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National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of ownership, control, governance and diversification on the performance of family-controlled firms in Malaysia

open access: yes
This study explores how a concentrated ownership structure and the underlying firm strategies/activities or practices influence the performance of family-controlled publicly-listed firms in Malaysia.
Ng, Sin Huei
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Constructing activist identities in post-apartheid South Africa

open access: yes, 2013
Includes bibliographical references.With the understanding that every generation shares a generational consciousness, which locates individuals not only in a common geographical location, but also a historical one, this study uses social-constructionist ...
Claire Kelly, Kelly, Claire
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Workshop report-Vulnerability in multi-hazard risks: Addressing its complexity and dynamics. [PDF]

open access: yesiScience
Santos AP   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Finding One's Place: ESL Teachers' Experiences of Language and Identity in the School Spaces of Quebec

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers navigate their professional and linguistic identities within Quebec's complex linguistic landscape. Drawing on critical approaches to conceptualizing space, we examine physical and metaphorical spaces in schools as sites of identity negotiation and community building. Data
Philippa Parks   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Your English Sounds Almost British”: Everyday Linguicism and Racialized Subjectivity of an International Student in Hong Kong

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how everyday linguicism and racism shape the academic and social experiences of international students in Hong Kong, focusing on the racialized subjectivity of a South Asian graduate student. Although research on international students has mainly focused on Western higher education, little attention has been paid to the ...
Pramod K. Sah
wiley   +1 more source

The Aid Lab Understanding Bangladesh's Unexpected Success

open access: yes
The volume explains why Bangladesh's achievements owe as much to its domestic political settlement as to its role as the world's aid lab.Cover -- The Aid Lab: Understanding Bangladesh's Unexpected Success -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents ...
Hossain, Naomi.
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Reckoning With Apartheid: The Conundrum of Working Through the Past

open access: yes, 2016
From April 26-29, 1994, South Africa held its first universal, democratic elections. Witnessed by the world, South Africans of all races waited patiently in line to cast their ballots, signaling the official and symbolic birth of the “new” South Africa ...
Graham, LV   +5 more
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