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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Civic society"”.
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Civic-ness in the Caribbean: Civic Society and Governance in Barbados and Jamaica
… (Making Democracy Work) which posits that 'civic-ness' explains why democracy works better in some cases than in others. This paper seeks to determine whether this variable explains "good governance" in the Caribbean as well as it does for the Mediterranean.</p><p> In order to establish …
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Regioninis savižudybių lygio pasiskirstymas Europos Sąjungoje: lyginamoji analizė /
… which are income, economic inequality, civic society, culture and level of corruption. To evaluate the influence of these variables study employs qualitive comparative analysis. Three models which explain high suicide rates in West and North, Central and East Europe regions are found: …
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To be acknowledged as citizens
… at the displacement of lesbians and gays from civic society by being prohibited from accessing marriage rights. First, certain events in anti-gay discrimination and marriage history that contributed to the second-class citizenship of lesbians and gays are reviewed. Second, a look at how the …
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The Impact of Aid on Human Development Indices in Sub-Saharan Africa
… include education, health, government and civic society, as well as environmental indicators. Of all these HDIs, the results of the analysis show that health aid is the most effective form of aid, significantly reducing the incidence of HIV, the infant mortality rate and the maternal …
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Asian American women entrepreneurs
… play in their local communities and civic society.
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A Design and Implementation Plan for Professional Development and Curriculum Modules of Historical Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom
… future careers, and students* role within our civic society. Included within this dissertation in practice is a model for how to facilitate an effective professional development program that helps increase teacher efficacy, teacher skill level, and teacher use of historical literacy. This model …
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When ripples becomes waves : exploring the role of policy in the creation and coordination of citizen participation in Minnesota‟s water governance landscape.
… to the profit sector, nonprofit sector, and civic society. Though the definition of environmental governance emphasizes collaborative efforts that include citizen participants, there is still a lack of information examining what the citizen perspective and experience is in collaborative …
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Peterborough Trades Union Council 1899-1979: A Forgotten Arena for Working Class Politics
… had three functions: industrial; political; and civic. But their work also suggested that these organisations did not make much of an impact in any of these areas during the twentieth century. This thesis will add to the scant literature on trades councils in the academic field by producing an …
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Komunikacijos kampanijos viešojoje erdvėje. Atvejo analizė - ,,Lietuvos“ kino teatro išsaugojimo akcijos /
Key words: public sphere, public discourse, civic society, public interest, J. Habermas, movie theatre “Lietuva”. A student of the Frankfurt School of Social Research – which advanced a Marxist critique of western capitalism and its discontents – Habermas wrote The Structural Transformation of the …
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Environmental resistance and Aboriginal development : a comparative study of mining ventures in the United States and Canada
… considerations nor external influence of civic society adequately explain the emergence or prevalence of resistance. Instead the negotiation process, particularly the way in which issues are linked, strategic alliance formation and the articulation of sovereignty are the key determinants …
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'Close' as a construct to critically investigate the relationship between the visual artist and the everyday.
… the everyday as the multi-layered fields of civic society.
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Environmental governance: urban community-driven conservation endeavors in the Cape
… and provincial level, it is less clear for civic and urban efforts. This research aims to establish how local conservation endeavors are governed in the urban Cape and how this governance aligns to policies in South Africa. The purpose is to provide insights into gaps in information and …
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Newspaper campaigns, publics and politics
… extended to associations and organisations in civic society. The neo-liberal assumption of private (not political) self-determination and freedom as the defence of property and other personal interests meant that affected individuals were portrayed as passive and vulnerable ‘victims’ whose …
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The Experiences of Korean Immigrants Settling in New Zealand: A Process of Regaining Control
… is significant to the harmony of New Zealand society since the government’s goal is to build an inclusive society. For many Korean immigrants, however, settling in an unfamiliar environment potentially disrupts familiar routines, with deleterious effects on almost all aspects of their …
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Governing harm: the politics of survival in the era of harm reduction in India
… Non-state stakeholders such as the NGOs, civic society organizations and bi-lateral agencies helped to shape policy, fund programs and provide expertise to the state. This research demonstrates the manner in which, the state adopted multiple ways of functioning, balancing the pressures and …