This thesis is a collection of three independent essays on the causes and consequences of local elections in non-democratic regimes. The first essay examines the political consequences of local elections on the first democratic election after the fall of an autocratic regime. My theoretical analysis highlights that officials that were appointed by upper levels of government have a stronger incentive to continue to use local patronage networks to signal their alignment to upper levels of government
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Behaviour Modification A Self-Control Program for Smoking Cessation Christine Chambers Trent University Introduction The behaviour modified for this self-directed behaviour change project is smoking. Smoking was selected as the behaviour I wish to change because it is known that tobacco use is the leading cause of premature‚ preventable death and disease (Edwards‚ Bondy‚ Callaghan‚ & Mann‚ 2014). Smoking is a behaviour that has been recently initiated; I started smoking occasionally in August
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piercings and any other ornaments are applications that also take the human’s body as their final object. In his essay “The Body Jigsaw”‚ Philippe Liotard states that cosmetic surgery and body alterations stand at opposite sides. In the following‚ I’m going to take a position relatively to the above statement‚ before analyzing the situation in my home society‚ Lebanon. First of all‚ Liotard believes that body modifications are ways that one can use in order to look different from the common mass
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regulatory bodies relevant to the education sector which exist to monitor and enforce the legislative framework As well as local and national government schools are answerable to regulative bodies and these include‚ the schools governing body‚ the health and safety executive and OFSTED. All of whom exist to monitor and enforce legislation. The schools governing body is built up from differing members of the school community‚ including school management‚ parents‚ teaching and non-teaching staff
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Differences between interest groups I once had a Supervisor called Gregory under me who constantly received direct instruction in a negative way from a Key Account Manager in our Corporate accounts department named Moses. The manner in which communication was initiated caused the conflict - Differences between interested groups. Differences between levels of individuals I have two Technical advisors currently named Faizel and Gaaratwe. Faizel recently started he claims that there is somehow more
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1. Evaluate this chapter’s definition of communication. What are its strengths? What are its weaknesses? If you were asked to improve it in one way‚ by adding subtracting‚ or modifying something‚ what would you change? Present your answer and explain the reasoning that justifies it in a 100-200-page response. One of the strengths of communication is that we can utilize it on so many different levels. Many think of communicating as talking‚ of course recently that would be replaced more and more
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Numerical and Verbal Hypothesis Statement In business‚ small and large or personal the ability to have information to make a decision is essential. “Hypothesis testing is used in both science and business to test assumptions and theories and ultimately guide managers when faced making decisions.” (Doane & Seward‚ 2007‚ page 347‚ Chapter 9). We reviewed and analyzed the data set‚ Real Estate and developed a hypothesis test. The hypothesis test can be described with the following steps: Step 1:
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SHC 21: Introduction to communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 2.1 We all communicate in different ways; we all have different preferences need and wishes. There are also different types of communication; Written – Pro’s * Can be used as evidence * Re looked at * Clearer to understand * Easier to communicate with people who don’t have a lot of confidence Cons * Can be taken in the wrong way * Poor layout * Too much information
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Army‚ 1983). Effective communication occurs only if the receiver understands the exact information or idea that the sender intended to transmit. Many of the problems that occur in an organization are (Mistry‚ Jaggers‚ Lodge‚ Alton‚ Mericle‚ Frush‚ Meliones‚ 2008): ◦ the direct result of people failing to communicate ◦ processes that leads to confusion and can cause good plans to fail Studying the communication process is important because you coach‚ coordinate‚ counsel‚ evaluate‚ and supervise
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Culture and Body Language Katina M. Brown COM 200: Interpersonal Communication Katie Decker November 16‚ 2009 No matter where we are from‚ body language is the one form of communication that all humans have in common. We all communicate using our bodies but many gestures can mean very different things in different parts of the world. When traveling to different countries‚ it is important to realize that something as simple as a nod of the head can have a different meaning than what
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