This dissertation studies the role of organizational politics and power and their role in the success of public service Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). By doing so, it addresses two areas of research in network governance and organizational theory. On one hand it explores th…
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Land and Power: The Social Dynamics of Land Ownership in Iron Age Israel describes the system of land tenure of Iron Age Israel (ca. 1200–586 B.C.) in order to illuminate the impact of that system on society. This dissertation examines written documents from other parts of the A…
Within the general theoretical question of the role and efficacy of ritual in processes of social change, this research explores the role and efficacy of the Bar-Mitzvah ritual during ideological and social crisis in the Kibbutz. Based on empirical research as a participant obse…
By the 1950s, big dams had become the leading technology for water resources development in the world. Today, opposition erupts against virtually every big darn project proposed or under construction. And since the 1970s—despite being promoted by a range of transnationally allie…
This dissertation explores variance in state responses to refugee crises. It argues that contrary to public perception, assistance to refugees is more of a realist than humanitarian endeavor. In other words, states provide assistance based upon their perceived national interests…
Within an integrative, macrosociological framework of the political economy of the ancient agrarian state as provided by political and economic anthropology, this study incorporates sociohistorical, archaeological, textual, and ideological insights into an analysis of class diff…
This dissertation explores the transformation of property rights in Sabah, Malaysia from 1881 to present day. I untangle the complex ways in which property rights are transformed by closely analyzing the history of colonial codification of native customary law, the intricacies o…
This dissertation traces the evolution of modern medical institutions alongside that of Russian and Soviet policies towards indigenous Central Asians, from the establishment of the Imperial colony through the mid-1930s. Based on two years of archival research in Uzbekistan and R…
The primary purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine psychoanalytic or psychodynamic therapists’ experiences of fear and power in multicultural contexts. A phenomenological approach was employed in order to address the following research questions: 1) How is fear exper…
The dissertation is about power and the landscape that power produces. It explicates a paradox of modernity, which is this: how one of the most vulnerable places to sea-level rise organizes its economy and culture around extractive thinking and the production of fossil fuels. To…
The purpose of this study was to explore the utility of Hall's (1961) conceptualization of Max Weber's (1946) theory of bureaucracy as an analytical tool in Turkey. The population was 1946 teachers in 91 public schools that employ five or more teachers. The instruments were dist…
The absence of a more equitable distribution of socio-economic resources in Ethiopia has long been recognized since the early days of the government of Emperor Haile-Selassie (1931–1974). More often than not, many scholars and policy-makers agree that the development policies of…
This dissertation analyzes why political power in Diamou, a small town in Western Mali, is unable to support local development. A historical description of successive configurations of political power, based on oral history research in the area, shows that local power is always …
This dissertation addresses the interplay of power, communication and ecology in resource management, and how to cross the boundaries created therefrom. Political ecology is the overarching perspective, informing geography as the study of human-nature power relations. My central…
A study of President John F. Kennedy's policy toward the Middle East illustrates the agency and unexpected power wielded by so-called “third world” countries during the Cold War era. In spite of careful planning in Washington, Middle East leaders often manipulated and directed K…
Rapidly changing competitive environments are forcing firms to build long-term relationships with their partner. Relationship marketing that stresses on the long-term orientation can yield sustainable competitive advantage. Trust among the parties and commitment must be strength…
“Power” is a word with myriad definitions and has been studied by linguists and other scholars in as many contexts. Kiesling (1998) identifies seven varieties of power from which roles may be built, Fairclough (1992) indicates that power can be both overt and covert, and Foucaul…
In 1998, a minor Balinese noble house sponsored a large ritual to deify its royal ancestors and remind others of its prestige as a once powerful princedom. The ritual events became intertwined with what has been termed the Indonesian Revolution of 1998, which brought down Presid…
This dissertation is a regional study of power and authority in a West African state, Kankan-Baté, from its founding in the seventeenth century through the French colonial conquest and occupation of 1891 to 1920. Located on the banks of the Milo River in the present-day country …