European Journal of Political Research 43: 309–335‚ 2004 309 The structural context of recent transitions to democracy RENSKE DOORENSPLEET Leiden University‚ The Netherlands Abstract. In general‚ the literature on democratic transitions has focused on political processes and choices of actors in explaining regime change‚ thereby failing to investigate whether structural factors affect the recent rise in transitions to democracy. An analysis of the influence of these structural factors is
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teachers for an undue amount of time. Safran & Safran‚ (1984) reports that teachers normally spend sixty- ninety precent more time with misbehaving students than with the rest of the students. Johnson & Fullwood‚ (2006) states that teachers spend up to ninety precent more time with problematic students. Many new teachers have trouble dealing with persistent misbehaviour. They become exasperated because their previous responses had little impact. They spend substantial time distressing about the problem
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Databases selected: Multiple databases... Document View « Back to Results Document 1 c d e f g Mark Document Publisher Information Abstract ‚ Full Text Survey: Innovation in industry: Easy way out Nicholas Valery. The Economist. London: Feb 20‚ 1999.Vol.350‚ Iss. 8107; pg. S22‚ 2 pgs » Jump to full text » Translate document into: Select language » More Like This - Find similar documents Subjects: Startups‚ Entrepreneurs‚ Market strategy‚ Venture capital companies
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1. Is the New York Times paywall working? According to Chairman Sulzberger the goal of the paywall was to “build the Times’s digital subscription base and develop a new robust consumer revenue stream‚ while maintaining its significant digital advertising business.” Secondary to the constraint of maintaining the ad business was the requirement to maintain social buzz and branding. To begin‚ the NYT wanted to increase future revenues for the paper and offset the inevitable decline of its print
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Compare and contrast normative and positive accounting approaches: Definition of PAT: Watts and Zimmerman (1986) defined Pat as a theory that seeks to explain and predicts particular phenomenon. It is concerned with explaining accounting practice. The three basic hypotheses as outlined by Watts and Zimmerman (1978) underlying PAT are: 1. Bonus plan hypothesis: The bonus plan hypothesis is that managers of firms with bonus plans are more likely to use accounting methods that increase current period
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Freeman Hrabowski’s article in the New York Times explains why a person should attend college. Initially‚ Hrabowski establishes credibility on the topic purely through his title as the chair of the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. Because he has been given this title by past president Barack Obama‚ the reader automatically identifies Hrabowski as a person who they will be able to trust. Secondly‚ Hrabowski starts his argument with a small personal
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Occupy Wall Street Movement Sherron. L. Moore Professor Diane McGeehan Business Ethics February 2‚ 2013 Occupy Wall Street is a movement that started in New York in 2011. The movement was started as a means to rise up against political and economic corruption and injustices. There slogan “We are the 99%” refers to how the rich are the 1% and everyone else is paying the price for the mistakes and selfishness of the 1%. Some of the moral and economic implications are fairness‚ care
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Time context June 1976 * A CyGy garment was established by Guia Collantes and Carmela Santos. September 1976 * The cousin’s started researched‚ copied‚ revised and altered designs from magazines‚ stores and television and they finished their first fashion collection. 1977 * Cy Gy garment got their first expansion acquiring six industrial machines and hiring more sewers. By end of 1991 * Their employee was 25 workers. * Their manufacturing has with 12 subcontractors‚ that
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Nationalism; Positive or Negative? Nationalism can be defined as the collective; shared‚ sense of belonging of people who identify themselves as a nation. Nationalism is all around us‚ every day in both large and small cases‚ having both positive and negative effects. It cannot be fully positive or fully negative because every situation and circumstances are so different‚ and theretofore so are the end results. It can be as simple as pride in your country during the times of the Olympic Games
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The Movement and Madness of Occupy Wall Street On September 11‚ 2011‚ protestors camped out in Zuccotti Park‚ and shouted a message in order to get a message across to the government. Their agenda was comprised of several issues affecting most of today’s society; end social and economic inequality‚ end corporate greed and stop corporate corruption. They shouted a message which became the main slogan for Occupy Wall Street (OWS) Movement‚ “We are the 99%”. Their intention was to protest and shed
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