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Scope and method of study. The goal of this study is to investigate the roles of market structure and human capital in developing countries' (DC's) ability to expand exports of processed agricultural goods. The study provides three separate theoretical and empirical analyses bas…

Competition over valued resources is often at the heart of ethnic conflict because it promotes organization and mobilization among ethnic groups as they struggle to “protect mountains.” Embedded in this approach is the belief that ethnic competition strengthens collective identi…

Work-related stress is a hindrance to the quality of working life. Stressful circumstances occur when individuals are no more able to handle, manage and cope with difficult situations. Events and situations are themselves not inherently stressful; it is the capability of people …

This thesis investigates the capacity of the newly introduced Chinese Special Economic Zones in Africa (CSEZAs) to deliver ‘cooperation' and ‘mutual development' to China and Africa. Referring to existing scholarship on other forms of liberal spatial economics, it addresses the …

This thesis focuses on the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mauritius. This thesis illustrates the implications and pressures of the Church trying to globalize the faith, correlating Mormonism with and conforming it to cosmopolitan communities such a…

It is estimated that 3000 Mauritian immigrants live in the Canadian province of Ontario, yet despite this relatively small number they are culturally distinct in the city of Toronto. Using ethnographic methods, this dissertation examines immigrants’ changing identities, engageme…