AimsThere are four very broad aims to the thesis.To assess whether new dimensions of democracy are emergingThe first aim is to ascertain whether and in what senses new dimensionsof democracy are emerging in Estonia.To explore whether there is a democratic shortfallThe second aim…
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This investigation identified the learning styles and creative performances of Bruneian primary, secondary, performing, non-performing, regular, elite, creative and noncreative students and their teachers' teaching styles. It also compared the significant differences between/amo…
This dissertation examines the relationship between the domestic self-interest of political elites and the initiation, timing, conduct, and outcome of attempts at resolving long-running strategic conflicts through negotiations. Comparing the cases of the Israeli- Jordanian peace…
This thesis introduces a new method for data collection on political elite networks using non-obtrusive web-based techniques. One possible indicator of elite connectivity is the frequency with which individuals appear at the same political events. Using a Google search scraping …
This dissertation examines the emergence of a discrete new Syrian social group, the neoliberal elite, through shared, English-based linguistic practices. It demonstrates how this new group reacts to Syria's liberalizing economy by adopting the same ideology that underpins offici…
This dissertation argues that the development of sectarianism in Lebanon can be best understood as the effective means by which the ruling elite sustains its interests in response to the popular classes' demands for change. Drawing on several theoretical approaches, including th…
This study addresses the phenomenon of elite Islamic schools in Indonesia by focusing on Al Azhar Islamic High School in Jakarta. Taking as its starting point the evolution and expansion of Islamic educational institutions in contemporary Indonesia, particularly since the 1970s,…
At the juncture of Arab and African histories lies the legacy of al-Busa'idi rule in Zanzibar. This dissertation aims at resurrecting aspects of that legacy, as they related to the politics of identity of the Omani elite in a time framework set between 1880s and 1930s. Relying o…
This dissertation studies the careers of the descendants of five important religious elite families of the Hijāz for the Umayyad and early `Abbāsid periods. The eponym of each family was among the earliest and most celebrated converts to Islam and each was a viable candidate for…
This dissertation is a compilation and analysis of the Russian historiography of the Tatar Yoke in the post-Petrine, pre-Stalinist period. The scope of research is not entirely comprehensive-plays, novels, librettos, and folk artifacts are largely excluded-but is very extensive,…