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Democracy promotion and civil society [PDF]
, 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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Imagining the Great Lakes Region: discourses and practices of civil society regional approaches for peacebuilding in Rwanda, Burundi and DR Congo [PDF]
, 2008 The idea has gained ground in recent years that, as conflicts in the countries of the Great Lakes Region are strongly interlinked, regional approaches are necessary to resolve them.
Leeuwen, M., van
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Smart Bioinspired Material‐Based Actuators: Current Challenges and Prospects
Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.This work gathers, in a review style, an extensive and comprehensive literature overview on the development of autonomous actuators based on synthetic materials, bringing together valuable knowledge from several studies. Furthermore, the article identifies the fundamental principles of actuation mechanisms and defines key parameters to address the size
Alejandro Palacios +4 more
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The ThinkerDuring apartheid, the act of disclosing wrongdoing was not a common occurrence in South Africa. With the transition to democratic rule, blowing the whistle on wrongdoing became relatively prominent.
Ugljesa Radulovic
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Politicized Civil Society in Bangladesh: Case Study Analyses
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017 Although civil society in Bangladesh is recognized for its vibrant performance in social development, it is often criticized for its inability to ensure good governance and democracy.
Farhat Tasnim
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State of Civil Society 2013: Creating an Enabling Environment [PDF]
, 2013 Welcome to the second edition of the State of Civil Society report produced by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. This report is not ours alone.
Cathy Ashton, Jay Naidoo
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Racism and racial disparities in firearm violence: A scoping review
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Firearm violence (i.e., interpersonal, police firearm violence) disproportionately affects racially minoritized communities. Researchers recently shifted their focus from race to racism to better understand the factors that contribute to racial disparities in firearm violence.
Daniel B. Lee +8 more
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Civil Society Volunteering Patterns in Africa: An Analysis of the Civicus Civil Society Index 2008-2011 Findings on Volunteerism [PDF]
, 2011 The State of Civil Society 2011, published by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, April 2012, is the first report on the changing health and state of civil ...
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné +3 more
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Roles of citizens or "civil society" and responsibility of state [PDF]
, 2012 Civil Society became an important theme in the recent discussion of political or social theory. Civil Society is playing a substantial role for the legislation process. We can find it especially in the activities of international NGO.
Ohno, Tatsuji
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