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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
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Integrating Traditional Authority into Electoral Governance: Lessons from the Bida Emirate Experience, Nigeria

JAKPP (Jurnal Analisis Kebijakan dan Pelayanan Publik)
Traditional authority remains a central component of governance and policy mediation across Africa, where culturally grounded legitimacy often complements formal state institutions.
Idrees Mahmud Gana, Sakina Nna Umar
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Strong or thin digital democracy? The democratic implications of Taiwan's open government data policy in the 2010s

Big Data & Society
What kind of “democracy” do new government-led digital initiatives facilitate? This paper discusses the issue by investigating the open government data policy in Taiwan in the 2010s, asking whether the policy encouraged “strong democracy.” Using interviews, written records, and an analysis of platform design, I argue that the implementation of Taiwan's
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Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five‐year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of colour (16–28) in a university museum setting, focusing on a Young Collective established to address cultural inequalities.
Sadia Habib
wiley   +1 more source

Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
wiley   +1 more source

Democratic Jihad ? Military intervention and democracy [PDF]

Democracies rarely if ever fight one another, but they participate in wars as frequently as autocracies. They tend to win the wars in which they participate.
Hegre, Havard, Christiansen, Lene Siljeholm, Gleditsch, Nils Petter   +2 more
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E-government as a democratic catalyst: evidence from OECD countries (2006–2024)

Hitit Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
This study investigates the causal relationship between e-government development and democracy across 38 OECD countries over the period 2006–2024. While the administrative benefits of e-government such as efficiency gains, cost reduction, and improved ...
Bora Kurtuluş, Helin Alagöz Gessler
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“The purpose of activism is to educate”: Young people's climate activism as and for education in the youth strike movement in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract By skipping school for their cause, young climate strikers repeatedly demonstrated their priorities in 2019 and 2020. They regularly chose to sacrifice a day of their formal education in favour of collective action. This study asks what we can learn from the reflections of former youth strikers.
Loz J. Hennessy
wiley   +1 more source

E-governance in the new democracies: the case of Taiwan [PDF]

It is expected that the ICTs can maximise the benefits for improved governance and electronic democracy in the information age. This study explores the impact of e-government upon citizens and demonstrates how this kind of electronic medium affects the ...
Lee, Ming-Ying
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AFRICAN UNION’S SHARED VALUES AND THE DILEMMA OF DEMOCRACY IN WEST AFRICA

International Studies Journal
Recently some West African Countries had their democratic governance disrupted in the face of shared values developed and agreed as standard practice for member states of the African Union.
BARILEDUM Kia, SUNNY OKORO ABEKI
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