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In Defense of Critical Democratic Pedagogy [PDF]

open access: yesFuture Human Image, 2018
A powerful positivist and neoliberal ideology in education masquerades more or less unharmed as the meritocratic myth promised under the cloak of democracy.
Tracey Isaacs
doaj   +1 more source

Parenting styles, empathy and aggressive behavior in preschool children: an examination of mediating mechanisms

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionThis study examined the interplay between parenting styles, empathy, and aggressive behavior in Chinese preschool children aged 3–5 years.MethodsData were collected from 87 participants using the Child Behavior Checklist, Children’s Empathy ...
Zhumei Lin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

I Have Land, But Am I The Owner? The Challenges of Agricultural Land Ownership in Albania between Historical Heritage, Political Legacies, and the European Integration Process

open access: yesEuropean Countryside
This article explores the complexity of land ownership in rural Albania by examining the historical evolution of agrarian reforms and the changes in the rural and agricultural landscape, the current and past legal framework, the challenges farmers face ...
Muco Elda
doaj   +1 more source

Transnational repression: data advances, comparisons, and challenges

open access: yesPolitical Research Exchange, 2022
Research on state repression generally focuses on what states do to populations within their own borders. However, recently scholars working at the intersection of comparative politics and international relations have begun to systematically analyse ...
Alexander Dukalskis   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A State’s Gendered Response to Political Instability: Gendering Labor Policy in Semi-Authoritarian El Salvador (1944-1972) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Unlike much of the gender and welfare literature, this study examines why a regime that constrains pressure from below would adopt gendered social policies.
Gates, Leslie C, Griffith, Kati L
core   +1 more source

Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Dr. Hans Kohn and the political takeover of the Berlin Medical Society by the National Socialist regime in 1933

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Planning in ‘Anti‐Democratic’ Times

open access: yesUrban Planning
This thematic issue seeks to bring the urgent questions raised by the current “anti‐democratic turn in history” into conversation with the ambivalent nature of planning practices.
Kristina Grange, Carina Listerborn
doaj   +1 more source

The Authoritarian Impulse in Constitutional Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
Should there be greater participation by legislators and citizens in constitutional debate, theory, and decision-making? An increasing number of legal theorists from otherwise divergent perspectives have recently argued against what Paul Brest calls the
West, Robin
core   +2 more sources

Authoritarian Institutions and Regime Survival: Transitions to Democracy and Subsequent Autocracy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This article examines how authoritarian parties and legislatures affect regime survival. While authoritarian legislatures increase the stability of dictators, political parties – even when devised to quell internal threats – can destabilize dictators ...
Wright, Joseph (author)   +1 more
core   +1 more source

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