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Fragmented Laws, Contingent Choices: The Tragicomedy of the Village Commons in China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Defining the direct conflict between law and social norms as a tragedy and their reconciliation as a comedy, this paper serves as a case study of the mixture of tragedies and comedies of collective land governance in China.
Qiao, Shitong
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Changing Framework of Local Governance and Community Participation in Elementary Education in India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In recent years, strengthening and better functioning of local governance have become prime concerns of educational reform agenda. Establishment of effective local governance has been part of overall changes in educational governance for several years in
Bandyopadhyay, Madhumita, Govinda, R
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The dynamics of fishing villages along the South Atlantic Coast of North America (ca. 5000–3000 years BP)

open access: yesScientific Reports
We present new chronologies that inform the timing and tempo of shell ring and shell mound construction on the South Atlantic Bight. Our project combines recently acquired dates with legacy radiocarbon dates from over 25 rings and mounds to provide a ...
Victor D. Thompson   +12 more
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Local Protection: Raising a Matter of \u27Sovereign Concern\u27 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Challenges to the expansion of local initiatives aimed at local environmental protection question the powers delegated to municipal governments from the state.
Nolon, John R.
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State of Alaska v. Native Village of Tanana: Enhancing Tribal Power by Affirming Concurrent Tribal Jurisdiction to Initiate ICWA Defined Child Custody Proceedings, Both Inside and Outside of Indian Country [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This Article provides an overview of the significant cases that have defined state-tribal relations in Alaska as related to Indian child proceedings and further discusses various policies that have been implemented over time.
Kendall-Miller, Heather
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« Maisons d’équité » et justices conciliatrices dans l’Iran contemporain

open access: yesDroit et Cultures, 2013
When Iran adopted the French judicial model in 1911, justice, a new state institution, became secular and undermined religious courts and traditional arbitrary justice systems.
Soudabeh Marin
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Natural hazard induced coastal vulnerability in Indian Sundarbans: A village-level study by using geospatial and statistical techniques

open access: yesNatural Hazards Research
The Sundarbans, an area with a history dating back to the dawn of civilization, has faced numerous environmental hazards that have remarkably affected the lives and livelihoods of its natives.
Md Hasnine, Dewaram Abhiman Nagdeve
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Book Review of Village Journey by Thomas R. Berger [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
This review is as submitted to the Tundra Times. A revised version of the review, as edited by Tundra Times editorial staff, was published as "Doctrinal Overload Flaws Berger's 'Village Journey'" by Stephen Conn, Tundra Times, 23 Sep 1985, pp. 7, 11–12.
Conn, Stephen
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Adoption of simple technologies for poverty alleviation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Several technologies have been disseminated to the rural populace of which few were adoptable while others were above their reaches. The adoption-rejection behaviour of the people of Monai community formed the basis for this study.
Ayanda, J.O., Olabanji, M.U., Sule, A.M.
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Policy and Legislative Frameworks for Co-management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper was prepared by Poseidon Aquatic Resource Management Ltd and the FAO Development Law Service (LEGN) for the Asia-Pacific Fisheries Commission workshop on Mainstreaming Fisheries Co-management in Asia-Pacific, which was held in Siem Reap ...
Blaise Kuemlangan   +2 more
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