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Cohesion Without Consensus: Attitudinal Profiles of Social Cohesion in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Headline indicators of social cohesion in Australia have remained stable in recent years despite rising political polarisation and declining institutional trust worldwide. Yet recent protests and incidents of ethnically and politically motivated violence suggest that cohesion may be under strain. If cohesion is understood not as the pursuit of
John van Kooy
wiley   +1 more source

Local Governance Reforms in Zambia: A Review

open access: yesCommonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2009
This paper provides an overview of the efforts of successive Zambian governments to transform and institutionalise democratic local governance, and to come to grips with the socio-economic development challenges facing the country.
Bornwell C Chikulo
doaj   +1 more source

Reforming European Union Development Cooperation: Good Governance, Political Conditionality and the Convention of Contonou. ACES Working Paper 2002.4, August 2002 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The European Union (EU) has initiated an ambitious, yet challenging process of reform. Improving external relations and the management of development aid is a key component of the current reform of the European Community (EC).
Santiso, Carlos.
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Hybrid Inertial–Centrifugal Gas–Liquid Separator: CFD‐Driven Optimization Using Coupled Discrete Phase and Wall‐Film Modeling With Response Surface Methodology

open access: yesAsia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efficient removal of liquid aerosols from compressed gas streams is essential in chemical and energy processes. Conventional separators relying on a single mechanism (inertial or centrifugal) struggle to capture both fine and coarse droplets simultaneously.
Son Ung Kang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Democratic governance and the firm

open access: yesRAUSP: Revista de Administração da Universidade de São Paulo
An intended contribution to new thinking on an institution that seems to have lost memory of its origins and functions, conducted with the tools of organization, law and economics.
Anna Grandori
doaj   +1 more source

Framework for democratic governance of distributed architectures: DEcentralised Citizens Owned Data Ecosystem

open access: yes, 2017
The DECODE (DEcentralized Citizen Owned Data Ecosystems) project turns around three key realities at the core of the current data economy: echnological infrastructures (software and hardware), data, and social actors.
Barandiaran, Xabier E.   +2 more
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Charlotte Pommer: Resistance fighter and female pioneer of German anatomy

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the biography and unique case of Charlotte Pommer (1914–2004), the only anatomist documented to have left the field during the Nazi period after encountering the regime's victims on the dissection table. While she is known for her resistance activities, newly presented documentation reveals her role as the provisional ...
Tim S. Goldmann
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating AI with pedagogical purpose: Toward an anatomy‐centered framework for AI‐enhanced learning

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force in medical education, enabling customized, feedback‐rich, and immersive learning experiences. Anatomy education, as a discipline that is simultaneously visual, spatial, and clinically foundational, occupies a distinctive position within this technological landscape.
Rachel Jayasekhar, Gok Kandasamy
wiley   +1 more source

PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: EVALUATING THE DEMOCRATIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS IN NIGERIA

open access: yesInternational Studies Journal
Research Problem: Despite the growing prominence of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria’s democratic trajectory since the return to civilian rule in 1999, there remains a dearth of sub-national empirical evidence demonstrating whether their ...
IBRAHEEM ADEWALE ADEFABI   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

"The Democratic Deficit in the EU’s Security and Defense Policy - why bother?" [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Since EU members have agreed to establish integrated military forces and to decide jointly on their deployment in European institutions, the EU’s “democratic deficit” is no longer confined to issues of common market governance but also includes foreign ...
Wagner, W.M.   +2 more
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