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Lawyering for Social Justice [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
It is an honor, albeit a sad one, to be invited to write this Essay in commemoration of Tom Stoddard and as commentary on his final publication. I first met Tom in the late 1970s, when we both joined the Board of Directors of the Lambda Legal Defense and
Hunter, Nan D.
core   +1 more source

Relational Responsibility and Host Communities in Complex and Contentious Environmental Situations: Coastal Fisheries and Treated Water at the Fukushima Dai'ichi Nuclear Plant, Japan

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Treated water releases into the Pacific from the Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear plant in Japan have drawn opposition from fishing communities, who accused proponents of acting irresponsibly in commencing releases before gaining local support. The controversy reflects questions in social licence to operate and social impact assessment about how ...
Leslie Mabon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge and Attitude of Iranian Red Crescent Society Volunteers in Dealing with Bioterrorist attacks

open access: yesEmergency, 2016
Introduction: Bioterrorism is a worldwide problem and has been the focus of attention during recent decades. There is no precise information on the knowledge, attitude, and preparedness of Iranian Red Crescent volunteers in dealing with bioterrorism ...
Seyed Ali Bahreini Moghadam   +3 more
doaj  

Beyond Collective Victimhood: How Diverse Conflict Knowledge Relates to Community Cohesion

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In conflict‐affected societies, collective victimization can undermine social cohesion or foster narrow ingroup bonding and parochialism. We examine whether the possibility to know and freely communicate about diverse conflict experiences, which go beyond collective (ingroup) victimhood, can serve as a resource for community cohesion (i.e ...
Sandra Penić   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Employers\u27 Garnishment Policies - Do They Engender Racial Discrimination in Violation of Title VII and the Civil Rights Act of 1866? [PDF]

open access: yes, 1977
This note evaluates the hypothesis that employment policies which mandate suspension or discharge for multiple garnishments are racially discriminatory. It considers the methods of challenge such as a claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
Vance, Amy S.
core   +2 more sources

Citizen in the national security system and universal defense

open access: yesNowoczesne Systemy Zarządzania
Research objectives and hypothesis/research questions The article formulates a research problem: How can a citizen strengthen the security of the Republic of Poland, and what are the tasks and condition of the soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces? The aim
Bogdan Sowa
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Social Divides in the Hong Kong 2019 Unrest: A Combination of Person‐ and Variable‐Centred Approaches

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research combined person‐ and variable‐centred approaches to examine whether (a) core values, (b) perceptions of the political system's legitimacy and (c) attitudes towards Hong Kong–Mainland China integration underlie the Yellow versus Blue politicized collective identities that emerged during the Hong Kong 2019 social unrest.
Ying‐yi Hong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Power Relations in the Preparation of the Nondiscrimination Act: The Controversial Issue of Supervising Discrimination in Working Life

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the context of Europeanisation and neo‐corporatism, we examine the lengthy process of revising the Nondiscrimination Act in Finland, spanning from 2007 to 2023. The focus is on the mandate of the Nondiscrimination Ombudsman in the workplace and on explaining the sudden policy change of strengthening it after a prolonged standstill.
Laura Jauhola, Kati Rantala
wiley   +1 more source

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