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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amidst dwindling state funding and the legislative withdrawal from public university research support, a heightened political process shapes the allocation of scarce tax dollars. This article explores how advocacy within the political process influences funding support for higher education from state legislatures.
Gregory M. Perry +2 more
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Creating energy citizenship through material participation
Social Studies of Science, 2018 Transitions towards low-carbon energy systems will be comprehensive and demanding, requiring substantial public support. One important contribution from STS is to highlight the roles of citizens and public engagement.
M. Ryghaug +2 more
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The Theory and Practice of Corporate Citizenship in Nigeria: A Petroleum Industry Beneficiary Analysis [PDF]
, 2006 With the aid of ethnographic data obtained in Nigeria's oil and gas region (the Niger Delta), and relevant secondary data, this article makes a case for a beneficiary-centred approach to corporate citizenship analysis, and thus urges a shift from the ...
Wilson Akpan
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, 2001 AbstractThis chapter explores issues on citizenship education. It shows how liberal citizenship is more complicated than often realized, and why schools play a key role in educating children for citizenship. It considers three controversies in ethnoculturally diverse societies: whether citizenship education requires common schooling, whether the ...
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Matrizes, 2001 When new media appear on the horizon-and sometimes when old media have been with us for a long time-crucial issues of citizenship are raised, on a spectrum arching from interpersonal conduct and human capital (the effects of the new media on violence and education) to political identification (their effects on sovereign allegiance and heritage ...
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Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.This study investigates the impact and cost‐competitiveness of rooftop solar power in a highly hydropower‐driven northern energy system toward 2050. The role of rooftop photovoltaics (PV) is assessed under different energy transition pathways and through a sensitivity analysis aiming to disclose important barriers to PV investments in the energy system.
Stine Fleischer Myhre, Eva Rosenberg
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COVID-19 governance and decision-making at provincial level in South Africa
Cogent Social SciencesGlobally, there is an unequivocal call to promote good governance at all levels of government through the promotion and development of transparent, effective and accountable institutions.
Godwell Nhamo, Gideon W. Mutanda
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Knowledge citizenship for active informed citizenship
SA Journal of Information Management, 2008 Introduction With the spate of elections and electioneering happening around the world, specifically the USA elections in November 2008 and the upcoming South African elections, the reality of being a citizen of a country and being able to cast a vote makes one's citizenship status decidedly more significant.
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Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.This study aims to provide actionable recommendations for leveraging digital innovation for the achievement of scalable, equitable, and transparent Net Zero Energy Transition by offering actionable recommendations. As a result of this comprehensive analysis, the review highlights the critical interplay between digital technologies and GF as vital ...
Furkan Ahmad +3 more
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Cogent Social SciencesWhile social inequalities and regional disparities incited Tunisia’s 2011 so-called ‘Jasmine Revolution’, successive government promises to improve the lives of the country’s most marginalized people remain unfulfilled.
Fethi Mansouri +2 more
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