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Citizenship education and gender equality: A critique of action plans in Greek secondary schools

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In the sociology of education, gender education follows current policies developed and promoted through citizenship education. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations addressing global social inequalities include gender equality (SDG 5).
Aikaterini Peleki   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A spatial analysis of the Italian Second Republic, Second Version [PDF]

open access: yes
We apply the Optimal Classification method to a newly created dataset to provide a spatial map of the Italian Second Republic (1996-2008). We find a bi-dimensional political space in the XIII Legislature and virtually a one dimensional political space in
Massimiliano Landi, Riccardo Pelizzo
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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

Current Limitations and Ways to Increase the Representativeness of Provincial Assembly Elections in Poland

open access: yesPolish Political Science Yearbook
Elections to provincial assemblies (sejmiki) in Poland are fraught with specific problems in ensuring a sufficient level of representativeness of all voters, understood as a fair and as proportional as possible representation of voters in an elected ...
Dawid Pieniężny, Marcin Jankowski
doaj   +1 more source

The electoral system in the Republic of Macedonia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Initially the paper will treat the history of pluralist elections held in Macedonia since its independence and the establishment of a democratic system after 1991 and throughout the democratic transition until today.
Maksuti, Mersim
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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

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

Electoral Reform, Regional Cleavages, and Party System Stability in Bolivia Reforma electoral, rupturas regionales y estabilidad de sistema partidario en Bolivia

open access: yesJournal of Politics in Latin America, 2009
This research note considers the effects of electoral system reformin Bolivia. In 1995, Bolivia moved from a list-proportional to a mixedmemberproportional electoral system.
Miguel Centellas
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Towards a Conceptual Integration of Collective Victimization Beliefs and Their Variation Within and Across Contexts: A Q Methodology Study in Five Communities

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although social psychological research on how people understand collective victimization often examines comparisons between groups’ suffering, studies on related concepts (e.g., collective trauma) suggest numerous other relevant beliefs. The present article aimed to integrate diverse collective victimization beliefs and contribute to their ...
Johanna Ray Vollhardt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Freedom of Speech on Conspiracy Beliefs

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conspiracy beliefs are often portrayed as a threat to democracies. However, less is known about the extent to which the state of democracy may affect conspiracy beliefs. Hence, we investigated the impact of the societal level of freedom of speech on conspiracy beliefs. In Study 1, using aggregated nation‐level data (N = 68 countries), we found
Paul Bertin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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