New Co-operative Development in China: An Institutional Approach KU Leuven
The new co-operatives in China that are ...
This research aims to investigate the dynamics of political communication in online social networks. Social media constitutes an integral part of the spread of information in contemporary societies. Consequently, digital social platforms are crucial for political parties and movements to spread their message. Gaining insights into these social networks is crucial because, on the one hand, they have the potential to boost political efficacy ...
In the last decades, the methodological interest in arts-based research and sensory ethnography has been growing considerably. Building on these two strands of research, in this doctoral thesis the potential of an aesthetic orientation to our physical surroundings is explored. Three empirical studies were carried out to investigate how we can, through exploring a changing neighbourhood, recast our methodological ways of thinking about ...
This doctoral thesis adresses the production of borders (bordering) that produce Flanders’ contemporary Other on the axis of migration and poverty. Through four ethnographic studies presented as journal articles, this research explores the underlying, interactive dynamics that produce this Other, their impact and how and by whom they can be negotiated. This sheds light on experiences and interactions on the micro-level of society, as well as ...
In the last few decades, Western countries have witnessed major transformations in the nature of domestic security provision; a development which has witnessed a rapid expansion of the private security industry as one of its most visible and significant trends. Whilst this phenomenon has led to increased theoretical sophistication in criminology, it is widely acknowledged that this has been characterized by an Anglo-American bias. However, ...
The PhD dissertation entitled ‘’The Ethiopian Public Sector Leadership Profile Unveiled: Determining the Leadership Profile of the Ethiopian Federal Civil Service Organizations’’ is motivated by calls for Afro-specific leadership research and pragmatic leadership problem in Ethiopian federal civil service organizations. It dealt with profiling the civil service leaders contrasting how the leaders are expected to act in terms of contextual ...
Throughout the world’s cities, public space is playing an ever more important role in the production of places. At the same time, it has become the core of contradicting demand. Commodification, commercialisation and even militarisation of public space are indicators of its declining quality as a factor of urban identity, culture and the freedom of communication. While neglect and deterioration are among the factors for this withering; the ...
Rather than seeing land commodification as a taken-for-granted term to explain urban and rural changes, this thesis offers a nuanced conceptual and empirical explanation of the process of land commodification and the interaction among involved actors. Based on data collected from the fieldwork in Pidu District of Chengdu City, China, between 2017-2021, this thesis examines the socioeconomic dynamics and consequences of the market-oriented ...
The need for governing the management of geospatial information (in terms of roles, responsibilities, structures) is widely recognised as problematic at different administrative levels around the world. Therefore, the main objective of this doctorate research project is to develop and test operational models for governing the management of geospatial information in different countries, regions and areas. Those models can support multiple ...
Since the start of the 21st century, China has emerged as an important partner for Africa, shaking up the continent’s existing international relations. Rather than aligning its approach to that of ‘traditional donors’, China stresses that its own experience as a developing country predisposes it to interact with African countries in a fundamentally different way. The Chinese emphasis on respect for sovereignty, non-conditional relations and ...