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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The lack of a common variable for comparison has been a major obstacle to the development of Comparative Public Administration (CPA). State autonomy enables an integrative contextualization approach, allowing both the analysis of contextual individual country experiences and the generation of generalized comparable knowledge.
Wilson Wong
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Democratic Education for an Active Citizenship
Revista Internacional de Educación para la Justicia Social, 2016 Democratic education has a double meaning: educating for democracy by exercising democracy, it is –at the same time– a goal and context of education. Public education should train future citizens to actively participating in the public sphere, without ...
Antonio Bolívar
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Religions, 2019 Protestant perspectives on pluralism in political theology are predictably plural. While prevalent narratives of modern decline bemoan Protestant pluralism and its ostensive side-effects, others celebrate pluralism as a good in its own right.
Emily Dumler-Winckler
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract High aggregate levels of wildlife consumption in cities in Central Africa highlight the need for solutions that balance wildlife protection, local livelihoods and the relational values between people and nature. This study explores the impacts of demand‐ and supply‐side interventions on wild meat consumption through two randomized control ...
Abdoulaye Cisse +2 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Managing wildfire risk requires consideration of complex and uncertain scientific evidence as well as trade‐offs between different values and goals. Conflicting perspectives on what values and goals are most important, what ought to be done and what trade‐offs are acceptable complicate those decisions.
Pele J. Cannon, Sarah Clement
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Nurturing democratic virtues: educators' practices
South African Journal of Education, 2006 One aspect of the role of educators in preparing learners for citizenship of a democracy, namely, the nurturing of appropriate virtues, is explored. In previous work I identified educators' priorities in this respect. This article reports on what educators say that they do.
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The current ‘UN Decade on Restoration’ calls for collaboration between scientists and practitioners to formulate guidelines for ecosystem restoration, within which transdisciplinary approaches are imperative to rethink the diverse values associated with nature, paving the way for sustainable ecosystem restoration.
Miguel A. Cebrián‐Piqueras +7 more
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Development and Validation of the Prosocial Behavior in School Scale
Psychology in the Schools, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study reports on the development, factor structure, and validity indicators of the Prosocial Behavior in School Scale (PBSS) among 4264 sixth‐ to eighth‐grade students in the United States. The final PBSS is a 12‐item self‐report measure of students' prosocial behavior in a specific classroom.
Christi Bergin +5 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Xylella fastidiosa is a major plant pathogen affecting crops such as grapes, citrus, almonds, and olives, with potentially severe consequences for agricultural production and rural livelihoods worldwide. This paper examines the conflict around the management of the X. fastidiosa outbreak affecting olive trees in southern Italy.
Fabio Gatti +2 more
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Joan Maragall: un aristocràtic platònic preocupat per la democràcia
Haidé, 2017 El creixement de les idees i les reivindicacions democràtiques preocupen Joan Maragall. Entén que han arribat per quedar-se i cal pensar les limitacions que té aquest pensament polític per les condicions del poble que hauria de governar.
Jordi Mir Garcia
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