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Dayan, Yehuda.
A structured approach to web panel surveys : the use of a sequential framework for non-random survey sampling inference.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
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► Web access panels are self selected panels constructed with the aim of drawing inference for general populations, including large segments of the population who rarely…
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▼ Web access panels are self selected panels constructed with the aim of drawing inference for general populations, including large segments of the population who rarely or never access the Internet. A common approach for modeling survey data collected over access panels is combing it with data collected by a randomly selected reference survey sample from the target population of Interest. The act of joining the panel is then treated as a random process where each member of the population has a positive probability of participating in the survey. The combined reference and panel survey sample can then be used for different estimation approaches which model either the selection process or the measurement of interest, or some case the two together. Most practitioners and academics who have considered this combined sample approach, model the selection process by a single phase process from the target population directly to the observed sample set. In the following work, I assume selection into the panel is a sequential rather than a single phase process and offer several estimators that are underlined by appropriate sequential models. After a careful investigation of a variety of single phase methods applied in practice, I demonstrate the benefits a sequential framework has to the panel problem. One notable strength of this approach is that by assuming a sequential framework the modeler can include important variables associated with Internet and Web usage. Under a single phase model inclusion of such information would invalidate basic assumptions such as independence between selection and model covariates. In this work I also suggest a carefully structured panel estimation strategy, combining a sample selection design with chosen estimator. Under the sequential framework I demonstrate the potential of combining a within-panel random sampling procedure, that is balanced on a sequence of target statistics, with estimators that are modeled over both the selection process and the variable of interest. I show that this strategy has several robustness properties over and beyond currently applied estimators. I conclude by describing an estimation algorithm which applies this estimation strategy to the combined panel and reference survey sample case.
Subjects/Keywords: 519.5; HA Statistics
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Dayan, Y. (2014). A structured approach to web panel surveys : the use of a sequential framework for non-random survey sampling inference. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/997/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631555
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dayan, Yehuda. “A structured approach to web panel surveys : the use of a sequential framework for non-random survey sampling inference.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/997/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631555.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dayan, Yehuda. “A structured approach to web panel surveys : the use of a sequential framework for non-random survey sampling inference.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Dayan Y. A structured approach to web panel surveys : the use of a sequential framework for non-random survey sampling inference. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/997/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631555.
Council of Science Editors:
Dayan Y. A structured approach to web panel surveys : the use of a sequential framework for non-random survey sampling inference. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/997/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631555
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Seyedsayamdost, Hamid.
Reproducibility of empirical findings : experiments in philosophy and beyond.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1001/
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► The field of experimental philosophy has received considerable attention, essentially for producing results that seem highly counter-intuitive and at the same time question some of…
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▼ The field of experimental philosophy has received considerable attention, essentially for producing results that seem highly counter-intuitive and at the same time question some of the fundamental methods used in philosophy. A substantial part of this attention has focused on the role of intuitions in philosophical methodology. One of the major contributions of experimental philosophy on this topic has been concrete evidence in support of intuitional diversity; the idea that intuitions vary systematically depending on variables such as ethnicity, socioeconomic background, or gender. Because of the important implications, these findings have been the subject of extensive debate. Despite the seeming significance of the findings and despite all the debates that the experimental philosophy movement has prompted, what has not been examined systematically is the reproducibility of the results. Instead, the reported findings have been simply accepted as established facts. We set out to replicate a wide range of experiments and surprisingly failed to reproduce many of the reported findings, some of which are from the most cited and attention grabbing papers of the field. We draw two conclusions from our findings. The first is that the instability of intuitions has been exaggerated by experimental philosophers. Intuitions appear to be more uniform across different demographic groups. The argument that intuitions need to be discarded because they depend on arbitrary factors such as ethnicity, socioeconomic background, or gender does not seem tenable anymore. The second conclusion is that experimental philosophy needs a better system to ensure the reproducibility of published findings. The current research-publication system of various empirical fields, especially those employing statistical methods, leads to an overproduction of false-positive findings in the published literature. Unless changes are made to the current research-publication system, this overproduction is likely to continue, in experimental philosophy as well as other disciplines.
Subjects/Keywords: 107.2; B Philosophy (General)
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Seyedsayamdost, H. (2014). Reproducibility of empirical findings : experiments in philosophy and beyond. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1001/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631559
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Seyedsayamdost, Hamid. “Reproducibility of empirical findings : experiments in philosophy and beyond.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1001/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631559.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Seyedsayamdost, Hamid. “Reproducibility of empirical findings : experiments in philosophy and beyond.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Seyedsayamdost H. Reproducibility of empirical findings : experiments in philosophy and beyond. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1001/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631559.
Council of Science Editors:
Seyedsayamdost H. Reproducibility of empirical findings : experiments in philosophy and beyond. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1001/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631559
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Ellis, Jas.
Culture, fertility, and son preference.
Degree: PhD, 2009, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2537/
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► My thesis comprises three papers on individuals' preferences over family composition and the degree to which these are culturally determined, or learnt. Prices, Norms and…
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▼ My thesis comprises three papers on individuals' preferences over family composition and the degree to which these are culturally determined, or learnt. Prices, Norms and Preferences: The Influence of Cultural Values on Fertility This paper investigates the influence of cultural values on fertility. High country of origin fertility is associated with high fertility in the UK, in line with previous results. This is consistent with fertility preferences being a transmissible (learnable) cultural value. However, I find that high fertility in the country of origin is also associated with earlier childbearing. If timing is not accounted for, this phenomenon could lead to an upward bias when estimating the importance of cultural values. Son Preference and Culture I measure the sex preferences of immigrant women in the United Kingdom by estimating the effect of family composition on birth hazard rates. International comparisons of son preference are constructed, the first known to the author. A theoretical model suggests that costs (e.g., dowries) are unlikely to explain the variation in outcomes between groups. Finally, women arriving in the UK at a young age appear to have less distinct tastes, also consistent with a primarily cultural, rather than economic, explanation for parental sex preferences. Son Preference and Sex Ratios: How many 'Missing Women' are Missing. When parents prefer sons, heterogeneity in the probability of having sons can lead to excess girls. I argue that this may lead to under-counting the number of 'missing women'. Parents show significant differences in son preference between countries. I exploit these differences to simulate sex ratios in the presence of measured heterogeneity. Parents' son preferences account for 1.5% of differences between sex ratios worldwide (significant at 10%). The presence of this effect may imply that sex ratios are more biased than previously estimated, since previous comparisons use benchmarks that already contain too few girls. Therefore there may be more women missing due to discrimination than we thought.
Subjects/Keywords: 306.85; HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
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Ellis, J. (2009). Culture, fertility, and son preference. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2537/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631536
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ellis, Jas. “Culture, fertility, and son preference.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2537/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631536.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ellis, Jas. “Culture, fertility, and son preference.” 2009. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
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Ellis J. Culture, fertility, and son preference. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2009. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2537/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631536.
Council of Science Editors:
Ellis J. Culture, fertility, and son preference. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2009. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2537/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631536
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Üre, Pınar.
Byzantine heritage, archaeology, and politics between Russia and the Ottoman Empire : Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople (1894-1914).
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1005/
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► This dissertation will analyse the history of the Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople, which operated between 1895 and 1914. Established under the administrative structure of…
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▼ This dissertation will analyse the history of the Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople, which operated between 1895 and 1914. Established under the administrative structure of the Russian Embassy in Constantinople, the institute occupied a place at the intersection of science and politics. Focusing nearly exclusively on Byzantine and Slavic antiquities in the Ottoman Empire, the activities of the institute reflected the imperial identity of Russia at the turn of the century. As was explicitly expressed by Russian diplomats, bureaucrats, and scholars, the establishment of an archaeological institution in the Ottoman capital was regarded as a foreign policy tool to extend Russia’s influence in the Near East, a tool of “soft power” in modern parlance. On the Ottoman side, foreign archaeological activities were regarded with suspicion especially in the later part of the 19th century. In an attempt to preserve its vulnerable sovereignty, Ottoman Empire closely monitored foreign archaeological activities on its territories. For the Ottoman Empire, archaeology was also a way of projecting its image as a modern, Westernised empire. For both Russian and Ottoman archaeologists, European scholarship was regarded as an example that should be followed, and a rival at the same time. Russian archaeologists had to close down their office with the outbreak of World War I. The complications that arose with the disintegration of the institute were solved only in the late 1920s between the Soviet Union and Republican Turkey, under completely different political circumstances.
Subjects/Keywords: 947.08; DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
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Üre, P. (2014). Byzantine heritage, archaeology, and politics between Russia and the Ottoman Empire : Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople (1894-1914). (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1005/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631563
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Üre, Pınar. “Byzantine heritage, archaeology, and politics between Russia and the Ottoman Empire : Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople (1894-1914).” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1005/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631563.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Üre, Pınar. “Byzantine heritage, archaeology, and politics between Russia and the Ottoman Empire : Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople (1894-1914).” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Üre P. Byzantine heritage, archaeology, and politics between Russia and the Ottoman Empire : Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople (1894-1914). [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1005/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631563.
Council of Science Editors:
Üre P. Byzantine heritage, archaeology, and politics between Russia and the Ottoman Empire : Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople (1894-1914). [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1005/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631563
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Orri Stefansson, Hlynur.
Decision theory and counterfactual evaluation.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/984/
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► The value of actual outcomes or states of affairs often depends on what could have been. Such dependencies create well-known “paradoxes” for decision theory, the…
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▼ The value of actual outcomes or states of affairs often depends on what could have been. Such dependencies create well-known “paradoxes” for decision theory, the best-known perhaps being the so-called Allais Paradox. The primary aim of this PhD thesis is to enrich decision theory such that it includes counterfactual prospects in the domains of desirability (or utility) functions, and show that, as a result, the paradoxes in question disappear. Before discussing the way in which counterfactual propositions influence the desirability of actual outcomes, I discuss the way in which the truth of one factual proposition influences the desirability of another. This examination leads me to reject the Invariance assumption, which states that the desirability of a proposition is independent of whether it is true. The assumption plays an important role in David Lewis’ famous arguments against the so-called Desire-as-Belief thesis (DAB). The unsoundness of Lewis’ argument does of course not make DAB true. In fact, I provide novel arguments against different versions of DAB, without assuming Invariance. To justify the assumptions I make when extending decision theory to counterfactual prospects, I discuss several issues concerning the logic, metaphysics and epistemology of counterfactuals. For instance, I defend a version of the so-called Ramsey test, and show that Richard Bradley’s recent Multidimensional Possible World Semantics for Conditionals is both more plausible and permissive than Bradley’s original formulation of it suggested. I use the multidimensional semantics to extend Richard Jeffrey’s decision theory to counterfactuals, and show that his desirability measure, extended to counterfactuals, can represent the various different ways in which counterfactuals influence the desirability of factual propositions. And I explain why the most common alternatives to Jeffrey’s theory cannot be similarly extended. I conclude the thesis by using Jeffrey’s extended decision theory to construct an ethical theory I call Modal Consequentialism, and argue that it better satisfies certain entrenched moral intuitions than Non-Modal Consequentialism (such as classical utilitarianism and welfare economics).
Subjects/Keywords: 153.8; BC Logic
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Orri Stefansson, H. (2014). Decision theory and counterfactual evaluation. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/984/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631545
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Orri Stefansson, Hlynur. “Decision theory and counterfactual evaluation.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/984/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631545.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Orri Stefansson, Hlynur. “Decision theory and counterfactual evaluation.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Orri Stefansson H. Decision theory and counterfactual evaluation. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/984/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631545.
Council of Science Editors:
Orri Stefansson H. Decision theory and counterfactual evaluation. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/984/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631545
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Aitchison, Brian.
Small business collective action and its effects on administrative modernization in Putin's Russia : from 'grabbing hand' to 'helping hand'?.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/994/
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► Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, epidemic corruption hindered Russia's economic performance. At the grassroots level, low-level administrative agents preyed on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),…
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▼ Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, epidemic corruption hindered Russia's economic performance. At the grassroots level, low-level administrative agents preyed on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), exploiting Russia's ever-changing and loophole-ridden legal codes to extort rents from these relatively powerless firms who lacked the political connections necessary to protect themselves from these predations. In contrast to larger, better-connected firms, SMEs suffered from this "grabbing hand" of the state. They lacked the resources to engage in the "capture" and "elite exchange" models of business-state ties that characterized interactions at higher levels of the politico-economic hierarchy. While some firms benefitted under Russia's systemic corruption, SMEs tended only to suffer under it. This pervasive "grabbing hand" drove the consolidation of the SME interest toward the resolution of this common problem. But, given their individual weakness, SMEs' only means of systemic political leverage comes from pooling their resources into mechanisms of collective action. This presents a number of problems according to the theory of collective action as laid out by Mancur Olson. As a large, diverse, and geographically scattered interest, SMEs face significant organizational costs in achieving political outcomes when compared to smaller, sector-specific organizations. However, the Putin administration has put SME development and the reduction of corruption at the center of Russia's modernization program. Through the creation and empowerment of "peak" SME business associations, the administration has in effect subsidized these increased costs of collective action for the SME community. The synergy of interests between Russia's "power vertical" and the SME community has resulted in a push for a more professional, accountable, and transparent administrative apparatus. This dissertation explores the thesis that the common administrative obstacles facing the SME community has driven the emergence of an "encompassing interest" in administrative modernization, which is more likely to produce results given the support of Russia's powerful president.
Subjects/Keywords: 658; JN Political institutions (Europe)
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Aitchison, B. (2014). Small business collective action and its effects on administrative modernization in Putin's Russia : from 'grabbing hand' to 'helping hand'?. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/994/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631554
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Aitchison, Brian. “Small business collective action and its effects on administrative modernization in Putin's Russia : from 'grabbing hand' to 'helping hand'?.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/994/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631554.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Aitchison, Brian. “Small business collective action and its effects on administrative modernization in Putin's Russia : from 'grabbing hand' to 'helping hand'?.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Aitchison B. Small business collective action and its effects on administrative modernization in Putin's Russia : from 'grabbing hand' to 'helping hand'?. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/994/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631554.
Council of Science Editors:
Aitchison B. Small business collective action and its effects on administrative modernization in Putin's Russia : from 'grabbing hand' to 'helping hand'?. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/994/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631554
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Sundaresan, Jayaraj.
Urban planning in vernacular governance land use planning and violations in Bangalore.
Degree: PhD, 2013, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/979/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631539
► Using a relational state-society framework, this research examines the relationship between land use violations and the urban planning process. This thesis seeks to answer how…
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▼ Using a relational state-society framework, this research examines the relationship between land use violations and the urban planning process. This thesis seeks to answer how and why land use violations in the non-poor neighbourhoods of Bangalore are produced, sustained and contested in spite of the elaborate planning, implementation and enforcement mechanisms present in Bangalore. Land use violations are identified as a key geographic site to empirically examine power and politics in urban planning practice in Bangalore. Critiquing the simplified representations often used to explain informality and illegality in the cities of the developing south as deviation, implementation failure and corruption; I propose that violations in Bangalore are an outcome of the planning practice rather than a deviation. In the process, I highlight how particular planning institutional systems operate when located in specific socio-political and governance contexts where vernacular networks of association transform the ‘governmentalised’ state into one that is amenable to specific interests through forging various forms of alliances. Providing evidence from ethnography of planning and violation networks in operation, this thesis argues that planning practice in Bangalore is inhabited by a variety of public and private interest networks. These associational networks, I argue, capture planning power, and prevent the possibility of a planning authority. Various case studies of plan violation, planning for violation, neighbourhood activism along with planning practice narratives, documents, and court cases form the extensive data set analysed in this thesis.
Subjects/Keywords: 307.1; HT Communities. Classes. Races
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Sundaresan, J. (2013). Urban planning in vernacular governance land use planning and violations in Bangalore. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/979/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631539
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sundaresan, Jayaraj. “Urban planning in vernacular governance land use planning and violations in Bangalore.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/979/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631539.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sundaresan, Jayaraj. “Urban planning in vernacular governance land use planning and violations in Bangalore.” 2013. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
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Sundaresan J. Urban planning in vernacular governance land use planning and violations in Bangalore. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/979/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631539.
Council of Science Editors:
Sundaresan J. Urban planning in vernacular governance land use planning and violations in Bangalore. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/979/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631539
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Mariátegui, José-Carlos.
Image, information and changing work practices : the case of the BBC's Digital Media Initiative.
Degree: PhD, 2013, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
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► The media industry is undergoing a comprehensive change due to media convergence and the diffusion of the internet. However, there is a lack of research…
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▼ The media industry is undergoing a comprehensive change due to media convergence and the diffusion of the internet. However, there is a lack of research in the field of Information Systems on how these technological phenomena impact work practices in broadcasting and media organizations. Using the BBC’s Digital Media Initiative (DMI) as a case study, I provide a detailed description and analysis of the implementation of DMI in news and long-form productions. The empirical evidence was gathered from BBC Northern Ireland (BBC NI), where a large-scale digital video production infrastructure based on DMI was implemented. My point of departure is the study and impact of digitalization in work practices associated to the production of video as an image-based artefact, which complements previous studies that focus on information tokens such as electronic text. I seek to assess how work practices at BBC NI were affected by the use of digital video throughout the DMI workflow. In this context, my case study analyzes: 1) DMI’s technical infrastructure and its impact on work practices for the purpose of searching and organizing video content, and how this affected news and long-form productions distinctively; and 2) the domain of video craft editing brought about by the digitization of the video production process. My contribution demonstrates the importance of a semiotic approach to the study of the digitalized image-based artefact, particularly when analyzing the construction of a video narrative. Video narratives are based on work practices that originate not only from particular occupational cultures, but also from the technological characteristics of digital video information. I address the importance of the semiotic character of digital video, in both syntactic and semantic dimensions, and acknowledge its role as a constitutive element for understanding the impact of digitalization and work in the information age.
Subjects/Keywords: 384.54; PN1990 Broadcasting
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Mariátegui, J. (2013). Image, information and changing work practices : the case of the BBC's Digital Media Initiative. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/980/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631540
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mariátegui, José-Carlos. “Image, information and changing work practices : the case of the BBC's Digital Media Initiative.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/980/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631540.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mariátegui, José-Carlos. “Image, information and changing work practices : the case of the BBC's Digital Media Initiative.” 2013. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Mariátegui J. Image, information and changing work practices : the case of the BBC's Digital Media Initiative. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/980/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631540.
Council of Science Editors:
Mariátegui J. Image, information and changing work practices : the case of the BBC's Digital Media Initiative. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/980/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631540
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Bojar, Abel.
Public budgeting and electoral dynamics after the golden age : essays on political budget cycles, electoral behaviour and welfare retrenchment in hard times.
Degree: PhD, 2013, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/981/
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► Political fragmentation has been widely recognized by political economists as an important cause for fiscal profligacy in democratic market economies because of the common pool…
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▼ Political fragmentation has been widely recognized by political economists as an important cause for fiscal profligacy in democratic market economies because of the common pool nature of fiscal resources. These redictions, however, sit uneasily with the notion of governmental veto players’ ability to block each other’s spending plans for electoral purposes. Applying the logic of a bargaining-game between veto players in a political budget cycle framework, I first model that multiple players in the budget game are in fact likely to moderate pre-electoral budget outcomes. Empirical results from a cross-section time-series analysis in EU member states provide corroborative evidence that fiscal electioneering is indeed more prevalent among cohesive, single party settings. The findings are robust to alternative identification of elections, fiscal changes and sample selection.
Subjects/Keywords: 336; HJ Public Finance
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Bojar, A. (2013). Public budgeting and electoral dynamics after the golden age : essays on political budget cycles, electoral behaviour and welfare retrenchment in hard times. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/981/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631541
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bojar, Abel. “Public budgeting and electoral dynamics after the golden age : essays on political budget cycles, electoral behaviour and welfare retrenchment in hard times.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/981/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631541.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bojar, Abel. “Public budgeting and electoral dynamics after the golden age : essays on political budget cycles, electoral behaviour and welfare retrenchment in hard times.” 2013. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Bojar A. Public budgeting and electoral dynamics after the golden age : essays on political budget cycles, electoral behaviour and welfare retrenchment in hard times. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/981/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631541.
Council of Science Editors:
Bojar A. Public budgeting and electoral dynamics after the golden age : essays on political budget cycles, electoral behaviour and welfare retrenchment in hard times. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/981/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631541
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López Herrero, Silvia.
Inter-sector partnerships : complex dynamics and patterns of behaviour.
Degree: PhD, 2013, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/995/
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► This thesis examines inter-sector partnership processes from a complex dynamical systems perspective. Inter-sector partnerships is increasingly researched both as new forms of government and policy…
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▼ This thesis examines inter-sector partnership processes from a complex dynamical systems perspective. Inter-sector partnerships is increasingly researched both as new forms of government and policy making, and in the sustainability field. The theories traditionally used to analyse this topic fail to confront their dynamics as a whole. Recent approaches draw on complexity theory but, by pre-defining the principles for analysis, constrain the complete understanding of these phenomena. This thesis combines an inductive and deductive approach to explore the complex principles that drive agents’ interactions both at an emergent level (macro), process level (meso) and a causality level (micro). This aims at 1) providing a theoretical and methodological framework to study inter-sector partnerships as complex dynamical processes; and 2) advancing the understanding of social dynamics in the field of complexity theory. This work is based on two case studies collected during fieldwork in Brazil and Ecuador using participatory inquiry and semi-structured interviews to account for the multiple agents, perspectives and components of these processes. These experiences reflect dissimilar topics of collaboration and context conditions intended to provide various scenarios of work and highlight regularities through cross-examination. The results show that, despite the differences, a common pattern of behaviour governs the creation and evolution of multi-stakeholder processes in both case studies. This pattern shows five stages driven by different complex principles: 1) the creation of niche opportunities; 2) the occupation of this niche by a new agent; 3) the emergence of collective behaviour and inter-sector partnerships; 4) the influence of the collaborative process in the system dynamic; and 5) the expansion of a new dynamic in the system. The results provide new insights into the functioning of complex social systems and show that multi-stakeholder processes represent (1) a phase transition in the system dynamics; and 2) a poised state in the system dynamic at the complex regime or edge of chaos, state where the system optimises its capacity to adapt to change, innovate and perform complex tasks. These findings have a direct practical implication by providing practitioners and policy makers with a tool (qualitative dynamical modelling) to promote or reinforce inter-sector partnerships, and to drive social systems to this intermediate regime of optimal performance, the edge of chaos.
Subjects/Keywords: 320.01; JC Political theory
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López Herrero, S. (2013). Inter-sector partnerships : complex dynamics and patterns of behaviour. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/995/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631542
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
López Herrero, Silvia. “Inter-sector partnerships : complex dynamics and patterns of behaviour.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/995/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631542.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
López Herrero, Silvia. “Inter-sector partnerships : complex dynamics and patterns of behaviour.” 2013. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
López Herrero S. Inter-sector partnerships : complex dynamics and patterns of behaviour. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/995/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631542.
Council of Science Editors:
López Herrero S. Inter-sector partnerships : complex dynamics and patterns of behaviour. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/995/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631542
11.
Radice, Henry.
The politics of humanity : humanitarianism and international political theory.
Degree: PhD, 2010, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1008/
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► This thesis brings the concept of humanitarianism sharply into focus within the discourse of international political theory. Existing literature examines humanitarianism obliquely, via debates on…
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▼ This thesis brings the concept of humanitarianism sharply into focus within the discourse of international political theory. Existing literature examines humanitarianism obliquely, via debates on military humanitarian intervention or human rights, resulting in an impoverished account of a vital idea. Meanwhile, a vibrant discussion among professional humanitarians has recently questioned the nature of their endeavour, along lines that clearly fit the remit of international political theory. Bringing together these two discussions in the course of its critical analysis, the thesis argues that humanitarianism should be conceptualised as a political context in which we articulate, negotiate and defend our understandings of common humanity. Central to this politics are the ways in which we react to and conceptualise human suffering, through humanitarian crises that are often "crises of humanity". In sparking concern and mobilising responses to suffering, the affective underpinnings of the humanitarian impulse create a complex and shifting backdrop to extensions of solidarity and humanitarian action. At the heart of this action is the idea of rescue, a crucial "presumptive occasion" of our moral life. But an important part of humanitarian action consists in the efforts to institutionalise the humanitarian impulse. In this sense human rights and projects of global justice represent important crystallisations of humanitarian concern, yet neither can fully capture the more contingent workings of the humanitarian impulse. What emerges is an understanding of humanitarianism as a broad discussion, central to the identity of contemporary liberal international political theory, but with a scope best gleaned not from cosmopolitan accounts, but from a more fluid internationalist tradition of thought. The thesis concludes that the importance of this theoretical approach will be borne out by the complex and far-reaching practical challenges that humanitarianism is set to confront over coming decades, not least the "crisis of humanity" threatened by climate change.
Subjects/Keywords: 327; JZ International relations
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Radice, H. (2010). The politics of humanity : humanitarianism and international political theory. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1008/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631537
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Radice, Henry. “The politics of humanity : humanitarianism and international political theory.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1008/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631537.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Radice, Henry. “The politics of humanity : humanitarianism and international political theory.” 2010. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Radice H. The politics of humanity : humanitarianism and international political theory. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2010. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1008/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631537.
Council of Science Editors:
Radice H. The politics of humanity : humanitarianism and international political theory. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2010. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1008/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631537
12.
Mason, Andrea.
This forlorn adventure : British policy towards Poland, 1944-1947.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1002/
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► This thesis offers a study of British policy towards Poland from 194 to 1947. It traces the British attempt to negotiate a postwar political settlement…
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▼ This thesis offers a study of British policy towards Poland from 194 to 1947. It traces the British attempt to negotiate a postwar political settlement for Poland that would met he expectations of both the Polish government-in-exile, to which Britain had committed its support in return for Poland’s substantial wartime military contribution, and the Soviet Union. During the last year and a half of the war, British policy makers struggled to mediate between the two sides and accommodate their competing demands. Ultimately, a compromise was reached, which saw the former prime minister of the exile government, Stanisław Mikołajczyk, return to Poland at he end of the war to join the provisional government. Mikołajczyk agreed to return on the basis of a British commitment to provide ongoing support in reconstituting a sovereign Polish state and establishing a democratic government. This thesis charts the outcome of that commitment, from the negotiations for the formation of the new Polish government under the auspices of the Three Power Commission in the summer of 1945, to the Polish referendum of June 1946, and the elections in January 1947. It shows that British policy makers struggled to met the commitment to Poland within the changing context of the postwar international system. In the circumstances of the emerging Cold War, as the reality of the Soviet resolve to absorb Poland into its sphere grew clearer, Britain’s political promises to the Polish democratic opposition became increasingly difficult to fulfil. Not al sections of the British policy making establishment were immediately prepared to accept heir dramatically circumscribed power to influence the shape of the Polish political settlement. Whereas the foreign secretary, Ernest Bevin reconciled himself to the new circumstances with pragmatic sped, the Warsaw embassy, and many of the Foreign Office Northern Department officials, were less wiling to abandon the original terms of the British commitment. Thus, while some diplomatic and Foreign Office officials continued to lend support to the democratic Polish opposition parties, Bevin increasingly sought to limit Anglo-Polish relations to bilateral issues, including negotiations for financial and trade agreements, the repatriation of former members of the Polish armed forces, the final demarcation of Poland’s western frontier, and the transfer of the German population from western Poland to the British occupation zone. The result of these different priorities was a lack of uniformity in British policy. Much of the scholarship on Britain’s early postwar policy towards Poland takes one of two approaches: either it assumes that Britain understood immediately in 1945 that Poland was ‘lost’ to the Soviet Union, or it sets a reprehensible cynicism in the British approach, without due acknowledgement of the limits which constrained British policy options. This thesis offers a different interpretation; it argues that Britain adjusted much more slowly and unevenly to its diminished position after the war, and that its…
Subjects/Keywords: 941.085; JZ International relations
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Mason, A. (2014). This forlorn adventure : British policy towards Poland, 1944-1947. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1002/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631560
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mason, Andrea. “This forlorn adventure : British policy towards Poland, 1944-1947.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1002/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631560.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mason, Andrea. “This forlorn adventure : British policy towards Poland, 1944-1947.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Mason A. This forlorn adventure : British policy towards Poland, 1944-1947. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1002/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631560.
Council of Science Editors:
Mason A. This forlorn adventure : British policy towards Poland, 1944-1947. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1002/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631560
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Fuentes Sosa, Ninfa.
Deep integration in the preferential trade agreements of Latin American countries and their global and regional partners (1982-2010).
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1006/
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► Even though for more than 15 years, deep integration in trade agreements has been a recurring topic for politicians, scholars, international institutions, non-governmental organizations, industry…
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▼ Even though for more than 15 years, deep integration in trade agreements has been a recurring topic for politicians, scholars, international institutions, non-governmental organizations, industry leaders and journalists; there is no consensus yet on what deep integration is, and how it can be assessed. There are continuous news reports about the efforts of political leaders to pursue deep integration, and constant mentions about the design of new treaties and mechanisms to achieve deep integration between countries. In general, the proliferation of trade agreements after the Second World War is widely acknowledged in international trade literature and is a trend that will continue in the near future. Along this trend, Latin American governments have established numerous trade agreements with developing and developed partners in all regions of the world. In addition, since the 1950s and 1960s, these governments have acknowledged trade integration as a mean to promote economic development, which makes it increasingly important to understand the wide differences in the nature and levels of deep integration in their trade agreements. Nevertheless, as in other regions, little attention has been paid to explain differences in the content of trade agreements. This research extends an endogenous trade theory framework, first to analyse limited liberalization; and second, to study a group of countries with particular characteristics of opacity and discretional decision-making. The framework adapts a categorization of deep integration, derives preferences of economic actors from economic trade theories, and extends aspects of veto player theory and access point theory to exploit further their potential as an integrated structure of analysis. Then, these three aspects are studied through a collective action framework. Finally, the insight of previous studies that have highlighted the importance of systemic and international variables in the formation and design of trade agreements is considered. The importance of systemic and international theories and variables is not contested; the domestic-level explanations are developed as a complement to the insight that theories of international relations have provided. Two main arguments are put forward The first one is that the underlying depth structure of the trade agreements studied fits a categorization of vertical and horizontal margins, which are qualitatively different: vertical policy benefits are broader and more excludable than horizontal ones. To test this argument, first, the complete texts of all dyadic trade agreements signed by Latin American countries from 1982 to 2010 (256 dyadic agreements) were manually coded to form a database of depth of provisions (a total of 28, 160 data points). To minimize error measurement, entries were compared with those of partially overlapping databases (publicly available or accessed by request). In the following areas, a total of 110 provisions per agreement were coded and measured: antidumping measures and countervailing duties,…
Subjects/Keywords: 382; JL Political institutions (America except United States)
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Fuentes Sosa, N. (2014). Deep integration in the preferential trade agreements of Latin American countries and their global and regional partners (1982-2010). (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1006/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631564
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Fuentes Sosa, Ninfa. “Deep integration in the preferential trade agreements of Latin American countries and their global and regional partners (1982-2010).” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1006/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631564.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Fuentes Sosa, Ninfa. “Deep integration in the preferential trade agreements of Latin American countries and their global and regional partners (1982-2010).” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Fuentes Sosa N. Deep integration in the preferential trade agreements of Latin American countries and their global and regional partners (1982-2010). [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1006/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631564.
Council of Science Editors:
Fuentes Sosa N. Deep integration in the preferential trade agreements of Latin American countries and their global and regional partners (1982-2010). [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1006/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631564
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Rigterink, Anouk.
Essays on violent conflict in developing countries : causes and consequences.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1000/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631558
► This thesis consists of three essays, on the causes and consequences of violent conflict. It focuses on two factors that are thought to play a…
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▼ This thesis consists of three essays, on the causes and consequences of violent conflict. It focuses on two factors that are thought to play a role in violent conflict, natural resource abundance and the media. The thesis exploits quasi-experimental variation to investigate whether natural resources and violent conflict are related, and if so, through which mechanism. It finds that evidence from cross-country studies indicating that natural resources (as a single category) cause violent conflict is not as robust as popularly believed. Proxies for natural resource abundance used are potentially endogenous to conflict, and addressing this issue changes the results obtained radically. Agricultural resources are found to be negatively related to civil war onset. In the case of diamonds specifically, evidence is found that primary diamonds, but not secondary diamonds, are related to violence. Both results provide support for income (or opportunity cost) as mechanism connecting natural resources and violent conflict. Policy documents assert that media can play a state-building role in conflict situations. However, media could also induce anxiety, and there has been increasing interest in the role of anxiety in the formation of political attitudes. This thesis investigates the impact of intensity of exposure to radio broadcasts on fear of victimization and the impact of fear on political attitudes, in South Sudan. It concludes that individuals living in areas with better radio reception display a higher level of fear, and that anxious individuals are more likely to support a local militia and less likely to support the government army. The latter could be considered the opposite of state-building.
Subjects/Keywords: 327; JZ International relations
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Rigterink, A. (2014). Essays on violent conflict in developing countries : causes and consequences. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1000/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631558
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Rigterink, Anouk. “Essays on violent conflict in developing countries : causes and consequences.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1000/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631558.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Rigterink, Anouk. “Essays on violent conflict in developing countries : causes and consequences.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Rigterink A. Essays on violent conflict in developing countries : causes and consequences. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1000/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631558.
Council of Science Editors:
Rigterink A. Essays on violent conflict in developing countries : causes and consequences. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1000/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631558
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Bagaria, Nitika.
Essays in labour economics.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/993/
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► My thesis investigates the role of incentives for employees and the phenomenon of labour market hysteresis in driving productivity and employment in the labor market…
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▼ My thesis investigates the role of incentives for employees and the phenomenon of labour market hysteresis in driving productivity and employment in the labor market in the UK. Chapter 1 summarizes the thesis. The second chapter estimates the impact of introducing an explicit points-based system in favour of finding jobs for the disabled in a UK job placement agency. Using dynamic analysis, we find that in the long-run the policy improved disabled outflows by 6% and had an insignificant effect on JSA outflows. In the short-run, the policy had a negative impact on JSA outflows that declined by 2%. This is consistent with a model where information helps both groups, but incentives offset this for the able and reinforce it for the disabled. The third chapter studies how incentives are weakened in a public sector organization when rewards are based on team output rather than individual output. With the introduction of team rewards, employees are likely to free-ride on each other’s efforts. I find compelling evidence that this indeed occurs. Peer monitoring, may however, limit free-riding in teams. I formalize the impact under two benchmark models to ascertain the relative impact of peer monitoring and free-riding. Using difference-in-differences estimators, I find that consistent with a degree of peer monitoring, the dilution effect is smaller when peer monitoring is easier. The fourth chapter models the phenomenon of labor market hysteresis in a macroeconomic model to determine its impact on macroeconomic outcomes. In particular, we study its role in determining the impact of the scale and timing of UK’s fiscal consolidation programme on output and unemployment in the UK. Finally, the last chapter studies employee incentives in the context of education. Motivated by a diagnosis of increasing inequality in UK’s educational attainment in secondary education, we recommend a flexible school system and improved school and teacher governance.
Subjects/Keywords: 331; HB Economic Theory
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Bagaria, N. (2014). Essays in labour economics. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/993/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631553
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bagaria, Nitika. “Essays in labour economics.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/993/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631553.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bagaria, Nitika. “Essays in labour economics.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Bagaria N. Essays in labour economics. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/993/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631553.
Council of Science Editors:
Bagaria N. Essays in labour economics. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/993/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631553
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Zeng, Jing.
Essays on financial intermediation.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/987/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631547
► This thesis investigates the effects of financial frictions such as symmetric information on aspects of financial intermedation process, in particular banks and the securitisation industry.…
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▼ This thesis investigates the effects of financial frictions such as symmetric information on aspects of financial intermedation process, in particular banks and the securitisation industry. In the first paper, “Contingent capital structure”, I study the optimal financing arrangement of a bank with risk-shifting incentives and private information, in an environment with macroeconomic uncertainty. Leverage mitigates adverse selection problems owing to debt information insensitivity, but leads to excessive risk-taking. I show that the optimal leverage is procyclical, and contingent convertible (CoCo) bonds emerge as part of the implementation of the optimal contingent capital structure. However, the laissez-faire equilibrium entails excessive leverage and risk-taking, due to a bank’s private incentives to minimise market mispricing of its securities. It is socially optimal to impose countercyclical capital requirements. In the second paper, “Counter-cyclical foreclosure for securitisation”, John Chi-fong Kuong and I investigate the optimal forefclosure policy of delinquent mortgages in a model of mortgage-backed securitisation under asymmetric information. We show that it is optimal for a securitiser to commit to an ex-post value-destroying foreclosure policy to reduce the signalling cost. The optimal foreclosure policy, which can be implemented by contracting with a third-party mortgage-servicer, features a excessive foreclosure rate for a mortgage pools of poor quality, implying a counter-cyclical aggregate foreclosure rate and pro-cyclical repossessed property prices. Finally, the third paper, “Bankruptcy-remote securitisation with implicit guarantee”, explores the role of securitisation in the funding of banks under asymmetric information. In a two-period model, I argue that securitisation as an optimal funding source rely on both features. While implicit guarantee mitigates the asymmetric information problem, bankruptcy-remoteness allows a bank to shield its unsecuritised cash flows in a bad state, thereby relaxing its future financing contraint.
Subjects/Keywords: 332; HG Finance
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Zeng, J. (2014). Essays on financial intermediation. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/987/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631547
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Zeng, Jing. “Essays on financial intermediation.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/987/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631547.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Zeng, Jing. “Essays on financial intermediation.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Zeng J. Essays on financial intermediation. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/987/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631547.
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Zeng J. Essays on financial intermediation. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/987/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631547
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Castellini, Alessandro.
Translating maternal violence : the discursive construction of maternal filicide in 1970s Japan.
Degree: PhD, 2013, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
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► The present dissertation takes late postwar Japan as its case study and investigates the ways in which ambivalence to/in motherhood’ emerges at the very site…
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▼ The present dissertation takes late postwar Japan as its case study and investigates the ways in which ambivalence to/in motherhood’ emerges at the very site where maternal violence and, more specifically, maternal filicide disrupts social norms of acceptable maternal behaviour. In 1970s Japan the number of cases of mothers who killed their own children saw a dramatic increase to the point of reaching, within media representations in particular, the dimension of a social phenomenon. Within the framework of idealizations of maternal identity, formulated in terms of continuous love, self-sacrifice and domesticity, filicidal mothers came to be labelled as either "bad" (cruel, monstrous) or "mad" (mentally unstable, neurotic). The apparent proliferation of maternal child-killing and what was perceived as the unjust treatment meted out to these criminalized mothers became a major concern for a new women’s liberation movement emerging in Japan between the late 1960s and the early 1970s, known as ūman ribu (woman lib). Ribu contested the widespread characterization of mothers who kill as either devilish or mentally ill, and drew on the numerical increase of cases of maternal filicide as evidence of a symptomatic malfunctioning of the dominant gender ideology in modern Japanese society. Postwar Japan also witnessed a boom in women’s literature whose focus on the grotesque, on worlds of dreams and madness and on the morbid portrayal of female antisocial behaviours constituted fertile terrain for the proliferation of disquieting images of motherhood and maternal violence. This thesis focuses on the work by Japanese writer Takahashi Takako as a specific case study to address the discursive construction of filicidal mothers in women’s literature. This study acknowledges motherhood as a heated site of contested meanings and focuses on a close textual reading of media coverage, the rhetoric of ribu and women’s literature in order to explore the discursive constructions of mothers who kill which characterised early 1970s Japan. It sheds light on the problematic interactions between the different discourses under consideration and identifies the relationship between motherhood and violence as a hot-spot where clashing discourses produce a constant re-articulation of maternal and female identity.
Subjects/Keywords: 364.3; HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
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Castellini, A. (2013). Translating maternal violence : the discursive construction of maternal filicide in 1970s Japan. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/978/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631538
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Castellini, Alessandro. “Translating maternal violence : the discursive construction of maternal filicide in 1970s Japan.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/978/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631538.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Castellini, Alessandro. “Translating maternal violence : the discursive construction of maternal filicide in 1970s Japan.” 2013. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Castellini A. Translating maternal violence : the discursive construction of maternal filicide in 1970s Japan. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/978/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631538.
Council of Science Editors:
Castellini A. Translating maternal violence : the discursive construction of maternal filicide in 1970s Japan. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2013. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/978/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631538
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Dean, Corinna.
Establishing the Tate Modern Cultural Quarter : social and cultural regeneration through art and architecture.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/983/
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► The focus of my PhD is to examine the role of cultural regeneration through arts and architecture using Tate Modern as the principal case study.…
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▼ The focus of my PhD is to examine the role of cultural regeneration through arts and architecture using Tate Modern as the principal case study. My analysis questions the role of culture in acting as an urban regeneration tool in north Southwark and in London more widely and how cultural output connects with those who influence the urban environment of Tate Modern. I begin by examining the ways in which the establishment of Tate Modern as an internationally acclaimed gallery of art has influenced the cultural regeneration of Bankside and London more broadly. I discuss local planning policy in which the former Power Station was situated, in order to understand the impact of the subsequent gallery of art socially and economically. I then discuss the wider ramifications of the establishment of Tate Modern by examining the recent history of developments around Tate Modern, in relation to the changing urban environment, as well as the jostling for urban ʻimaginariesʼ that potentially prioritises one direction of urban growth over another. In discussing how the regeneration affected the social conditions and concepts of community I consider how the institution adopted and implemented a strategy of inclusion towards the local community prior to its opening in 2000. Through my research I embedded myself within key grass roots organisations working directly or alongside Tate Modern (Better Bankside and Bankside Open Space Trust) and the local community in order to gain close access and observation of and into the field. Key to this project is identifying how the public interact with the gallery, and the ability of the building to act as a key urban element by knitting the hitherto underused North Southwark site into the surrounding urban fabric, whilst at the same time enabling key connections through and across the site. The focus of my research narrows from a micro to the macro-analysis in which, central to resolving the debate about the unique urban potential of the site and the building and institutionʼs ability to extend a definition of public within the urban environment, I focus on the spatial condition of the Turbine Hall. My analysis of the Turbine Hall as a public space, mediated through a major arts institution, enables me to arrive at a definition of public, which transgresses the urban and art sphere. This research is supported by an architectural theoretical analysis combined with art theory, and examines primary research material made up of photographic images posted on the social networking site Flickr as well as my own photographic images of the area.
Subjects/Keywords: 307.3; HT Communities. Classes. Races
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Dean, C. (2014). Establishing the Tate Modern Cultural Quarter : social and cultural regeneration through art and architecture. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/983/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631544
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dean, Corinna. “Establishing the Tate Modern Cultural Quarter : social and cultural regeneration through art and architecture.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/983/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631544.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dean, Corinna. “Establishing the Tate Modern Cultural Quarter : social and cultural regeneration through art and architecture.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Dean C. Establishing the Tate Modern Cultural Quarter : social and cultural regeneration through art and architecture. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/983/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631544.
Council of Science Editors:
Dean C. Establishing the Tate Modern Cultural Quarter : social and cultural regeneration through art and architecture. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/983/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631544
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Carvalho, Maria.
The internationalisation of green technologies and the realisation of green growth.
Degree: PhD, 2015, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3083/
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► This thesis investigates how the ‘spatialisation’ of green technologies influences opportunities to realise green growth from different industrial activities – an aspect of green growth…
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▼ This thesis investigates how the ‘spatialisation’ of green technologies influences opportunities to realise green growth from different industrial activities – an aspect of green growth which is currently underrepresented in the literature. The research compiles various datasets representing world-wide indicators of innovation and manufacturing, as well as interviews with researchers and industrial actors in different economies, to investigate the spatialisation of solar photovoltaic (PV) industries. The overarching purpose is to examine whether domestic economies need both innovation and manufacturing in order to supply green technologies. The thesis comprises of four standalone chapters (Chapter 2 to 5) that explore this question by applying evolutionary economic geography (EEG) theory on the concept of green growth. The first chapter (Chapter 2) develops a conceptual framework on how the spatialisation of technologies affects the composition of industrial activities in various economies. It argues the localisation of green innovation enables economies to be resilient to the loss in manufacturing. The second chapter (Chapter 3) demonstrates that both ‘first-mover’ and ‘late-comer’ economies contribute towards solar PV innovation, despite the majority of global manufacturing shifting to China. The third chapter (Chapter 4) finds patterns of research collaboration between different countries based on their respective innovation/manufacturing intensities. The last chapter (Chapter 5) explores how the presence (or absence) of domestic manufacturing influences actors’ commercialisation of different solar PV technologies. The findings seek to advance the competitiveness debate by recognising the tension between the internationalisation of green technologies and the realisation of green growth in domestic economies. First, it argues that economies realise long-term green growth by retaining highvalue activities that other economies cannot reproduce. Second, it recognises that an economy does not need both innovation and manufacturing to commercialise green technologies, but that the propensity to rely on local resources is influenced by the domestic industrial composition and the maturity of a technology. These findings emphasise that industrial policies should consider spatial characteristics in assessing whether domestic green technology supply and/or markets will lead to green growth in the domestic economy.
Subjects/Keywords: GE Environmental Sciences
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Carvalho, M. (2015). The internationalisation of green technologies and the realisation of green growth. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3083/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647170
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Carvalho, Maria. “The internationalisation of green technologies and the realisation of green growth.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3083/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647170.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Carvalho, Maria. “The internationalisation of green technologies and the realisation of green growth.” 2015. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Carvalho M. The internationalisation of green technologies and the realisation of green growth. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3083/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647170.
Council of Science Editors:
Carvalho M. The internationalisation of green technologies and the realisation of green growth. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2015. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3083/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647170
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Murphy, Mahon.
Prisoners of war and civilian internees captured by British and Dominion forces from the German colonies during the First World War.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3072/
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► This thesis discusses the previously unstudied treatment of German civilian internees and prisoners of war taken from the German colonies by British and Dominion authorities…
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▼ This thesis discusses the previously unstudied treatment of German civilian internees and prisoners of war taken from the German colonies by British and Dominion authorities during the First World War. Through this study the links between the First World War in the extra-European theatre and the conflict in Europe will be examined. Five key issues are posited for investigation. These are: the centralised internment policy of the British Empire, the effect of the takeover of German colonies on the cultural identity of the British dominions, the effect wartime captivity had on German settlers, what extra-European internment tells us about twentieth century mobility and warfare, and the integration of the extra-European theatre of the war into the overall Global War narrative. The establishment of a global camp system run from the British imperial metropole involved the coordination of the military, the Admiralty, Dominion governments, and the Colonial and Foreign Offices. The general principles of international law were followed but often overridden through the use of reprisals, and the notion of trying Germans for ‘war crimes’ had an impact far into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The First World War and the internment of German civilians and military prisoners in the extra-European theatre undermined the notion of a common European civilising mission in the colonial world. It upset the established colonial racial hierarchies, and through ‘enemy alien' legislation helped establish European hierarchies of race as defined by nationality, disrupting the pre-war world order of cultural globalisation. Through the analysis of German colonial settlers and soldiers in British internment, this thesis demonstrates that the First World War was not just a conflict between the European Great powers but that it also involved a world-wide remaking of ideas, institutions and geopolitics.
Subjects/Keywords: DA Great Britain
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Murphy, M. (2014). Prisoners of war and civilian internees captured by British and Dominion forces from the German colonies during the First World War. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3072/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647154
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Murphy, Mahon. “Prisoners of war and civilian internees captured by British and Dominion forces from the German colonies during the First World War.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3072/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647154.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Murphy, Mahon. “Prisoners of war and civilian internees captured by British and Dominion forces from the German colonies during the First World War.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Murphy M. Prisoners of war and civilian internees captured by British and Dominion forces from the German colonies during the First World War. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3072/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647154.
Council of Science Editors:
Murphy M. Prisoners of war and civilian internees captured by British and Dominion forces from the German colonies during the First World War. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3072/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647154
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Obholzer, Lukas.
Essays on bicameral coalition formation : dynamics of legislative cooperation in the European Union.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3082/
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► The thesis develops a theory of legislative cooperation in bicameral legislatures. At its core is a distinction between two decision-making scenarios leading to a concurrent…
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▼ The thesis develops a theory of legislative cooperation in bicameral legislatures. At its core is a distinction between two decision-making scenarios leading to a concurrent majority in the two chambers. In an inter-institutional scenario, the chambers oppose each other as unitary actors. In a trans-institutional scenario, the constituent actors enter into cooperation across the boundaries of their chambers. The central argument is that formateurs face a strategic decision on which of these two routes to take. They can stick to their intra-institutional coalition, or they can abandon it and propose a logroll across issues within a bill that is carried by a majority across the chambers. The thesis comprises three papers, united by the general topic of trans-institutional legislative cooperation, and each demonstrating the crucial role of the formateurs. The empirical analysis focuses on co-decision legislation proposed in the bicameral system of the European Union between 1999 and 2009. In particular, it draws on a new dataset on early-stage and final-stage coalitions in the European Parliament and the Council of the EU. This is based on an extensive analysis of more than 18,000 Council documents and 19,000 amendments in the EP presenting for the first time a systematic insight into early-stage coalitions. Three central findings emanate from the application of the theoretical framework to the new data. First, formateurs can obtain an outcome closer to their preferences by choosing between inter- and trans-institutional scenarios. Second, the transaction costs of exchanges across institutional boundaries are lower if formateurs’ preferences are similar. Third, the decisions of the formateurs potentially produce winners and losers as some actors are included and others are excluded from the coalitions. These findings build on and further develop theories of bicameral coalition formation and legislative organisation. They highlight that the strategic environment in which actors operate surpasses their individual chamber, and explain how this affects the process and outcome of decision-making. This leads to important empirical and theoretical contributions which raise normative implications.
Subjects/Keywords: JN Political institutions (Europe)
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Obholzer, L. (2014). Essays on bicameral coalition formation : dynamics of legislative cooperation in the European Union. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3082/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647160
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Obholzer, Lukas. “Essays on bicameral coalition formation : dynamics of legislative cooperation in the European Union.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3082/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647160.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Obholzer, Lukas. “Essays on bicameral coalition formation : dynamics of legislative cooperation in the European Union.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Obholzer L. Essays on bicameral coalition formation : dynamics of legislative cooperation in the European Union. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3082/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647160.
Council of Science Editors:
Obholzer L. Essays on bicameral coalition formation : dynamics of legislative cooperation in the European Union. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3082/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647160
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King, Saskia.
Agreements that restrict competition by object under Article 101(1) TFEU : past, present and future.
Degree: PhD, 2015, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3068/
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► This thesis conducts a robust and granular examination of the concept of ‘object’ under Article 101(1) TFEU and its resulting legal and practical implications. To…
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▼ This thesis conducts a robust and granular examination of the concept of ‘object’ under Article 101(1) TFEU and its resulting legal and practical implications. To that end, a methodology focusing on the case law of the European Courts and other primary sources is adopted. This enables a legal analysis of the meaning, application and role of restrictions of competition by object to be undertaken. The case law reveals three key approaches adopted by the European Courts to restrictions by object: the ‘orthodox approach’, the ‘more analytical approach’ and an amalgamation of these two approaches, the ‘hybrid approach’. This finding immediately questions the dominance of the orthodox approach within legal discourse over the years. The orthodox approach contends that a limited category of agreements are considered by law to automatically restrict competition by virtue of their object. This is reflected in the European Commission’s Article 81(3) Guidelines and is encapsulated by the widely recognised ‘object box’. This thesis poses a direct challenge to such narrow interpretation of the law. It argues that this depiction of the law does not fully reflect the jurisprudence of the European Courts. Rather the case law reveals an alternative interpretation of the concept of object based on the seminal case of Société Technique Minière concerned more with determining the aim of the agreement within its legal and economic context as opposed to its categorisation. Moreover, the ‘more analytical approach’ benefits from greater judicial support. Having established the three key approaches and their application under Article 101(1) TFEU, the question of what is the best interpretation of the law on restrictions of competition by ‘object’ is reflected on. Based on the case law of the European Courts, it is argued the more analytical approach provides the best interpretation of the law. This is assessed in relation to the framework of Article 101 TFEU as a whole. Finally, this thesis briefly explores whether such conclusion is then consistent with the optimum function of the object criterion from an enforcement perspective.
Subjects/Keywords: K Law (General)
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King, S. (2015). Agreements that restrict competition by object under Article 101(1) TFEU : past, present and future. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3068/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647164
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
King, Saskia. “Agreements that restrict competition by object under Article 101(1) TFEU : past, present and future.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3068/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647164.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
King, Saskia. “Agreements that restrict competition by object under Article 101(1) TFEU : past, present and future.” 2015. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
King S. Agreements that restrict competition by object under Article 101(1) TFEU : past, present and future. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3068/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647164.
Council of Science Editors:
King S. Agreements that restrict competition by object under Article 101(1) TFEU : past, present and future. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2015. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3068/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647164
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Doron, Guy.
Is empowerment of disadvantaged populations achievable through housing policies? : a study of the impact of social housing on the empowerment of the poor in Israel.
Degree: PhD, 2015, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3075/
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► This research project investigates whether the empowerment of Israel’s population — and in particular those who suffer multiple disadvantages — is achievable through housing policies…
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▼ This research project investigates whether the empowerment of Israel’s population — and in particular those who suffer multiple disadvantages — is achievable through housing policies and whether successive Israeli administrations have helped or hindered this process. The research focuses on communities in publicly-subsidised areas during social housing programmes. The housing programmes analysed in this research were: The Demolish and Rebuild Programme, which represents a top-down process, implemented with little residents’ involvement. Neighbourhood Renewal, which was a programme that formally offered partnership, giving residents partial share in decision-making. Finally, Right to Buy represented a resident-led partnership, in which residents felt empowered to overcome their own disadvantaged conditions by taking a leading role in transforming housing policy. The database complementing this research was compiled, in part, from 91 in-depth interviews with residents, policy makers and officials representing these three programmes. It is a unique aspect of this research, as it draws on perspectives about participation from those who have not necessarily had an opportunity to express an opinion before, and communicates a variety of views regarding the projects and residents’ participation in them. This study focuses on how it actually affects people and can even create behavioural change among those who are normally considered dependent. Another exceptional and distinctive factor provided by this research is its analysis of empowerment in the social and political context of Israel. By analysing the Israeli case, this research will contribute both to international knowledge and academic scholarship, highlight the conditions of an individual state and generate an original and provocative narrative. The issue of participation and empowerment in a society so riven with political, social, religious and ethnic tensions is particularly important. Learning from the Israeli experience has the potential to promote understanding of empowerment under pressure. Empowerment related to social housing policy is distinctive in Israel because housing is synonymous with security. Housing is more than a cultural issue, since in Israel owning a property is a matter of security. Another key feature is the focal role of central government which determines almost every aspect in the shaping of social and housing policy. Also critical is the influence of national politics on local decision-making. In Israel the political agenda is based upon bilateralism and the demographic dispersal of population across the state’s formal and informal borders. Empowerment is a complex term. This research, however, explores examined and evidenced empowerment using just two main features: examination of residents’ participation; and evaluation of public policy towards resident participation. This research offers a unique view on empowerment within social housing policies that are subject to multiple pressures, and offers interpretations that could be usefully…
Subjects/Keywords: HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
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Doron, G. (2015). Is empowerment of disadvantaged populations achievable through housing policies? : a study of the impact of social housing on the empowerment of the poor in Israel. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3075/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647167
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Doron, Guy. “Is empowerment of disadvantaged populations achievable through housing policies? : a study of the impact of social housing on the empowerment of the poor in Israel.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3075/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647167.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Doron, Guy. “Is empowerment of disadvantaged populations achievable through housing policies? : a study of the impact of social housing on the empowerment of the poor in Israel.” 2015. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Doron G. Is empowerment of disadvantaged populations achievable through housing policies? : a study of the impact of social housing on the empowerment of the poor in Israel. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3075/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647167.
Council of Science Editors:
Doron G. Is empowerment of disadvantaged populations achievable through housing policies? : a study of the impact of social housing on the empowerment of the poor in Israel. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2015. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3075/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647167
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Kuong, John.
Essays in financial economics.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3065/
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► In this thesis, I study how information and asset market frictions can affect the investment and funding decisions of financial institutions, and their implications for…
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▼ In this thesis, I study how information and asset market frictions can affect the investment and funding decisions of financial institutions, and their implications for the efficiency and stability of the financial system as a whole. The first chapter, Self-fulfilling fire sales, shows that while collateralised short-term debt mitigates individual borrowing firms’ incentives to take excessive risk, it also exerts pressure on the liquidity of the collateral asset market. When the asset market is not liquid enough, a vicious feedback loop between borrowers’ risk-taking incentives and expected asset fire-sale discount can cause instability in this secured funding market. Central bank intervention such as asset purchase is shown to be able to enhance stability and welfare. In the second chapter, Counter-cyclical foreclosure for securitisation, Jing Zeng and I study how information asymmetry in the mortgage securitisation process could distort the foreclosure policy of delinquent mortages. We show that banks would choose to commit to foreclose delinquent mortgages excessively in order to reduce the information friction in the securitisation process. This offers a potential explanation to the large number of foreclosures of delinquent mortgages in the U.S in the aftermath of the Subprime mortgage crisis in 2007-2009. The last chapter, Asset market runs and the collapse of debt maturity, shows that when market-makers have limited riskabsorbing capacity and there is uncertainty in the execution prices of sell orders, a borrower may want to shorten the debt maturity in order to allow his creditor to demand repayment and liquidate the collateral asset ahead of creditors of other firms in the case of default. This strategic shortening of debt maturity in equilibrium amplifies the borrowers risk of failing to roll-over their debt and leads to excessive asset liquidation.
Subjects/Keywords: HG Finance
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Kuong, J. (2014). Essays in financial economics. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3065/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647152
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Kuong, John. “Essays in financial economics.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3065/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647152.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kuong, John. “Essays in financial economics.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Kuong J. Essays in financial economics. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3065/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647152.
Council of Science Editors:
Kuong J. Essays in financial economics. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3065/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647152
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Buehler, Michael.
Changing patterns of local elite competition in Indonesia : democratisation or oligarchic restructuring?.
Degree: PhD, 2008, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2962/
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► This thesis investigates the changing patterns of political competition among local elites in Indonesia in recent years. Since the demise of the New Order regime…
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▼ This thesis investigates the changing patterns of political competition among local elites in Indonesia in recent years. Since the demise of the New Order regime in 1998, the government of Indonesia underwent a transition towards a democracy after forty years of authoritarian rule. Since 1999, moreover, Indonesia has also embarked on a far-reaching decentralisation programme of its political institutions, which has shifted considerable power to the district level. Many hopes that were associated with these reforms have not materialised, with disappointment leading to increasingly gloomy evaluations of Indonesia's transition process. Despite the introduction of free and fair elections and the devolution of political authority, "old elites" from the New Order times have succeeded in maintaining their strategic administrative and political positions. Field research in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi confirmed that the political elite from the New Order era is still very much in power indeed. However, elite continuity does not necessarily mean continuity for elites. Today, local political elites have to adhere to new strategies in order to stay in power, strategies which differ from those prevalent under the New Order. The aforementioned institutional reforms thus had a profound impact on the way power is accumulated and exercised among these entrenched elites. Yet clearly a more nuanced and sophisticated understanding of elite continuity is needed. This thesis draws on 24 months of fieldwork in South Sulawesi and a variety of sources to offer such an enhanced understanding of local politics in post-authoritarian Indonesia. The thesis shows how the political changes and institutional reforms unfolding since the end of the New Order in 1998 have played out at the local level. The thesis traces patterns of both continuity and change in local politics, revealing subtle shifts in the terms of competition among local elites and in the possibilities for local accumulation of power.
Subjects/Keywords: 321
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Buehler, M. (2008). Changing patterns of local elite competition in Indonesia : democratisation or oligarchic restructuring?. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2962/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492725
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Buehler, Michael. “Changing patterns of local elite competition in Indonesia : democratisation or oligarchic restructuring?.” 2008. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2962/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492725.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Buehler, Michael. “Changing patterns of local elite competition in Indonesia : democratisation or oligarchic restructuring?.” 2008. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Buehler M. Changing patterns of local elite competition in Indonesia : democratisation or oligarchic restructuring?. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2008. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2962/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492725.
Council of Science Editors:
Buehler M. Changing patterns of local elite competition in Indonesia : democratisation or oligarchic restructuring?. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2008. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2962/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492725
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Goldfinch, Andrew.
Evolutionary psychology : theoretical and methodological foundations.
Degree: PhD, 2012, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/610/
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► Of all the research programmes in the evolutionary behavioural sciences, evolutionary psychology is unique in the scale and intensity of criticism it faces, from both…
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▼ Of all the research programmes in the evolutionary behavioural sciences, evolutionary psychology is unique in the scale and intensity of criticism it faces, from both philosophers and social scientists, forming a powerful impression that, no matter its purported benefits, evolutionary psychology is a discredited research programme, an outdated research programme, something one can legitimately dismiss. This thesis contends that those who dismiss evolutionary psychology wholesale fail to entitle themselves to that dismissal. I begin by championing a streamlined evolutionary psychology, one that navigates away from unnecessary controversy, one that better reflects the actual practice of evolutionary psychology on the ground, and one that doesn’t overshadow what’s valuable about the programme. After correcting several common misconceptions about evolutionary psychology, I arrive at the heart of what adaptationist hypothesizing can do for psychology: discovering new design features of extant psychological traits and discovering hitherto unknown psychological traits. I go through the logic of adaptationist reasoning in psychology. Inter alia, I argue that, although evolutionary psychology hypotheses might start off as ‘simple’, they can progressively become more complex, progressively mirroring the adaptations they’re targeting. Existing philosophy of science treatments of evolutionary psychology have given prominence to sceptical arguments, which means the positive presentation of evolutionary psychology has come rather short – something I seek to redress by demonstrating its potential for novel predictions across a wide spectrum of phenomena. It’s reasonable to demand greater evidence for evolutionary psychology explanations but it’s wrong to demand that evolutionary psychology alone satisfy such demands – these demands are properly allocated to the evolutionary and behavioural sciences collectively. With its legitimate and reasonable role in the evolutionary behavioural sciences correctly identified, evolutionary psychology merits serious consideration – contrary to the prevailing pessimism concerning its credibility.
Subjects/Keywords: BF Psychology
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Goldfinch, A. (2012). Evolutionary psychology : theoretical and methodological foundations. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/610/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571153
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Goldfinch, Andrew. “Evolutionary psychology : theoretical and methodological foundations.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/610/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571153.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Goldfinch, Andrew. “Evolutionary psychology : theoretical and methodological foundations.” 2012. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Goldfinch A. Evolutionary psychology : theoretical and methodological foundations. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/610/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571153.
Council of Science Editors:
Goldfinch A. Evolutionary psychology : theoretical and methodological foundations. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2012. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/610/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571153
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Muravska, Julia.
The institutionalisation of the European defence equipment market.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3064/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647151
► This thesis examines the emergence of EU-level rules in defence industrial matters within the context of European integration and inter-state cooperation more generally. This is…
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▼ This thesis examines the emergence of EU-level rules in defence industrial matters within the context of European integration and inter-state cooperation more generally. This is a remarkable development, as the defence industrial policy area has been viewed as a core of nation state sovereignty and appeared impervious to injections of “more Europe.” At the centre of this nascent policy regime is the increasingly institutionalised European Defence Equipment Market (EDEM). The first and most significant elements of EDEM to date have been the 2009 Defence Procurement Directive issued by the European Commission and the voluntary Code of Conduct on Defence Procurement launched by the European Defence Agency (EDA) in 2006. These sets of rules have materialised despite EU member states’ resistance to meaningful constraints of national autonomy in defence procurement, and a distaste for the involvement of the European Commission in particular. An analytical puzzle thus emerges: why have member states acquiesced to binding regulation in the shape of the Directive, having already enacted a soft cooperation mechanism represented by the Code? The thesis answers this question by pursuing three lines of inquiry, which correspond to three hypotheses and specify clear pathways whereby external adaptation pressures, such as the Euro-Atlantic defence budgetary trends, may result in states’ acceptance of particular constraints. Firstly, the project examines the lobbying activity of the EU’s major transnational defence firms in pursuit of a larger, more integrated “home” defence equipment market. In addition, this thesis evaluates the success of the European Commission as a determined “policy entrepreneur” in securing member states’ acquiescence to unprecedentedly binding defence procurement rules. Finally, the development of an EU security and defence policy as a source of “vital policy rationale” for an EU defence equipment market is also investigated. The tension between the supranational and intergovernmental modes of organising the defence industrial field constitutes a central theme of this thesis, while the “policy cycle” framework is used to order the causal significance of each hypothesis.
Subjects/Keywords: JZ International relations
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Muravska, J. (2014). The institutionalisation of the European defence equipment market. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3064/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647151
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Muravska, Julia. “The institutionalisation of the European defence equipment market.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3064/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647151.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Muravska, Julia. “The institutionalisation of the European defence equipment market.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Muravska J. The institutionalisation of the European defence equipment market. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3064/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647151.
Council of Science Editors:
Muravska J. The institutionalisation of the European defence equipment market. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3064/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647151
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Jiménez Godínez, Miguel Ángel.
Global change and local economic restructuring : the case of Mexico City.
Degree: PhD, 2015, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3080/
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► This thesis is about economic transformation in Mexico City between 1980 and 2000. It explores the extent to which Mexico City’s economic restructuring process has…
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▼ This thesis is about economic transformation in Mexico City between 1980 and 2000. It explores the extent to which Mexico City’s economic restructuring process has been caused by trade liberalisation. The thesis assesses the extent to which industries located in Mexico City reacted to a reorientation in production focus, characterised by the shift from national to international markets. It analyses in detail the pace and geography of neo-liberal economic change, and its effects upon a specific location. It also evaluates the role played by global economic agents in gauging the forces influencing economic restructuring in Mexico, and particularly in Mexico City. At the core of this restructuring process is the change in regional industrial location patterns in Mexico, as well as the decline of manufacturing – with regard to production and employment – in Mexico City and its rise as a service centre. The thesis therefore engages with current debates on new economic geography on the one hand and globalisation on the other, focusing attention on the possible emergence of a group of “global” urban centres embedded in a broader network of cities in developed and developing countries alike, which connect global production circuits and coordinate global/regional markets. More concretely, the thesis focuses on the automotive and consumer electronics industries with the aim of understanding the causes and effects of economic events in terms of location decisions, particularly those made by transnational corporations. By placing the empirical processes of economic restructuring within the theoretical context of trade liberalisation and globalisation, I seek to make an original contribution to social science debates about the way industry reacts to economic signals and how global processes, despite taking place in specific locations, have wide-reaching effects upon social welfare, mainly though the transformation of local labour markets.
Subjects/Keywords: GE Environmental Sciences
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Jiménez Godínez, M. . (2015). Global change and local economic restructuring : the case of Mexico City. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3080/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647169
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Jiménez Godínez, Miguel Ángel. “Global change and local economic restructuring : the case of Mexico City.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3080/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647169.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Jiménez Godínez, Miguel Ángel. “Global change and local economic restructuring : the case of Mexico City.” 2015. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Jiménez Godínez M. Global change and local economic restructuring : the case of Mexico City. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2015. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3080/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647169.
Council of Science Editors:
Jiménez Godínez M. Global change and local economic restructuring : the case of Mexico City. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2015. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3080/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647169
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Anderson, Emily.
States of extraction : impacts of taxation on statebuilding in Angola and Mozambique, 1975-2013.
Degree: PhD, 2014, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3071/
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► This PhD investigates the impacts of taxation on state capacity and accountability through comparative case studies of Angola and Mozambique between 1975 and 2013. Extremes…
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▼ This PhD investigates the impacts of taxation on state capacity and accountability through comparative case studies of Angola and Mozambique between 1975 and 2013. Extremes of violence and economic dependency dominate the postcolonial histories of Angola and Mozambique. These cases provide an ideal setting for comparative analysis of how civil war and single resource dependence influence the links between taxation and statebuilding. The thesis demonstrates, in contrast to bellicist notions, that civil war did not strengthen the tax systems or create stronger states. Rather, transitions from the colonial capitalist regimes to socialism and then towards market capitalism, as well as the availability of autonomous income sources, were the central drivers of change in extractive processes. The research establishes taxation as both a critical explanation for development trajectories and a reflection of state capacity and accountability. Existing research on taxation and statebuilding in contemporary developing countries tends to treat tax as a catalyst for democracy, but I find that it provides political regimes with an equally powerful tool to expand power through neopatrimonial networks and consolidate control over the state. Analysis of the case studies concludes that, driven by extraverted elite accumulation strategies, vast oil resources in Angola and large-scale foreign aid in Mozambique worked similarly to disconnect state finances from society and undermine the potential links between revenue collection and redistribution, thereby reducing the possibility of enhanced state capacity or accountability.
Subjects/Keywords: JZ International relations
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Anderson, E. (2014). States of extraction : impacts of taxation on statebuilding in Angola and Mozambique, 1975-2013. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3071/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647153
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Anderson, Emily. “States of extraction : impacts of taxation on statebuilding in Angola and Mozambique, 1975-2013.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3071/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647153.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Anderson, Emily. “States of extraction : impacts of taxation on statebuilding in Angola and Mozambique, 1975-2013.” 2014. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Anderson E. States of extraction : impacts of taxation on statebuilding in Angola and Mozambique, 1975-2013. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3071/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647153.
Council of Science Editors:
Anderson E. States of extraction : impacts of taxation on statebuilding in Angola and Mozambique, 1975-2013. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2014. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3071/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647153
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Engebretsen, Elisabeth Lund.
Love in a big city : sexuality, kinship, and citizenship amongst lala ('lesbian') women in Beijing.
Degree: PhD, 2008, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
URL: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2159/
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http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492988
► This thesis is a critical analysis of individual and collective aspects of same-sex sexuality between women in post-millennial Beijing. I argue that sexual subjectivity ('lala'),…
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▼ This thesis is a critical analysis of individual and collective aspects of same-sex sexuality between women in post-millennial Beijing. I argue that sexual subjectivity ('lala'), rather than being a stable core constituent of self, is continually being produced by, and produces, social aspects of personhood, including bonds of kinship and national belonging. In particular, the fundamental interrelationship between gender and sexual difference in producing subjectivity is probed. I argue that transformations in gender norms in the domain of family, marriage, and alongside national socio-economic development, have enabled lala subjectivity to emerge. I demonstrate the Chinese-specific anchoring of lala, and thereby I critique globalization, sexuality, and China scholarship that predict inevitable Westernization and progress-oriented modernity, including Western-like queer life. My thesis is based on twenty months' anthropological fieldwork, mainly utilizing the methods of participant observation, semi-structured and informal conversations. The core group of informants numbers ninety-five. Chapters 1 and 2 develop an ethnographically informed theoretical framework for the study of sexuality and gender in China. Chapters 3 and 4 present social geographies and narratives to demonstrate the interrelationship between gendered sexual subjectivity and social factors that together constitute selfhood, including age/generation, socio-economic background, marital status, motherhood, and residency. Chapters 5 and 6 discuss the enduring importance of kinship and marriage, and present ethnographies of marital strategies including same-sex, lala-gay contract marriages, 'conventional' marriages, and resistance. Chapter 7 discusses lala community and social activism. It compares post-millennial initiatives with those in the 1990s, and with regional and global activism. The extensive ethnographic material and critical analysis of kinship, marriage, relationships, and community demonstrate that non-normative sexuality is not inherently transgressive. Conforming is a strongly felt personal desire, not simply an imposed duty. Strategies which ensure the appearance of hetero-feminine and marital conformity and normative national belonging ('Chineseness') are being creatively and continually combined with growing possibilities for lala ways of life in Beijing.
Subjects/Keywords: 306.76
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Engebretsen, E. L. (2008). Love in a big city : sexuality, kinship, and citizenship amongst lala ('lesbian') women in Beijing. (Doctoral Dissertation). London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Retrieved from http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2159/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492988
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Engebretsen, Elisabeth Lund. “Love in a big city : sexuality, kinship, and citizenship amongst lala ('lesbian') women in Beijing.” 2008. Doctoral Dissertation, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). Accessed February 15, 2019.
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2159/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492988.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Engebretsen, Elisabeth Lund. “Love in a big city : sexuality, kinship, and citizenship amongst lala ('lesbian') women in Beijing.” 2008. Web. 15 Feb 2019.
Vancouver:
Engebretsen EL. Love in a big city : sexuality, kinship, and citizenship amongst lala ('lesbian') women in Beijing. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2008. [cited 2019 Feb 15].
Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2159/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492988.
Council of Science Editors:
Engebretsen EL. Love in a big city : sexuality, kinship, and citizenship amongst lala ('lesbian') women in Beijing. [Doctoral Dissertation]. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London); 2008. Available from: http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2159/ ; http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492988
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