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The Danube strategy in the context of development of rural areas in Eastern Croatia: The role of civil society organizations [PDF]

open access: yesGeographica Pannonica, 2017
The analyses made on the Danube Strategy shows that it is highly applicable in the economic segment of development of rural areas in Eastern Croatia (Croatian Danube Region).
Demonja Damir   +1 more
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Civil society participation in international governance: the UN and the WTO compared [PDF]

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Civil society participation has become a buzzword in the debate about the legitimacy and accountability of international governance. Many organizations, prominently among them the World Trade Organization (WTO), have come under considerable pressure to ...
Kissling, Claudia, Steffek, Jens
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Charity in Saudi Arabia: Civil Society under Authoritarianism

open access: yes, 2023
n Charity in Saudi Arabia, Nora Derbal challenges the existing literature on Saudi Arabia’s civil society, giving space and voice to some of its more underappreciated actors.
Lund University., Pericoli, Altea,
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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Position and Sustainability of Associations in Croatia

open access: yesCentral European Public Administration Review, 2019
This paper emphasizes the economic importance of the civil society sector in the national socio-economic context. There is a systematic neglect of the economic and financial components of civil society organizations and non-profit sector in Croatia even
Davor Vašiček   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Representatives or experts? Civil society organizations in the EU's external relations [PDF]

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It is often claimed that the participation of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) can mitigate the democratic deficit of the European Union. This claim rests on the assumption that civil society organizations channel citizens' concerns to the European ...
Rodekamp, Meike
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The shifting nature of transnational civil society in China

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This chapter presents Noakes’ views regarding Chinese civil society. It argues that research on transnational civil society in China enables us to observe a variety of adaptations to the way foreign organizations work and that the time is ripe to fashion
Noakes, Stephen
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Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice at the ‘Shop Front’: The Potential and Limitations of Meeting Legal Need Through Technology

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The socialization potential of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum [PDF]

open access: yesEastern Journal of European Studies, 2013
This article assesses socialization in the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, an institutionalized civil society cooperation consisting of nongovernmental organizations from the European Union and the Eastern Partnership countries: Belarus ...
Hrant KOSTANYAN, Bruno VANDECASTEELE
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