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Women's Movements Institutionalization and Impact on Policy. The Case of the Bolivian Movement of Domestic Workers

open access: yesPartecipazione e Conflitto, 2019
Several authors have analysed how institutionalized women's movements impact policy, but research has devoted little attention to the differentiated impact of institutionalized movements on the substantive and symbolic dimensions of the same policy.
Pablo Castaño
doaj   +1 more source

Reclaiming Public Spaces in the Informal Economy: Migrant Mothers who Defy Gender Traditions in Cochabamba, Bolivia

open access: yesThe Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography, 2020
In the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, mothers from the campo have become the engine of the Bolivian economy and leaders in their communities. The issue: they work in the informal sector, which is disapproved by the government and general population ...
Margaret Giacalone
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing Knowledge and Technology Transfer: Determinants and Indicators of Successful University–Industry Collaboration

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Both universities and companies create value and innovation to maintain their position and remain competitive. Different, but still similar, with two goals that are shared. With their collaboration, they can enhance their pursuit of sustainability and as well corporate social responsibility by creating and delivering value and thus ...
Jana Hojnik   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Las políticas de desarrollo rural en América Latina. Un análisis a la luz de la experiencia boliviana reciente [PDF]

open access: yesRevista IDEAS, 2011
During the last decade several Latin American countries, and mainly Bolivia, have begun to experiment deep political transitions that present a redefinition of the organizational parameters of their economy, their policies and their States, outlining a ...
Verónica Hendel
doaj  

Somos nosotros, somos gobierno. Experiencia de movimientos sociales en Bolivia

open access: yesBolivian Studies Journal, 2011
The emergence of social movements in the public arena had to do with neoliberalism´s negative consequences. Different actors with different interests worked together against the system, which became their “common antagonist”.  On ...
María Virginia Quiroga
doaj   +1 more source

How Does Vulnerability Framing by Microfinance Institutions Leverage Funding Success in Crowdfunding?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Albergues y reubicación de los damnificados. Experiencias paceñas en gestión de crisis y vulnerabilidad

open access: yesBulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2009
In recent years, damages of natural origin have affected the town seat of the Bolivian government and these have led authorities to implement new policies of risk management.
Sébastien Hardy, Élodie Combaz
doaj   +1 more source

Two Shades of Green? Gender Differences in Environmental Concern and Activism

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines gender differences in environmental concern and activism using data from the World Values Survey. The results indicate that women are more likely than men to be concerned about the environment, but are less likely to engage in environmental activism.
Hava Orkut, Caroline Perrin
wiley   +1 more source

Bolivia at a Crossroads: Is Consolidation of a ‘Divided Society’ Feasible?

open access: yesВестник Московского Университета. Серия XXV: Международные отношения и мировая политика, 2020
A protest wave which began in 2019 has swept across many Latin American countries. The Multinational State of Bolivia, where rapid destabilization of political situation has led to a serious internal crisis, was no exception.
T. A. Vorotnikova
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating Youth Participatory Action Research in the Americas: Comparative Insights on Empowerment, Methodologies, and Social Change

open access: yesJournal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) positions adolescents as co‐researchers to investigate and address social issues affecting their lives. While YPAR has gained global prominence, comparative research examining how it is conceptualized and practiced across regional contexts remains limited.
John Diaz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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