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Policy alienation of Dutch public sector professionals: an exploratory study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Nowadays, many public professionals face identification problems towards public policies they have to implement; that is, they experience policy alienation.
Bekkers, V.J.J.M. (Victor)   +2 more
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Combined storytelling and mapping approaches for increasing community engagement with woodland creation and expansion projects

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Forests and woodlands are important for biodiversity, climate change mitigation and the provision of services including recreation, timber and non‐timber forest products. Land use policies currently aim to increase forest cover while also maximising the benefits of forests for people and improving community engagement with the process of ...
Sarah Greenwood   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the potential of music education to facilitate children's cross-community activities in Belfast [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper discusses a qualitative investigation of practitioners’ perceptions of the key factors for successful cross-community music education activities with Protestant and Catholic communities in Northern Ireland.
Odena, O.
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The Role of Global Political Economy in Community‐Based Adaptation to Climate Change—Practitioners' Experience and Opinions

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Community‐based adaptation scholars and practitioners acknowledge that power asymmetries pose significant barriers to project impact. Nevertheless, there is little research on the role of the global political economy as the root cause of vulnerability.
Tom Selje, Alexandra Klepp, Boris Heinz
wiley   +1 more source

A sketch outline for a research report on land tenures for China's rural sector [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
An outline for a paper on Land Tenures in China's Rural Sector based on ideas derived from evidence presented at the CIRD ...
Seidman, Ann, Seidman, Robert B.
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Crime, Gender and Policing: The Role of Women Officers in Addressing Gender‐Based Violence in India

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether an increased presence of women in Indian police forces results in enhanced justice for victims of gender‐based crimes and improves the overall effectiveness and responsiveness of the police. It employs focus group discussions and qualitative system dynamics modelling to examine the dynamics of women in law ...
Kandaswamy Paramasivan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Diversity, Globalization, and Sustainability in Community-Based Economies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Bioregional and “ecological economics” theory describes the growth of local economic linkages as vital to move post-industrial economies in the direction of sustainability.
Perkins, Patricia E. (Ellie)
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What Program for Love in the 21st Century? Thinking With and Beyond Luhmann

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From a sociological perspective, the paper examines how normative frameworks for intimate relationships have changed since the publication of Luhmann's Love as Passion (1982). Building on Luhmann's notion of a program for love, we discuss his claim that late 20th century love semantics were organized around a program of understanding. We argue
Chiara Piazzesi, Martin Blais
wiley   +1 more source

THE QUESTION OF ALIENATION: THE PROBLEM OF ONTOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A FRAGMENTED CONCEPT

open access: yesВісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серия: Теорія культури та філософіі науки
The proposed work is devoted to the problem of philosophical reconstruction of alienation as a fundamental phenomenon of human existence. The main attention is focused on an attempt to understand alienation not only as a socio-cultural or psychological ...
Anatoliy Pokrovskiy
doaj   +1 more source

Types of Struggles in Disrupted Interaction: A Case of Hard‐of‐Hearing Employees

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Everyone experiences disrupted interactions in their everyday life. However, research indicates that people with functional impairments are particularly exposed to patterns of interactional inequality at work. Despite this, little is known about the specific disrupted interactions in everyday life and the various types of interactional struggles this ...
Ida Friis Thing
wiley   +1 more source

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