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Moniruzzaman, Shaikh.
Climate change adaptation and recovery from climate hazards : microeconometric evidence from rural Bangladesh.
Degree: PhD, 2017, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
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► This thesis addresses two important issues of environmental and resource economics: how agricultural households adapt to climate change (CC) and how the households recover from…
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▼ This thesis addresses two important issues of environmental and resource economics: how agricultural households adapt to climate change (CC) and how the households recover from climate hazards. Chapter 1 attempts to enunciate the perspective of the overall research and the rationale for researching on Bangladesh. It summarizes the global evidences of CC and disaster, their impacts, vulnerabilities in agriculture sector, significance of adaptation and poverty impact of disaster. Chapter 2 examines whether crop choice is affected by CC and the extent to which households switch their crops in response to the CC scenarios. It finds that crop choice is climate-sensitive and a shift in crop choices will take place in Bangladesh in response to CC scenarios. This research also finds that crop choice will be more sensitive to change in temperature than change in rainfall. Chapter 3 examines the effect of CC on crop diversification and the households’ response to CC scenarios. It finds that crop diversity is climate sensitive and this diversity in different locations varies with climatic conditions. Effects of rainfall scenarios on crop diversity are much lower compared to the effects of temperature. Chapter 4 investigates the impact of cyclone on consumption and income dynamics in a quasi-experimental setting and finds that low income people are more sensitive of their asset loss to income generation compared to the high income people, and disaster causes income loss, but, people show their resilience in accelerating higher income growth compared to the non-affected areas. Chapter 5 examines poverty group dynamics in the post-shock period and the existence of a poverty trap in the cyclone affected coastal region of Bangladesh. It finds that asset loss or asset holding impacts the dynamism of the poverty groups and poverty traps exists at low levels of income in the disaster affected areas compared to the unaffected areas.
Subjects/Keywords: 363.738; GE Environmental Sciences
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Moniruzzaman, S. (2017). Climate change adaptation and recovery from climate hazards : microeconometric evidence from rural Bangladesh. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3682/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.740088
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Moniruzzaman, Shaikh. “Climate change adaptation and recovery from climate hazards : microeconometric evidence from rural Bangladesh.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3682/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.740088.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Moniruzzaman, Shaikh. “Climate change adaptation and recovery from climate hazards : microeconometric evidence from rural Bangladesh.” 2017. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Moniruzzaman S. Climate change adaptation and recovery from climate hazards : microeconometric evidence from rural Bangladesh. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2017. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3682/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.740088.
Council of Science Editors:
Moniruzzaman S. Climate change adaptation and recovery from climate hazards : microeconometric evidence from rural Bangladesh. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2017. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3682/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.740088
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Arslantaş, Yasin.
Confiscation by the ruler : a study of the Ottoman practice of Müsadere, 1700s-1839.
Degree: PhD, 2017, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3729/
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► This thesis examines the practice of confiscation in the Ottoman Empire during the long-eighteenth century. It investigates what enabled, guided and motivated the sovereign to…
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▼ This thesis examines the practice of confiscation in the Ottoman Empire during the long-eighteenth century. It investigates what enabled, guided and motivated the sovereign to confiscate the property of elites, and how and to what extent this occurred. The contribution of this thesis is twofold. First, it provides the first systematic analysis of the practice of confiscation in the Ottoman Empire, highlighting the basis of selectivity in its application. Second, it contributes to a broader line of literature by analysing the drivers, informal constraints and persistence of historical state predation. One of the strengths of the thesis is its combination of theory and a rich variety of archival evidence, using both qualitative and quantitative techniques. The thesis finds that müsadere was a selective institution targeting mainly office-holders and private tax contractors. However, some were less likely to face or more capable of avoiding confiscation than others mainly due to factors related to time and location of confiscation, the bargaining position of the wealth-holder and the attributes of their wealth. Although confiscation was costly and time-consuming to enforce, the sultans were continuously interested in it because of its political and redistributive functions such as monitoring the behaviour of their agents and protecting their share in the fiscal revenue from fiscal intermediaries. They had power to do so primarily because of many disincentives of collective action among the targets of confiscation. Through the study of this practice, this thesis shows how an early modern monarch, who was not formally constrained, could and did confiscate the elite property in a time of crisis.
Subjects/Keywords: 956.1; HC Economic History and Conditions
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Arslantaş, Y. (2017). Confiscation by the ruler : a study of the Ottoman practice of Müsadere, 1700s-1839. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3729/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.745939
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Arslantaş, Yasin. “Confiscation by the ruler : a study of the Ottoman practice of Müsadere, 1700s-1839.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3729/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.745939.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Arslantaş, Yasin. “Confiscation by the ruler : a study of the Ottoman practice of Müsadere, 1700s-1839.” 2017. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Arslantaş Y. Confiscation by the ruler : a study of the Ottoman practice of Müsadere, 1700s-1839. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2017. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3729/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.745939.
Council of Science Editors:
Arslantaş Y. Confiscation by the ruler : a study of the Ottoman practice of Müsadere, 1700s-1839. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2017. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3729/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.745939
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Foulis, Angus.
Essays on credit frictions and the macroeconomy.
Degree: PhD, 2013, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/829/
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► The three chapters in this thesis consider the role macroprudential policy can play in economic booms and busts. The first two chapters concern the recent…
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▼ The three chapters in this thesis consider the role macroprudential policy can play in economic booms and busts. The first two chapters concern the recent housing boom in the United States. Whilst it is popularly thought that a significant easing of credit standards caused the boom, the econometric attempts to establish this are largely inconclusive. The fall in real interest rates also fail to account for the magnitude of the boom, suggesting buyers' irrational exuberance. I approach this problem in a new way using tiered housing data that separately covers the price movements of cheap and expensive houses. During the US boom, the cheapest houses had the largest relative price gains in 51 of 52 metro areas studied. In the first chapter I use a simple model to show that this pattern could not have occurred without an easing of credit standards: without this, buyer exuberance or a fall in interest rates would produce the opposite pattern. Chapter two examines alternative explanations for the tiered pattern, including changes in housing supply, speculation and differential income growth. I show that these variables are not responsible for the pattern, but that, in keeping the theory, there is a statistically and economically significant relationship between credit easing and the relative performance of low and high tier house prices. Taken together, the two chapters conclude that the housing boom would have significantly smaller if policy had prevented credit standards from easing. The third chapter considers credit traps; a situation in which a severe financial crisis gives rise to a prolonged period of low lending to, and stagnation of, the real economy. We introduce a model in which credit traps are possible, then consider what macroprudential policy can do to help the economy escape from a trap, and to reduce the chances of falling into one.
Subjects/Keywords: 332.4; HB Economic Theory; HC Economic History and Conditions; JA Political science (General)
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Foulis, A. (2013). Essays on credit frictions and the macroeconomy. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/829/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602739
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Foulis, Angus. “Essays on credit frictions and the macroeconomy.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/829/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602739.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Foulis, Angus. “Essays on credit frictions and the macroeconomy.” 2013. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Foulis A. Essays on credit frictions and the macroeconomy. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/829/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602739.
Council of Science Editors:
Foulis A. Essays on credit frictions and the macroeconomy. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/829/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602739
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Lima Sakr, Rafael.
Law and lawyers in the making of regional trade regimes : the rise and fall of legal doctrines on the international trade law and governance of South-North regionalism.
Degree: PhD, 2018, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3881/
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► My research inquires into the role of law and lawyers in global governance, trade regionalism and economic development. The central question is why contemporary regional…
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▼ My research inquires into the role of law and lawyers in global governance, trade regionalism and economic development. The central question is why contemporary regional trade agreements (RTAs) between developed and developing countries (South-North) are typically described in international law literature as the expression of a relatively uniform model of legal arrangements - when significant political and economic factors suggest otherwise. Indeed, these RTAs are homogeneously characterised as inter-state agreements devised to promote trade liberalisation. This common-sense understanding assumes lightly that free trade is the primary policy of RTA-partners. It also ignores the relevance of their economic differences and the effects of these imbalances over policy preferences and bargaining power. My doctoral thesis explains how South-North regional trade regimes came to be conceived as the expression of a single, dominant model. It focuses primarily on the work of lawyers in making and governing these RTAs. It is, accordingly, an important premise that legal thinking and practices play a pivotal role in envisaging, constructing, and managing RTA, and that this role is not well understood. It is through modes of legal governance - mainly legal doctrines and dispute settlement mechanisms - that trade policies and disputes are framed as legal issues, to which legal norms and ideas are applied, and solutions are devised. Specifically, legal doctrines on trade regionalism attempt to affect the disciplinary understanding by providing an ideal model for RTAs. Thus, legal doctrines are strategically employed to shape, at some fundamental level, the way RTAs are thought, constructed and governed under the World Trade Organisation. My thesis accounts for the rise and fall of one of the legal doctrines on the international law of South-North RTAs. It postulates that three distinct legal doctrines were produced to structure decision-making over these RTAs between 1947 and 1985. It suggests that their influence achieved its zenith in the 1970s, but was followed by a sharp decline shortly afterwards. By the late-1980s they were marginalised by the emergence of a legal doctrine, which has dominate legal expertise ever since. This thesis argues, therefore, that this new legal doctrine has empowered lawyers to shape the existing South-North trade relations. Conversely, it has also operated as a disciplinary grip, arguably preventing lawyers from engaging in devising innovative solutions for present-day problems.
Subjects/Keywords: K Law (General)
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Lima Sakr, R. (2018). Law and lawyers in the making of regional trade regimes : the rise and fall of legal doctrines on the international trade law and governance of South-North regionalism. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3881/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771609
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lima Sakr, Rafael. “Law and lawyers in the making of regional trade regimes : the rise and fall of legal doctrines on the international trade law and governance of South-North regionalism.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3881/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771609.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lima Sakr, Rafael. “Law and lawyers in the making of regional trade regimes : the rise and fall of legal doctrines on the international trade law and governance of South-North regionalism.” 2018. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Lima Sakr R. Law and lawyers in the making of regional trade regimes : the rise and fall of legal doctrines on the international trade law and governance of South-North regionalism. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2018. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3881/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771609.
Council of Science Editors:
Lima Sakr R. Law and lawyers in the making of regional trade regimes : the rise and fall of legal doctrines on the international trade law and governance of South-North regionalism. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2018. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3881/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771609
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Domingues, Gabriela Bertol.
Essays on incentives and risk-taking in the fund industry.
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/437/
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► The first paper of this thesis uses a unique data set to assess the determinants of inflows and outflows in the fund industry. The higher…
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▼ The first paper of this thesis uses a unique data set to assess the determinants of inflows and outflows in the fund industry. The higher frequency of the data allows to examine whether recent past performance affects the flow-performance relation. I find that the latter is concave for the worst-performing funds and convex for the best-performing funds. This is in stark contrast to previous studies in the literature that document a strict convex relationship. The disaggregation by inflows and outflows further indicates that the concavity is mainly due to outflows, which react much quicker to bad performance than previously assumed, whereas the convexity is driven by inflows. Finally, I also compare how the type of client affects the flow- performance relationship. I show that investors deemed less sophisticated care more about short-term performance than other investors, and more about raw returns than risk-adjusted returns. The second paper investigates how funds shift risk as a function of past performance. In contrast to the literature, I manage to disentangle the implicit incentive generated by the flow-performance relationship from the direct incentive generated by the portfolio manager remuneration contract. Identification is only possible because I focus on funds that pay bonus every six months instead of every year. I show not only that contracts have an asymmetric effect on risk, but also that the tournament within the fund family is the main driver of risk shifting. This is consistent with families actively engaging in the tournament by transferring not only performance, as suggested by the literature, but also risk from their worst- to their best-performing funds. The last paper is joint with Pedro A. Saffi and uses a data set of Brazilian hedge funds holdings to examine the impact of long and short positions on performance. In particular, we test if changes in long/short positions and their risk can forecast future performance. While we find that funds with large increases in the risk of long-only positions risk relative to the previous 24 months underperform by about 3% per year on average, those that increase the risk of short-only positions overperform their peers by about 1% a year on average, net of fees. Neither monthly changes of long nor short positions can forecast next month’s abnormal returns.
Subjects/Keywords: 332.64; HB Economic Theory
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Domingues, G. B. (2012). Essays on incentives and risk-taking in the fund industry. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/437/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571023
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Domingues, Gabriela Bertol. “Essays on incentives and risk-taking in the fund industry.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/437/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571023.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Domingues, Gabriela Bertol. “Essays on incentives and risk-taking in the fund industry.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Domingues GB. Essays on incentives and risk-taking in the fund industry. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/437/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571023.
Council of Science Editors:
Domingues GB. Essays on incentives and risk-taking in the fund industry. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/437/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571023
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Akdur, Gizdem.
Redefining the identity of old age through telecare : a Foucauldian inquiry into national care policies and practices at local social care authorities.
Degree: PhD, 2019, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3862/
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► Since the 19th Century, UK governments have introduced policies to address the problem of old age. These rely upon and reinforce the construction of an…
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▼ Since the 19th Century, UK governments have introduced policies to address the problem of old age. These rely upon and reinforce the construction of an 'old age' demographic, as a distinct kind of identity based on the knowledge produced about older people across different scientific disciplines. Meanwhile, advancements in medicine and technology, as well as shifts in the political and economic landscape, have had marked impacts on the provision of health and social care. Today, the care information systems technologies known as telecare - increasingly offered by local authorities in accordance with national governmental policies - have been claimed to increase 'independence', 'choice', and 'quality of life' for older people. This thesis makes an enquiry into policies surrounding old age and telecare and into the practices of Surrey's local telecare initiative as a case study. It contextualises telecare within the wider history of social/health care policy in England to build the case that there are grand narratives of old age embedded in these sociotechnical practices that merit recognition - namely: 1) The biomedical model, which perceives ageing as a pathological problem associated with abnormality, deterioration, and dependency; 2) consumer culture, which perceives older people as a new group of homogenous, financially secure and powerful consumers; and 3) managerialism in social work, which perceives older people in terms of risk. This study utilises critical theory, discourse analysis, and Foucault's Modes of Objectification to reveal these grand discourses and other discourses of old age, discuss their implications, and explain how they have been perpetuated yet also transformed in the context of telecare. Collectively, their manifestation in the scientific classifications and dividing practices enacted by governments, institutions, and telecare professionals are seen to play a role in the construction of an identity of old age, which has been redefined within the context of telecare information systems.
Subjects/Keywords: HM Sociology; HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
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Akdur, G. (2019). Redefining the identity of old age through telecare : a Foucauldian inquiry into national care policies and practices at local social care authorities. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3862/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771610
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Akdur, Gizdem. “Redefining the identity of old age through telecare : a Foucauldian inquiry into national care policies and practices at local social care authorities.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3862/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771610.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Akdur, Gizdem. “Redefining the identity of old age through telecare : a Foucauldian inquiry into national care policies and practices at local social care authorities.” 2019. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Akdur G. Redefining the identity of old age through telecare : a Foucauldian inquiry into national care policies and practices at local social care authorities. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2019. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3862/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771610.
Council of Science Editors:
Akdur G. Redefining the identity of old age through telecare : a Foucauldian inquiry into national care policies and practices at local social care authorities. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2019. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3862/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771610
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Bonina, Carla.
On public values and information technology in government : a critical discourse analysis of trade regulations in Mexico.
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/584/
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► The use of the internet and related information and communication technologies (ICT) in public administration (known as 'e-government') has gained notable space within the processes…
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▼ The use of the internet and related information and communication technologies (ICT) in public administration (known as 'e-government') has gained notable space within the processes of public sector reform. Arguably, ICT provide an attractive strategy to reorganize internal government tasks, routines and processes and to make them more efficient, responsive as well as accountable to citizens. Yet, the linkages between public values and e-government programmes remain understudies or taken for granted. My research focuses on this particular aspect of public sector reforms and organising. It engages with the debates towards modernisation of central government services while contributing to discussion of the relation between technologically induced programmes and public values over time. Using critical discourse analysis, I trace the discourses on public values and technology within a longitudinal case of a technology-enabled platform to facilitate foreign trade regulations in Mexico - the Mexican Single Window for Foreign Trade. In my empirical analysis, I examine a combination of key government texts and extensive data from fieldwork to address two related questions: what public values are presented, enacted or marginalised during the trajectory of the case, and how these values are enacted and operationalised into technology over time. The analysis reveals four distinctive discourses on public values and technology: 'technical efficiency', 'legality and honesty', 'robustness' and '(forced) cooperation'. The analysis shows that while the technical efficiency cluster - commonly associated to the new public management ethos - is dominating, it cohabits with and is reinforced by other values more broadly related to traditional public administration and the bureaucratic ethos - that is, legality and honesty. In addition, the analysis shows that these four distinctive discourses have been materialised in technology in different degrees, giving rise to tensions and contestation over time. In light of the findings, I draw implications for theorizing public values and technology innovation within public sector reforms in a given context.
Subjects/Keywords: 352.3; JS Local government Municipal government
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Bonina, C. (2012). On public values and information technology in government : a critical discourse analysis of trade regulations in Mexico. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/584/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571135
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bonina, Carla. “On public values and information technology in government : a critical discourse analysis of trade regulations in Mexico.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/584/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571135.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bonina, Carla. “On public values and information technology in government : a critical discourse analysis of trade regulations in Mexico.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Bonina C. On public values and information technology in government : a critical discourse analysis of trade regulations in Mexico. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/584/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571135.
Council of Science Editors:
Bonina C. On public values and information technology in government : a critical discourse analysis of trade regulations in Mexico. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/584/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571135
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Wilde, Matt.
'We shall overcome' : radical populism, political morality and participatory democracy in a Venezuelan barrio.
Degree: PhD, 2013, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/713/
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► This thesis is an ethnographic exploration of radical populist politics among working class residents of a Venezuelan barrio (shantytown). It draws on fieldwork conducted over…
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▼ This thesis is an ethnographic exploration of radical populist politics among working class residents of a Venezuelan barrio (shantytown). It draws on fieldwork conducted over 19 months and focuses on the political ideals and practices of pro-government chavista activists in the context of the “Bolivarian Revolution”. Specifically, it analyses the utopian desires that underpin activists’ engagement with a number of political organisations in their communities, uncovering how political activism is embedded in broader projects that seek personal transformation, material betterment and moral redemption. It also examines state-led efforts to establish participatory democracy at the local level, tracing the experiences of grassroots activists as they attempt to build new political institutions in their communities. My approach involves a close attention to the relationship between political discourse, state policy and everyday practice, exploring the complex interactions that unfold between state agencies and community actors. Overall, the aim of this thesis is to understand the appeal of a radical populist project by looking beyond claims that political efficacy rests solely on the redistribution of resources. I suggest that the particular appeal of chavismo lies in the fact that it also asks its adherents to usher in a new moral order by transforming themselves, their communities and their democracy in profound ways. I explore many of the complexities that are inherent to this process, analysing how activists seeking radical change encounter disjunctures between an idealised future and a compromised and contingent present.
Subjects/Keywords: 305.8; GN Anthropology
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Wilde, M. (2013). 'We shall overcome' : radical populism, political morality and participatory democracy in a Venezuelan barrio. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/713/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579475
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wilde, Matt. “'We shall overcome' : radical populism, political morality and participatory democracy in a Venezuelan barrio.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/713/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579475.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wilde, Matt. “'We shall overcome' : radical populism, political morality and participatory democracy in a Venezuelan barrio.” 2013. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Wilde M. 'We shall overcome' : radical populism, political morality and participatory democracy in a Venezuelan barrio. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/713/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579475.
Council of Science Editors:
Wilde M. 'We shall overcome' : radical populism, political morality and participatory democracy in a Venezuelan barrio. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/713/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579475
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Lee, Suhjin.
Essays on functions and organisations of political parties.
Degree: PhD, 2016, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3383/
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► This thesis consists of the three papers that present new formal models of functions and organisations of political parties. The models begin with a particular…
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▼ This thesis consists of the three papers that present new formal models of functions and organisations of political parties. The models begin with a particular function or organisational feature of political parties and integrate it with the related issues that the formal literature in political science has either discussed separately or has not paid sufficient attention to. The first paper analyses the strategic interactions between parties and their candidates in elections. It answers the question of why parties provide greater campaign support toward open-seat races than reelection races; to what extent campaign support of parties influences and incentivises valence investment of individual candidates. It also identifies and distinguishes party and personal attributes to an incumbency advantage and discovers a ‘multiplying’ effect that the sequential nature of reelection race has on the advantage. The second paper discusses intraparty competition between factions. It identifies a trade-off between collective and individual benefits in faction members’ choice between intraparty factions and provides a theoretical explanation for factional splits and merges observed in politics. It differentiates itself from the small literature of factions, which is often found to be insufficient to analyse the dynamics of intraparty factions, by incorporating a hierarchical structure of party organisations. The third paper integrates different types of organisational hierarchies, in power, as the second paper does, and in decision procedures and connects them to the longevity of political power. It analyses endogenous allocation of power that gives rise to a specific pattern of power hierarchy that best serves the two objectives of political power, the absolute size and longevity of power. It also shows that the optimal power hierarchy differs across the types of decision hierarchies, indicating the decision-making procedures adopted by a parties. It offers a theoretical explanation to why some parties have undergone more frequent leadership turnover.
Subjects/Keywords: 324.2; JC Political theory
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Lee, S. (2016). Essays on functions and organisations of political parties. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3383/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.697599
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lee, Suhjin. “Essays on functions and organisations of political parties.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3383/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.697599.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lee, Suhjin. “Essays on functions and organisations of political parties.” 2016. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Lee S. Essays on functions and organisations of political parties. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2016. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3383/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.697599.
Council of Science Editors:
Lee S. Essays on functions and organisations of political parties. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2016. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3383/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.697599
10.
Al Toraifi, Adel.
Understanding the role of state identity in foreign policy decision-making : the rise of Saudi-Iranian rapprochement (1997-2009).
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/683/
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► The objective of the thesis is to study the concept of state identity and its role in foreign policy decision-making through a constructivist analysis, with…
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▼ The objective of the thesis is to study the concept of state identity and its role in foreign policy decision-making through a constructivist analysis, with particular focus on the Saudi–Iranian rapprochement of 1997. While there has been a recent growth in the study of ideational factors and their effects on foreign policy in the Gulf, state identity remains understudied within mainstream International Relations (IR), Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA), and even Middle Eastern studies literature, despite its importance and manifestation in the region’s foreign policy discourses. The aim is to challenge purely realist and power-based explanations that have dominated the discourse on Middle Eastern foreign policy—and in particular, the examination of Saudi–Iranian relations. Saudi Arabia and Iran have played key roles in Gulf security for the past four decades, yet there have been few studies addressing their bilateral relations. Traditionally, differences—including sectarianism, nationalism, revolutionary ideology, competition over regional hegemony, oil prices, policy towards US military presence in the Gulf, and disagreements over the hajj—are often cited as reasons for their rivalry, yet these differences do not on their own offer a convincingly clear explanation as to why the rapprochement took place at that particular time, or why it thrived—and subsequently declined—despite the continuing presence of these issues. The primary purpose of the thesis is to analyse and understand the reasons behind the rise and demise of the Saudi–Iranian rapprochement of 1997. By focusing on ideational and materialist factors, the thesis seeks to demonstrate how changes in state identity—particularly in the official foreign policy discourse—indicates changes in policy, and therefore a shift in the amity–enmity pattern between the two states. Without discarding the value of realist explanations, the thesis will argue that the rapprochement process of 1997 has been significantly (though not exclusively) influenced by changes in state identity in each state. Moreover, this thesis provides a theoretical framework based on the concept of state identity and role theory (“self versus other”) to study the evolution of enmity, the rise of the rapprochement process during the Khatami presidency (1997–2005), and the subsequent revival of Saudi–Iranian rivalry during President Ahmadinejad’s first term (2005–2009). The main argument of this thesis is that ideational and materialist factors were instrumental in the demise of the rapprochement process, but the change in Iran’s state identity during the first term of President Ahmadinejad altered the perception of each state towards the other. Thus, the relationship transformed from a state of relative friendliness to a state of enmity and rivalry. This is explained by examining the muqawama–mumana’a discourse and the “moderates” versus “radicals” debate that consumed the narrative of Saudi–Iranian relations between 2005 and 2009. The methods employed in answering these research questions and…
Subjects/Keywords: 327.1; JZ International relations
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Al Toraifi, A. (2012). Understanding the role of state identity in foreign policy decision-making : the rise of Saudi-Iranian rapprochement (1997-2009). (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/683/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579436
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Al Toraifi, Adel. “Understanding the role of state identity in foreign policy decision-making : the rise of Saudi-Iranian rapprochement (1997-2009).” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/683/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579436.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Al Toraifi, Adel. “Understanding the role of state identity in foreign policy decision-making : the rise of Saudi-Iranian rapprochement (1997-2009).” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Al Toraifi A. Understanding the role of state identity in foreign policy decision-making : the rise of Saudi-Iranian rapprochement (1997-2009). [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/683/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579436.
Council of Science Editors:
Al Toraifi A. Understanding the role of state identity in foreign policy decision-making : the rise of Saudi-Iranian rapprochement (1997-2009). [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/683/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579436
11.
Hockley, Tony.
A giant leap by small steps : the Conservative Party and National Health Service reform.
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/518/
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► This thesis investigates the factors involved in the processes of health policy change. It questions the validity of path dependency theory in the context of…
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▼ This thesis investigates the factors involved in the processes of health policy change. It questions the validity of path dependency theory in the context of changes observed within the United Kingdom health system under the Conservatives between 1979 and 1997. The development of the National Health Service (NHS) ‘internal market’ reforms is considered together with five specific cases of change affecting public-private boundaries. The research combines literature research, including biographical and archival sources, with a selection of interviews with important actors from the health policy arena of the time. The cases are mapped using an adapted version of the three policy streams developed by Kingdon for the analysis of agenda-setting processes, as a structured basis for comparison. The research finds little evidence of the self-reinforcing processes that are required to generate path dependency, or that a change of path can take place only at a critical juncture.It shows that small changes can produce substantive and enduring changes of path. It also identifies that the factors involved appear to go beyond Kingdon’s three streams, and attaches importance to the potential for disloyalty to the status quo. Cultural or technical change, as well as policy change, can generate disloyalty amongst those who deliver services. The presence of the potential for disloyalty is, therefore, an important factor in the achievement of a change of path. Taken together the changes between 1979 and 1997 show a notable consistency of purpose in pursuit of a dual agenda of consumerism and public spending control. Whilst analysis of individual cases of change can suggest an absence of strategy, each case plays a part within a remarkable consistent Conservative programme of change the roots of which predate the National Health Service.
Subjects/Keywords: 362.10941; JN101 Great Britain
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Hockley, T. (2012). A giant leap by small steps : the Conservative Party and National Health Service reform. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/518/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571079
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hockley, Tony. “A giant leap by small steps : the Conservative Party and National Health Service reform.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/518/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571079.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hockley, Tony. “A giant leap by small steps : the Conservative Party and National Health Service reform.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Hockley T. A giant leap by small steps : the Conservative Party and National Health Service reform. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/518/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571079.
Council of Science Editors:
Hockley T. A giant leap by small steps : the Conservative Party and National Health Service reform. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/518/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571079
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Chen, Chien-Kang.
Hume's conservative utilitarianism : an interpretation of David Hume's political and moral philosophy.
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/569/
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► The thesis aims to recover Hume’s connection with utilitarianism. It is argued that Hume is best interpreted as a conservative utilitarian, and this is intended…
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▼ The thesis aims to recover Hume’s connection with utilitarianism. It is argued that Hume is best interpreted as a conservative utilitarian, and this is intended to be a corrective to recent approaches in Hume scholarship. Nowadays the view that Hume is one of the founders of modern utilitarianism is undermined by two views: one sees Hume as a conventionalist contractarian who is the follower of Hobbes, another situates Hume in the Scottish Enlightenment and emphasises his resemblance to Hutcheson. The thesis does not deny that Hume’s political philosophy is influenced by these philosophers. Instead, it is because these views are regarded as providing an exhaustive account of Hume that the thesis aims to challenge them. What is crucial to contemporary Hume studies is a more balanced interpretation of Hume, and this is to be found in the traditional approach which sees Hume as a utilitarian. The thesis is original because, although it recovers a traditional approach, it relates it to contemporary debate by showing that the late 20th century concern to avoid seeing everything through the eyes of utilitarianism has obscured the genuine utilitarian elements of Hume’s political philosophy. The resurgence of interest in the problems of utilitarianism is part of the legacy of post-Rawlsian political theory. Philosophers the thesis criticises such as Gauthier and Barry both follow Rawls in marginalising the contribution of utilitarianism to liberalism. For scholars, the traditional interpretation of Hume should be rejected if Hume’s political philosophy is to be secured, thus they found it on the basis of social contract. The thesis challenges them on two grounds. First, it illustrates that more similarities are to be identified between Hume and Locke. Second, it argues that Hume is best interpreted as founding the school succeeded by Burke and Sidgwick, which has impact on contemporary utilitarianism and philosophical debates.
Subjects/Keywords: 320.01; JC Political theory
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Chen, C. (2012). Hume's conservative utilitarianism : an interpretation of David Hume's political and moral philosophy. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/569/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571121
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Chen, Chien-Kang. “Hume's conservative utilitarianism : an interpretation of David Hume's political and moral philosophy.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/569/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571121.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Chen, Chien-Kang. “Hume's conservative utilitarianism : an interpretation of David Hume's political and moral philosophy.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Chen C. Hume's conservative utilitarianism : an interpretation of David Hume's political and moral philosophy. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/569/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571121.
Council of Science Editors:
Chen C. Hume's conservative utilitarianism : an interpretation of David Hume's political and moral philosophy. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/569/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571121
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Hanspal, Vrajesh.
Markets and mediators : politics and primary art markets in Montréal.
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/626/
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► Markets and mediators: Politics and primary art markets in Montréal is an ethnographic study of Montrealʼs primary art market and explains how history, government policy…
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▼ Markets and mediators: Politics and primary art markets in Montréal is an ethnographic study of Montrealʼs primary art market and explains how history, government policy and calculative agency operate together to frame the practice of cultural mediators in the visual arts field. Actors operate within a complex financial and symbolic economy that must respond to changing modes of governance and international trends that increasingly concern metropolitan rather than national development. These forms of agency are situated within overlapping discourses concerning cultural policy at a provincial and municipal level that organize the artistic field in the city, the ʻrule and rolesʼ and ʻweak tiesʼ that format legitimate action in the primary market and the processes that are used to incorporate new trends and innovation in the field. The thesis argues that mediators in the primary art market play a generative role in the creation of a multicultural and cosmopolitan cultural capital while addressing the conflicting demands of Quebecʼs nationalist politics. The thesis uses Bourdieuʼs field and cultural theory, Callonʼs theory of markets and contemporary work on cities and multicultures to understand this competition over scarce resources by actors in an art world dominated by state support and institutions. The function of art worlds and their mediation by urban elites reiterates the political importance of aesthetic canonization and labor market practice in a city held to bear a specific responsibility for maintaining a sense of culture and identity.
Subjects/Keywords: 301.01; HD Industries. Land use. Labor; NX Arts in general
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Hanspal, V. (2012). Markets and mediators : politics and primary art markets in Montréal. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/626/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.574149
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hanspal, Vrajesh. “Markets and mediators : politics and primary art markets in Montréal.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/626/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.574149.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hanspal, Vrajesh. “Markets and mediators : politics and primary art markets in Montréal.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Hanspal V. Markets and mediators : politics and primary art markets in Montréal. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/626/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.574149.
Council of Science Editors:
Hanspal V. Markets and mediators : politics and primary art markets in Montréal. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/626/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.574149
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Rasaratnam, Madurika.
Tamils and the nation : India and Sri Lanka compared.
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/511/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571073
► This dissertation examines the divergent trajectories of ethnic and national politics in the Tamil speaking regions of India and Sri Lanka. Despite comparable historical experiences…
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▼ This dissertation examines the divergent trajectories of ethnic and national politics in the Tamil speaking regions of India and Sri Lanka. Despite comparable historical experiences and conditions, the south Indian Tamil speaking areas were peaceably accommodated within a pan-Indian framework whilst Sri Lankan politics was marked by escalating Tamil-Sinhala ethnic polarisation and violent conflict. The dissertation explains these contrasting outcomes by setting out a novel theoretical framework that draws on the work of Reinhart Koselleck and his analysis of the links between concepts and political conflict. It argues that in the era of popular sovereignty the nation and ethnicity have become central and unavoidable concepts of political order, but concepts that can be deliberately constructed through political activity in more or less inclusive ways. Setting out the conceptual connections between the nation, ethnicity and popular sovereignty, the dissertation shows how the conceptual tension between a unified national identity / interest and ethnic pluralism becomes a central and unavoidable locus of political contestation in the era of popular sovereignty. Tracing the politics of ethnicity and nationalism in India and Sri Lanka from the late nineteenth century to the late 1970’s, the analysis shows that the accommodation of Tamil identity within Indian nationalist frameworks and the escalation of Tamil – Sinhala ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka cannot be linked to differences in ethnic demography, political system, historical experiences or the structure of economic incentives. It reveals instead that these divergent outcomes are best explained as effects of contingent and competitive processes of political organisation and mobilisation through which deliberately more or less ethnically inclusive national identities are asserted, established and then contested.
Subjects/Keywords: 327.5493054; JQ Political institutions Asia
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Rasaratnam, M. (2012). Tamils and the nation : India and Sri Lanka compared. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/511/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571073
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Rasaratnam, Madurika. “Tamils and the nation : India and Sri Lanka compared.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/511/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571073.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Rasaratnam, Madurika. “Tamils and the nation : India and Sri Lanka compared.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Rasaratnam M. Tamils and the nation : India and Sri Lanka compared. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/511/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571073.
Council of Science Editors:
Rasaratnam M. Tamils and the nation : India and Sri Lanka compared. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/511/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571073
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Datu, Kerwin.
The role of the global network of cities in the development of peripheral cities and regions.
Degree: PhD, 2013, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/819/
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► This study seeks to understand the implications of the global network of cities for the development of peripheral cities in peripheral regions (D cities) such…
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▼ This study seeks to understand the implications of the global network of cities for the development of peripheral cities in peripheral regions (D cities) such as Lagos through the growth and expansion of their firms, by comparing the geography of this network with the geography of Lagos firms’ global interactions. A first phase drew a sample of corporate location data spanning 1,625 cities to construct a graph of the global network, subdivided into seven regions and 11 industrial sectors. This was analysed with both visual and computational methods. A second phase involved fieldwork in which senior staff at 20 Lagos firms were interviewed about their firms’ global and regional interactions. The location data thus obtained were used to construct a graph of the network centred on Lagos and spanning 219 cities, analysed in the same way. While intrafirm ties remain important for describing the geography of the global network towards its core, interfirm ties may be increasingly important for describing its geography towards its periphery. Lagos’ interfirm ties reveal that core cities in peripheral regions such as Johannesburg (C cities) play a weaker role than Friedmann’s (1986) “world city hypothesis” suggests, while peripheral cities in core regions (B cities) play a stronger role. Lagos acts like a funnel, taking the products and knowledge developed in B cities and bringing them to market in other D cities. A theoretical framework is constructed, which suggests that rather than seek further ties to the existing core of the network, firms in D cities such as Lagos should broaden their connections amongst other peripheral cities (both B and D cities). This effectively puts their cities at the core of new components within the wider global network, a proposition which resonates with sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein’s (1984) theories of “economic worlds” and with urbanist Jane Jacob’s (1984) argument that “backward cities need one another”.
Subjects/Keywords: 307.76; HT Communities. Classes. Races
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Datu, K. (2013). The role of the global network of cities in the development of peripheral cities and regions. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/819/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.594149
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Datu, Kerwin. “The role of the global network of cities in the development of peripheral cities and regions.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/819/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.594149.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Datu, Kerwin. “The role of the global network of cities in the development of peripheral cities and regions.” 2013. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
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Datu K. The role of the global network of cities in the development of peripheral cities and regions. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/819/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.594149.
Council of Science Editors:
Datu K. The role of the global network of cities in the development of peripheral cities and regions. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/819/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.594149
16.
Heger, Martin.
The causal effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami and armed conflict on Aceh's economic development.
Degree: PhD, 2016, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3402/
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► This PhD thesis investigates the causal long-term economic effects of the Indian Ocean Tsunami and the armed conflict in Aceh, Indonesia (chapters 2, 3 and…
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▼ This PhD thesis investigates the causal long-term economic effects of the Indian Ocean Tsunami and the armed conflict in Aceh, Indonesia (chapters 2, 3 and 4). It also contains an analysis of land use change and the consequences for soil-organic carbon (SOC) in Eastern Panama that is unrelated to previous chapters. Chapter 2 stands at the core of my PhD thesis; it is the equivalent of a job market paper. In chapter 1, I provide an introduction to and summary of my PhD thesis. In particular, I describe why I believe that I make original contributions to knowledge that are significant and rigorous. In chapter 2, I carry out a quasi-experimental analysis investigating the causal effects of Tsunami flooding on long-term per capita economic output. The existing literature suggests that natural disasters are growth depressing in the short-term, and in the longterm, natural disasters either cause a continued shortfall of economic output, or an eventual convergence to the pre-disaster counterfactual trend. I picked the Indian Ocean Tsunami in Aceh as a case study for this PhD thesis, because I posit that if there is one case for which there is evidence that goes against the conventional wisdom, namely in the form of increased economic output in the long run, it probably is Aceh. The reason why I expect to see creative destruction is that Aceh received a windfall of aid and was the stage of the largest reconstruction effort the developing world has ever seen. I conclude that natural disasters are not necessarily the cause of output reductions and that they can be windows of opportunity for the economy. In chapter 3, I investigate the reasons behind the creative destruction, and take a closer look at different sectors and subcomponents of the economy. I examine three channels through which the Tsunami may have affected per capita economic output. First, I find that the Tsunami causally accelerated the structural transformation process, a process through which people and the economy move out of agriculture, and into more productive sectors such as services. Second, I show that the Tsunami brought with it a windfall of aid and other funds, which allowed for a building back better of physical capital and increased capital formation. Third, I show that aggregate private consumption not only was smoothed in a reaction to the Tsunami, but even boosted to sustainably higher levels, compared to the no-Tsunami counterfactual. In chapter 4, I investigate whether the 30 years long armed conflict in Aceh left any negative economic legacy effects, once the fighting stopped and the peace agreement was signed. The separatist war took a toll on the Acehnese economy. Even though the conflict has ended, did the negative economic effects also end? Aceh’s economy has higher per capita growth rates in times of peace than in times of war, which can be either a sign of a peace dividend or creative destruction from the Tsunami. But does the armed conflict leave a negative legacy for future growth rates, even after peace has officially been declared?…
Subjects/Keywords: 363.34; GE Environmental Sciences
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Heger, M. (2016). The causal effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami and armed conflict on Aceh's economic development. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3402/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.697612
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Heger, Martin. “The causal effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami and armed conflict on Aceh's economic development.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3402/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.697612.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Heger, Martin. “The causal effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami and armed conflict on Aceh's economic development.” 2016. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Heger M. The causal effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami and armed conflict on Aceh's economic development. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2016. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3402/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.697612.
Council of Science Editors:
Heger M. The causal effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami and armed conflict on Aceh's economic development. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2016. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3402/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.697612
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Farquhar, Michael.
Expanding the Wahhabi mission : Saudi Arabia, the Islamic University of Medina and the transnational religious economy.
Degree: PhD, 2013, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3289/
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► This thesis offers a historical account of the emergence and evolution of new Islamic educational institutions in Saudi Arabia in the twentieth century which came…
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▼ This thesis offers a historical account of the emergence and evolution of new Islamic educational institutions in Saudi Arabia in the twentieth century which came to sit at the heart of migratory circuits of students and scholars from across the globe. It pays special attention to the Islamic University of Medina (IUM), which was launched by the Saudi state in 1961 to offer fully-funded religious instruction to mostly non-Saudi students. Exploring the history of this missionary project provides a point of departure for interrogating the commonplace claim that Saudi actors have taken advantage of wealth derived from oil rents in recent decades to fund the export of Wahhabism. In order to understand the far-reaching cultural, social and political dynamics that have emerged from this nexus between migration, education, material investment and religious mission, this study develops a historiography grounded in a novel conception of transnational religious economies. These are understood to consist in flows – both within and across national borders – of material capital, spiritual capital, religious migrants and social technologies. While Saudi state spending has been crucial for the operation of institutions like the IUM, its missionary project has also drawn on a far wider range of resources within the terms of these economies, including migrant labour, sources of symbolic legitimation and modes of pedagogy appropriated from beyond the Peninsula. The IUM’s syllabuses, whilst firmly rooted in core Wahhabi concerns, have also been shaped by processes of hegemonic engagement with migrant students. Finally, students bearing spiritual capital accumulated on its campus have themselves made divergent uses of these resources in locations around the world. The notion of transnational religious economies developed here shines light on the multiple resources, border crossings, historical contingencies, interests and forms of agency bound up in the articulation of a power-laden, state-led project of “religious expansion”.
Subjects/Keywords: 297.7; JQ Political institutions Asia
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Farquhar, M. (2013). Expanding the Wahhabi mission : Saudi Arabia, the Islamic University of Medina and the transnational religious economy. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3289/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.684676
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Farquhar, Michael. “Expanding the Wahhabi mission : Saudi Arabia, the Islamic University of Medina and the transnational religious economy.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3289/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.684676.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Farquhar, Michael. “Expanding the Wahhabi mission : Saudi Arabia, the Islamic University of Medina and the transnational religious economy.” 2013. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Farquhar M. Expanding the Wahhabi mission : Saudi Arabia, the Islamic University of Medina and the transnational religious economy. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3289/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.684676.
Council of Science Editors:
Farquhar M. Expanding the Wahhabi mission : Saudi Arabia, the Islamic University of Medina and the transnational religious economy. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3289/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.684676
18.
Kruesman, Monika.
Digging for compliments : Rio Tinto Group, corporate social responsibility and the diffusion of international norms.
Degree: PhD, 2013, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/715/
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► It is a rare multinational corporation which neglects to express interest in Corporate Social Responsibility. Across countries, across industries and across organisations, ideas about ‘giving…
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▼ It is a rare multinational corporation which neglects to express interest in Corporate Social Responsibility. Across countries, across industries and across organisations, ideas about ‘giving back’, ‘working with communities’, and ‘being responsible’ are discussed as commonly as profit margins and shareholder return. Despite, or perhaps because of, this plenitude, there remains confusion in understandings of what this phenomenon actually is and how it works. Of particular relevance for scholars of International Relations are lacunae in understanding how such an idea, value-based and emphasising organisational consistency, can be meaningful for actors operating simultaneously in many diverse locations, and under the freedom of international anarchy. Further, questions arise about what this phenomenon, reliant on ideas of good and bad, may illuminate about the movement of norms through the international system. These are the two interrelated problems that the dissertation seeks to address. Following a constructivist approach, the dissertation uses a qualitative case study method, focusing on one main corporate case (Rio Tinto Group). Insights derived from the main case study are then compared with two secondary corporate cases, to strengthen their validity and reliability. Key findings about the operational question, of how corporate social responsibility operates in multinational firms, point to the importance of broad, non-prescriptive and value-based policies at the global corporate level, with plenty of space for flexibility and variation in local implementation. In this way, corporations are able both to claim global consistency and local appropriateness. Insights about the movement of norms through the international system then follow, taking their cue from the well-known work of Finnemore and Sikkink (1998). The study finds that, while the essence of their ‘downwards’ model remains valid, applying it to the workings of international CSR points up limitations. Specifically, it appears that norms can move in various directions, not only ‘downwards’, but also ‘upwards’, as well as in cycles. Further, it appears that the direction of movement is influenced by local circumstances, and in particular the stability of the local political and economic environment.
Subjects/Keywords: 658.4; JZ International relations
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Kruesman, M. (2013). Digging for compliments : Rio Tinto Group, corporate social responsibility and the diffusion of international norms. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/715/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579476
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Kruesman, Monika. “Digging for compliments : Rio Tinto Group, corporate social responsibility and the diffusion of international norms.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/715/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579476.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kruesman, Monika. “Digging for compliments : Rio Tinto Group, corporate social responsibility and the diffusion of international norms.” 2013. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Kruesman M. Digging for compliments : Rio Tinto Group, corporate social responsibility and the diffusion of international norms. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/715/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579476.
Council of Science Editors:
Kruesman M. Digging for compliments : Rio Tinto Group, corporate social responsibility and the diffusion of international norms. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/715/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579476
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Toh, Dorothy.
The changing constellations of audit quality.
Degree: PhD, 2016, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3426/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.700965
► This thesis examines the emergence and rise of audit quality as an object of concern from the post-war period onwards, as manifested in the discourse…
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▼ This thesis examines the emergence and rise of audit quality as an object of concern from the post-war period onwards, as manifested in the discourse of regulators, practitioners and academics primarily in the US and the UK. By drawing upon Burchell et al’s (1985) notions of the arena and the constellation, this thesis seeks to investigate the changing nature of the audit quality ‘problem’ and in so doing, reconceptualises the constellation as being dynamic in nature. It puts forward the notions of the emergent constellation, when an altogether new arena becomes formulated through the emergence of a new event or object and the reformation constellation, when an existing field of operations becomes further delineated or differentiated into more distinct arenas. Central to this dynamism is the notion of linkages, and the precise nature of the linking work entailed, which connect together disparate ideas and attach these to the audit quality discourse. Together, this thesis aims to contribute to our understanding of audit quality, the interrelationship between the three arenas of regulation, practice and academia, and of accounting change. Ultimately, this thesis will show that audit quality, a topic of profound and resilient interest, should be understood primarily, and merely, as a basis through which very particular sets of historically contingent concerns and practices are articulated, and that efforts to measure and improve audit quality are fraught with difficulties. Indeed, the attempts to do so play a role in shifting the conceptualisation of the audit quality problem and are consequently, and in this sense, susceptible to continual failure. An alternate interpretation of the importance and meaning of this rise of audit quality, beyond and irrespective of the large scale failures and crises, is an alignment with the trend of economization in society.
Subjects/Keywords: 657; HG Finance
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Toh, D. (2016). The changing constellations of audit quality. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3426/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.700965
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Toh, Dorothy. “The changing constellations of audit quality.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3426/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.700965.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Toh, Dorothy. “The changing constellations of audit quality.” 2016. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
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Toh D. The changing constellations of audit quality. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2016. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3426/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.700965.
Council of Science Editors:
Toh D. The changing constellations of audit quality. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2016. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3426/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.700965
20.
Choi, Lyong.
The foreign policy of Park Chunghee, 1968-1979.
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/506/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571070
► This thesis is a history of South Korean policy towards North Korea and its general foreign policy at the time of fluctuation of relations between…
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▼ This thesis is a history of South Korean policy towards North Korea and its general foreign policy at the time of fluctuation of relations between the allies, the Republic of Korea and USA, between 1968 and 1979. The thesis shows how American East Asian policy and South Korean people‘s aspiration for the reunification and democracy of Korea affected Park Chunghee‘s Cold War strategy. After Park Chunghee failed to find a common ideological foundation with the Americans, the South Korean leader started to re-consider the inter-Korean problem and ROKUS relations in realistic term. In the late-1960s and early 70s, Seoul shifted from antagonism toward Pyongyang to negotiation with the North Koreans in order to support American rapprochement with China. But simultaneously, the Park regime established the authoritarian state and resisted the American influence on its foreign policy. With regards to the ROK-US rift, the thesis points to their misperceptions between the South Korean and American leaders in their war in Vietnam and East-West reconciliation. In addition, this thesis also shows how South Korean nationalism and liberal movement affected Park Chunghee‘s policy. The aspiration of South Korean public for the reunification and democracy of Korea pushed policy makers over despotic rule and the aggressive policy toward North Korea.
Subjects/Keywords: 327.519505193; JQ Political institutions Asia
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Choi, L. (2012). The foreign policy of Park Chunghee, 1968-1979. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/506/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571070
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Choi, Lyong. “The foreign policy of Park Chunghee, 1968-1979.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/506/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571070.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Choi, Lyong. “The foreign policy of Park Chunghee, 1968-1979.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Choi L. The foreign policy of Park Chunghee, 1968-1979. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/506/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571070.
Council of Science Editors:
Choi L. The foreign policy of Park Chunghee, 1968-1979. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/506/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571070
21.
Szerman, Dimitri.
Public procurement auctions in Brazil.
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/681/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579434
► This thesis provides an empirical analysis of data generated by ComprasNet, the online procurement bidding platform developed and used by the Brazilian federal government. ComprasNet…
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▼ This thesis provides an empirical analysis of data generated by ComprasNet, the online procurement bidding platform developed and used by the Brazilian federal government. ComprasNet is a large bidding platform used since 2001 by more than 2200 public purchasing units who list around one million lots each year. Over 70,000 unique bidders have participated in these auctions. In 2010, 46 percent of all procurement for the federal government was conducted through ComprasNet, totaling R$ 27 billion, or 0.7 percent of Brazil’s GDP. In short, these auctions represent a large share of federal tenders and a substantial amount is contracted through them each year. Chapter 1 provides an overview of ComprasNet. After reviewing the literature on various topics which this dissertation contributes to, I describe the institutional background surrounding ComprasNet. I then present the baseline data used throughout the remainder of this dissertation. Chapter 2 addresses one important aspect of designing an online ascending auction, namely how to end the auction. ComprasNet varied its ending rules over time, providing an unique opportunity to test theories of bidder behaviour, as well as assessing the impact of ending rules on auction outcomes. Chapter 3 analyses a two-stage auction format which ComprasNet uses. Two-stage designs have long been proposed by the theoretical literature, but there are virtually no empirical works apart from experimental studies. Finally, chapter 4 analyses a bid preference programme targeted at small and micro enterprises (SMEs). The programme consists of setting aside eligible lots for SMEs. We first use eligibility rules as a source of exogenous variation in the treatment assignment to estimate the effects of the programme on auction outcomes. We then set up an open auction model with endogenous entry and asymmetric bidders and estimate the model’s primitives. In particular, we estimate entry costs, which we interpret as red tape costs.
Subjects/Keywords: 352.5; HB Economic Theory
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Szerman, D. (2012). Public procurement auctions in Brazil. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/681/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579434
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Szerman, Dimitri. “Public procurement auctions in Brazil.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/681/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579434.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Szerman, Dimitri. “Public procurement auctions in Brazil.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Szerman D. Public procurement auctions in Brazil. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/681/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579434.
Council of Science Editors:
Szerman D. Public procurement auctions in Brazil. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/681/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579434
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Sulaiman, Munshi.
Social protection and human capital accumulation in developing countries.
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/227/
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► My thesis comprises of three stand‐alone papers, which are connected by the theme of social protection and human capital accumulation. In the first paper, using…
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▼ My thesis comprises of three stand‐alone papers, which are connected by the theme of social protection and human capital accumulation. In the first paper, using experimental data from South Sudan, I focus on evaluating the effects of food transfer on household labour supply decisions and crowding‐out of informal private transfers. I do not observe significant impact on either of these two domains, except reduction in child labour. This effect corresponds with increased school enrolment of children. I find that positive income shocks from short‐term food transfers induced the households to invest in durable goods, and child ‘non‐work’ is a luxury good for the ultra‐poor. The second paper evaluates the effects of a policy related to exam standard on labour market performance of secondary school graduates in Bangladesh. Using a natural experiment, the paper shows that lowering standard reduced labour market returns for the graduates. General equilibrium effects of increased supply of graduates and lower human capital accumulation due to lower standard have been identified as possible mechanisms underlying this labour market effect. In my third paper, I evaluate the effects of an asset transfer programme for the ultra‐poor in Bangladesh on children’s enrolment. I find that despite exceptionally large positive impact on household income, asset transfer did not increase enrolment rates. Moreover, there was increased demand for child labour in these households. The evidence suggests that asset transfer may not be sufficient to increase school enrolment among households in extreme poverty and may have unintended effects on child labor.
Subjects/Keywords: 331.3; HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
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Sulaiman, M. (2012). Social protection and human capital accumulation in developing countries. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/227/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.548120
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sulaiman, Munshi. “Social protection and human capital accumulation in developing countries.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/227/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.548120.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sulaiman, Munshi. “Social protection and human capital accumulation in developing countries.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Sulaiman M. Social protection and human capital accumulation in developing countries. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/227/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.548120.
Council of Science Editors:
Sulaiman M. Social protection and human capital accumulation in developing countries. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/227/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.548120
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Ko, Giovanni.
Competition, conflict and institutions : three essays in applied microeconomic theory.
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/225/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.548118
► This thesis consists of three papers on completion and conflict in three distinct but related settings. The first paper develops a model of tax compliance…
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▼ This thesis consists of three papers on completion and conflict in three distinct but related settings. The first paper develops a model of tax compliance and enforcement where homogenous agents receive signals about how tolerant the tax authority is of evasion, and where the latter has imperfect means of detecting evasion. The main results show that increasing the quality of the information that taxpayers have about the tax authority’s tolerance of evasion may increase compliance. This is because if the signals are sufficiently informative, taxpayers are engaged in Bertrand-like competition: if all taxpayers are evading a similar amount, each will have a strong incentive to evade slightly below that amount in order to escape detection. This logic is directly opposed to the culture of secrecy that prevails in many tax administrations. The second paper, jointly written with Madhav Aney, deals with the question of how specialists in violence like the military or the police can commit not to abuse their coercive power. The answer that the paper provides is that competition between specialists in violence creates incentives for them not to expropriate from civilians. The main theoretical results are that these incentives become stronger as competition becomes more intense, both in terms of the number of specialists in violence and in the evenness of their strengths. The hypothesis that greater numbers of specialists in violence leads to less expropriation is tested using crosscountry regressions and found to be strongly consistent with the data, especially for the case of developing countries. The third paper analyses the equilibria of two-player imperfectly discriminating contests of the power-form under incomplete information. This paper develops a method for solving for the Bayesian Nash equilibria of such games by working backwards from the equilibrium distributions of effort, rather than forwards from the distributions of the agents’ types. This method is used to prove that there exist no distributions of type such that effort is an affine function of the type. The method is used to construct an equilibrium where effort is loglogistically distributed, carrying out comparative statics. This equilibrium is shown to be special in that it exhibits a formal equivalence to that in a contest with complete information.
Subjects/Keywords: 338.5; HB Economic Theory
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Ko, G. (2012). Competition, conflict and institutions : three essays in applied microeconomic theory. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/225/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.548118
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ko, Giovanni. “Competition, conflict and institutions : three essays in applied microeconomic theory.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/225/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.548118.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ko, Giovanni. “Competition, conflict and institutions : three essays in applied microeconomic theory.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Ko G. Competition, conflict and institutions : three essays in applied microeconomic theory. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/225/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.548118.
Council of Science Editors:
Ko G. Competition, conflict and institutions : three essays in applied microeconomic theory. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/225/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.548118
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Baumberg, Ben.
The role of increasing job strain in deteriorating fitness-for-work and rising incapacity benefit receipt.
Degree: PhD, 2011, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/192/
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► Over the past three decades, the number of incapacity benefit claimants in the UK has trebled. Conventional wisdom argues that this rise cannot reflect ‘real’…
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▼ Over the past three decades, the number of incapacity benefit claimants in the UK has trebled. Conventional wisdom argues that this rise cannot reflect ‘real’ incapacity; Britons are perceived to have got healthier and jobs to have become less physically demanding. Yet self-reported work-limiting disability (WLD) grew over the 1990s. Moreover, some working conditions deteriorated, with ‘job strain’ (the combination of high job demands and low job control) rising sharply. In this thesis, I investigate the possibility that rising job strain partly explains the rise in WLD and incapacity benefit receipt through four pieces of empirical research. First, different surveys appear to conflict on whether job strain has risen. Given that trends in job strain are of paramount importance, I systematically review the available trend data across 44 individual datasets. Second, I look at whether self-reported demands and control predict WLD and healthrelated job loss. Using the Whitehall II cohort, I look longitudinally at whether baseline job strain predicts WLD/health-related job loss at the following wave. I also look at the extent to which WLD mediates any relationship between job strain and health-related job loss. Third, the Whitehall II analysis is limited to civil servants and is based on self-reports. I therefore complement this analysis by looking at average job strain in particular occupations and imputing this into the nationally representative BHPS. I then relate job strain to later WLD and incapacity benefit receipt in parallel fashion to the Whitehall II analyses. Finally, the quantitative analyses leave unanswered questions about the meaning of ‘fitness-for-work’, the processes through which working conditions affect incapacity benefit receipt, and how these impact differently on different people. These are explored in a qualitative analysis of 32 interviews with people with health problems, culminating in a conceptual model of job strain, WLD, and incapacity benefit receipt.
Subjects/Keywords: 331.25; HD Industries. Land use. Labor : HM Sociology
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Baumberg, B. (2011). The role of increasing job strain in deteriorating fitness-for-work and rising incapacity benefit receipt. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/192/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547255
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Baumberg, Ben. “The role of increasing job strain in deteriorating fitness-for-work and rising incapacity benefit receipt.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/192/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547255.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Baumberg, Ben. “The role of increasing job strain in deteriorating fitness-for-work and rising incapacity benefit receipt.” 2011. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Baumberg B. The role of increasing job strain in deteriorating fitness-for-work and rising incapacity benefit receipt. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2011. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/192/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547255.
Council of Science Editors:
Baumberg B. The role of increasing job strain in deteriorating fitness-for-work and rising incapacity benefit receipt. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2011. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/192/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547255
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Keddie, Jamie.
Negotiating urban change in gentrifying London : experiences of long-term residents and early gentrifiers in Bermondsey.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3086/
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► Taking Bermondsey as a case study, my thesis examines how two groups of inhabitants - long-term residents and early gentrifiers - respond to and contest…
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▼ Taking Bermondsey as a case study, my thesis examines how two groups of inhabitants - long-term residents and early gentrifiers - respond to and contest changes in urban space brought about by gentrification. Bermondsey is a gentrifying neighbourhood in London that has rapidly changed in social composition over the past thirty years. The research involved two aspects. Firstly, an historical analysis of the area's social, political and spatial trajectories. Viewed through this lens I argue that the character of the area's gentrification stems from the extent of its integration into the cultural and economic functions of the adjacent City of London. Secondly, indepth interviews with members of the two inhabitant groups are also used to understand how they experienced change brought about by gentrification in the context of their everyday lives. The research found that long-term residents did not regard the presence of gentrifiers as a direct threat to their housing security. Rather there was segregation between the two groups and protection provided by a large social rented tenure. A third group - 'low-status incomers' - were, however, seen as a threat both to long-term residents' access to social housing and to their (nostalgic) notions of community. I identify a form of intra-class rivalry, differing from the inter-class rivalry between lower income residents and gentrifiers that the literature typically describes. Instead of housing, I describe how public space was the crucible of tensions over gentrification, demonstrated by long-term residents' negative experiences of the public realm on new-build gentrification schemes. This prompted their withdrawal to familiar neighbourhood spaces, a form of 'internal displacement'. I also found a loss of 'place' displayed by early gentrifiers. Through their political practices, such as lobbying for affordable housing, they aimed to mitigate against the excesses of the gentrification they helped initiate. Despite their own housing security, they felt threatened by the arrival of later gentrifiers with divergent consumption preferences and social ideals. The analysis therefore shows how experiences of gentrification among different inhabitant groups are not fixed but open, ambiguous and layered, with different groups representing real and imagined threats to each other in ways not necessarily typified in the existing literature.
Subjects/Keywords: 307.760942; HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
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Keddie, J. (2014). Negotiating urban change in gentrifying London : experiences of long-term residents and early gentrifiers in Bermondsey. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3086/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.654511
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Keddie, Jamie. “Negotiating urban change in gentrifying London : experiences of long-term residents and early gentrifiers in Bermondsey.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3086/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.654511.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Keddie, Jamie. “Negotiating urban change in gentrifying London : experiences of long-term residents and early gentrifiers in Bermondsey.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Keddie J. Negotiating urban change in gentrifying London : experiences of long-term residents and early gentrifiers in Bermondsey. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3086/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.654511.
Council of Science Editors:
Keddie J. Negotiating urban change in gentrifying London : experiences of long-term residents and early gentrifiers in Bermondsey. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3086/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.654511
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Fisher, Kathryn.
From 20th Century troubles to 21st Century international terrorism : identity, securitization, and British counterterrorism from 1968 to 2011.
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/548/
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► This thesis is an exploration into the consequential interrelation of official British discourse, identity, securitization, and counterterrorism from 1968 to 2011. Through a relational-securitization approach,…
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▼ This thesis is an exploration into the consequential interrelation of official British discourse, identity, securitization, and counterterrorism from 1968 to 2011. Through a relational-securitization approach, the thesis narrative explains how discourse is both constitutive and causal for outcomes in a particular case. It is a relational mechanism based analysis that investigates how observed rhetorical commonplaces came together to influence intersubjective understanding and security practice. The ways that identities were temporarily stabilized across discourse through particular configurations was essential to how British counterterrorism emerged, was maintained, and became normalized. The thesis does not argue that possible insecurities categorized as “terrorism” do not exist, or that a security response is in itself surprising. However, how this response unfolded was not predetermined, and instead depended upon a securitization of terrorism along distinctive patterns of us/them construction. These patterns influenced the trajectory of counterterrorism by enabling certain outcomes to arise over others. Collective understandings of identity shape the conditions of possibility for political action. As such, discourses of securitization have a causal impact over intersubjective understanding and counterterrorism ractice. Historical moments, such as the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings or 11 September 2001 attacks, can facilitate a more rapid passage of exceptional measures. But the maintenance and normalization of these powers depends upon us/them and inside/outside boundary markers. Violent acts may thus influence outcomes, but they do not determine their substance or direction. Reasserted and/or reconfigured perceptions of distance and danger stabilizing the threat and referent in particular ways played a key role in counterterrorism’s transition from emergency response to permanent practice. Through a relational-securitization approach, analysis can better map out how processes of identity construction were essential to the securitization of terrorism, and contributed to the emergence, legitimation, and normalization of British counterterrorism from 1968 to 2011.
Subjects/Keywords: 362.325; JZ International relations
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Fisher, K. (2012). From 20th Century troubles to 21st Century international terrorism : identity, securitization, and British counterterrorism from 1968 to 2011. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/548/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571104
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Fisher, Kathryn. “From 20th Century troubles to 21st Century international terrorism : identity, securitization, and British counterterrorism from 1968 to 2011.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/548/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571104.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Fisher, Kathryn. “From 20th Century troubles to 21st Century international terrorism : identity, securitization, and British counterterrorism from 1968 to 2011.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Fisher K. From 20th Century troubles to 21st Century international terrorism : identity, securitization, and British counterterrorism from 1968 to 2011. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/548/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571104.
Council of Science Editors:
Fisher K. From 20th Century troubles to 21st Century international terrorism : identity, securitization, and British counterterrorism from 1968 to 2011. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/548/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571104
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Cummings, Jonathan.
'Muddling through' hasbara : Israeli government communications policy, 1966-1975.
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/675/
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► This thesis is the history of an intense period of Israeli attempts to address the issue of how the state should communicate its national image,…
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▼ This thesis is the history of an intense period of Israeli attempts to address the issue of how the state should communicate its national image, particularly on the international stage. Between 1966 and 1975, the Eshkol, Meir and Rabin governments invested far more time and energy in the management of Israel’s international image than the governments before or after. Those responsible for this policy were informed by a developing Israeli national political culture that bore the strong influence of pre-independence Jewish history and which reinforced the simple and pervasive concept of hasbara (literally ‘explaining’) as Israel’s communications strategy. At the same time external factors, particularly the wars of 1967 and 1973, made government information efforts and Israel’s international image far more politically important. Yet, by the end of the period, nothing much had changed. This thesis examines why that should be the case. Using newly-released archive material, personal interviews and existing research, this thesis presents a new assessment of the domestic determinants that shaped the formulation, institutionalization, and execution of Israeli policy in the period under review. Three themes emerge from examining the domestic sources of Israeli government communications strategy in the period under question. Together, they explain why such an intense period of activity should produce such limited results. Firstly, the political culture of hasbara, an instinctively defensive, tactical, persuasive and Jewishly-rooted approach to generation and maintenance of international support for Israeli foreign policy aims, itself a residue of the pre-state period, proved an imperfect lens through which to view the world, and was an obstacle to cogent policy-making. Secondly, structural features of Israeli politics contributed to the lack of substantive progress in addressing the perceived failures of hasbara. The ruling Mapai party was split between the dominant ‘activist’ camp, which broadly dismissed the pursuit of international legitimacy in favour of the ‘practical Zionism’ of David Ben-Gurion, and the ‘diplomats’ who attached a much greater value to it. However, whilst the Mapai ‘diplomats’ were sometimes strong enough to limit ‘activist’ policy, they lacked the power to articulate or pursue a real alternative. Given Mapai’s unchallenged leadership at a national level, the sporadic bursts of opposition – in parliamentary or public debate - on this issue in the period under review produced very little real change. In addition, the environment in which these issues were discussed accentuated the role of personality in foreign policy decision-making. Finally, in the absence of clear political leadership, policy was often decided by bureaucratic ‘muddling through’, a model that describes incremental change from a limited set of options, an already-familiar feature of Israeli political culture.
Subjects/Keywords: 320.95694; JF Political institutions (General)
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Cummings, J. (2012). 'Muddling through' hasbara : Israeli government communications policy, 1966-1975. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/675/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579432
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Cummings, Jonathan. “'Muddling through' hasbara : Israeli government communications policy, 1966-1975.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/675/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579432.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Cummings, Jonathan. “'Muddling through' hasbara : Israeli government communications policy, 1966-1975.” 2012. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Cummings J. 'Muddling through' hasbara : Israeli government communications policy, 1966-1975. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/675/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579432.
Council of Science Editors:
Cummings J. 'Muddling through' hasbara : Israeli government communications policy, 1966-1975. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/675/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579432
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Wittur, Nicola.
Optimal use of communication resources with Markovian payoff functions.
Degree: PhD, 2018, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3871/
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► Our work is based on the model proposed in the paper "Optimal Use of Communication Resources" by Olivier Gossner, Penelope Hernandez and Abraham Neyman, [6].…
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▼ Our work is based on the model proposed in the paper "Optimal Use of Communication Resources" by Olivier Gossner, Penelope Hernandez and Abraham Neyman, [6]. We propose two models that consider an alteration of the payoff function in [6]. The general setup is as follows. A repeated game is played between a team of two players, consisting of a forecaster and an agent, and nature. We assume that the forecaster and the agent share the same payoff function. The forecaster, contrary to the agent, is able to observe future states of nature that have an impact on the team's payoff. A given pair of strategies for the players induces a sequence of actions and thus implements an average distribution on the actions of interest, i.e., on those actions that determine the payoff. We let the team's stage payoff not only depend on actions played in one stage, but on actions played in two consecutive stages. We introduce two models that vary w.r.t. the specification of the payoff function and the actions played by nature, with the aim of characterizing the implementable average distributions. This characterization is achieved through an information inequality based on the entropy function, called the information constraint. It expresses a key feature of the strategies of the players, namely the fact that the information used by the agent cannot exceed the amount of information sent by the forecaster. In each model we develop an information constraint that characterizes the implementable distributions as follows. On the one hand, we show that every implementable distribution fulfills the information constraint. And on the other hand, we prove that a certain set of distributions that fulfill the designated information constraint is implementable.
Subjects/Keywords: QA Mathematics
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Wittur, N. (2018). Optimal use of communication resources with Markovian payoff functions. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3871/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771601
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wittur, Nicola. “Optimal use of communication resources with Markovian payoff functions.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3871/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771601.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wittur, Nicola. “Optimal use of communication resources with Markovian payoff functions.” 2018. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Wittur N. Optimal use of communication resources with Markovian payoff functions. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2018. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3871/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771601.
Council of Science Editors:
Wittur N. Optimal use of communication resources with Markovian payoff functions. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2018. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3871/ ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771601
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Elliott, Oliver.
The American press and the rise of authoritarianism in South Korea, 1945-1954.
Degree: PhD, 2016, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3450/
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► This thesis looks at American press coverage of the rise of authoritarian rule in South Korea between 1945 and 1954, during the period of the…
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▼ This thesis looks at American press coverage of the rise of authoritarian rule in South Korea between 1945 and 1954, during the period of the American occupation government and the first six years of the Syngman Rhee regime. Making use of government, military and press archives, it is the first scholarly analysis of how the American press wrote about the early political development of South Korea and explores the question of why political repression under both the occupation and the Rhee regime did not receive greater attention from American journalists. This thesis focuses primarily on the production process of press coverage. Specifically, it shows how coverage of the authoritarianism issue was shaped by U.S. and South Korean political and military authorities, the professional working culture of the journalism profession and the worldviews and activism of individual journalists and lobbyists. It argues that coverage was sharply limited by five major factors. Firstly, the dominance of anti-Korean and Cold War press narratives ensured that relatively little attention was paid to the repression of the South Korean population. Secondly, most journalists working in the Far East were highly deferential to American authorities. Thirdly, American military authorities greatly constrained reporting during the occupation period. Fourthly, the Syngman Rhee regime became increasingly effective in its public relations activities. Fifthly, the low level of U.S. political interest in the political situation in South Korea greatly reduced the importance of the topic for the American press.
Subjects/Keywords: 973.918; E151 United States (General)
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Elliott, O. (2016). The American press and the rise of authoritarianism in South Korea, 1945-1954. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3450/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.702971
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Elliott, Oliver. “The American press and the rise of authoritarianism in South Korea, 1945-1954.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3450/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.702971.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Elliott, Oliver. “The American press and the rise of authoritarianism in South Korea, 1945-1954.” 2016. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Elliott O. The American press and the rise of authoritarianism in South Korea, 1945-1954. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2016. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3450/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.702971.
Council of Science Editors:
Elliott O. The American press and the rise of authoritarianism in South Korea, 1945-1954. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2016. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3450/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.702971
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Naci, Huseyin.
Generating comparative data on clinical benefits and harms of statins to inform prescribing decisions : evidence from network meta-analyses.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/973/
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► Background and Importance: comparative evidence generated using systematic reviews and meta-analyses can form the basis of high quality prescribing decisions in clinical practice. Such evidence…
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▼ Background and Importance: comparative evidence generated using systematic reviews and meta-analyses can form the basis of high quality prescribing decisions in clinical practice. Such evidence is imperative when choosing a first-line treatment among multiple alternatives, particularly in the United States where there is no single national authority responsible for providing practice guidelines for prescribers. Objective: Using cholesterol-lowering statins as a case study, this thesis set out to evaluate the comparative clinical benefits and harms of statins for the prevention of coronary heart disease. Novelty and Empirical Contribution: The empirical work presented in this thesis was based on a systematic review and network meta-analysis, for the first time combining the placebo-controlled and active-comparator trials of statins. Using 184 randomized trials including 260,630 individuals with or without cardiovascular disease, this thesis makes four major contributions to the literature on the comparative effectiveness and safety of statins, showing the following:(1) cholesterol-lowering effects of statins are less pronounced than suggested by the previous reviews; (2) statins potentially differ in terms of their comparative effects on clinically meaningful benefit outcomes, which are not fully explained by their cholesterol-lowering effects;(3) harms associated with statins are rare; still, some statins are safer than others; and (4) unlike previous findings in the literature, there is no evidence of industry sponsorship bias affecting the trials of statins. Implications for Clinical Practice: Although there are statistically detectable and clinically relevant differences among individual statins, the empirical work presented in this thesis does not conclusively identify a clear winner among statins that should be favored in clinical practice. Future&Research Directions: The potential mechanisms underlying the observed differences between individual statins should be investigated in future studies. Policy Relevance: The findings presented in this thesis suggest that statin prescribing patterns over the past decade – and in particular atorvastatin’s exceptional sales performance despite its equivalence to simvastatin – are not supported by the current best evidence. A proposed policy option is to raise the bar for market entry of new drugs by requiring comparative evidence at the time of approval decisions. Network meta-analysis methods can be used at the United States Food and Drug Administration setting, thereby making comparative evidence available before prescribing patterns are established.
Subjects/Keywords: 338.4; RA Public aspects of medicine
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APA (6th Edition):
Naci, H. (2014). Generating comparative data on clinical benefits and harms of statins to inform prescribing decisions : evidence from network meta-analyses. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/973/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.625122
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Naci, Huseyin. “Generating comparative data on clinical benefits and harms of statins to inform prescribing decisions : evidence from network meta-analyses.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 27, 2021.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/973/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.625122.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Naci, Huseyin. “Generating comparative data on clinical benefits and harms of statins to inform prescribing decisions : evidence from network meta-analyses.” 2014. Web. 27 Feb 2021.
Vancouver:
Naci H. Generating comparative data on clinical benefits and harms of statins to inform prescribing decisions : evidence from network meta-analyses. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2021 Feb 27].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/973/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.625122.
Council of Science Editors:
Naci H. Generating comparative data on clinical benefits and harms of statins to inform prescribing decisions : evidence from network meta-analyses. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/973/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.625122
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