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ABSTRACT This paper explores how we might integrate local traditional values into a systems approach for analyzing and maximizing localization in the context of foreign aid. The paper situates localization and its operationalization in the older and broader literature on the political economy of foreign aid.
Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
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Radicalism in American Political Thought : Black Power, the Black Panthers, and the American Creed [PDF]
American Political Thought has presented somewhat of a challenge to many because of the conflict between the ideals found within the American Creed and the reality of America\u27s treatment of ethnic and social minorities.
Cooney, Christopher Thomas
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Human Rights Economic Dividends: Estimating the Economic Effects of Preventing Discrimination
ABSTRACT Economies embracing principles like nondiscrimination are presumed to reap significant rewards, while violations incur heavy costs. We call these benefits human rights economic dividends—the economic gains that arise when policymaking is guided by human rights principles.
Jose Cuesta
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The Method of Beliefs of The Mu'tadilah Regarding The Nature of Khabariyyah: An Introduction
In understanding the khabariyyah nature of Allah SWT, Muslims among the Ahli Sunnah wal Jamaah have had a difference of opinion in determining the method of belief between the methods of ithbat, ta'wil and tafwid.
Nasron Yaacob
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ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou +1 more
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Comic-Reviews: Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed 1: Desmond Verlag: Splitter Erscheinungsort: Bielefeld Erscheinungsjahr: 2011 ISBN-10: 3868692622 Assassin's Creed 1: Der Untergang Verlag: Panini Erscheinungsort: Stuttgart Erscheinungsjahr: 2011 ISBN-10: 3862010937 Assassin's ...
Karl H. Stingeder
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Strategic framing of novel ideas: How contestation shapes the evolution of novelty
Abstract Research Summary Entrepreneurs use strategic framing to gain support for their novel ventures, products, and services. A key challenge entrepreneurs face is that audiences often contest frames that introduce novel ideas, especially when these ideas disrupt audiences' mental and business models.
Janina Klein +2 more
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Size doesn't matter! Gift exchange in experimental labor markets [PDF]
El pdf del artículo es el documento de trabajo.We study how the number of traders affects the interaction between a centralized exchange and bilateral negotiations in an experimental labor market with excess supply and incomplete contracts.
Brandts, Jordi +3 more
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Romance Loans in Middle Dutch and Middle English: Retained or Lost? A Matter of Metre1
Abstract Romance words have been borrowed into all medieval West‐Germanic languages. Modern cognates show that the metrical patterns of loans can differ although the Germanic words remain constant: loan words Dutch kolónie, English cólony, German Koloníe compared with Germanic words Dutch wéduwe, English wídow, German Wítwe.
Johanneke Sytsema, Aditi Lahiri
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Excerpt: Today, when the problem with the written word is not too little, but too much-- too much that is either a waste of time, vulgar, or blasphemous-- the power of a memorized creed lies in its reminder of the majesty of God, who He is, and our ...
Irish, Kerry
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