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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: Gang Prevention from a Top-Down Perspective

Social Sciences
This paper presents a top-down approach to gang prevention, emphasizing the importance of addressing the complex structural conditions that accumulate to foster gang activity.
Abigail F. Kolb, William J. Kolb, Michael Favors   +2 more
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Holyoke Visible: A Public Art Project in Holyoke, Massachusetts

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
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Joseph Krupczynski
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Comparative Findings from the IEA Civic Study and Their Impact on the Improvement of Civic Education in Australia

Journal of Social Science Education, 2003
The IEA Civic Education Study occurred in a context of little formal civics curricula in Australian schools. The paper compares some Australian data with that from England and the USA.
Suzanne Mellor
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EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: AMONG THE REAL AND VIRTUAL CIVIC INITIATIVE [PDF]

Istraživanja u Pedagogiji, 2017
The new media enable numerous advantages in the strengthening of civic engagement, through removing barriers in space and time and through networking of individuals of the same social, civic or political interests at the global level.
Jasmina Arsenijević, Milica Andevski
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DIFFERENT VALUES AS THE PREDICTORS OF VARIOUS FORMS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: THE POLISH CASE

Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023
This article aims to examine the relationships between various forms of civic engagement and values, using a four-form model of civic engagement and the Shalom Schwartz model of values.
Ryszard KLAMUT
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Millennials: Shifting Values and Influences for Civic Engagement

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2019
Civic engagement is a complex field of study covering a spectrum of activities and is well-documented, especially among the millennial generation. Individuals of Generation Y, also referred to as millennials, are quickly approaching the point of becoming
Marlene K. Rebori
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Youth Civic Engagement for Dialogue and Diversity at the Metropolitan Level [PDF]

, 2009
· Youth civic engagement can take various forms, of which intergroup dialogue is one. Some forms – such as electoral participation – are inappropriate for young people.
Barry Checkoway, Checkoway, Barry
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Factors related to health civic engagement: results from the 2018 National Survey of Health Attitudes to understand progress towards a Culture of Health

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Civic engagement, including voting, volunteering, and participating in civic organizations, is associated with better psychological, physical and behavioral health and well-being.
Tamara Dubowitz, Christopher Nelson, Sarah Weilant, Jennifer Sloan, Andy Bogart, Carolyn Miller, Anita Chandra   +6 more
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Venturing sustainability: Political lessons from civic engagement and transformative learning in Asia

APN Science Bulletin, 2021
Current studies on civic engagement offer a critical examination of global civil society's struggles for a sustainable future. The liberal conception of civic engagement sees citizens as voluntary and participatory political subjects ...
Maharani Hapsari, Dicky Sofjan, Theodore Mayer   +2 more
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A plurality of place: Towards a more inclusive understanding of older migrants’ civic engagement

Wellbeing, Space and Society
Discussions about aging in place and civic engagement often revolve around neighborhoods and local communities. However, for older migrants, this perspective might be restrictive, as they often maintain more mobile and transnational lifestyles. A broader
Bas Dikmans, Sarah Dury, Rodrigo Serrat, Saloua Berdai Chaouni, Liesbeth De Donder   +4 more
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