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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Democratic participation"”.
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Rethinking the role of the Internet in sustaining democratic participation in Zimbabwe
… role played by the Internet in railroading democratic changes in Zimbabwe. The March 2008 national elections will be used as the primary case study for this research, essentially scrutinising the extent to which Zimbabwean exiles made use of foreign-based news sites run independently by …
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Education for democratic participation : an analysis of self-education strategies within certain community organisations in Cape Town in the 1980's
… organisations for the imparting of participatory democratic leadership skills. The study is illuminative and explanatory rather than evaluative. The findings of the study show that education for democratic participation is a central concern for the organisations and for community adult educators …
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From oppression to democracy : an argument for reparations for African Americans from a discourse ethics perspective
… Community limits the possibility of equal participation of the community as a whole and individuals in the community to participate democratically in the political, social and economic life and 2) are necessary to bring about a society which fosters equal participation in the political, …
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Closing the gateways of democracy : cities and the militarization of protest policing
… US cities, signifying that important avenues for democratic participation may indeed be closing.
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Talking democracy in Grade 7 : a discourse analysis of SRC practice in a primary school
… ways of conceptualising and teaching active democratic participation. I chose a two-staged explorative qualitative research framework, informed by the New Literacy Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis, with Grade 7 learners in a primary school. I identified school Student Representative …
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Roberto Clemente Community Academy: A Counter-Narrative on Chicago School Reform, 1988--1998
… aforementioned sociopolitical dynamics inhibit democratic participation of marginalized communities who seek to reform schools."
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Federalism and Conflict Management in Ethiopia. Case Study of Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State.
… process of the ruling party has hindered genuine democratic participation of citizens and self-determination of the ethnic groups. This undermines the capacity of the regional states and makes the federal structure vulnerable to the dynamics of political change. The conflicts in Benishangul-Gumuz …
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Water and Power: The Environmental Politics of a Virginia Reservoir
… politics reveal a marked increase in democratic involvement through an emerging ecological civil society as reflected in the case study of the proposed King William Reservoir in Virginia. An ecological civil society could become the leaders and educators in communities to develop the …
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The regulation of social media content personalisation: An international human rights perspective
… social media algorithms, and the human right of democratic participation. The research employs historical, analytical, and comparative methodologies, and draws on literature from law, psychology and technology to evaluate legal instruments and enforcement mechanisms across international, …
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Toward a Democratic Science? Environmental Justice Activists, Multiple Epidemiologies, and Toxic Waste Controversies
… in political protest and the importance of democratic participation in the making of environmental policy.
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The Myth of the Universal User. Pursuing a Cultural Variable in ICT Design for Conflict Management through Quantitative Analysis: Implications from a Ugandan Case Study.
… This distortion has problematic implications for democratic participation in postconflict contexts and in data aggregation initiatives that inform policy decisions related to governance, election monitoring, human rights abuse reporting, and conflict management more broadly. Fieldwork from the …
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Saving the home of the tadpoles one tree at a time: A framing and pedagogical analysis of Wangari Maathai's green belt movement
… rights, education, sustainable development, democratic participation, and peace issues, amongst others. This diverse approach to social change makes it sometimes difficult to place the GBM within current social movement theory. To further our understanding of the GBM's unusual approach, this …
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I Matter, As Does the World: Critical Consciousness in Higher Education
… academic arena is critical to the development of democratic participation and agency in students. Critical consciousness is the ability to see, judge and act on issues of injustice in order to create social change. In addition, this research examines what barriers arise in that process. Research …
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Insights to the Consequences of Fair Trade from an All-Female Coffee Cooperative
… their cooperatives, especially with regards to democratic participation, producer empowerment and equity of opportunity within the organizational structure. Data was collected over a one-week period by means of interviews via an English-Spanish translator. The results of the qualitative analysis …
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Thriving to Surviving: Stakeholder Lived Experiences of School District Takeover in Texas Under Broad Academy Leadership
… surveillance, emotional strain, and diminished democratic participation. Participants described corporate and managerial reform practices as misaligned with student needs, culturally responsive instruction, and educational equity. Despite these harms, stakeholders did not reject reform outright; …
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Participation and representation: REDD+ in the native communities of Belgica and Infierno in the Peruvian Amazon
… end up engaging in REDD+, the mechanisms for democratic participation and representation employed in the process, and the rules and institutions that are being created or changed as a result of projects’ activities. The study shows that access to economic benefits from carbon sales and land …
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Alternative media for public pedagogy: "Chief" concerns and human agency
… media as a critical element of meaningful democratic participation.
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The Public Life of Abortion and the Making of South Africa's Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act
… perceptions of rights, empowerment, and democratic participation overshadowed the tangible ways that CTOP restricts abortion access.
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Educational value is not private! : defending the concept of public education
… ideals over concerns for social welfare and democratic participation has transformed the way that we understand “value”. Drawing on a broad range of scholars including Charles Taylor, Richard Pildes, Janice Gross Stein, Henry Giroux, Francois-Lyotard and Michel Foucault, this thesis argues …
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Power and Control in Disinvested Affordable Housing: San Francisco’s Limited Equity Housing Co-operatives
… strive to offer a resident-centered site of democratic participation, where ownership and limited equity combine to provide both collective and shareholder ownership of a valuable community asset. Contentiously, local governments and civic institutions seek certainty and control in housing, …
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