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Ministerial Advisers in Personal Patronage Settings: Evidence From Israel
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The characteristics of ministerial advisers are predicted to correspond to the type of politicization setting in which they operate. The only systematic framework mapping these correspondences was developed predominantly in party‐driven patronage contexts.
Zehavit Levitats
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Social cohesion in restoration landscapes: The case of Rwanda
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Ecosystem restoration is recognized as a strategy for addressing landscape degradation. In contexts where ecological degradation overlaps with the deterioration of social cohesion, restoration must also contribute to rebuilding social ties alongside restoring ecosystems.
Valery Ndagijimana +3 more
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Despite primarily catering to a U.S. audience for whom religion exerts a greater influence than anywhere else in the Western world, children’s picture books dealing with the first landing on the moon in 1969 are reticent to conceptualise it in religious ...
Baguley, Margaret +3 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract In 2023, the American Ornithological Society announced it will phase out the English eponymous (honorific) names of 152 bird species in the United States and Canada, some of which are named after historical figures with racist, genocidal, or otherwise violent histories that serve as reminders of ornithology's exclusive origins.
Kirsten Vinyeta +3 more
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Psychology in the Schools, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Teachers' culturally responsive practices and wellbeing have been theorized as relevant to racial disparities in exclusionary discipline, but empirical research examining these associations is limited. Using state administrative data and teacher survey reports from 23 middle schools and 574 teachers, this study examined whether school‐level ...
Catherine P. Bradshaw +4 more
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Natural Person’s Legal Competence in the Conception of the Assumed Civil Code [PDF]
The person’s civil ability, having as constitutive elements the capacity to have rights and obligations and the legal competence, assigns the juridical capacity specific to the civil law. While the civil capacity to have rights and obligations represents
Bojinca, Moise
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although significant efforts have been made to prevent environmental degradation, the success of these initiatives has remained limited. The primary reason for this is environmental issues' complex and multidimensional nature. Economic, political, and social dynamics play a central role in shaping environmental problems, necessitating a ...
Umut Uzar
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Is the Importance of Religion in Daily Life Related to Social Trust? Cross-Country and Cross-State Comparisons [PDF]
We look at the effect of religiosity on social trust, defined as the share of a population that thinks that people in general can be trusted. This is important since social trust is related to many desired outcomes, such as growth, education, democratic ...
Berggren, Niclas, Bjørnskov, Christian
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT ‘Hard’ natural sciences have extensively been used to provide evidence that climate change is happening and climate action is needed. If the contribution of our economic activities to disturbing our climate systems is now largely accepted, the way in which we design and operationalise ‘climate action’—how we transition to more sustainable ...
Sandrine Simon
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