. The hypothesis of this paper is two-fold. First, I expect that as mortgage credit as a percentage of GDP generally increases, actual corruption will decrease. Secondly, I expect that as perceptions of corruption worsen, actual corruption will improve. The results corroborated the hypothesis: as mortgage contracts occupy a larger percentage of national GDP, perceptions of corruption worsened while actual corruption has slightly improved. These findings suggest a shifting set of public values away from clientelistic norms and towards norms associated with contract-intensive economies.

Wandering Bones. Tafonomy and Funerary Treatment in Mochica Tombs at San José de MoroThe focus of this study is a sample of human burials from the Precolumbian archaeological site of San José de Moro, Peru. This site is located in the coastal desert of northern Peru and this sample dates to the latter half of the Moche period (450 AD-750 AD). Many of the burials from this site demonstrate various degrees of disarticulation. Stratigraphic analysis has demonstrated that this disturbance cannot be the product of post-depositional forces. An analysis of the distribution of the bones within the tombs, and a review of the process of corporeal decomposition suggests that the disturbance happened before the bodies were placed in their tombs. The results indicate that the cadavers were wholly or partially mummified before burial, and that disarticulation ocurred as the brittle, mummified body was maneuvered into the tomb. The body was mummified either as a deliberate measure before transporting the corpse over long distances, or as a natural product of the curation of the body above ground in a dry environment, during an extended funeral ritual. This combination of archaeological and forensic analysis has yielded important insights into the burial practices of the Moche. / El presente artículo trata sobre una muestra de entierros humanos del sitio arqueológico precolombino de San José de Moro. Este se encuentra en el desierto costero del norte del país y la muestra data de la última mitad del período mochica (450 AD-750 AD). Muchos de estos entierros muestran varios grados de desarticulación. El análisis estratigráfico ha demostrado que esta disturbación no pudo ser producto de fuerzas post-deposicionales. Más aún, el análisis en la distribución de los huesos dentro de las tumbas y una revisión del proceso de descomposición corporal sugieren que esta disturbación se llevó a cabo antes de que los cuerpos fueran colocados en sus tumbas. Los resultados indican que los cadáveres fueron total o parcialmente momificados antes del entierro y que la desarticulación ocurrió cuando el cuerpo, momificado y frágil, fue colocado dentro de la tumba. El cuerpo fue momificado tanto como una medida deliberada antes del transporte del cadáver a través de largas distancias y como resultado natural de curación del cuerpo sobre la tierra en un ambiente seco durante un ritual funerario prolongado. Esta combinación de análisis arqueológico y forense ha producido nuevos e importantes datos acerca de las prácticas funerarias mochicas.

The purpose and aim of this study is to offer a hitherto lacking perspective on the Sulu Archipelago’s history during the early years of American colonial rule – that of the native Sulu Sultan. Existing research, albeit new, tends to favour a U.S centred view. With concurrences as a theoretical framework and a theoretical understanding of the social and political power dynamics in the Sultanate, this study aims to challenge that perspective by examining the last Sultan of Sulu, Jamalul Kiram II’s agency and room for manoeuvre in relation to the bilateral Kiram-Bates treaty between the Sultanate of Sulu in the southern Philippines and the United States, represented by Colonel John C. Bates. Through a qualitative analysis of letters, official documents and a memoire originating from, or regarding, the time period, this study indicates that the Sultan’s agency and room for manoeuvre in relation to the Kiram-Bates treaty has been overlooked by scholars, and his position somewhat poorly understood. The Sultan did not simply sign the treaty according to American wishes. He negotiated terms, and influenced the outcome of above all the signing, and he at least reacted to and navigated the abrogation of the agreement in a way that has not been sufficiently described before. These findings prompt further research from a concurrences perspective to more thoroughly understand the history, and perhaps even the contemporary state, of the Sulu Archipelago and the Sulu Sultanate.

Esta tesis propone que el amor en la poesía de Moro es un proceso de verdad que también está caracterizado por el exceso y la falta. En primer lugar, el sujeto poético busca acceder a través del amor a “lo sagrado”. Este consiste en el disfrute de la experiencia excesiva y experimentada como fines en sí misma, es decir, el amor en Moro le permite a la voz poética vivir sin límites ni prohibiciones. En segundo lugar, el amor erótico también está marcado por la falta, ya que produce la esperanza de alcanzar satisfacción y goce; sin embargo, los amantes descubrirán que el deseo constituye el ansia de desear. Finalmente, el amor es también entendido como un acontecimiento, es decir, un proceso de verdad mediante el cual los amantes construyen y reinventan sus realidades juntos a partir de la experiencia de la diferencia. En suma, el amor es un proceso de conflicto que contiene en sí misma la potencia subjetiva de la eternidad.

During the ten years following the Spanish American War (1898 to 1908), Major General Leonard Wood served as the primary agent of American imperialism. Wood was not only a proconsul of the new American Empire; he was a symbol of the empire and the age in which he served. He had the distinction of directing civil and military government in Cuba and the Philippines where he implemented the imperial policies given to him by the administrations of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. In Cuba, he labored to rebuild a state and a civil society crippled by decades of revolutionary ferment and guided the administration's policy through the dangerous channels of Cuban politics in a way that satisfied – at least to the point of avoiding another revolution – both the Cubans and the United States. In the Philippines, Wood took control of the Moro Province and attempted to smash the tribal-religious leadership of Moro society in order to bring it under direct American rule. His personal ideology, the imperial policies he shepherded, and the guidance he provided to fellow military officers and the administrations he served in matters of colonial administration and defense shaped the American Empire and endowed it with his personal stamp.

Ha pasado más de medio siglo desde las primeras aproximaciones a la biografía y producción textual de César Moro; entre las más importantes para la presente investigación están, en orden cronológico, primero, todas aquellas anotaciones y estudios que, desde los años cincuenta hasta fines de los años noventa, esbozaron una periodización de la obra de Moro que contenía el germen del llamado “Ciclo mexicano” o “Ciclo de Antonio” que comprende, atendiendo a las fechas de composición más no de publicación: La Tortuga Ecuestre (1938-39); Antonio es Dios (1939); Cartas (1939); Le château de grisou (1939-41); L’ombre du paradisier et autres textes (1939-45); Lettre d’amour (1942); y Pierre des soleils (1944-46). Efectivamente, fueron André Coyné, Julio Ortega, Ricardo Silva Santisteban, y David Sobrevilla, quienes, entre otros asuntos, se encargaron de demarcar las etapas de la producción artística de Moro dando una relevancia especial al mencionado grupo de poemas de doble código lingüístico (español y francés) cuya constante estriba en que la voz del sujeto poético (amante) se dirige con una intensidad sin límites a un mismo destinatario (amado).