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The Canary Down the Coalmine: Dagenham, London and Labour Politics
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The history of Dagenham offers unique insights into both the changing composition of the working class and the forces that have reshaped domestic politics throughout the last 100 years, particularly the politics of the British labour movement.
Jon Cruddas
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Interdisciplinary Journal of EducationEfforts at nation-building in Nigeria are hindered by various social problems linked to the low level of national integration among its religiously, regionally and ethnically diverse population.
Sirajo Alhaji Ladan, Samaila Bello
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Civic norms, social sanctions and voting turnout [PDF]
This study views voter participation as a collective action problem overcome chiefly by means of "solidary" and "purposive" selective incentives. It is argued that these incentives are primarily in the form of civic or societal norms, rather than special
Knack, Stephen
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Character education: themes and researches. An academic literature review [PDF]
, 2016 Character education is both a rooted and developing discipline. Even though there is no consensual definition, it can be widely described as a schoolbased process to promote personal development in youth, through the development of virtue, moral values ...
Pattaro, Chiara
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Civic rhetoric and social inclusion
Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis, 2022 Abstract The subject of the study is current civic rhetoric with regard to the inclusive rhetorical mechanisms employed in it. In classical rhetoric, we rely on the Aristotle’s deliberative type of rhetoric. We are interested in the citizen’s predisposition for involvement in deliberation (deliberative competence including its rhetorical
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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores how persistent inequality in London can be addressed through a place‐based systems approach, using Feltham in the Borough of Hounslow—one of the capital's most deprived areas—as a case study. It offers a blueprint for community regeneration using a ‘pathways to progression’ education model.
Peter John
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Relations between ethnic-racial identity statuses and critical consciousness among Latine adolescents. [PDF]
J Res AdolescAbstract Ethnic‐racial identity (ERI) development reflects the processes through which adolescents learn about their ethnic‐racial background (i.e., exploration) and develop clarity about what it means to them (i.e., resolution). Research on ERI has been critiqued for not examining connections between ERI and broader social beliefs, such as critical ...
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Meeting the Challenges of an Aging Population with Success [PDF]
, 2015 With 117,099 people over the age of 65, Franklin County has the second-highest number of seniors among all Ohio counties. Projection data from the Ohio Department of Development indicates that Franklin County's 65-and-over population will grow to 224,340
Christy Rogers +5 more
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Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
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Environmental Movements, Institutions and Civil Society: A New Way to Preserve Common Goods
Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2014 This paper aims at studying environmental participative movements which have national/European/international relevance and use digital media, as well as local connections and conventional networks for interacting, socializing, mobilizing people and ...
Laura Massoli, Lucia D’Ambrosi
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