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The nature of American identity is highly contested in the twenty-first century. This dissertation seeks to understand how this state of uncertainty produces a rhetorical opening for new and unimagined rhetorical possibilities. As citizens lose faith in the narratives that have …

This thesis builds on the recent developments in methods of panel estimation to investigate four questions in the economics of growth and development, concentrating on the effects of three variables of interest - ad-valorem tariff rates, military expenditure shares and natural r…

A review of the literature indicates that a universally enhancing relationship between market orientation and performance is not conclusively supported. Recent research suggests that the relationship between marketing investments and profit may be inverted U-shaped such that the…

Leadership problems have plagued Nigeria since national independence in 1960. The results have been massive corruption, mismanagement of natural and human resources, and the loss of over 2 million lives. Despite abundant literature on leadership and political parties, no work ha…

(Sie waren einst Flüchtlinge is a collection of the biographies of nine individuals who came to Switzerland from different nations as refugees. Although each account varies dramatically in terms of its course and outcome, the common theme which runs through all of the chronicles…

This study considers the phenomenon of “dignity” as experienced by non-unionized, part-time, English Department faculty at a Catholic Church-affiliated campus in the Northeast region of the United States; I refer to the institution as Urban Catholic University. This focus is mot…