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Gender transversality global trends / Tendencias globales de la transversalidad de género
Since the 1980s, gender transversality broke in as an emerging object of study in the social sciences, and especially in the fields of social and political intervention.
Ángeles Martínez Boyé
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Culture, Change, and Prediction [PDF]
Five studies showed that Chinese and Americans perceive change differently. Chinese anticipated more changes from an initial state than Americans did. When events were changing in a particular direction, Chinese were more likely than Americans to predict change in the direction of change.
Ji. L., Nisbett, Richard E., Su. Y.
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Higher Learning: Lessons from an Online Advocate
On November 16, 2017, the University of Colorado Board of Regents voted unanimously to allocate US$20 million for a number of online program initiatives including the development of an online-only master’s degree and an only-only bachelor’s degree with a
Stephen C. Ludwig
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State fish and wildlife agencies in the United States are confronted with the realities of a rapidly changing society. With declines in historical sources of revenue and the growth of diverse voices with values that differ from those emphasized by ...
Richard E. W. Berl +19 more
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The Impact of Tolerance on Economic Modernization in a Comparative Perspective
For the majority of countries modernization of any kind is an important part of the political agenda. Policy-makers and experts are challenged to elucidate its distinct paths in different economies, to show why some countries succeed and others fail on ...
Aleksey Shcherbak
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Climate Change Threats to Socio-cultural Landscape of Island Countries
The significant effects of climate change in countries around the world has motivated call for countries to be more proactive in addressing root causes rather than being merely reactive.
Idienumah, P., Fakuade, D.
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Administração Pública de Québec: um Caso de Mudança Cultural [PDF]
In this article we attempted to identify the cultural traits of the public administration of Quebec, in addition to reviewing the cultural changes that occurred following the administrative reform that came into effect in this Canadian province in the ...
Lindomar Pinto da Silva, Élvia Fadul
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This article analyses how the articulation of the tourist offer produces adaptations in cultural manifestations and changes in the rhythms of daily life in the Kychwa Karanki community of San Clemente (Ibarra, Imbabura), in Ecuador, which has been ...
José Miguel Iniesta Peñalver +3 more
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Managing the Change of Cultural Resistance [PDF]
The review of numerous Australian and International Transport and Health Safety cases has highlighted the detrimental effect of cultural resistance when engineers and regulators seek to improve transport safety.\ud This paper will define culture and ...
Smith, David B.
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Water, Politics and Development: Framing a Political Sociology of Water Resources Management
The first issue of Water Alternatives presents a set of papers that investigates the inherently political nature of water resources management. A Water, Politics and Development initiative was started at ZEF (Center for Development Research, Bonn ...
Peter P. Mollinga
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