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African Democracy in the Context of Agenda 2063: Examining Progress and Challenges

Social Sciences
This study examines the progress and challenges in the democratic landscape of Africa within the framework of the Africa Agenda 2063 (hereafter AA2063).
Hafte Gebreselassie Gebrihet, Erlend Eidsvik   +1 more
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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source

Democratic Member Control and the Performance of Coffee Marketing Societies in Bungoma County, Kenya

Sustainable Business and Society in Emerging Economies
Purpose: This study examined the effect of democratic member control on the performance of coffee marketing societies (CMSs) in Bungoma County, Kenya.     Design/Methodology/Approach: The study adopted a descriptive survey design to obtain data from
Moses Welikhe, Jackline Akoth Odero, Fredrick Kiongera   +2 more
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Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In September 2021, following the global COVID‐19 pandemic, the Department for Education introduced a national standardised digital Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) for all English 4‐year‐old children. We analyse RBA and its associated Quality Monitoring Visits, as a further intensification of the new public management of early years ...
Guy Roberts‐Holmes, Diana Sousa, Siew Fung Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Governance Matters III: Governance Indicators for 1996-2002 [PDF]

This paper presents estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 199 countries and territories for four time periods: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. These indicators are based on several hundred individual variables measuring perceptions of governance,
Massimo Mastruzzi, Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay   +2 more
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
wiley   +1 more source

Paradiplomacy and Democratic Resilience in the Sahel: Subnational Strategies Against Democratic Reversals

Journal of Paradiplomacy and City Networks
Since 2020, the Sahel has witnessed a dramatic resurgence of military coups, with democratic institutions collapsing in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Niger.
Idrees Mahmud Gana, Suleiman Mohammed Evuti   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Managing the Crisis: AI and the Demise of National Sovereignty? [PDF]

Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies
This study investigates the evolving crisis of national sovereignty in the context of artificial intelligence and the expanding power of transnational technology corporations.
Mohammad Sharif Sharifi Poor ‌Bgheshmi, Mahsa Sharajsharifi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
wiley   +1 more source

Citizen-centric Governance Indicators: Measuring and Monitoring Governance by Listening to the People [PDF]

Governance-Ansatz; Sozialer Indikator; Gesellschaft ...
Maksym Ivanyna, Anwar Shah
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