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Democracy promotion and civil society [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The annual Global Civil Society Yearbooks provide an indispensable guide to global civil society or civic participation and action around the world. This year, the Yearbook will focus on communicative power and democracy, investigating different forms of
Ishkanian, Armine
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Flight from the Fight? Civil War and its Effects on Refugees

open access: yes, 2015
Civil war dominates conflict in the modern era. An effect of this is a large number of refugees, who flee from war-torn countries in favor of lands where they can live in safety.
Lowry, Paul D.
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Preparing for the Bomb: The Development of Civil Defence Policy in Canada, 1948–1963 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
During the period 1948 to 1963 civil defence in Canada developed in a number of stages that reflected changes in technology, weaponry and scientific discovery.
Davidson, Mark
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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties - United States [PDF]

open access: yes
Civil Rights and Civil LibertiesUnited States: This 6,000-word essay, to be published in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Legal History, considers several issues concerning civil rights and civil liberties in the United States. First, it notes several problems
Michael Klarman
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Foreign Aid, Democratisation and Civil Society in Africa: A Study of South Africa, Ghana and Uganda [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
The 1990s have seen increased interest on the part of Western governments in funding civil society in Africa in an attempt to promote the continent's democratisation process.
Julie Hearn
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Guerra civil [PDF]

open access: yesRevista de Estudios Sociales, 2003
Eduardo Posada Carbó.   +3 more
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Federal Enforcement of Civil Rights During the First Reconstruction [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
This essay recounts the heroic efforts of federal legal officers and judges to enforce citizens\u27 rights during the 1870s. Part I sets forth the historical events giving rise to the enforcement effort of the Grant Administration.
Kaczorowski, Robert J.
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Renewal through Participation in Global Food Security Governance: Implementing the International Food Security and Nutrition Civil Society Mechanism to the Committee on World Food Security [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The food commodity price rises from 2006 to 2008 engendered a period of political renewal and reform in the governance of global food security. The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) was designated as the main international forum dealing with food ...
Barling, D., Duncan, J.
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Two Steps Forward and One Step Back: An Assessment of How Uneven Economic Development Affects the Number of Civil Wars

open access: yes, 2015
The effects of economic development are enormously important in understanding the causes of civil war and the requirements for successful post-conflict reconstruction.
Scheiber, Cassandra M.
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