... Standard Fare To Maximize Contribution To Fixed Costs The Smaller The Minority AndThe Farther From The Mainstream Taste, The Less Likely The Group Is To Be Served minorities The larger the minority ... should the proposed relaxation of the current rules be implemented Looking at the relaxation of the TV duopoly rule inthe late 1990s, the deregulation of cable inthe 1980s, the increase inthe ... public matters by furnishing the basis for an understanding of them Truth and understanding are not wares like peanuts and potatoes And so, the incidence of restraints upon the promotion of truth...
... overcome the shortcomings and inadequacies inthe implementation of the law on democracyin communes, wards and towns inthe Central Highlands provinces, thesis proposes the following viewpoints: ... for planning and directing in comply with democracy law in communes, wards, and towns inthe Central Highlands provinces The thesis will be valuable reference for research and teaching inthe Center ... the shortcomings, limitations and thereby determine the cause of the current situation, lessons learned in implementing the law on democracyin communes, wards and towns inthe provinces of the...
... it in finding solutions to problems facing the country, andin improving the quality and relevance of legislation I I PARLIAMENT ANDDEMOCRACYINTHE TWENTY- FIRST CENTURY Political parties Of the ... matters arising from such initiatives In contrast to the right of initiative, the use of the other rights is mainly controlled by the parties and not by individual members, andin this way the risk ... vibrant and viable democratic system Recent changes to the Canada Elections Act andthe Income Tax Act governing the financing of political parties and candidates have contributed to increasing the...
... 40 DemocracyintheCountryandintheStreets 73 Searching and Remembering 102 Memory through Mobilization 128 Youth Finds a Way 152 Demonstrating to Remember in Spain 176 Epilogue: Mobilizing ... according to the National Security Doctrine, was democracy. ” People on the right andthe left both used the term Democracy could stand for their own candidates gaining power It could mean the institution ... Guatemala, and Iraq and from sharing power in Italy As part of the war on communism, the United States launched the School of the Americas in 1946 first in Panama and then in Fort Benning, Georgia, the...
... of minimising productivity loss and security risks include conducting regular and mandatory training courses for employees, developing formal guidelines and continuing the work of upgrading network ... of these technologies in organisations threatens to erode the traditional model of IT management By increasingly bringing the technologies they use in their personal lives into the workplace and ... sites and those that aid professional and business networking Achmea inthe Netherlands, for example, allows its employees to use LinkedIn, but prohibits the use of Facebook The line between the...
... supporting the inclusion of individuals that are at risk of social exclusion on the labour market and enhancing their employability through their involvement in vocational education and training In ... potential: support will include financing of scientific research, including investment in infrastructure, setting up innovative enterprises, and developing cooperation inthe field of innovation between ... Looking in more detail at the findings shown in Figure 1, the health services category includes inpatient, outpatient, emergency and primary care services Investments in these areas are shown in...
... the Asian and Russian financial crises of the 1990s as well as the “great moderation” book-ended by the bursting of the tech bubble, the global financial crisis andthe European debt crisis The ... Cap-Weighted Index and Min-Vol Figure 2: Sharpe Ratio Comparison Cap-Weighted Index and Min-Vol 1.0 Country- Sector Min Vol 0.8 Stock Min Vol 0.6 13% Sector Min Vol Country Min Vol 0.4 0.2 Cap Weighted Index ... that the Financial sector holdings (shown in red) are neutral at the start of 1983, then move to underweight inthe run-up to the US Savings & Loans crisis (late 1980s) and remain so until the...
... such as reducing the stakes and hence the intensity of the ‘struggle for power and wealth within and among states, thereby reducing the incidence of war, poverty, and oppression’ and environmental ... non-liberal peoples rather than excluding them from international forums and law Inthe ensuing four sections, I explicate and rebut these arguments for liberal statism in turn; in doing so, I show ... interests and articulates citizens’ views; rather, we are asking whether there is a systematic causal connection between citizens having certain interests and views (on the one hand) and such Introduction...
... national and provincial governments all the way down to the villages They are the crucial piece inthe political elites’ chain of crafting village democracy, operating as a “hinge” at the meeting point ... “Conducting village elections in accordance with the law” is a commonly used slogan (2) Finding Typical Cases and Set Them as Examples In China, the setting of examples and then spreading their ... self-governance and promote village democracyThe followings are the main measures: propagandizing, mobilizing and organizing elections, providing models for regulations, making plans and setting an agenda...
... to power in 1949 The lineage force was made insignificant despite its lingering influence, only to re-emerge inthe reform era under Deng Xiaoping Kinship/clans and factions are the informal ... for their own lineage and maintain their domination and power If the village party organization is strong, it is likely to contain the influence of kinship.24 While peasants sometimes vote for their ... position of the party leadership while promoting and at least not directly thwarting the development of village democracyAnd they should avoid falling into the trap of thinking that the village...
... about their own interests and their working style In theory, local leaders are better informed and educated than the rank -and file villagers, therefore they should have a better understanding of the ... important role in this leading body There is usually a working office for dealing with routine business under the leading body, located inthe bureau of Civil Affairs The followings are the main functions ... by the large number of candidates nominated andthe high return rate of nomination forms Inthe primary nomination, for instance, the voters nominated 959 people for the 57 candidacies, making...
... Sorting and counting the printed ballot numbers; G Introducing and explaining ballots, then making campaigning speeches; H Voters successively receiving ballots, filling and voting; I Making ... on the rest of the ballots as the invalid; J Opening the ballot boxes; K Counting collected ballots and Checking; L Telling and counting; M Declaring the result; N Sealing the ballots and filling ... something that could bring a large group of provincial officials to act together in performing the task of crafting and implementing village elections andin responding to the demands of the times...
... together in performing the task of crafting and implementing village elections andin responding to the demands of the times in a more productive and effective manner Established in 1989, the China ... factors in their understanding of institutional constraints, their formulations of preference, and their design of strategies to pursue their goals.10 The position is defined not only in terms of the ... to the erosion of the Party organs inthe countryside and thereby the Party would lose its leading role in rural communities The opponent feared that social chaos would emerge in rural China, and...
... to village democracyin rural China, highlighting the key role andthe strategies of political elites at different levels in crafting Chinese village democracyThe intentions of this thesis are ... important to democracy, but there are some limitations The main theoretical argument against the “structural approach” is the 37 Pei Minxin, “‘Creeping Democratization’ in China,” Journal of Democracy ... no democracy) 59, we can say “Without political elite/ the insiders of the system and their crafting, without rural democracyin China” Under the current Chinese political system and with the...
... engines and mental models to help people mine and assess the value of all that information, and technologies that infuse online data with meaning and context None of this is science fiction: the ... hypotheses and acting as "virtual subject experts" to help guide your thinking These technologies promote consilience—literally, the "jumping together" of knowledge from different disciplines They ... ideas that are being generated around the world Today's search engines are good at locating tidbits of information in an ocean of data, and even at finding answers to simple questions The next step...
... great potential inthe banking industry to sustain their competitive edge not only in Muslim countries but also inthe European financial system The estimated findings pertaining to the performance ... on the emergence and xxv GENERAL INTRODUCTION rapid growth of Islamic finance within and outside the interest-based interest based financial systems Chapter 3, on the other hand, points out the ... persons Thus, the saving and disposable income of the people is affected badly This results decrease inthe real GDP Sharing profits in Mudaraba and sharing inthe business venture in Musharaka...
... adoption of ICTs Bearing in mind the chapter’s focus on e -democracy, we examine employees’ perceptions of communication effectiveness and discuss these findings inthe context of the HR focus that ... workgroups — both formal and informal They will then develop an understanding of how and why members of these groups resist the changes within the organization and can seek to remedy the issues Organizations ... bureaucracy At the time of their argument, the Cold War was the center of world attention, making the issue of democracy both topical and compelling Inthe context of the global and technological...
... professionals, intellectuals, some business interests, the media, women, the urban poor, small farmers andthe churches) and how their demands for democracy were resisted by the ruling group, their business ... muddying the distinction between party and state Key elements of this strategy are: the strengthening of the institution and machinery of the presidency relative to other senior branches of the ... opposing the nation, and becomes the enemy This syllogism is relatively easily maintained inthe face of opposition to the regime from the white farming community, or the white community in general...