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Politicized Civil Society in Bangladesh: Case Study Analyses

open access: yesCosmopolitan 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
doaj   +1 more source

The Paradoxes of Civil Society

open access: yesInternational Sociology, 1997
Emerging from recent social and political struggles, the notion of `civil society' can and should be transformed into a sociological concept on both the theoretical and empirical level. This means going beyond the Marxist and social democratic understandings of civil society as a world of selfish economic interests, on the one hand, and beyond the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

The state of civil society in Singapore [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The theme and concept of civil society as the sphere opposed to the state has made a global comeback in recent years, becoming one of the most employed term in contemporary ...
Lee, T.
core  

Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

U.S. Agriculture, Biofuel Markets, and Trade: Challenges and Opportunities

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using an enhanced Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model (GTAP‐BIO), this study assesses how the expansion in demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) and the reduction in exports of agricultural products induced by trade disputes negatively affect US agriculture.
Rayan Wolf, Farzad Taheripour
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Responsibility of the Civil Society: Debatable Theoretical Issues (Part 2)

open access: yesСоциологическая наука и социальная практика, 2017
The article deals with the theoretical aspects of social responsibility of the civil society at a modern historical stage. The author critically analyzes concepts existing in Russian and foreign science on the selected research topic and expresses his ...
Evgeniy Ya. Vittenberg
doaj   +1 more source

Machine learning driven many‐objective moving horizon scheduling optimization

open access: yesAIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Industrial electrification can decarbonize chemical manufacturing, but it exposes operations to volatile electricity prices and carbon intensities. This work develops a machine learning‐enhanced many‐objective moving horizon scheduling framework that predicts objective correlation groupings from 48‐hour price and emission‐intensity profiles ...
Hongxuan Wang, Andrew Allman
wiley   +1 more source

Social Responsibility of the Civil Society: Debatable Theoretical Issues (Part 1)

open access: yesСоциологическая наука и социальная практика, 2017
The article deals with the theoretical aspects of social responsibility of the civil society at a modern historical stage. The author critically analyzes concepts existing in Russian and foreign science on the selected research topic and expresses his ...
Evgeniy Ya. Vittenberg
doaj   +1 more source

Smart Bioinspired Material‐Based Actuators: Current Challenges and Prospects

open access: yesAdvanced 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
wiley   +1 more source

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