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The democratic peace theory: Validity in relation to the European Union and Peaceful cooperation between United States and China

, 2016
According to the democratic peace theory, democratic states are less likely to go to war with other democratic states. Consequently, the ultimate goal of the theory is to create a world of democracies that is, a world without war.
Nibal Attia
semanticscholar   +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

Philosophie de libération de Simon Kimbangu et le Kimbanguisme dans l’actorité des relations internationales [PDF]

Mouvements et Enjeux Sociaux, 2022
Résumé Le fait colonial est venu déstructurer l’ensemble de la société africaine pour imposer sa domination faisant entrer les africains dans un cycle infernal d’exploitation économique et d’aliénation mentale dont le seul objectif était de maintenir
Zacko BITUVUIDI KIANGANI
doaj  

Drivers of Chaos in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Warfare

Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies, 2023
Eastern DRC is seriously affected by a protracted warfare involving illicit exploitation of natural resources, corruption, humanitarian crisis and terrorism carried out by armed groups including the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and the Movement of 23 ...
Roger Kibasomba Man-Byemba
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Democratic Peace Theory

, 2012
Democratic peace is the proposition that democracies are more peaceful in their foreign relations. This idea dates back centuries, at least to Immanuel Kant and other 18th-century Enlightenment thinkers. In recent decades it has constituted a major research agenda, competing with and arguably supplanting other research agendas such as neo-realism.
openaire   +2 more sources

Analysis of the paralysis of government leadership in sub-Saharan Africa

Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 2017
This article examines the nature of the paralysis of public governance, leadership, conflict and economic development in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Robert Dibie, Josephine Dibie
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Our World, Our Futures: A dialogic approach to environmental literacy and global citizenship education in primary schools in the Maldives and England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental literacy and global citizenship education (GCE) are necessary to the development of a fairer, more peaceful and more sustainable world, but teachers frequently lack practical examples of their implementation in the classroom.
Claire Lee, Aminath Shiyama, Fathimath Shafeeqa   +2 more
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Operationalising global education in teacher education and training: A model for contextualising terminology

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite a growing international consensus that students need to be provided with the type of education that effectively prepares them to engage in and contribute to their globalised world, and that teachers need to be appropriately trained to facilitate this teaching and learning, ‘global education’ continues to be hindered by a lack of ...
Sarah‐Louise Jones, Miriam Ham, Karena Menzie‐Ballantyne   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The “Public” in “Public Peace Process” and in “Mini-Publics:” A Dialogue between Democratic Theory and Peace Studies [PDF]

, 2010
The recent attention of peace studies scholars to the role of the public parallels an increased interest of democratic theorists in the legitimacy of mini-publics: initiatives that bring small groups of citizens together to discuss policy issues.
Ron, Amit
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