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Ethical Eating: Overcoming Alienation In The Industrial Food System By Aligning Our Practices With Our Principles, André Kushnir

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This thesis arose out of a moment of discord, while an environmental philosopher was eating blackberries in the middle of a blizzard in Missoula, Montana. What follows is an attempt to bridge the gap between our principles and our practices, by asking the questions: What does ethical eating look like? Is it possible within our current industrial food system? and If not, what needs to change? Responding to the publication of the 2019 EAT-Lancet report, this essay moves beyond thinking of ethical eating as “healthy” and “sustainable” and challenges the networks of suffering and labour that we take for …

The Map Is Not The Territory: Governance, Hybridity And The Apsa In Mali, Ousmane Aly Diallo

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This dissertation examines the politics and assumptions underlying regional security governance in Africa through the prism of the challenges posed by the intricacies of domestic governance in the Sahel. Based on a study of the actions of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) during the conflict in Mali (2012-), this dissertation argues that at the core of the challenges faced by the APSA in Mali, is the fundamental mismatch between the processes of regional governance initiated by African regional actors, which are rooted in the Westphalian conception of statehood, and the realities of everyday …

Understanding The Connections: An Analysis Of Climate Change And Human Security, Erica Martinez

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Increasing evidence shows that the impacts of anthropogenic climate change have magnified and will have dramatic implications for both the natural and social systems (Adger et al., 2014). While research on the security implications of climate change has been found to have a major bearing on policy making, experts have not reached a consensus about how climate change and human security are related, leaving the climate-security nexus and corresponding policies underdeveloped.

The purpose of this study is to delineate and scrutinize the relationship between climate change and human security so that a more comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon is achieved. …

Role Of Art In International Relations : Analysis Of The Key Operational Patterns On The Example Of French Cultural Cluster, Maria Meshcherskaya

MA Theses

Reflecting on the role of art in the socio-cultural context would be unfair not to notice its unconventional nature of the transformation, definition, and understanding, depending on the time, place, and society, which would start the dispute. Yet, there is still no one answer or guide on how does art work as a singular system, using multiple mediums for translating, spreading, and sharing values from one culture to the another, without destroying origins of the message, but organically adopting it for the new environment. Luckily there is a set of tendencies kept by centuries, analysis of which might bring a …

Modern Peace Keeping In Africa: Lessons From Nigeria, Solomon Hailu

College of Arts and Cultural Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

Solomon Hailu, "Modern Peace Keeping in Africa: Lessons from Nigeria," The Journal of African Policy Studies, Volume 26 No. I, 2020, pp. 69-86

Different approaches to conflict resolution and peacekeeping in African failed states have taken the centre stage of this analysis. These approaches are based not merely on theory or doctrine but on the self-perceived interests of the stakeholders in peacekeeping inside Africa. The Western powers have repeatedly expressed the view that they will not commit their armed forces to resolve African conflicts. The West's desire to place responsibility on African states, rather than sharing it, will not bring …

Fanm Pa Chita: Mobilities, Intimate Labour, And Political Subjectivities Among Haitian Women On The Move, Masaya Llavaneras Blanco

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This dissertation asks: how does intimate labour interact with the mobility and political subjectivities of Haitian migrant women and women of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic (DR)? It answers this question in three specific ways. First, it explains the relationship between intimate labour and the spatial trajectories of women of Haitian ancestry who work as domestic workers. Second, it examines how the interaction between intimate labour and human mobility plays out in the Dominican border regime. Third, it explains how these subaltern women act politically in the midst of the intersections between borders, mobilities, and intimacy.

The dissertation proposes …

A Sub-Sahara African Army's Perspectives Of Security Force Assistance Training Effectiveness, Richard Kemp

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Past research and government reports document that Security Force Assistance (SFA) provided by the United States to partner nations often failed to achieve the desired impact of developing the capacity and capability of the partner to defeat an insurgency and maintain security. A lack of research and available data inhibit the identification of reasons SFA programs fail. In this qualitative phenomenological study, the perspectives of recipients of training were explored to understand the factors that impact the development of capability and capacity as a result of SFA training. The agency theory was applied as the theoretical framework in the study …

What Happened To Mexico's Burgos Shale?, Matthew Fry, Trey Murphy, Andrew Hilburn, Armando Garcia Chiang

Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center Research

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U.S. Democratization In Post-Cold War Russia: A Critique, Franklin T. Hughes

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

States are path dependent entities that deviate solely in the face of catastrophic failures in the pursuit of axiomatic ends by conventional means. The inertia of bureaucratic institutions, a foreign policy consensus within a self-reproducing elite of experts, the self-interest of political elites and a sense of “national self” or identity lead states to understand themselves in light of a history and a relative level of status on the world stage. Since the end World War II, the U.S. has a certain path that places the spread of democracy and laissez-faire capitalism extremely important if not vital foreign policy goals. …

The State And War On Poverty: British Welfare Development And Its Legacies For Malawi, 1930s-1983, Gift Wasambo Kayira

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation documents the struggles and dilemmas that the Malawian state endured as it attempted to achieve its developmental goals from the 1930s to 1983. It contributes to histories of development by focusing on the interventions both the colonial and postcolonial states made to improve the living standards of African rural communities, the ideas which shaped state programs, and the behavior of the state which such interventions reveal. Scholars typically argue that state policy in Malawi was necessarily destructive and limited the economic progress of the local communities. The state deliberately pursued land, market, and other agricultural policies that constrained …

Microfinance In Latin America: Poverty Alleviation And The Impact Of Institutional Mimicry, Lindsay Jouben

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Microfinance has become a program of choice in the international development community. The World Bank has promoted microfinance programs under the idea that poverty alleviation can be accomplished by mainly providing credit. [1] As such, these policies are often replicated throughout the developing world. This replication is done through international organizations adopting a standard of best practices for the microfinance field. Best practices consist of a complex set of standard by which all banks must adhere if they receive funding from the World Bank or International Monetary Fund. These best practices, following neoliberal economics, lay out how microfinance should operate …

Integration Of Social Work Practices With Refugees: An Action Research Study, Avril Williams Knox

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The United States is facing an increasing number of refugees and asylees who resettled and were forced to migrate from their countries of origin. In the United States, social service professionals and social workers of resettlement agencies are responsible for the program enrollment and follow-up with newly arrived refugees. Hence, there is a huge learning curve for these individuals. Although a substantial number of refugees are linked to appropriate resources, many are neglected and are unable to sustain themselves. This action research was based upon family systems theory. Integrative techniques used by social workers were explored. The information was subjective, …

Countering Violent Extremism: U.S. Foreign Policy And The Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership, Jason S. Alexander

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

For over two decades, preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) has proven a daunting challenge for foreign assistance policy makers and implementers. The challenges are rooted in its rapid emergence, continuous and uneven development, and lingering skepticism about its future and effectiveness. The purpose of this study is to provide policy makers and practitioners with a deeper understanding of how certain factors have driven the development of P/CVE policy. The research questions focused on the nature of policy alignment at all policy levels and the identification and nature of the factors that have driven rapid P/CVE policy change. The theoretical …

Strategies For Cultural Integration Following Cross-Border Mergers And Acquisitions, Kimihiro Iwao

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Ineffective cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) strategies can negatively impact value creation. Global information and communications technology (ICT) company leaders who do not effectively manage M&As risk eventual divestiture of their acquired targets. Guided by Haspeslagh and Jemison’s acquisition integration approach model and Hofstede’s 5 dimensions of national cultural theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies that leaders of global ICT companies use to integrate diverse workers following cross-border M&As. The participants were 8 IMs from low context cultures who supervised acquired foreign workers primarily from high context cultures. Data were collected through semistructured …

Talking About Eu: The Impact Of Leaders' Discourse On Public Support For The European Union, Marco Roccato

Senior Independent Study Theses

This study asks how do changes in national political leaders’ (NPLs) discourse about the European Union affect public support for the EU? To develop an answer to this question, the research is situated in the tradition of discourse analysis, as it is better suited to understand the nuances in the discourse being presented to the population. In the literature reviewed for this project, EU-related discourse is presented as holding particular power in affecting people’s perceptions of European issues due to the historical low engagement and knowledge levels. The lack of a shared European public sphere and international conversations on topics …

นโยบายของไทยในการส่งเสริมเขตเศรษฐกิจพิเศษตามแนวชายแดนในจังหวัดสงขลาระหว่างปี ค.ศ. 2014–2018, ปิยนาถ อิฏฐกรพันธ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มุ่งศึกษานโยบายของไทยในการส่งเสริมเขตเศรษฐกิจพิเศษตามแนวชายแดนในจังหวัดสงขลาระหว่างปี ค.ศ. 2014–2018 เพื่อศึกษาบทบาทและปฏิสัมพันธ์ของตัวแสดงที่มีส่วนเกี่ยวข้องในการส่งเสริมเขตเศรษฐกิจพิเศษจังหวัดสงขลา จากการศึกษาพบว่า บทบาทของตัวแสดงในการผลักดันให้เกิดนโยบายเขตเศรษฐกิจพิเศษจังหวัดสงขลา มีดังนี้ หน่วยงานภาครัฐ จะเป็นผู้ขับเคลื่อนนโยบายเป็นหลักในการปรับปรุงพื้นที่ โครงสร้างพื้นฐาน การสนับสนุนด้านแรงงาน และการให้คำปรึกษาด้านสิทธิประโยชน์ในการลงทุน โดยหน่วยงานส่วนกลางจะเป็นผู้กำหนดนโยบายและส่งมอบนโยบายให้กับหน่วยงานในส่วนภูมิภาคและส่วนท้องถิ่น เพื่อขับเคลื่อนการพัฒนาเขตเศรษฐกิจพิเศษจังหวัดสงขลา หน่วยงานเอกชน จะเป็นผู้ส่งเสริมความร่วมมือด้านเศรษฐกิจระหว่างรัฐตอนเหนือของประเทศมาเลเซียกับจังหวัดชายแดนภาคใต้ของประเทศไทย การสนับสนุนงานวิจัย และการส่งเสริมการลงทุน และหน่วยงานในต่างประเทศ จะเป็นผู้ส่งเสริมการบูรณาการความร่วมมือระหว่างไทย – มาเลเซีย โดยเฉพาะการพัฒนาพื้นที่ภาคเหนือของประเทศมาเลเซีย บริเวณรัฐปะลิส และรัฐเกดะห์เชื่อมโยงกับจังหวัดสงขลา อย่างไรก็ตาม บทบาทของภาคประชาสังคมในพื้นที่ต่างมีทั้งฝ่ายที่สนับสนุนและคัดค้านนโยบายเขตเศรษฐกิจพิเศษจังหวัดสงขลา ดังนั้น บทบาทและปฏิสัมพันธ์ของตัวแสดงในการส่งเสริมเขตเศรษฐกิจพิเศษจังหวัดสงขลาจึงมีลักษณะผสมผสานทั้งการสนับสนุนและการต่อต้านนโยบายเขตเศรษฐกิจพิเศษจังหวัดสงขลา เพื่อให้เกิดการเชื่อมโยงเศรษฐกิจบริเวณชายแดนจังหวัดสงขลากับประเทศมาเลเซีย

นโยบายผู้ลี้ภัยของออสเตรเลียในสมัยรัฐบาลนายจอห์น โฮเวิร์ด (ระหว่าง ค.ศ. 2001-2007), วทันยา โกนจนันท์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้ศึกษาเรื่องนโยบายผู้ลี้ภัยในสมัยรัฐบาลของนายจอห์น โฮเวิร์ด ระหว่าง ค.ศ. 2001-2007 โดยมุ่งศึกษานโยบายผู้ลี้ภัยผ่านแนวคิดพหุวัฒนธรรมนิยม การศึกษาพบว่าการต่อต้านการก่อการร้ายของรัฐบาลส่งผลต่อการดำเนินนโยบายผู้ลี้ภัย เพราะรัฐบาลสนับสนุนแนวคิดพหุวัฒนธรรมนิยมที่เน้นความสำคัญที่ความเป็นปึกแผ่นทางสังคม (Social Cohesion) เพื่อต่อต้านการก่อการร้าย แทนที่จะสนับสนุนพหุวัฒนธรรมนิยมในแง่ของการยอมรับความหลากหลาย พหุวัฒนธรรมนิยมในออสเตรเลียหลังการก่อการร้ายจึงอยู่ในภาวะถดถอย รัฐบาลต้องการให้ประชาชนชาวออสเตรเลียยึดถือคุณค่าเดียวกันคือคุณค่าและค่านิยมของออสเตรเลีย และเห็นว่าชุมชนชาวมุสลิมเป็นกลุ่มที่ไม่สามารถยอมรับคุณค่าของออสเตรเลียได้จนนำมาซึ่งการกีดกันผู้ลี้ภัยที่ส่วนใหญ่เป็นชาวมุสลิมที่เดินทางมาจากภูมิภาคตะวันออกกลาง วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้เสนอว่าการกีดกันผู้ลี้ภัยของรัฐบาลนี้เป็นการเหยียดเชื้อชาติแบบใหม่ที่เลือกปฏิบัติจากเหตุผลด้านวัฒนธรรม นอกจากนี้ วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้ยังได้ศึกษาความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างประเทศภายใต้แนวทางพหุวัฒนธรรมที่ถดถอยลงเช่นนี้ และพบว่าแม้การกีดกันผู้ลี้ภัยชาวมุสลิมจะสร้างความไม่พอใจให้กับประเทศมุสลิมในอาเซียนแต่สุดท้ายแล้วออสเตรเลียก็สามารถผลักดันให้เกิดความร่วมมือได้ โดยความร่วมมือที่เด่นชัดที่สุดคือการก่อตั้งกระบวนการบาหลีในฐานะกลไกระดับภูมิภาค

Governance Interactions In Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Errol E. Meidinger

Contributions to Books

Published as Chapter 3 in Transnational Business Governance Interactions: Enhancing Regulatory Capacity, Ratcheting up Standards, and Empowering Marginalized Actors, Stepan Wood, Rebecca Schmidt, Errol Meidinger,Burkard Eberlein, and Kenneth W. Abbot, eds.

Supply chains are a major site of transnational business governance, and yet their dynamics and effectiveness are usually more assumed than interrogated in regulatory governance discourse. The very term ‘chain’ implies a more determinist and simplistic understanding of supply relationships than is empirically supportable. Supply chains in practice are complex, dynamic, and highly variable networks. Based on peer-group presentations by more than sixty supply chain professionals, this chapter analyzes …

Towards Perpetual Peace: The Dynamics Of Us And Vietnam Relations Since The Settlement Of Agent Orange Case In 2000, Bhakti Putra Utama, Shary Charlotte Pattipeilhy, Reni Windiani

Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional

Agent Orange is a toxic chemical liquid used by the United States military during the Vietnam War in 1955-1975. The use of chemical weapons is classified as a form of crime due to violations of international agreements. This research tries to explain how Agent Orange has become a significant factor in the dynamics of relations between the US and Vietnam. The dynamics will be analyzed using the concept by Immanuel Kant. There are 6 articles that must be done to achieve lasting peace, but this article only discusses articles 1, 5, and 6 which are the basis for the establishment …

Indonesia And United States General System Of Preference (Us-Gsp): Eligibility Of Indonesia As A Beneficiary Country, Achmad Ismail

Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional

After 3 years, precisely in 2018, the United States reviewed Indonesia's eligibility in receiving US-General System of Preference (US-GSP) facilities. Interestingly, the results of the review have not yet been published. This happens for the United States assumes that Indonesia implements various trade and investment barriers that have a negative impact on the United States, one of which is due to the policy of limiting imports of horticultural products, the implementation of Gerbang Pembayaran Nasional (GPN) and so on. Then with the current conditions, how about the eligibility of Indonesia if it want to receive GSP facilities. This article argues …