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Huber, Robert, and Robert Finger. "Popular initiatives increasingly stimulate agricultural policy in Switzerland." EuroChoices 18, no. 2 (January 14, 2019): 38–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.12209.
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Shevchuk, N. A., and A. V. Ivleva. "PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN THE ALTAI REGION." Economics Profession Business, no. 1 (March 10, 2021): 127–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.14258/epb202115.
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A promising direction for solving the problems of improving life in rural areas is the implementation of the Local Initiatives Support Project, which is the most common and popular practice of initiative budgeting on the whole territory of Russian Federation.
The theoretical basis of participatory budgeting is the republican theory of the organization of society and participatory democracy, which assumes a decentralized collective decision-making that affects the life of the community.
The article considers the history of the development of participatory budgeting in the world, the Russian Federation and the Altai Region in particular, describes the applied procedure of initiative budgeting, and analyzes the implementation of the Local Initiatives Support Project on the example of the Kosikhinsky district, Altai Region.
The performed researches indicate the expansion of the practice of realization the LISP in the Altai Territory.
But already at this stage the authors note the need to improve relations between the project participants and suggest using the experience of implementing the adapted methodology developed by the European University in St. Petersburg and the Committee of Civil Initiatives in the cities of Cherepovets (Vologda region) and Sosnovy Bor (Leningrad region) for this purpose.
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Torgyik, Judit. "Civilians for Education." Practice and Theory in Systems of Education 12, no. 1 (February 1, 2017): 36–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ptse-2017-0004.
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AbstractCivil initiatives, free time learning activities with pleasure are significant in general development of society, in the consolidation of knowledge and skills of local communities. However, it also has positive effects on well-being, community building, too. A form of civil initiative is the Swedish study circle which has been operating for decades, recently more and more popular in other countries, too.
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Bhatti, Arshad Hussain. "Matching Intentions with Divergent Agendas: Interplay of the State, International Donors, and the Civil Voluntary Initiatives in Pakistan." Pakistan Development Review 39, no. 4II (December 1, 2000): 1031–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v39i4iipp.1031-1053.
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During the last two decades, there has been proliferation of civil voluntary initiatives in the name of local and international development. The international donors of a large variety have played catalyst role in supporting such initiatives financially to help engage in meaningful interaction with the states in whose jurisdiction they operate. These initiatives have been given many names, most popular being the NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations). However, in this paper one is referring to this collectivity as civil voluntary initiatives (CVIs). They can be institutions, organisations or behaviours, forms of social activism or participation—formal and informal, organised and or random. There is general perception that these initiatives are “donor driven” and follow a “western agenda”. We also observe that many international donors do not tend to fund and encourage impartially; they leave out faith-based groups from their support net. The latter reportedly receive charity donations from foreign governments in the name of serving religion—Islam, in the case of Pakistan.
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Tyagi, Chanchal, and Pradeep Kumar Misra. "Continuing Professional Development of Teacher Educators: Challenges and Initiatives." Shanlax International Journal of Education 9, no. 2 (March 1, 2021): 117–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/education.v9i2.3634.
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a prerequisite for teacher educators. The importance of CPD for teacher educators lies in the fact that it helps them to improve their professional and instructional practices. Teacher educators usually begin their CPD after joining the profession and continue it as a lifelong learning process. There are two popular routes of CPD for teacher educators: programs planned and mandated by external agencies and their self-initiatives. Researchers conducted in different parts of the world reveal that, like external initiatives, selfinitiative also play an important role in the professional development of teacher educators. As part of their self-initiatives for CPD, teacher educators themselves act as the developers and creators of their professional learning opportunities and activities. Researches also depict that some factors may negatively affect teacher educators’ attitude and capacity to initiate his/her CPD activities. Extending all these arguments, the present study aimed to study teacher educators’ self-initiatives of CPD and the challenges they face in this journey. Data to conduct the study was collected from a sample of 120 teacher educators’ by using ‘Teachers’ CPD Initiatives Scale’ & ‘Teachers’ CPD Challenges Scale’, and analyzed by using percentage and product-moment r.
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Morel, Laurence. "Referendums and the evolution of party government in liberal democracies." European Review 6, no. 2 (May 1998): 203–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1062798700003239.
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An analysis of the motivations behind the present revival of referendum ballots in liberal democracies shows that referendums launched by governments, often politically motivated, and those launched by popular initiatives are linked to a demand for new legislation, and both illustrate the crisis of representative governments that is currently affecting these democracies. The pursuit of the increase of referendums will depend however on whether popular initiatives will or will not be introduced in the Constitutions of countries, since the great majority do not provide for it. In spite of similarities between the present political situation in Western Europe and the contexts in which popular initiatives were introduced in some countries, there is no serious ground to predict that such institutional reforms will take place in the near future. The directness of democracy is maybe more likely to increase under the effect not of referendums, but of other factors like the growing interference of polls, or the decline of intermediaries, especially parties, in the daily practice of government.
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Larrabure, Manuel. "Human Development and Class Struggle in Venezuela’s Popular Economy: The Paradox of ‘Twenty-First Century Socialism’." Historical Materialism 21, no. 4 (February 21, 2013): 177–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1569206x-12341320.
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AbstractIn this paper, I outline what I take to be the most important theoretical claims and innovations of ‘twenty-first century socialism’ in Venezuela. These, I argue, consist of an emphasis on human development through popular-economy initiatives, and the importance of building popular power through the state, rather than by ignoring or fighting against it. I then present evidence on Venezuela’s Socialist Production Units, one of Venezuela’s newest state-supported popular-economy organisations. I argue that, consistent with the twenty-first-century socialism approach, SPUs are sites of human development in which participants are learning to challenge capitalist social relations, while establishing new values and practices. Therefore, we can think of Venezuela’s popular economy as expressing a sharpened class contradiction.However, my case study also shows that holding hands with human development is class struggle directed against the state. This reveals a central theoretical and practical paradox in twenty-first century socialism, namely that, while nurturing initiatives that challenge capital, the Venezuelan state also emerges as an important barrier to overcoming the class relation. This, I argue, is not wholly consistent with the views of theorists of twenty-first century socialism that understand Venezuela’s popular economy as forming a new form of dual power or a parallel state, and who therefore downplay the importance of struggles against the state within the popular economy. The strategic implication is that struggles between popular-economy participants and the state cannot be avoided, and indeed will need to be fostered if the project for twenty-first century socialism is to continue.
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Velmurugan, Manivannan Senthil. "Sustainable Development Initiatives and Strategies on Detrimental Effects of Mobile Phone." International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development 7, no. 3 (July 2016): 47–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijsesd.2016070103.
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Mobile phones are universally popular due to their convenience. Mobile phones solve problems and offer new channels of communication by using a device small enough to fit into one hand. On the other hand, mobile phones are harmful to the environment and which leads to health problems in society and pollution problems via waste contamination and discharge of radiation. Concerns have recently been raised about the sustainability and potential effects on the environment of mobile phones. This study discusses the issues relating to risks associated with mobile phones and addresses sustainable development initiatives and strategies to rectify those issues.
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Dolzhenkova, Marina, and Oksana Prokhorova. "Civic education of youth by means of environmental and cultural protective initiatives." Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities, no. 182 (2019): 88–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2019-24-182-88-97.
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We reveal the essence and specificity of civic education of youth in the context of functioning of cultural protective and environmental initiatives. We identify the features of profile-oriented social and educational work. We characterize the ways of involving young people in innovative project activities focused on civic education, the ecology and the protection of cultural heritage. Project activities are positioned as a special type of social creativity, the strategic goal of which is to create a well-organized community of initiative citizens. We give the characteristic of the activity of youth and civic initiatives centers; youth banks of social initiatives and business in-cubators. We show the role of noncommercial organizations in the development of youth volun-teering. We analyze the tasks and prospects of holding festivals and competitions of civic initia-tives, fairs of projects and quests. We summarize the activities experience of civic initiatives of young people of environmental and ecocultural orientation, as well as the work of virtual leisure communities for the integration of volunteers (on the example of the Moscow and Saint Petersburg community of bloggers). We systematize data on the most popular environmental and ecocultural projects that have become widespread in Russia. We analyze the features of implementation of projects “Ecobeg”, “Plogging”, “Tom Sawyer Fest”; we also reveal their city historic preservation orientation, focus on the development of healthy lifestyle and charity.
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Abdullah, Jamalunlaili, Intan Zahida Ahmad Mustaza, and Che Bon Ahmad. "Public Acceptance and Participation in Melaka Green Technology City State in Melaka Tengah District." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 3, no. 9 (November 22, 2018): 137. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v3i9.1548.
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Initiatives of sustainable development require acceptance and participation of the people. This is crucial for Melaka state in Malaysia which wants to be a Green Technology City State by 2020 by embarking on various green initiatives. This paper evaluates the people’s acceptance and participation of these programs. Observations, responses from 152 samples in Melaka Tengah, and in depth interview of officers were analysed. The study suggests that respondents are aware of the green city’s vision, mostly from social media. The popular initiatives are Melaka Without Plastic Bag and Polystyrene, Green Transportation and 2+1 Recycling Program. However, the level of people’s involvement in the green initiative introduced is relatively low.Keywords: Green Technology Sustainable City (GTSC); sustainable development; public’s acceptance and participation; Melaka eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v3i9.1548
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Pomázi, István, and Elemér Szabó. "Circular economy policy-related national initiatives in Visegrad countries." European Spatial Research and Policy 27, no. 2 (December 30, 2020): 131–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.27.2.09.
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The concept of circular economy (CE) has become popular in the last decade: both decision-makers and businesses are looking for alternative solutions replacing the present economic model. Official governmental documents have been selected for introducing Visegrad countries’ (V4) initiatives and monitoring the progress toward a transition to a circular economy. Based on selected material flow and resource productivity (RP) indicators, the study compares the regional differences among Visegrad countries. The current performances of the V4 in the implementation of the circular economic model are below the EU average. Moreover, it is noticeable that the dynamics of the changes of each indicator is more positive than on average in the EU, however, only moderate relative decoupling of domestic material (DMC) from GDP has occurred. When comparing individual countries, the wide range of the policy measures taken by V4 countries to support the transition to a circular economy can be considered promising. Despite the different characteristics of Visegrad countries, they show similar performances that are rather close to each other and incrementally approach to the EU average.
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SRIVASTAVA, PRADEEP. "REGIONAL CORRIDORS DEVELOPMENT: A FRAMEWORK." Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy 04, no. 02 (April 2013): 1350012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793993313500129.
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Regional corridors are popular components of regional cooperation initiatives and have been promoted for several years. Yet discussion about development of these corridors tends to be relatively general in scope and difficult to pin down in terms of content and implications. This paper outlines a simple framework for regional corridors development in the context of regional cooperation, anchored on two dimensions of these corridors: the extent to which they are national or regional, and the area of their utilization. The framework is subsequently applied to a specific example, the GMS regional cooperation program, yielding several implications for its future. The framework is also applied towards identifying an appropriate methodology for monitoring performance of regional corridors.
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Abdullah, Jamalunlaili, Zahida Ahmad Mustaza, and Che Bon Ahmad. "Residents’ Responses towards Green Initiatives by the State in Melaka Tengah District." Asian Journal of Quality of Life 4, no. 16 (April 30, 2019): 33–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v4i16.194.
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Initiatives of sustainable development require acceptance and participation of the people. This is crucial for Melaka state which wants to be a Green Technology City State by 2020. This paper evaluates the people’s acceptance and participation of these programs. Observations, responses from 152 samples, and in depth interview of officers were analysed. The study suggests the respondents are aware of the green city’s vision, mostly from social media. The popular initiatives are Melaka Without Plastic Bag and Polystyrene, Green Transportation and 2+1 Recycling Program. However, the level of people’s involvement in the initiative introduced is relatively low.
Keywords: Green Technology Sustanable City (GTSC); sustainable development; public responses; Melaka
eISSN 2398-4279 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Budabin, Alexandra Cosima. "Caffeinated Solutions as Neoliberal Politics: How Celebrities Create and Promote Partnerships for Peace and Development." Perspectives on Politics 18, no. 1 (August 8, 2019): 60–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s153759271900241x.
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How do celebrities exert power to influence elite and popular thinking and policy around peace and development? Drawing from research on neoliberalism, celebrities, and ethical consumption, I build an interpretive analysis of two case studies of Brand Aid initiatives to argue first, that celebrities mobilize financial and political capital to create partnerships across businesses, NGOs, and the government in ways that embody neoliberal politics by ushering in new private actors; and second, that celebrities reinforce these neoliberal politics by promoting these partnerships to popular and elite audiences. I discuss how this paper contributes to unmasking neoliberal trends by showing how celebrities are deepening their engagement in ways that hold implications for democratic politics.
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Westoby, Peter, Athena Lathouras, and Lynda Shevellar. "Radicalising Community Development within Social Work through Popular Education—A Participatory Action Research Project." British Journal of Social Work 49, no. 8 (March 8, 2019): 2207–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcz022.
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AbstractThis article reports upon the efforts of three social work/social science academics in partnership with social and community practitioners, at radicalising community development (CD) within social work. The project was motivated by painful political events and processes unfolding around the world in 2017 and led to the design of a participatory action research approach with thirty-three practitioners. Engaging in several cycles of research (pre- and post questionnaires, observation, focus groups and interviews) and action learning (a popular education knowledge exchange day, a community of practice day and prototyping new projects) several new initiatives were implemented, including the formation of a new Popular Education Network. Reflections and discussion consider the implications of radicalising CD within social worker practice through combining education, organising and linking to progressive social movements. The article overall makes the case that popular education could be a crucial element in enabling the radicalisation of CD within social work.
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Gonzalez-Aregall, Marta, Kevin Cullinane, and Inge Vierth. "A Review of Port Initiatives to Promote Freight Modal Shifts in Europe: Evidence from Port Governance Systems." Sustainability 13, no. 11 (May 24, 2021): 5907. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13115907.
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This study analyses how port governance systems in Europe have influenced the implementation of port initiatives focused on promoting modal shifts in freight transportation. Through a comprehensive review of port strategies, this research identified 49 individual modal shift initiatives among 21 port authorities in Europe. The results show that ports located in the Northern regions and managed by local governments, particularly in Belgium and the Netherlands, are leaders in executing strategies for modal shifts in freight transportation. Technological solutions and promoting intermodal transportation were found to be the most popular initiatives used to promote hinterland movements of freight by rail and waterborne transportation.
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Prystupa, Kaja, and Maciej Rządca. "OUTSOURCING FAILURES IN SME’S: CASE STUDY APPROACH." Problems of Management in the 21st Century 10, no. 1 (June 25, 2015): 37–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/pmc/15.10.37.
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Outsourcing, which is a popular business strategy among large companies, is also an attractive option for small entities. However, in order to bring expected results, outsourcing requires knowledge of potential risks and ability of managing them. Even large companies need to face various outsourcing challenges, however, at least they dispose richer resources than small organizations and their success is less dependent on single product delivery. Therefore the aim of the research was to examine the reasons of failure of outsourcing initiatives in SMEs. The authors followed the qualitative approach based on case study method. The obtained results brought contributions in both areas: theoretical as the issue of outsourcing initiatives in SMEs has been analysed to a limited extent; as well as practical because it brought important insight for managers by indicating risks of that they should be aware and properly prepared. The findings indicated the importance of: strategic planning on outsourcing initiative and the development and maintenance of close relations of outsourcing companies with its vendor. Key words: case study, outsourcing in SME, outsourcing challenges, small companies.
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Iwegbu, Chuks Justus. "Ameliorating the Rising Insecurity Situation in Nigeria: Skills Development Initiative through Social Sciences Education as a Lasting Tool." UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities 21, no. 4 (May 19, 2021): 53–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v21i4.3.
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The paper, “Ameliorating the Rising Insecurity situation in Nigeria: Skills Development Initiative through Social Science Education as alasting Tool” has as its main thrust, the principle of using skills development initiative as a reliable too of engaging able bodied, healthy and willing men and women in order to get them out of the street in line with the popular aphorism “that an idle mind is the devils workshop “which indeed explains it all. To further appreciate this intellectual discuss, basic concepts relevant to the article such as Insecurity which is generally seen as the state of being open to danger or the uncertainty or anxiety about oneself safety is also examined. Importantly too, Skill Development Initiative is also in this discuss defined as the act of providing vocational training to people both young and old, students and even school dropouts, existing workers, and everyone interested in earning a living through practical skill etc. The concept of Social Science Education and other concepts in this discourse such as Skills, Development, Initiative and the phrase Skills Development Initiative were adequately defined etc. the paper concludes by asserting firmly that creating awareness, education and information through tactical deployment of Social Sciences Education classroom instructional process on the use of Skills Development Initiatives remains a functional and effective way of curbing the problem of dwindling insecurity problem in the Society today. Steps on how this can be effectively done through teaching and training were proffered.
Keywords: Social Science Education, Skills, Development, Initiative, Skills Development Initiative
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Palacios Cerezales, Diego. "Petitioning for empire in Napoleonic Europe." Journal of Modern European History 18, no. 1 (December 19, 2019): 96–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1611894419894476.
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Petitions, loyal addresses, plebiscites, and other displays of popular consent accompanied most episodes of the revolutionary and Napoleonic expansion of France between 1789 and 1814. Petitioning had been adapted and transformed in France during the revolution, through which it became associated to popular sovereignty. Historians have often studied popular mobilisation through the prism of the conquest of rights, thereby pitting subordinate groups against entrenched ruling classes. This article surveys a different development, as French revolutionary administrators and generals, and Napoleon himself, adapted and reconfigured petitioning as a top-down tool for territorial expansion and empire-building, using it to invoke the supposed popular acquiescence to their reconfiguration of the political map of Europe. French propaganda portrayed these initiatives within the same interpretative framework that discussed the value of other, more autonomous, petitions. This work will thus analyse the paradox of top-down-controlled mobilisations that, at the same time, reinforced the symbolic pre-eminence of popular consent and participation.
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Czornik, Małgorzata Ewa. "COLLECTIVE BENEFITS AS AN IMPULSE FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT." Studia Miejskie 37 (February 24, 2021): 39–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.25167/sm.1922.
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The development of modern cities is subject to many influences. These include social and cultural inspirations, whose impact results from the local will to adopt new trends, such as the currently popular demands of the postmodern world. Among other things, they promote initiatives intended to integrate urban communities. Cooperation between inhabitants results in the development of urban communities and creation of urban common goods, offering specific types of benefits, such as collective benefits. The purpose of this article is to define and establish the concept of collective benefits substantively among the achievements of urban economy. It has to be stressed that economic relationships which arise in the processes of integrating city users deserve special attention, because the relationships connecting them contribute to the development of unique conditions for living and conducting business. They can be regarded as a broadly understood set of agglomeration economies.
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Karlström, Mikael. "Imagining democracy: political culture and democratisation in Buganda." Africa 66, no. 4 (October 1996): 485–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1160933.
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Most of the recent literature on democratisation in Africa has paid insufficient attention to popular understandings of democracy and the local reception of democratic practices. This article examines the articulation of the concept of democracy with existing socio-political conceptions in contemporary Buganda. The standard translation of the word ‘democracy’ into Luganda tends to assimilate it to a local political cosmology which emphasises the values of justice, civility and open communication between rulers and subjects, and involves a conception of sociopolitical hierarchy modelled on the system of clans and kingship. Key ideological features of this conception include its construction from the bottom up, the singularity of power, regulated competition and nested solidarities. Such liberal democratic practices and institutions as elections, political parties and representation are not part of the local definition of democracy. In fact, political parties are widely condemned as antithetical to democratic governance. At a more pragmatic level, however, some of the democratisation initiatives of the current Ugandan government have given rise to a new popular allegiance to democratic elections. These reforms are unusual in that they resonate significantly with local political values and conceptions. The article suggests that more attention should be devoted to the coherence of democratisation initiatives with local socio-political conceptions.
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Burgess, Susan R., Marla Brettschneider, and Christine (Cricket) Keating. "Staying Tuned: LGBTQIA Politics in the Trump Era." Politics & Gender 14, no. 4 (November 28, 2018): 553–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743923x18000764.
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Since Donald Trump took office in 2017, the White House has issued several clear anti-LGBTQIA signals and initiatives. Reflecting on Trump's election as U.S. president, many political scientists have analyzed his rise in the context of the literature on American political development (e.g., Skowronek 2017) and comparative governments (e.g., Levitsky and Ziblatt 2018). Some of this work has received significant media attention and attained a popular readership. The American political development analyses have often focused on the lens of political time and potential party realignment, exploring the possibility of a “disjunctive presidency,” which foretells the demise of the coalition that has enabled the Republican Party to dominate U.S. politics since the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s. Comparative work in the discipline argues that Trump initiatives are threatening to democratic principles, portending a turn toward authoritarianism that parallels the rise of right-wing authoritarian leaders across the globe.
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Shubo, Tatsuo, Lucila Fernandes, and Suzana Gico Montenegro. "An Overview of Managed Aquifer Recharge in Brazil." Water 12, no. 4 (April 9, 2020): 1072. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12041072.
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In order to face the severe climate conditions in semiarid regions, many managed aquifer recharge (MAR) and rainwater storage systems have been implemented by local communities. Governmental programs have helped to propagate the concept of MAR. Based on a systematic review, popular initiatives, current legislation, and research lines and programs were compiled and analyzed. Although the MAR global inventory points to the prevalence of in-channel modifications among ninety MAR sites, the Barraginhas Project alone has been responsible for the construction of more than 500,000 infiltration ponds up to 2013. In urban areas, aquifer recharge initiatives mostly aim to reduce runoff peak flows. In some cases these initiatives have been stimulated by urban drainage public policies. Compared to countries such as the USA and Australia, Brazil is still at an early stage in MAR initiatives and needs to overcome technical, legal, and socio-cultural challenges to adopt MAR approaches, in order to help in facing water security challenges in a future climate change scenario. This article aims to provide an overview of the state of the art concerning technological, scientific, and legal issues around MAR in Brazil and the respective challenges for the adoption of this approach at a national level.
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Verstraelen, Frans J. "Land, Development and Ecology." Mission Studies 13, no. 1 (1996): 189–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157338396x00104.
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AbstractFor all peoples, land is an invaluable asset, a pre-condition for life, growth, and development. There are, however, different assessments of land in various parts of the world. In the North with its Enlightenment inheritance, scientific approach and technological development, land is viewed rather rationally, while in the South land is understood also rela- tionally, intuitively and mystically, in contrast to a purely rational view and use. "Reason seeks to analyse, to define and so, in a sense to master. The intuitive view has a strong component of belonging" (Tuwere 1994:10). Since in both the Pacific and Africa land has a mystical, spiritual background, it seems that Christians and Christian churches elsewhere can greatly benefit from their experiences and insights for deepening an understanding of and approach to land, development and ecological issues. This paper presents viewpoints expressed mainly by Pacific and Africans theologians. There are, of course, other perspectives as instanced by Cecilia Asogwa, a popular educator in Nigeria who, in her reflection on the integrity of creation, inserts experiences and initiatives of rural women in Ebenebe, Nigeria, who through involvement in an economic self-help group obtained personal and community empowerment experienced as part of the healing of creation (see Asogwa 1992).
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Chippindall, Jonathan. "Making physics a smash hit: The use of popular culture in science outreach." New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, no. 5 (February 23, 2016): 31–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i5.450.
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This paper examines the incorporation of popular culture into science outreach activities as a means of improving the engagement level of secondary school pupils. Two activities make up the case studies discussed within this paper: „The Science of Sound‟ and „The Music Festival‟. Both case studies utilise the creation and consumption of popular music as a means to; convey physics principles; promote the continued study of physics and raise awareness of the broad range of careers that physics graduates can pursue. Consultation with a range of stakeholders involved in the development, delivery, and participation in the case study activities has been undertaken. This includes a focus group with participating Year 10 students and interviews with secondary school teachers and outreach coordinators. The purpose of this paper is to explore the advantages, disadvantages, and challenges in using popular culture to stimulate engagement in this way, and to share best practise to aid the effective delivery of similar initiatives.
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Hilton, Matthew. "Charity and the End of Empire: British Non-Governmental Organizations, Africa, and International Development in the 1960s." American Historical Review 123, no. 2 (April 1, 2018): 493–517. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ahr/123.2.493.
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Abstract British non-governmental organizations (NGOs) became a part of the modern aid industry in the 1960s, particularly across Africa. At the moment of decolonization, humanitarian charities were recast into modern NGOs focused on small-scale grassroots initiatives nevertheless tied to long-term official development planning. NGOs and charities were popular because they represented many things for many people. For the late colonial state, they were the agents that would step in where government retreated, providing vital lessons in self-help for the future leaders of the country. For newly independent governments, they were both suppliers of Western funds and props to impoverished social service departments. For donors and international aid agencies, they were a route through which liberal internationalist sympathies could be directed. That no one in these early decades of development was certain which aid initiatives actually worked on the ground was therefore of less importance than the optimistic hopes placed upon charity to tackle global poverty. Indeed, it was the ad hoc, confusing, and complex landscape of charitable aid that lay behind the rise of the modern NGO. For a variety of reasons, all had a stake in their continued presence and expansion across the developing world.
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Hawkins, Kirk A. "Who Mobilizes? Participatory Democracy in Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution." Latin American Politics and Society 52, no. 03 (2010): 31–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-2456.2010.00089.x.
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AbstractThis article assesses popular mobilization under the Chávez government's participatory initiatives in Venezuela using data from the AmericasBarometer survey of 2007. This is the first study of the so-called Bolivarian initiatives using nationally representative, individual-level data. The results provide a mixed assessment. Most of the government's programs invite participation from less active segments of society, such as women, the poor, and the less educated, and participation in some programs is quite high. However, much of this participation clusters within a narrow group of activists, and a disproportionate number of participants are Chávez supporters. This partisan bias probably reflects self-screening by Venezuelans who accept Chávez's radical populist discourse and leftist ideology, rather than vote buying or other forms of open conditionality. Thus, the Venezuelan case suggests some optimism for proponents of participatory democracy, but also the need to be more attuned to its practical political limits.
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Sierra Becerra, Diana Carolina. "Historical Memory at El Salvador’s Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen." Latin American Perspectives 43, no. 6 (August 20, 2016): 8–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0094582x16665616.
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The civil war in El Salvador (1980–1992) resulted in the death of approximately 75,000 people, the vast majority killed by state and paramilitary forces. In the postwar era, the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen in San Salvador promotes historical memory in order to denounce state violence and advance social justice. It departs from the historic role of museums in upholding ruling-class hegemony and offers a progressive model for disseminating and critically engaging with historical memory. This museum makes history relevant to younger generations through the use of oral history, popular pedagogy, and innovative engagement strategies. However, its impact is limited by neoliberal atomization and relatively low levels of grassroots mobilization—common obstacles faced by popular education initiatives around the world. La guerra civil en el El Salvador (1980–1992) causó la muerte de aproximadamente 75,000 personas, la mayoría asesinadas por el Estado y las fuerzas paramilitares. En la posguerra, el Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen en San Salvador promueve la memoria histórica para denunciar la violencia del Estado e impulsar la justicia social. Se aparta, entonces, del papel histórico de los museos como defensores de la hegemonía de la clase dominante al usar un modelo progresista para diseminar y examinar de forma crítica la memoria histórica. Por medio del uso de la historia oral, la pedagogía popular y varias estrategias de participación innovadoras, el museo trata de que la historia sea algo relevante para las generaciones más jóvenes. Sin embargo, su impacto es limitado debido a la atomización neoliberal y a los niveles relativamente bajos de movilización popular –obstáculos que comparte con otras iniciativas de educación popular alrededor del mundo.
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Antal, Claudia, Tudor Cioara, Ionut Anghel, Marcel Antal, and Ioan Salomie. "Distributed Ledger Technology Review and Decentralized Applications Development Guidelines." Future Internet 13, no. 3 (February 27, 2021): 62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fi13030062.
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The Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) provides an infrastructure for developing decentralized applications with no central authority for registering, sharing, and synchronizing transactions on digital assets. In the last years, it has drawn high interest from the academic community, technology developers, and startups mostly by the advent of its most popular type, blockchain technology. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of DLT analyzing the challenges, provided solutions or alternatives, and their usage for developing decentralized applications. We define a three-tier based architecture for DLT applications to systematically classify the technology solutions described in over 100 papers and startup initiatives. Protocol and Network Tier contains solutions for digital assets registration, transactions, data structure, and privacy and business rules implementation and the creation of peer-to-peer networks, ledger replication, and consensus-based state validation. Scalability and Interoperability Tier solutions address the scalability and interoperability issues with a focus on blockchain technology, where they manifest most often, slowing down its large-scale adoption. The paper closes with a discussion on challenges and opportunities for developing decentralized applications by providing a multi-step guideline for decentralizing the design and implementation of traditional systems.
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Krull, Wilhelm. "Towards a Culture of Creativity: Reflections on Europe’s Strive for Excellence in Research and Innovation." European Review 23, no. 1 (January 29, 2015): 12–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1062798714000507.
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In recent years, the notion of ‘excellence’ and its interconnectedness with research, development and innovations has become extremely popular across Europe. At regional and national as well as at the EU level, various initiatives have been taken to strengthen the science base, and to establish centres, or clusters of outstanding achievements. Researchers, universities, and funding agencies will have to work their way towards a culture of creativity, which needs a leap of faith based on the high-trust principles of governance and accountability, and which provides more space for risk-taking and thorough rethinking of common wisdom in order to achieve real breakthroughs at the frontiers of knowledge.
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Ghosh, Puranjoy, and Abhishek Ray. "Social Impact Assessment under RFCTLARR Act 2013 and Social Costs – An Analysis." Artha - Journal of Social Sciences 18, no. 2 (April 1, 2019): 27–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.12724/ajss.49.2.
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Mass-scale development, in the backdrop of increasing population, has appreciated the market-value of "land" – the important determinant that either directly or distantly affects the objectives of sustainable development initiatives. To ensure peoples‟ participation in such governance of developmental programs and satisfy the expansion of economic aspiration, significant changes have been brought in the normative frameworks of land-acquisition, for example, streamlining of compensation policy (economic), integration of SIA and R&R scheme (physical & socio-cultural), involvement of affected persons within the fold of decision-making process (minimization of adverse effects particularly political disruptions), in the RFCTLARR, 2013. This space is used to explicate some popular economic indicators in the context of „social cost‟ in RFCTLARR, 2013.
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Hussein, Bassam, Hassan Bazzi, Ayman Dayekh, and Walid Hassan. "Critical analysis of existing business process reengineering models: towards the development of a comprehensive integrated model." Journal of Project, Program & Portfolio Management 4, no. 1 (October 20, 2013): 30. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/pppm.v4i1.3285.
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Over the past two decades, business process reengineering (BPR) has been one of the most popular approaches to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of an organisation. However, a review of the relevant literature reveals that available BPR models that have been widely in use have some serious limitations and fail to take into consideration the human factor and change management. The theoretical gap identified in academic research is also reflected in industrial practice. This article analyses existing BPR models in order to set the stage for the development of a comprehensive integrated model to address their theoretical deficiencies. The article will provide an overview of the main issues, limitations and challenges of existing BPR models. The limitations will then be itemised, described and analysed to provide evidence for the need of a more systematic model that would help organisations to successfully carry out BPR initiatives and projects.
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Jędrusik, Maciej. "The Elusive Sustainable Development of Small Tropical Islands." Miscellanea Geographica 18, no. 3 (September 30, 2014): 26–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2014-0026.
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Abstract The notion of sustainable development is one of the most popular concepts of our time. However, it remains controversial and quite problematic, especially for small islands and their communities. These challenges arise in relation to the limited scope of resources which can be used for development, and the difficulty of defining the needs of future generations. Looking at the history of many island jurisdictions, one is confronted with a picture of substantial economic evolution. Island communities have rarely, if ever, been able to foresee or plan their future; frequently, the situation has turned out to be very different from any previously envisaged scenarios. This should not be surprising, since small island destinies are often determined by external variables, over which they have little, if any, control. These variables include colonization, competition over scarce territories, improvements in transportation technologies, the information revolution and natural disasters. Thus, the very idea of sustainable development with respect to small islands is nothing but a charming slogan, an entertaining fiction rather than a reachable target. Of course, islands and their communities can take‘green’ initiatives that are more environmentally friendly; they cannot, however, achieve a state of sustainable development, except with a serious deterioration in the quality of life and off-island connectivity (by air or sea) of their residents.
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Burton, Calum, Christian Rogerson, and Jayne Rogerson. "The Making of a ‘Big 5’ Game Reserve as an Urban Tourism Destination: Dinokeng, South Africa." African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, no. 9(6) (December 15, 2020): 892–911. http://dx.doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-58.
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Since 2000, against the background of chronically high levels of city unemployment and of the stagnation or rundown of the manufacturing sector, many urban governments across South Africa pivoted towards the building of competitive tourism economies as an anchor for local economic development, employment creation and small enterprise development. With the tourism sector being the most popular sectoral focus for local economic development programming in South Africa, the evolution of place-based development initiatives around tourism is a topic of policy relevance. This paper contributes to tourism scholarship concerning new product innovation and development for urban tourism in South Africa. It investigates the unfolding planning and challenges of a unique tourism development project for the creation of a ‘big 5’ game reserve located on the periphery of the country’s major metropolitan complex and economic hub, Gauteng province. The evolution of the project and the challenges of destination development are themes under scrutiny.
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Oliveira Lima, José Raimundo, Jainara Ferreira Leal, Lázaro Pinheiro de Brito, and Samuel Pereira da Silva. "PLANTAS ALIMENTÍCIAS NÃO-CONVENCIONAS (PANC) COMO ELEMENTO ENDOGENO DO DESENVOLVIMENTO LOCAL FUNDAMENTAL PARA O PROTAGONISMO DE UMA OUTRA ECONOMIA." Revista Macambira 4, no. 2 (November 27, 2020): e042009. http://dx.doi.org/10.35642/rm.v4i2.466.
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A economia popular e solidária se opõe à superexploração do trabalho e à exploração dos recursos naturais efetivadas de maneira predatória como vem historicamente ocorrendo. Essa economia busca, entretanto, promover o desenvolvimento local e o crescimento socioeconômico em harmonia com proteção à natureza. A alimentação da humanidade atualmente se limita a apenas cerca de 110 espécies vegetais. Enquanto isso, muitas espécies ruderais, também consideradas invasoras ou pragas, além de importância ecológica, apresentam potencial alimentício, muitas vezes, já comprovado através de estudos. Em que pese a pouca divulgação desses dados, estima-se que o número dessas espécies possa chegar a 10.000. Nesse contexto, a presente pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar a relação entre a economia popular e solidária e as plantas alimentícias não convencionais (PANC) numa perspectiva do desenvolvimento local. Metodologicamente, adotamos a pesquisa-ação, inerente aos trabalhos orientados pelo Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Economia Popular e Solidária e Desenvolvimento Local (GEPOSDEL), base dos trabalhos da Incubadora de Iniciativas de Economia Popular e Solidária da UEFS (IEPS-UEFS), articulada à disciplina Comercialização e Economia Solidária. Como resultados da pesquisa, inferimos que as PANC se consubstanciam como um dos principais elementos endógenos promissores do desenvolvimento local, elemento fundamental de uma outra economia, uma economia plural e protagonizada por pessoas, a economia popular e solidária. Abstract The popular and solidary economy goes against the overexploitation of work and the exploitation of natural resources carried out in a predatory way as it has been historically happening. This economy, however, seeks to promote local development and socioeconomic growth in harmony with nature preservation. The human diet is restricted to about 110 plant species. Meanwhile, many ruderal species, also considered invasive or pests have an ecological importance, as well as nutritional potential, which has already been proven through scientific studies. Despite the limited circulation of these data, it is estimated that the number of these species may reach 10,000. In this way, this research aims to analyze the relationship between the popular and solidary economy and non-conventional food plants (PANC) in a perspective of local development. To do so, we applied the action research methodology, essential to the work guided by the Group of Studies and Research in Solidary and Popular Economy and Local Development. (GEPOSDEL), which articulated to the discipline of Commercialization and Solidarity Economy, is the bases for the Popular and Solidarity Economy Initiatives Incubator of UEFS (IEPS-UEFS). As a result of the research, we infer that the PANCs are consubstantiated as one of the main promising endogenous elements of local development, a fundamental element of another economy, a plural economy and protagonized by people, the popular and solidary economy. Keywords: Popular and Solidarity Economy, Agriculture, Local development.
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Zastawnik-Perkosz, Maja Antonina. "Smart city – korzyści i zagrożenia." Środowisko Mieszkaniowe, no. 31 (2020): 93–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/25438700sm.20.011.12690.
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Smart city – benefits and threats In recent years, the concept of “Smart City” has become visibly popular, setting the direction for the development of 21st century cities. However, is a completely uncritical approach to such a complex issue justified? Where do the competences of architects, urban planners, IT specialists and controlling governmental powers meet in such an “intelligent city”? This article presents important issues of data acquisition, system monitoring as well as security and privacy issues both by presenting and analyzing examples of already existing solutions from all around the world, but also giving some attention to the slowly rising number of “Smart city” initiatives in Krakow.
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Kishore, Avinash. "Supply- and demand-side management of water in Gujarat, India: what can we learn?" Water Policy 15, no. 3 (March 4, 2013): 496–514. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2013.161.
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Agriculture in Gujarat has grown rapidly over the last decade, driven at least partly by diversification to high value crops and dairying. High value agriculture requires better water control and offers higher returns for irrigation. Farmers, farm communities and the state government in Gujarat have responded to this requirement by implementing large-scale water supply and demand management projects like interlinking of rivers, the world's largest popular recharge movement, electricity distribution reforms to limit use of subsidized energy for groundwater irrigation and rapid expansion of areas under micro-irrigation. Some of these programmes have already been declared successful and are being scaled up in Gujarat (like the Saurashtra recharge movement) and emulated elsewhere (like the Jyotirgram Yojana) without much critical scrutiny. Other programmes like the initiative to spread micro-irrigation have not received the attention they deserve from the research community in spite of their apparent success. This paper subjects the biggest on-going supply- and demand-side initiatives for water management in Gujarat to critical scrutiny in light of the recent data and tries to draw lessons for the state and other parts of India facing sustainable water management challenges.
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Harris-Brandts, Suzanne. "The role of architecture in the Republic of Georgia's European aspirations." Nationalities Papers 46, no. 6 (November 2018): 1118–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00905992.2018.1488827.
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Alignment with Europe has been a popular foreign policy objective among post-socialist nations. In the Republic of Georgia, discourse surrounding the country's Euro-Atlantic orientation surged in the decade after the 2003 Rose Revolution. While such discourse has been examined in the context of political reforms and national security goals, this article foregrounds how it was incorporated into alterations of the built environment. Focusing on the urban transformations of the city of Batumi after the rise to power of the United National Movement government, it demonstrates how architecture served as a tool for selectively rewriting Georgia's contemporary European identity. This article concentrates on two parallel initiatives to transform Batumi into a contemporary European city: the reconstruction of portions of the Old City and the new development along the seaside boulevard. Using evidence collected through qualitative methods, it further highlights the contradictions that emerged during this process of redevelopment and rebranding, as the state balanced initiatives for new development with other post-revolutionary state-building objectives, such as political reform and tourism-market production. Accordingly, it unpacks the various national and international politico-economic forces at play in the process of developing Batumi into the image of a contemporary European city.
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Papaja, Katarzyna Lidia. "Review of Teacher development for immersion and content-based instruction; Editors: Laurent Cammarata, T.J. Ó Ceallaigh; Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018; ISBN: 97890272074877; Pages: 201." Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching 11, no. 2 (June 24, 2021): 305–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.2021.11.2.8.
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Searching for ways to expand the spectrum of methods of teaching and learning foreign languages triggers valuable initiatives and offers support for both students and teachers. Programs such as French immersion in Canada, content-based instruction (CBI), and content and language integrated learning (CLIL) have become popular across the world (Harrop, 2012), which is rapidly becoming a global village where the role of languages is crucial. In an integrated world, teaching content through language is viewed as a modern form of educational delivery; therefore, as the editors emphasize “teacher preparation and professional development endeavors are key drivers of successful I/B and CBI programs across a variety of models” (p. 3). Teacher Development for Immersion and Content-Based Instruction is a key contribution to the field, which offers valuable insights into the complexity of teacher preparation as well as further professional development in the case of immersion/bilingual contexts.
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Spicer, Jason S. "Worker and Community Ownership as an Economic Development Strategy: Innovative Rebirth or Tired Retread of a Failed Idea?" Economic Development Quarterly 34, no. 4 (July 27, 2020): 325–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891242420941597.
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A generation ago, American state and local experiments with worker and community ownership appeared unsuccessful. Does their current revival offer anything new to the field of economic development or is this merely a tired retread of a failed idea? Using historical analysis, case studies, and interview data from three U.S. regions, the author analyzes the current range of initiatives that seek to remove impediments, stimulate development, and provide direct technical and financial support to worker and community-owned enterprises. The author also identifies how these efforts differ from those in the past, with respect to scope, scale, and success orientation. Collectively, these differences suggest a focus on engaging with, rather than escaping from, market-based economic development. Key challenges are also identified: popular education, community capacity, competitive pressure, early-stage financing, and managing political content. While too early to assess outcomes, these differences suggest the possibility of more substantial results than in the past.
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Nimkar, Swateja, and Erin Elysia Gilles. "Improving Global Health With Smartphone Technology." International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications 9, no. 3 (July 2018): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijehmc.2018070101.
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The widespread use of smartphones makes them a popular platform for healthcare applications. This article reveals the global trends and overarching goals of mHealth initiatives that seek to enhance healthcare quality, increase access to health services, and improve global health communication. Three main themes emerged from this study: a) the impact of mHealth on international public health, b) overcoming mhealth barriers, and c) emerging mHealth technologies. The costs of developing mHealth apps and handling related data security concerns are the key barriers which need to be addressed to successfully implement global mHealth campaigns. Future directions of mHealth research are discussed, including the integration of new technologies, development of innovative healthcare systems, and overall improvement of global healthcare.
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Roberts, Les. "Marketing musicscapes, or the political economy of contagious magic." Tourist Studies 14, no. 1 (December 29, 2013): 10–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468797613511683.
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The economic imperatives that have driven, with various shades of success, urban regeneration initiatives in post-industrial towns and cities in the United Kingdom have sought to capitalise on a music and cultural heritage predicated on an intrinsic embeddedness in the place of the local. Building on discussions around popular musicscapes and local distinctiveness, this article explores the contention that the appeal of popular music heritage from a tourism and place-marketing perspective can in part be attributed to the ‘contagious magic’ factor: the tapping of symbolic value associated with well-known musicians and the interweaving of these narratives into the wider place-myths attached to particular locations as part of boosterist and regeneration strategies. Alongside celebrity-oriented ‘contagion’ as an efficacious tool of alchemical place branding, ‘sympathetic magic’, its anthropological twin, is ritually enacted in embodied and performative iterations of music and place, including music tourism and heritage trails, studio tours, and tribute acts. Drawing on research conducted into popular music heritage tourism in the United Kingdom, this article explores links between cultural heritage, consumption and place by examining the extent to which the ‘rubbing off’ of musical cultural capital can be said to have informed the development of a political economy of contagious magic.
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Dune, Tinashe, John Bidewell, Rubab Firdaus, and Morwenna Kirwan. "Communication Idol: Using popular culture to catalyse active learning by engaging students in the development of entertaining teaching and learning resources." Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice 13, no. 5 (December 1, 2016): 24–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.53761/1.13.5.4.
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Bringing popular culture to tertiary education can potentially increase student engagement with learning tasks and content, especially when the learning task has students producing the content. Using a singlegroup intervention plus post-test design, this study implemented and evaluated a purposely developed learning and teaching innovation capitalising on popular and consumer culture to promote active over passive learning in a large, interprofessional health science unit. Students were invited to develop educational video presentations in a friendly competition based on high-rating television musical and vocal talent quests, with cash prizes based on peer ratings, this being the intervention. From a cohort of 569 students in 12 undergraduate allied health programs, 14 students in seven teams of 1 to 3 students produced seven, high-quality videos about communication in professional health practice, and recorded their experiences of doing so. Ratings showed the majority found the process fun (85%) and instructive (64%), with 29% finding the task harder than expected. The prospect of prizes along with intrinsic motivators were reasons for producing a video. A further 285 students viewed the productions and for extra marks completed evaluation of the videos’ educational value. Videos were perceived as an educationally valuable yet entertaining way to engage unit content. Producers of videos rated the teaching and learning experience significantly more positively than students not involved in production. Qualitative analysis of open-ended responses supported relevant numerical findings. Barriers to producing videos were identified as time, resources, confidence and lack of a team. Results should encourage educators contemplating similar initiatives. The project highlights benefits of harnessing popular genres with which students identify, to encourage involvement in producing educationally justifiable content that rewards both performer and audience. The project shows how learning content and tasks created and presented in familiar and entertaining formats can catalyse students’ agentic engagement in tertiary curricula.
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Beksheneva, Alexandra A., and Nikolay N. Yagodka. "Political and Non-political Forms of Citizen Participation in Public Life in Russia." RUDN Journal of Public Administration 7, no. 1 (December 15, 2020): 25–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2312-8313-2020-7-1-25-35.
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The article is devoted to the consideration of political and non-political component of public opinions expression in contemporary Russia. The authors highlight the most popular channels for expressing public opinion on pressing issues through existing public institutions. The participation of population in the existing civic and social practices is analyzed, and the potential for increasing civic and political involvement is revealed. The paper focuses on the reasons for the low level of citizen political participation in Russia, formulates potential ways to solve this problem, including usage of modern communication tools. The classification of the most popular sectors of civic participation is also presented. Based on the analysis of sociological data, the authors highlight the relationship between the complexity of public participation and the number of citizens involved in various forms of civic initiatives. The article presents the socio-political agenda of the protests of 2017-2018 in Russia as well as its reasons. A forecast for the development of the protest agenda in future is also given in the article. In conclusion there is a forecast for the further development of political and non-political citizen participation in public life of the country and solution of pressing problems such as socio-political, economic, environmental and other spheres of public life.
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Jaén Milla, Santiago. "La democracia usurpada. Persecución, cárcel y exilio de los demócratas y republicanos jiennenses (1849-1923) = The Usurped Democracy. Prosecution, Prison and Exile of the Democrats and Republicans in Jaén (1849-1923)." Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie V, Historia Contemporánea, no. 31 (July 29, 2019): 175. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/etfv.31.2019.22912.
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Los demócratas y republicanos de Jaén pusieron en marcha numerosas iniciativas –sociales, culturales, políticas y económicas– para politizar a las clases populares y trabajadoras de la provincia y para que se unieran a la causa republicana, a la causa de la democracia. Sin embargo, los sectores monárquicos no reconocieron ni asumieron las prácticas y demandas republicanas, y lejos de favorecer su participación política y ampliar los derechos ciudadanos se replegaron sobre sí mismas, y ejercieron todo tipo de violencias y atropellos contra los republicanos. Este texto subraya las dificultades que encontraron estos sectores para llevar a cabo su proyecto e iniciativas políticas. AbstractThe Democrats and Republicans of Jaén initiated numerous social, cultural, political and economic initiatives to politicize the popular and working classes of the province and to encourage them join the Republican cause, the cause of democracy. However, these practices were not welcomed by the monarchist sectors, and far from favoring the political participation of the opposition groups and the development of the citizens’ rights, they retreated on themselves, and they exercised all type of violence and abuses against the republicans. This text highlights the difficulties these sectors encountered in carrying out their project and their policy initiatives.
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Zhu, Yongjun, Olivier Elemento, Jyotishman Pathak, and Fei Wang. "Drug knowledge bases and their applications in biomedical informatics research." Briefings in Bioinformatics 20, no. 4 (January 3, 2018): 1308–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbx169.
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Abstract Recent advances in biomedical research have generated a large volume of drug-related data. To effectively handle this flood of data, many initiatives have been taken to help researchers make good use of them. As the results of these initiatives, many drug knowledge bases have been constructed. They range from simple ones with specific focuses to comprehensive ones that contain information on almost every aspect of a drug. These curated drug knowledge bases have made significant contributions to the development of efficient and effective health information technologies for better health-care service delivery. Understanding and comparing existing drug knowledge bases and how they are applied in various biomedical studies will help us recognize the state of the art and design better knowledge bases in the future. In addition, researchers can get insights on novel applications of the drug knowledge bases through a review of successful use cases. In this study, we provide a review of existing popular drug knowledge bases and their applications in drug-related studies. We discuss challenges in constructing and using drug knowledge bases as well as future research directions toward a better ecosystem of drug knowledge bases.
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Knight, Jim. "Instructional Coaching for Implementing Visible Learning: A Model for Translating Research into Practice." Education Sciences 9, no. 2 (May 10, 2019): 101. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci9020101.
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Visible Learning has been one of the most influential research initiatives conducted in education in the past few decades, and at the same time, instructional coaching is becoming one of the most popular forms of professional development. This paper considers how the implementation of Visible Learning may be supported through instructional coaches by: (a) offering a brief summary of the central tenants of Visible Learning; (b) summarizing the foundational research on instructional coaching conducted at the Kansas Coaching Project at The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning; (c) describing what those findings reveal about effective instructional coaching practices; and (d) pointing out how the research findings suggest that instructional coaching should be used to support the implementation of Visible Learning or any other educational innovations.
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Serra, Patrizia, and Gianfranco Fancello. "Towards the IMO’s GHG Goals: A Critical Overview of the Perspectives and Challenges of the Main Options for Decarbonizing International Shipping." Sustainability 12, no. 8 (April 16, 2020): 3220. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12083220.
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The Initial Strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2018 commits the IMO to reduce total GHG emissions of shipping by at least 50% by 2050. Though the direction of the Strategy is clear, the path to implementation remains uncertain. The ambitious IMO’s target calls for widespread uptake of lower and zero-carbon fuels, in addition to other energy efficiency measures, including operational and market ones. Using a triangulated research approach, this paper provides a critical overview of the main measures and initiatives the shipping industry can adopt to try to cope with the new IMO’s requirements. The pros and cons of the most popular emission reduction options are investigated along with the main challenges and barriers to implementation and the potential facilitators that could foster a wider application. The framework that is outlined is complex and not without controversy. Research can play a key role as a facilitator of shipping’s decarbonization by providing its contribution to overcoming the existing controversies on various decarbonization options and by developing a wealth of knowledge that can encourage the implementation of low-carbon initiatives.
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Brown, Kate, and Teela Sanders. "Pragmatic, Progressive, Problematic: Addressing Vulnerability through a Local Street Sex Work Partnership Initiative." Social Policy and Society 16, no. 3 (February 6, 2017): 429–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746416000634.
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Whilst it remains a criminal activity to solicit sex publicly in the UK, it has become increasingly popular to configure sex workers as ‘vulnerable’, often as a means of foregrounding the significant levels of violence faced by female street sex workers. Sex work scholars have highlighted that this discourse can play an enabling role in a moralistic national policy agenda which criminalises and marginalises those who sell sex. Yet multiple and overlapping narratives of vulnerability circulate in this policy arena, raising questions about how these might operate at ground level. Drawing on empirical data gathered in the development of an innovative local street sex work multi-agency partnership in Leeds, this article explores debates, discourses and realities of sex worker vulnerability. Setting applied insights within more theoretically inclined analysis, we suggest how vulnerability might usefully be understood in relation to sex work, but also highlight how social justice for sex workers requires more than progressive discourses and local initiatives. Empirical findings highlight that whilst addressing vulnerability through a local street sex work multi-agency partnership initiative, a valuable platform for shared action on violence in particular can be created. However, an increase in fundamental legal and social reform is required in order to address the differentiated and diverse lived experiences of sex worker vulnerability.
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Irimie, Rada Cristina. "eParticipation Issues in Contemporary Europe." European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 1, no. 3 (December 30, 2015): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejis.v1i3.p16-34.
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Today, Information and Communication Technologies have developed to the extent of amplifying political procedures that are central to the contemporary civic society, such as political participation and citizen engagement. eParticipation is a multidisciplinary field of study, which is particularly relevant in several contexts and environments, e.g. digital democracy, public services, open government, popular social media etc. This paper addresses the eParticipation framework in the European context, during the last 10 years.Our research will explore theoretically and empirically how citizen participation is achieved through social media and digital public services. The article explores both the cultural and political environments that favor the development of eParticipation initiatives, with the study of networking interactions based on social and public policy initiatives. We are particularly interested in the public policy formulations that embrace eParticipation and most importantly the recent developments in the field, which include a number of eConsultation, ePolling, eLegislation, eElectioneering, eVoting etc. A review of the good practice examples in eParticipation policy development will help us identify the strengths and weaknesses of the digital framework. Within the context of social value, we want to explore the aspect of eParticipation in the broader political scene, by examining the role of digital participation in political crises. By drawing examples based on case studies of public policy formulation in European countries, the research suggests a correlation between digital innovation and challenging politics. The framework is originally designed to be sustainable for the European societies and it places citizens in the center of its conception. It is, however, argued that the interaction between public policy innovation and citizen engagement needs continuous scholarly attention and study.