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The Empowerment of Defense Areas in a Changeover Perspective

Jurnal Pertahanan: Media Informasi tentang Kajian dan Strategi Pertahanan yang Mengedepankan Identity, Nasionalism & Integrity, 2015
In accordance with the keyword in this article, “contextualisation”, this article examines the problem of state defence system in the dynamic and contextual perspective.
Indria Samego
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Democratising science

Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2017
With knowledge societies, the role of expert knowledge has grown to cover all areas of social life. When it affects deliberative processes and political decision-making, this role questions the quality and nature of contemporary democratic systems owing to the distance it sets up between citizenship and public matters.
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Pentecostals and the pulpit: A case study of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018
In general, early Pentecostals did not use any pulpits in their halls in order to underline their emphasis that each believer is a prophet and priest equipped by the Holy Spirit with gifts for the edification of other members of the assembly.
Marius Nel
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The new democratisation: social media impact on the political process in Sub-Saharan Africa

Frontiers in Communication
The integration of social media into political discourse is becoming the norm, facilitating citizen engagement and amplifying voices across the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Oguchi Onyeizu Ajaegbu, Chigozirim Ajaegbu   +1 more
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Media and Democratisation: Challenges for an Emerging Sub-field

Medijske Studije, 2015
This article seeks to compile an empirically-based understanding of the role of media in countries in transition. The study focuses on the processes of political socialization, behaviour and accountability, and gives examples from three regions: Central ...
Nael Jebril, Matthew Loveless, Vaclav Stetka   +2 more
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Pararchive and Island Stories: collaborative co-design and community digital heritage on the Isle of Bute

Internet Archaeology, 2017
This article draws on work undertaken during two recent research projects that focused on the practices and experiences of a group of heritage volunteers working on rural settlement archaeology on the Isle of Bute, Scotland.
Paul R.J. Duffy, Simon Popple
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Between Autonomy and Independence. The Democratisation of the Armed Forces in Latin America in the Twenty-First Century

International Studies: Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal, 2020
The aim of this article is to analyse the new forms of militarism as well as the position and the role of the armed forces in Latin American political systems in the twenty-first century.
Michał Stelmach
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Social Pedagogy: An Approach Without Fixed Recipes

International Journal of Social Pedagogy, 2017
A historical and theoretical reconstruction of the specificity and peculiarity of the discipline of social pedagogy, as it has developed in Denmark.
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Where is the ‘State’ in Albania? The Unresolved Contradictions Confronting Civil Society in the ‘Transition’ from Communism to Free Markets [PDF]

Studies of Transition States and Societies, 2013
Twenty years after transition, the political sphere in Albania is becoming increasingly authoritarian despite the extensive development agendas promoted by many international organisations.
Eglantina Gjermeni, Lori E. Amy
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Democratic Dawn? Civil Society and Elections in Myanmar 2010–2012

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2012
While the general elections in Myanmar in November 2010 were widely condemned, both national and international actors approached the by-elections of April 2012 as a political rite-de-passage to improve relations between the government and the opposition ...
Michael Lidauer
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