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11	The Janus Face of Petroleum: Norway, Venezuela and Petrostate-led Development / The Janus Face of Petroleum Benavides García, Santiago January 2023 (has links) This paper examines the strategic management of natural resources in Venezuela and Norway,focusing on the role of the State in the petroleum industry and its implications for economicdevelopment. In Venezuela, the national oil company PDVSA experienced increased stateintervention, leading to a dependence on petroleum revenues and limited diversification. Incontrast, Norway's approach, exemplified by Statoil, emphasized corporate independence anddiversification efforts beyond the petroleum sector. The study explores the interplay betweenpolitics and corporate interests in both countries, considering the influence of the politicalcontext on Statoil's operations and the impact of the "resource trap" in Venezuela. Byanalysing these cases, the paper contributes to our understanding of strategic resourcemanagement and offers valuable insights for developing countries facing similar challenges. Petroleum Petrostate State intervention economic development political context Transnational Oil Companies natural resource trap corporate independence natural resource management. Political Science Statsvetenskap
12	Module design in a changing era of Higher Education: academic identity, cognitive dissonance and institutional barriers Binns, Carole L. January 2017 (has links) No / This book explores the module design experiences and practices of academics employed within one UK university, and during a period of social and economic change in which university staff are designing and delivering curricula for changing student populations, with different profiles and expectations than previous generations. The book raises issues such as why, in a climate of reduced resources, staff increase their own workloads by re-writing lectures to accommodate changing student needs, and how institutional practices that are used to encourage curriculum innovation are often having a perceived opposite effect. It will appeal to academic staff, students of higher education studies, and policy-makers within the education sector.
13	Le Forum social québécois : l'émergence d'une action collective Arruda, Marie-Hélène January 2009 (has links) Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal. Altermondialisation Action collective Mondialisation Mouvements sociaux Néolibéralisme Mobilisation Forum social mondial Droite Gauche Contexte politique Ressources Diffusion Québec Alterglobalism Globalisation Social movements Neoliberalism Mobilisation World Social Forum Right Left Political context Ressources Diffusion Quebec
14	Retribución de la alta dirección y gobierno corporativo Lucas Pérez, Mª Encarnación 15 July 2009 (has links) Este trabajo se enmarca en el ámbito de las empresas españolas cotizadas durante el periodo comprendido entre el año 2003 y 2007, y concretamente, en la retribución del equipo de alta dirección. Tres son los estudios que se llevan a cabo con el objetivo de determinar hasta qué punto las empresas son capaces de controlar y adaptar las retribuciones de su equipo de alta dirección a los requerimientos económicos, contextuales y políticos -consejo de administración y estructura de propiedad- y en qué medida dichas retribuciones se relacionan con los resultados de las empresas, prestando una mayor atención a los factores políticos. Para lo cual se emplea la metodología de datos de panel. / This work is included in the scope of the Spanish companies during the period between 2003 and 2007, and indeed, in the pay of the senior management team. Three studies carried out in order to determine to what extent companies are able to control and adjust the salaries of its top management team to economic, political, contextual and board and ownership structure " and to what extent these fees are related to business performance, and paid more attention to political factors. To which is used panel data methodology. and political context economic Spanish listed companies Senior management remuneration estructura de propiedad consejo de administración gobierno corporativo contextuales y políticos factores económicos empresas cotizadas españolas Retribución alta dirección corporate governance board of directors ownership structure Organización de Empresas 331 336 65
15	Le Forum social québécois : l'émergence d'une action collective Arruda, Marie-Hélène January 2009 (has links) Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal Altermondialisation Action collective Mondialisation Mouvements sociaux Néolibéralisme Mobilisation Forum social mondial Droite Gauche Contexte politique Ressources Diffusion Québec Alterglobalism Globalisation Social movements Neoliberalism Mobilisation World Social Forum Right Left Political context Ressources Diffusion Quebec
16	Postkoloniale perspektiewe in enkele romans van André P. Brink Bothma, Mathilda Cecilia 30 November 2004 (has links) Text in Afrikaans / This study investigates postcolonial aspects of the prose oeuvre of André P. Brink, with specific reference to his historiographical texts `n Oomblik in die wind, Houd-den-Bek, Die eerste lewe van Adamastor, Inteendeel, Sandkastele and Donkermaan. The texts can be described as links in a textual history of South Africa: a history corresponding to the official version, revisioning it in an imaginative way. The texts also criticize political (mal)practices, and the pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial social contexts of the country are critically scrutinized. The texts offer suggestions for a new political dispensation. Since the seventies the Brink oeuvre has developed a multi-dimensional postcolonial approach. Aspects of post-colonialism, post-structuralism, magical realism and feminism as articulated in the texts, are analyzed and interpreted. Brink's investigation of problems concerning historiography, and the relation between history and fiction, comprised an important aspect of the research leading to this report. / Afrikaans & Theory of Literature / D.Litt. et Phil Re-imagining history The Rights of Desire Imaginings of Sand To the Contrary The First Life of Adamastor A Chain of Voices An Instant in the Wind Postcolonial perspectives Criticism of socio-political context New socio-political dispensation 839.3635 Postcolonialism in literature Ecocriticism -- South Africa Poststructuralism -- South Africa Authors, Afrikaans -- Historiography Literature and history -- South Africa
17	The provision of education at Medingen mission station since 1881 Mashale, Francinah Koena January 2010 (has links) This research report focuses on the origin and development of the Medingen Mission Station, near Ga-Kgapane in the Limpopo Province, and the provision of education at this station since its establishment in 1881. After an account of missionary endeavours in South Africa during the second half of the nineteenth century (with the emphasis on the activities of the Berlin Missionary Society), an explanation is provided of how missionaries became involved in the weal and woes of the Balobedu tribe. This is followed by an indication of how Reverend Fritz Reuter took the initiative to provide basic education to the inhabitants of Ga-Kgapane and how education provision developed at Medingen since then. Reasons are advanced for the prominence Medingen Primary School currently enjoys and the study concludes with the assertion that Medingen Mission Station can be regarded as an important, though not exclusive source of the Balobedu’s present-day identity. / Educational Foundations / M.Ed. (History of Education) Medingen Missionary education Balobedu Berlin missionary society Ga-Kgapane Fritz Reuter Historical-educational research Educational development Socio-political context Education provision 371.07096825 Medingen Mission Station Missions -- South Africa -- Ga-Kgapane
18	Anargie in die beloofde land : 'n holistiese benadering tot die 'Rigtertyd' Le Roux, M. 06 1900 (has links) Text in Afrikaans / Die verhandeling behels 'n holistiese benadering tot die geskiedenis van die Israelitiese stamme/clans gedurende die 'tyd van die Rigters' (soos in die Ou Testament gereflekteer). Na my mening het 'n holistiese benadering die potensiaal om 'n meer komprehensiewe beeld van die 'Rigtertyd' te verkry. 'n Vierledige ondersoek na die situasie van die Israelitiese stamme/clans word daarom aan die hand van die politieke konteks, die sosio-kulturele en ekonomiese situasie, die godsdienstig-ideologiese aspek en die literere dimensie gedoen. In die laaste hoofstuk is daar gepoog om die verskillende dimensies op mekaar te betrek. Opsommend kan gese word dat byna alle aktiwiteite gedurende hierdie periode ongestruktureerd en sonder orde was, dit wil se daar was anargie in die Beloofde Land. · Elkeen het gedoen wat reg was in sy eie oe' (Rgt 21 :25). / This dissertation deals with a holistic approach towards the history of the Israelite tribes/clans throughout the 'period of the Judges' (as referred to in the Old Testament). In my opinion, a holistic approach has the potential to offer a more comprehensive analysis of the 'period of the Judges'. A fourfold investigation into the situation of the Israelite tribes/clans is carried out involving the political context, the socio-cultural and economic situation, the religious-ideological aspect and the literary dimension. In the last chapter an attempt is made to integrate the different dimensions. To conclude, it can be said that nearly all phenomena in the tribal period was characterized by a lack of structure or order, in other words, there was anarchy in the Promised Land. 'Everyone did what was right in his own eyes' (Jdg 21 :25). / Biblical and Ancient Studies / M.A. (Bybelkunde) Judges Holistic Israelite tribes Political context Socio-cultural Economic situation Religious-ideological Pluralistic-syncretizing Jahwism Literary aspect Oral traditions Anarchy Promised Land 222.3206 Jews -- History -- 1200-953 B.C. Jews -- Cultural assimilation
19	La Participación Ciudadana en los Gobiernos locales: Contexto Político y Cultura política. Un análisis comparativo de Buenos Aires y Barcelona Schneider, Cecilia 08 January 2008 (has links) A fines de los años 80' varios gobiernos locales, europeos y latinoamericanos, comienzan a poner en práctica mecanismos innovadores de participación ciudadana en las agendas y en la formación de las políticas públicas municipales. Barcelona, primero, y mucho después, Buenos Aires, iniciaron este camino de la renovación democrática. Sin embargo, las causas que podrían explicar esta apuesta por la innovación democrática difieren mucho según atendamos al comportamiento de dos variables fundamentales: el contexto político-institucional y la cultura política. En esta Tesis se presenta un análisis detallado, en primer lugar, de la relevancia del contexto político y de sus implicancias sobre el surgimiento y la dinámica que asume la participación ciudadana y, en segundo lugar, de los discursos culturales que sostienen y nutren a la participación Buenos Aires y Barcelona. / By the end of the eighties, several European and Latin American local governments began to put into practice innovating mechanisms of citizen participation in the agendas and the development of municipal public policies. This process of democratic renovation started first in Barcelona and much later in Buenos Aires. Potential causes of this bet on democratic innovation vary much according to two fundamental variables: the political-institutional context and the political culture. This Thesis dissertation presents first a detailed analysis of the relevance of the political context and its implications in the appearance and dynamics of citizen participation. Second, it offers an analysis of the cultural discourses supporting and nourishing citizen participation in both Barcelona and Buenos Aires. values discourses on participation political culture access to central power conflict local governments political context ideological position cultura política valores citizen participation mechanisms of formal participation discursos sobre la participación acceso al poder central conflicto mecanismos de participación formal gobiernos locales color ideológico contexto político participación ciudadana 32
20	Postkoloniale perspektiewe in enkele romans van André P. Brink Bothma, Mathilda Cecilia 30 November 2004 (has links) Text in Afrikaans / This study investigates postcolonial aspects of the prose oeuvre of André P. Brink, with specific reference to his historiographical texts `n Oomblik in die wind, Houd-den-Bek, Die eerste lewe van Adamastor, Inteendeel, Sandkastele and Donkermaan. The texts can be described as links in a textual history of South Africa: a history corresponding to the official version, revisioning it in an imaginative way. The texts also criticize political (mal)practices, and the pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial social contexts of the country are critically scrutinized. The texts offer suggestions for a new political dispensation. Since the seventies the Brink oeuvre has developed a multi-dimensional postcolonial approach. Aspects of post-colonialism, post-structuralism, magical realism and feminism as articulated in the texts, are analyzed and interpreted. Brink's investigation of problems concerning historiography, and the relation between history and fiction, comprised an important aspect of the research leading to this report. / Afrikaans and Theory of Literature / D.Litt. et Phil Re-imagining history The Rights of Desire Imaginings of Sand To the Contrary The First Life of Adamastor A Chain of Voices An Instant in the Wind Postcolonial perspectives Criticism of socio-political context New socio-political dispensation 839.3635 Postcolonialism in literature Ecocriticism -- South Africa Poststructuralism -- South Africa Authors, Afrikaans -- Historiography Literature and history -- South Africa

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