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Butterflies of curriculum realisation: Investigating early implementation of the Curriculum for Wales

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Curriculum reform provides a vital opportunity for nations to ensure learners are equipped to fully participate as citizens in the 21st century. This paper presents an understanding of educators’ response to curriculum reform, and some of its enablers and barriers.
Alison Glover   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

YOUTH PARTICIPATION AND ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY IN KOGI STATE; ISSUES AND PROSPECTS

open access: yesInternational Studies Journal
The paper clarifies how youth political engagement in electoral democracy is understood and the activities that constitute challenges for successful democratic process in Kogi State.
MICHAEL DANIEL, DUNCAN GANYU ADAMSON
doaj  

CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS FOR THE CHOICE OF THE LEADERS OF THE BRAZILIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

open access: yesREAd
The Brazilian national elections of 2018 constitute a milestone as the first election in the history of the Brazilian public administration in which there was restriction of donations of legal entities.
Jonatas Dutra Sallaberry, Leonardo Flach
doaj   +1 more source

Successful Implementation of Environmental Policy and Governance: Understanding and Modeling Micro Governance

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Successful implementation of environmental policy and governance highly depends on the capacity to know about, build new and utilize existing governance structures. However, the theoretical tools and available methods to assess the complexity of emerging or existing structures are rather limited.
Diana Giebels   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electoral Behavior of Moscow Humanities University Students between Elections

open access: yesВестник Кемеровского государственного университета. Серия: политические, социологические и экономические науки
Students are a socially active stratum that makes up a large proportion of the electorate. The research objective was to detect electoral behavior patterns in students of the RANEPA Moscow campus and the Moscow Pedagogical State University.
Albina I. Kagarmanova
doaj   +1 more source

Electoral modernisation or elite statecraft: Electoral administration in the United Kingdom 1997–2007

open access: yesBritish Politics, 2010
Since coming to power in 1997 New Labour has introduced an enormous number of constitutional changes. Yet one aspect of change that has been frequently overlooked are those made to electoral administration, which had previously been largely unaltered since the 1918 Representation of the People Act.
openaire   +3 more sources

Contending with Putin's Russia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
As President Barack Obama enters his second term, relations with Russia present him with a set of thorny problems. The first-term "reset," a fresh American posture toward the Kremlin that was designed to build productive relations by offering compromises

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Shared Waters, Shared Responsibility: Solving Collective Action Problems in an Upstream‐Downstream Setting

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The governance of shared water systems requires collaboration across diverse stakeholders. In this study we advance the theoretical understanding of asymmetric collective action problems (CAPs) by reassessing the role of third‐party interventions and emphasizing the strategic importance of policy brokers and institutional venues.
Anna Bendz, Simon Matti, Patrik Öhberg
wiley   +1 more source

Vote expectations and pre-electoral tariff cuts in Flemish municipalities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Using data covering 3 election moments (1988-2000) for 294 Flemish municipalities we examine whether the decision to cut tariffs before elections depends on the government’s expectations of staying into office.
Goeminne, Stijn, Smolders, Carine
core   +1 more source

City Slicker or Country Bumpkin?—Distinguishing Urban and Rural Residents From Subtle Facial Cues

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stereotypes characterize urban and rural residents as differing in traits, values and social outcomes. Here, we examined how people's stereotypes about urban and rural residents differ, testing their validity using a lens model. Results showed that participants detected whether people resided in urban or rural areas from photos across three ...
McLean G. Morgan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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