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Unravelling the Referendum: An Analysis of the 2023 Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum Outcomes Across Capital Cities

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
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Beyond Robodebt: Media Representations of Welfare and Fraud Before and After the Robodebt Royal Commission

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Robodebt scheme, an automated debt recovery program introduced in 2016, was exposed by the Robodebt Royal Commission (RC) as a serious failure of public administration and source of significant harm for thousands of Australians. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Australian news media, this study explores whether the RC'
Rebecca Coleman‐Hicks, Georgia van Toorn   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparison of farmers’ perceptions and meteorological data on climate change in northwestern Ghana

Cogent Social Sciences
Climate change is mostly perceived by smallholder farmers in terms of changes in weather elements such as rainfall and temperature. These changes are typically observed over time in an immediate environment.
Dramani Juah M-Buu File, Godwell Nhamo
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The Theory and Practice of Corporate Citizenship in Nigeria: A Petroleum Industry Beneficiary Analysis [PDF]

, 2006
With the aid of ethnographic data obtained in Nigeria's oil and gas region (the Niger Delta), and relevant secondary data, this article makes a case for a beneficiary-centred approach to corporate citizenship analysis, and thus urges a shift from the ...
Wilson Akpan
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Environmental Citizenship and Youth Activism

, 2020
A citizen’s capacity to act in society as an agent of change is an important element of Environmental Citizenship. This chapter discusses the concept of activism and the importance of activism initiatives in the development of citizens’ willingness and ...
Pedro Reis
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Supported Decision‐Making Rights in Behaviour Support Policies

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disability policy emphasises that people with disability have the right to exercise their will and preferences in their lives, and decision‐making support must be provided to realise this right if they request. One context in which people's will and preferences are often restricted is behaviour support.
Sally Robinson, Karen R. Fisher, Julian Laurens, Alinka Fisher, Sabrina Forte, Katrina Reschke, Rosemary Kayess   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research Highlights [PDF]

, 2003
Research Highlights was a newsletter highlighting the research being done at the Boston University School of Management (Questrom School of Business)
Boston University School of Management
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Justice at Sea: Fishers’ politics and marine conservation in coastal Odisha, India [PDF]

, 2016
This is a paper about the politics of fishing rights in and around the Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in coastal Odisha, in eastern India. Claims to the resources of this sanctuary are politicised through the creation of a particularly damaging narrative by
A Baviskar, A Baviskar, B Wright, C Gupta, D Schlosberg, E Mawdsley, G Aloysius, G Kudaisya, G Sahu, G Walker, Greenpeace, HS Singh, IM Young, J Chatterji, J Holston, K Sivaramakrishnan, M Rangarajan, M Sharma, MR Dove, N Fraser, N Low, NG Jayal, NG Jayal, NL Peluso, R Kapur, RP Neumann, S Sinha, T Forsyth, TM Li, U Tietze, V Chhotray, V Saberwal, V Salagrama, W Roseberry   +33 more
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The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workforce in Early Childhood Education: Findings From a National Survey of Australian Centre‐Based Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages.
Sene Gide, Linda Harrison, Sandie Wong, Frances Press, Belinda Davis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emergence of an environmental citizenship in Senegalese rural areas: local development initiatives by the Fannabara association in Missirah (Fatick, Senegal)

Field Actions Science Reports, 2010
In Missirah, a village in Senegal, a group of young ecologists who are part of an association called Fannabara, developed initiatives with the objective of restoring deteriorating ecosystems and promoting local culture.
M. Fall, M. N. Dimé, C. O. Sarr
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