Results 41 to 50 of about 22,694 (262)
Becoming resilient: Community‐driven change and the civic capacity index
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract One of the principal features of successful community governance is that it is collaborative and thus dependent on a community's ability to work together. However, there are no valid, comprehensive means to assess a community's capacity to respond to civic challenges in collaborative ways, and that are predictive of community resilience and ...
David MacPhee +2 more
wiley +1 more source
The Made‐in‐Africa Evaluation framework: A decolonial approach to program evaluation
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) framework is a decolonial approach to program evaluation developed by African evaluators over the past 14 years. MAE may be appropriate to community psychologists who practice program evaluation or conduct research in Africa, but little is known about its implementation.
Takatso Sibanda, Robin Lin Miller
wiley +1 more source
Broadening through blurring? Rethinking citizenship across the ‘us’/‘them’ divide
Ethics & Global PoliticsThis contribution explores an argument for the deepening of citizenship as political membership through the blurring of the boundary between the ‘us’ of the citizens and the ‘them’ of the non-citizens.
Francesca Strumia
doaj +1 more source
The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe +2 more
wiley +1 more source
PolitejaWe are currently struggling with two transforming phenomena. On the one hand, we are witnessing an unprecedented in the history of mankind acceleration of the amount of data we have and the corresponding ability to collect and analyse it.
Łukasz Wordliczek
doaj +1 more source
Emerging Trends of Political Competition in Namibia [PDF]
Palgo Journal of Education ResearchThis paper advances a multi-theoretical interpretation of evolving political competition in Namibia by integrating systems analysis, elite theory, neo-patrimonialism, democratic theory, and institutional perspectives.
Kulobone, Alberts Munyanya, Mude, Torque
doaj +1 more source
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2023 Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum presented a pivotal moment in the nation's democratic landscape. Despite support for Indigenous well‐being, the referendum did not secure the necessary approval, prompting extensive analysis of its outcome.
Scott Baum, William Mitchell
wiley +1 more source
A Multilevel Theory of Democratic Secession [PDF]
Ethnopolitics, 2019 In this paper, the author sketches a relational approach that regards secession as the political upgrading of a self-governing territory within a multilevel constellation of polities.
openaire +2 more sources
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Democratic Theory as Social Codification
Democratic Theory, 2019 Abstract What is democratic theory? In this article we treat it as a semiotic code – that is to say, a shared assumption – and argue that democratic theory enables people to think and talk about the idea(s) of democracy. Furthermore, the application of this specific code is highly political.
Ewert, Christian, Repetti, Marion
openaire +2 more sources