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Social capital, community governance and credit market [PDF]
, 2010 Financial contracts represent an exchange of financial resources today, such as money, for a promise to return more financial resources tomorrow. The aim of the paper is to test whether cheating or respecting a promise, in particular a “financial one ...
Andriani, Luca
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Mapping the US Bridgebuilding Field: Situating Organizations in the Ecosystem of Social Change
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the ecosystem of bridge‐building initiatives in the United States. Drawing on an original database of 223 organizations, interviews with 7 staff across 6 organizations, and a literature review related to bridge‐building, polarization, and collective action, we first describe the range of existing initiatives and their ...
Gabrielle Mathews, Karen Ross
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Intergroup Contact and Peacebuilding: Promoting Youth Civic Engagement in Northern Ireland
Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2017 Focusing on the post-accord generation in Northern Ireland, this study aimed to examine the role of intergroup contact in promoting support for peacebuilding and youth civic engagement.
Shelley McKeown, Laura K. Taylor
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Saturday Extra: Guerilla Civic Engagement on the Landscape [PDF]
, 2011 Over at Civil War Memory, Kevin Levin brought the community\u27s attention to some installations placed on the fences surrounding a few of the statues along Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia.
Rudy, John M.
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From Custom to Court: The Evolution of Mediation in European Legal Systems
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article traces how European mediation has repeatedly rebalanced three variables—(1) the source of mediator authority, (2) the degree of institutionalization, and (3) the operative meaning of voluntariness—from antiquity to the present. Using three periods—Proto‐Mediation (c. 500 BCE–c. 1750), Classical Mediation (c.
Viktoriia Hamaiunova
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Civic and Community Engagement among Poor Rural Women in Bihar: A Pilot Study
Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy ResearchCivic and community engagement is often crucial for the successful development of rural areas and a catalyst of personal transformation. This article examines changes in civic and community engagement among women in rural Bihar, India.
Kirk Leach +3 more
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Cross-Platform News Media Repertoires and Their Political Implications
International Journal of Communication, 2021 With the expansion of news media platforms, news media usage patterns and their implications on civic and political engagement have become complex. To better understand these complexities, this study examines cross-platform news media repertoires and ...
Su Jung Kim, Lena-Maria Schwarze
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A Survey of Civic Engagement Education in Introductory Canadian Politics Courses
Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015 In recent years, the pressure for educators to cultivate civic participation among Canada’s apathetic youth voters has been mounting. Between 1998 and 2007, a national wave of curriculum reform introducing or enhancing civic engagement education occurred
Stephanie Bell, JP Lewis
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainability reporting has become increasingly compelling, particularly among hybrid organizations such as B‐Corps, which seek to balance profit and purpose and are required to publish annual Impact Reports. This study assesses the completeness of disclosed information in the 2022 Impact Reports of 74 Italian B‐Corps, drawing on legitimacy ...
Laura Ferraro +3 more
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Community engagement at Roger Williams University: community service - service learning - civic engagement [PDF]
, 2008 Service to the local community has become a part of the college tradition as more campuses incorporate service into their curricular and co-curricular cultures. Roger Williams University parallels this trend.
Ferrara, KC
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