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Helga Dickow - Religion and Attitudes towards Life in South Africa

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Helga Dickow

Religion and Attitudes towards Life in South Africa

Series: Studien zu Ethnizität, Religion und Demokratie

Volume 13 2012

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Political orientations S. 197-198

Theological orientations among Christians S. 124-128

„… , Pietermaritzburg 124 Theological orientations among Christians For the next set of questions, which deals …” „… with different theological orientations, it is necessary to exclude respondents for whom religion is …” „… asked the following questions; each represents a different theological orientation: Among Christian …”

Introduction S. 9-10

„… attitudes 153 Fear or confidence in the future 153 Powerlessness and change 157 Political orientations 159 …” „… Social capital and outlook on life 192 Status consciousness 196 Political orientations 197 Outlook on …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-8

„… tolerance and practice 107 Religion and politics 110 Charismatic orientations and patterns of belief 116 …” „… Theological orientations among Christians 124 …”

Method S. 10-11

„… turning their backs on the established churches? Is religious orientation a determining factor in …”

Outlook on the future S. 198-199

„… , community upliftment, and entrepreneurship. 197 Political orientations In a country such as South …”

From single-church dominance to plurality: South Africa's church landscape S. 11-12

„… on the established churches? Is religious orientation a determining factor in political attitudes, as …”

Changes as a result of being reborn S. 116-118

„… South Africa? Charismatic orientations and patterns of belief This section deals with the attitudes …”

Conclusion S. 199-202

„… 197 Political orientations In a country such as South Africa that has seen such dramatic political …”

People’s perceptions of themselves S. 128-132

„… various orientations and positions are very similar. Identities South Africa is still a country marked …”

Self-experience and the appeal of the Charismatic Church S. 118-124

„… South Africa? Charismatic orientations and patterns of belief This section deals with the attitudes …”

Political information and perceptions of political problems S. 159-166

„… and behaviour patterns of rural life. Political orientations The first democratic general …”

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Thomas Christin

Reasonable Europeans

Series: Nomos Universitätsschriften - Politik

Volume 153 2008

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Future orientations S. 110-112

„… federal state. 7.3. Future orientationsCitizens’ preferences for allocating competencies to the different …”

Orientation towards political systems: conceptualisation S. 42-44

„… orientation towards the political systems. 2.3. Orientation towards political systems …” „… . orientation towards the political system) are distinguished by the object of political support and can be …” „… being European and feelings of exclusive national identity. Fig. 2.2: Dimensions of orientation towards …”

Orientation towards political systems: political and identity factors S. 80-84

„… 805.3. Explanatory factors5.3.1. Orientation towards political systems: political and identity …” „… coding of responses in this table refers to the original coding of variables.112Tab. 5.2: Orientation …” „… towards national and European political systems: survey questionsNegative orientation towards the National …”

Delegation and accountability S. 109-110

„… federal state. 7.3. Future orientationsCitizens’ preferences for allocating competencies to the different …” „… orientation towards the political system (see Figure: 2.2) to ? nd alternative sources of citizens’ loyalty …”

Typology of support S. 78-80

„… 78 National political system orientation hypothesis: The less positive the citizens’ orientation …” „… support for EU-level decision-making. European political system orientation hypothesis: The more …” „… positive the citizens’ orientation towards the European political system (as community, regime and …”

Hypotheses at the individual level S. 77-78

„… domestic political system (i.e. orientation towards the national political system) as well as their identi …” „… ? cation with and evaluation of the European Union and its institutions (i.e. orientation towards the …” „… orientation towards the national political system, the European political system or both109: 109 It is worth …”

Models S. 87-92

„… ), left-right orientation (d1) and urban – rural living area (d25).133 As suggested by Honaker, King and …” „… hypothesis which states that the more positive the citizens’ orientation towards the European political …” „… system and the less positive their orientation towards their national political system, the stronger the …”

Predictions on the typology of support S. 92-94

„… ) (with maximum positive orientation towards the national political system and a negative orientation …” „… the EU-level, less than the Alienated (2) (with maximum negative orientation towards both systems …” „… ). Looking at the rows of Table 5.1, an increase of positive orientation towards the European political …”

Support for the European Union S. 107-109

„… orientation of the European Union and its institutions, as well as for the relationship between the EU and its …” „… which suggests that a negative orientation towards the national political system (negative evaluation of …” „… the national Regime institutions and weak national identi? cation) and a positive orientation towards …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-12

„… accountability 372.3. Orientation towards political systems: conceptualisation 422.4. Cases and datasets 442.5 …” „… . Typology of support 785.3. Explanatory factors 805.3.1. Orientation towards political systems: political …” „… orientations 110A. Appendix 113A.1. Appendix: Chapter 3 113A.1.1. Non parametric IRT 113A.1.2. 2-parameter …”

Control variables S. 84-87

„… Inglehart and Reif (1991) suggests that cognitive mobilisation and value orientation (so-called …” „… ) political ideology and those who do not choose any orientation (11 or 12).127 I include a dummy variable for …” „… orientation.87Negative effects are expected for blue-collar workers and the unemployed. The reference category …”

Effects of independent variables for EU-15, new-10 and candidate countries S. 95-97

„… ideological scale (by 0.1 points), and citizens with rightwing orientations are less favourable of EU-level …” „… economic expectations are held at their mean. Education, gender, left-right orientation and occupation are …”

Appendix: Chapter 5 S. 119-125

„… self-orientationD1: “In political matters people talk of “the left” and “the right”. How would you place your views …” „… orientation (11, 12). Centre is the reference category.Occupation D15: “What is your current occupation …”

General framework: delegation and accountability S. 37-42

„… the political systems, which will be broadly labelled as orientation towards the political systems …” „… . 2.3. Orientation towards political systems: conceptualisationFollowing Easton’s classical model of …”

Other forms of identity S. 84

„… Inglehart and Reif (1991) suggests that cognitive mobilisation and value orientation (so-called …”

Cross-level interaction effects S. 99-100

„… looking at the dimensions of orientation towards the political system, one can expect that a) the strength …”

Control variables S. 94-95

„… of the ideological scale (by 0.1 points), and citizens with rightwing orientations are less …”

Nationalism S. 71-72

„… community orientation and countries’ means for support of decision-making at the EU-level. Looking in detail …”

Governance quality S. 68-71

„… relationship between the aggregated political community orientation and countries’ means for support of …”

Attitudes towards the scope of EU-level decision-making for specific policy domains S. 47-49

„… domains: survey questions 2004 Negative orientation towards the National political systemQuestion: For …”

Economic explanations S. 31-34

„… cognitive mobilisation and value orientation such as the so-called post-materialist values (Inglehart, 1970a …”

Importance of public opinion S. 24-29

„… orientation of the EU. This effect is likely to appear as the European Parliament increases its power with …”

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Verena Schmöller, Marion Kühn - Durch das Labyrinth von LOST

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Verena Schmöller (ed.), Marion Kühn (ed.)

Durch das Labyrinth von LOST

Series: Mediensemiotik

Volume 2 2011

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Marion Kühn, Verena Schmöller Orientation. Verloren im Labyrinth von Lost? S. 8-18

„… 8Marion Kühn / Verena SchmöllerOrientationVerloren im Labyrinth von Lost?Auf dem Weg durch das …” „… Mystery-Serie siehe Eschke/Bohne 2010: 104–105; zum Genre-Mix siehe Ndalianis 2009: 181–197.9Orientation …” „… des Orientation-Videos für die Station The Hydra das Vorhandensein von Eisbären auch auf der …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-7

„… 978-3-7410-0042-35InhaltVorwort 7Marion Kühn/Verena SchmöllerOrientationVerloren im Labyrinth von Lost? 8Verena …”

Anhang S. 224-231

„… Wissenschaft»)Flashbacks: Jack2.02 «Adrift» («Treibholz») Flashbacks: Michael2.03 «Orientation» («Orientierung») Flashbacks …”

Marion Kühn Whatever Happened, Happened. Zur Gestaltung des Einstiegs in Lost S. 42-64

„… . Orientation – Analyse der Elemente des Einstiegssegments in Lost 3.1 Bild-Ton-Montage als Strategie der …” „… Rückschau-SequenzenÄhnlich wie die abrupt unter- oder abbrechenden Orientation-Videos (vgl. zum Beispiel Lost 2.03: 19:45 und …”

Birgit Aka Tabula Rasa. Das (v)erwünschte Inseldasein in Lost S. 130-149

„… vernichtet (vgl. Lost 3.20: 17:48 15 In dem Orientation-Film zur Swan-Station wird darauf hingewiesen, dass …”

Verena Schmöller Further Instructions. Zum seriellen Erzählen in Lost S. 19-41

„… . ebd.: 40:00).Die nächste Folge, «Orientation» (Lost 2.03), beginnt mit einem schwarzen Bild und der …”

Michael Schmöller Man of Science, Man of Faith. Organisation und Funktionalisierung der Insel-Gesellschaften in Lost S. 104-129

„… verstanden und «refers to the specifically political orientations – attitudes towards the political system …”

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Stefan Merz - Das Kreuz mit dem Kreuz: Unentschlossene Wähler in Deutschland

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Das Kreuz mit dem Kreuz: Unentschlossene Wähler in Deutschland

2010

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Civic Orientations von Unentschlossenen S. 137-150

„… ; Bundestagswahl 2005 Kampagnendynamik – Vorwahlstudie. 3.4.3 Civic Orientations von Unentschlossenen Von …” „… nur wenig unterscheiden. Von besonderem Interesse sind dabei die sogenannten „civic orientations“ der …” „… Wahlstudien 1994, 1998 und 2002 liegen zu diesen Civic Orientations eine Reihe von Indikatoren vor, in der …”

Tabellen- und Abbildungsverzeichnis S. 9-12

„… Wahlteilnahme der Präferenz-Typen 1994-2005 137 Tab. 41: Civic Orientations von festgelegten Parteinennern und …” „… Unentschlossenen 1994-2002: Politisches Interesse, Wahlnorm, Partizipation 139 11 Tab. 42: Civic Orientations von …” „… Orientations von festgelegten Parteinennern und Unentschlossenen 1994-2002: Zufriedenheit mit Parteien …”

Zusammenfassung S. 150-151

„… zu den Civic Orientations und nicht die Frage, welche der Variablen am meisten zwischen …” „… ausgeprägten Civic Orientations lassen aber vermuten, dass ihnen die Wahl vergleichsweise wichtig ist und sie …”

Fazit und Ausblick S. 168-182

„… untersuchten Civic Orientations zeigte sich eine geringere individuelle psychologische Verbundenheit mit dem …” „… Orientations auf. Inbesondere interessieren sie sich deutlich stärker für Politik als andere Unentschlossene …” „… . Zumindest legt die geringere Ausprägung der Civic Orientations nahe, dass es sich bei unentschlossenen …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-8

„… Unentschlossenen 124 3.4.2 Parteipolitische Präferenzen der Unentschlossenen 131 3.4.3 Civic Orientations von …”

Parteipolitische Präferenzen der Unentschlossenen S. 131-137

„… 1994-2002; Bundestagswahl 2005 Kampagnendynamik – Vorwahlstudie. 3.4.3 Civic Orientations von …”

Der sozialpsychologische Ansatz S. 46-53

„… partisan orientation. The stronger the party bond, the more exaggerated the process of selection and …”

Wiederholungsbefragungen nach der Wahl S. 151-159

„… bereits Festgelegten, die stärker ausgeprägten Civic Orientations lassen aber vermuten, dass ihnen die …”

Literaturverzeichnis S. 183-199

„… of Political Orientations in Three Western Democracies. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter. 191 Jones …”

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Christian von Soest - The African State and Its Revenues

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Christian von Soest

The African State and Its Revenues

Series: Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik

Volume 6 2009

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Merit Orientation S. 113-118

„… “exterritorial” donor institution. 4.3.2 Merit Orientation What rationality does the recruitment, promotion and …” „… culture which in turn – in conjunction with the other facets – determines the merit orientation of …” „… facets of merit orientation. As outlined in chapter 4.2.2, the UNIP government neglected and politicised …”

Merit Orientation S. 64-65

„… collection. This “risk management” is used as a further indicator. 3.5.2 Merit Orientation The dimension …” „… “Merit Orientation” reflects the rationality of service of tax administration employees. Evans and Rauch …” „… administration’s merit orientation. As outlined, Rauch and Evans only found an insignificant correlation between …”

Merit Orientation S. 175-181

„… negatively affected the country’s public administration. 5.3.2 Merit Orientation Human resource policies …” „… . The promotion policies as the second indicator of merit orientation also seem to have followed an …” „… indicator for the tax administration’s merit orientation. According to Jenkins, low remuneration of staff is …”

Conclusion: Botswana Case Study S. 189-193

„… and rational-legal orientation have, in general, not been tarnished by tax officials subverting public …” „… capability. Despite non-interference from the political environment, merit orientation has been the tax …” „… and processing as well as merit orientation in order to enforce tax obligations. Third, the effective …”

Administrative Accountability S. 65-66

„… , organisational culture will serve as a further indicator for the tax administration’s merit orientation. As …” „… absent, irregular or low pay massively affects civil servants’ merit orientation. Sideline employment to …” „… ; Bird 2004: 141).110 Merit orientation of staff not only is crucial for determining the success of tax …”

Information Collection and Processing S. 109-113

„… orientation, administrative accountability and, finally, revenue performance as prescribed in chapter 3.5. An …” „… Orientation What rationality does the recruitment, promotion and remuneration of tax administration staff in …” „… with the other facets – determines the merit orientation of Zambia’s tax administration. For a long …”

Information Collection and Processing S. 62-64

„… orientation”, “administrative accountability” and “revenue performance” in separate sections and will provide …” „… collection. This “risk management” is used as a further indicator. 3.5.2 Merit Orientation The dimension …” „… “Merit Orientation” reflects the rationality of service of tax administration employees. Evans and Rauch …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-10

„… Information Collection and Processing 63 3.5.2 Merit Orientation 64 3.5.3 Administrative Accountability 65 …” „… 4.3.1 Information Collection and Processing 109 4.3.2 Merit Orientation 113 4.3.3 Administrative …” „… Orientation 175 5.3.3 Administrative Accountability 181 5.3.4 Revenue Performance 185 5.4 Conclusion: Botswana …”

Neopatrimonialism in the African State S. 198-201

„… management was instrumental in instilling a sense of professionalism and in increasing the merit orientation …” „… legal-rational orientation of the ZRA. Furthermore, the MMD government, as the most important internal political …” „… along a general legal-rational orientation of the tax administration. The dominating variable weakening …”

Conclusion: Zambia Case Study S. 128-132

„… orientation, and experienced high levels of corruption which translated into low administrative accountability …” „… biggest success has been that it is a professional body run by qualified personnel. Merit orientation has …” „… supported the ZRA’s autonomous operation as exemplified by the authority’s merit orientation. However, on …”

Summary of Empirical Approach S. 68-70

„… collection and processing, merit orientation and administrative accountability which all provide insights on …” „… . Information processing Merit Orientation 1. Recruitment 2. Promotion / career stability 3. Remuneration …”

Public Administration and State Capability in General S. 159-163

„… largely upheld the legal-rational orientation of the public administration. This also holds true for the …” „… orientation of the state. Foreign personnel profited 316 Goldsmith maintained that in contrast “local people …”

Information Collection and Processing S. 171-175

„… orientation, (3) administrative accountability and (4) revenue performance. Every section will analyse the …” „… public administration. 5.3.2 Merit Orientation Human resource policies, i.e. the recruitment, promotion …”

Structure of Argument S. 25-26

„… capability dimensions are “information collection and processing”, “merit orientation”, “administrative …”

Empirical Approach and Sources of this Study S. 47-50

„… collection and processing, merit orientation, administrative accountability, revenue performance and …”

Donor Influence S. 156-159

„… largely upheld the legal-rational orientation of the public administration. This also holds true for the …”

Implications for Further Research S. 205-209

„… . The dimensions “merit orientation” and “administrative accountability” applied in this study seem to …”

Colonial Heritage S. 71-75

„… shape the information collection and processing, the merit orientation, the administrative …”

Colonial Heritage S. 133-137

„… , expressed through its four dimensions information collection and processing, merit orientation …”

Administrative Accountability S. 181-185

„… environment not determined by neopatrimonialism, the merit orientation of the administration has been low. The …”

Taxation, Tax Administration and the African State S. 201-205

„… affect the rationallegal orientation of Zambia’s tax administration. As outlined, the trend of …”

Tax Administration Politics in Botswana S. 166-171

„… four capability dimensions (1) information collection and processing, (2) merit orientation, (3 …”

Public Administration and State Capability in General S. 96-101

„… administrative rationality of expertise, merit orientation and hierarchy set out by Weber’s ideal type. It is …”

Revenue Performance S. 123-128

„… collection and processing, lacked qualified staff, i.e. merit orientation, and experienced high levels of …”

Tax Administration Politics in Zambia S. 103-109

„… information collection and processing, merit orientation, administrative accountability and, finally, revenue …”

Monographs and Articles S. 229-252

„… Participatory Democracy and Socialist Orientation: The De-Politization of the Masses in Post-Colonial Zambia. In …”

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