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Promoting academic excellence amongst the engineering students [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper describes activities carried out by the College of Engineering at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) in order to promote academic excellence amongst the engineering students and to enhance their academic standings.
Hasan, Zaimah   +5 more
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Cape Verde: Marketing Good Governance Kap Verde: Die Vermarktung von Good Governance

open access: yesAfrica Spectrum, 2009
Faced with a lack of natural resources Cape Verde has made good governance one of its most marketable products. Running parallel to the institutionalisation of democratic politics there has been an overhaul and growing sophistication in public ...
Bruce Baker
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Beyond Polarity: Negotiating a Hybrid State in Somaliland Jenseits der Polarität: Das Aushandeln eines hybriden Staates in Somaliland

open access: yesAfrica Spectrum, 2010
Many African states struggle to reconcile traditional social institutions with the precepts of nation-state democracy within colonially defined borders. Since the 1991 fall of the dictatorial Somali regime of Siyaad Barre, Somaliland has gradually pieced
Michael Walls, Steve Kibble
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Cabinets and Legislative Cartels in Uruguay: Examining the Legislative Consequences of Government Formation Gabinetes y Cárteles Legislativos en Uruguay: examen de las consecuencias legislativas de la formación del gobierno

open access: yesJournal of Politics in Latin America, 2013
Since the return to democracy, Uruguayan presidents have built cabinets of varying natures (majority and minority coalitions, majority and minority parties).
Daniel Chasquetti
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Pursuing Centralization amidst Decentralization: The Politics of Brazil’s Innovative Response to HIV/AIDS Centralizando en un contexto de descentralización: La política de la innovadora respuesta de Brasil al SIDA

open access: yesJournal of Politics in Latin America, 2011
In recent years, Brazil has been highly revered for its response to HIV/AIDS. Despite the government’s delayed response, why and how did the national AIDS program eventually become so successful?
Eduardo Jesus Gómez
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Power-Sharing, Conflict and Transition in Burundi: Twenty Years of Trial and Error Machtteilung, Konflikt und Wandel in Burundi: Zwanzig Jahre Versuch und Irrtum

open access: yesAfrica Spectrum, 2009
For the past twenty years, Burundi has experimented with powersharing as an instrument of political liberalisation, democratisation and conflict resolution. This contribution analyses the different meanings the concept of power-sharing has had throughout
Stef Vandeginste
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Let’s Blame Everyone: Executive and Legislative Evaluations of Economic Performance in Brazil and Chile Echemosle la culpa a todos: Evaluación del Ejecutivo y del Legislativo por el desempeño económico en Brasil y en Chile

open access: yesJournal of Politics in Latin America, 2010
In this paper we bring together institutional, contextual, and behavioral perspectives in a comprehensive model that explores determinants of executive and legislative approval based on economic performance in Brazil and Chile.
Lucio Renno, Wladimir Gramacho
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