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Australian sport policy and advocacy: an historical account of policy evolution, government involvement, and the advent of lobbying

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Various factors have influenced the evolution of Australian sport policy, including war and the importance of national health. Historically, the involvement of the Australian federal government was sporadic, and policy decisions were subject to ...
Charles Mountifield
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Exploring the Contribution of Grassroots Innovations to Justice: Using the Capability Approach to Normatively Address Bottom-Up Sustainable Transitions Practices

Sustainability, 2020
There is growing interest in the potential of grassroots innovations for the transition towards more just and sustainable societies. Nevertheless, there is lack of clear normative discussion regarding these processes.
S. Belda-Miquel, Victoria Pellicer-Sifres, A. Boni   +2 more
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
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Noted: Horror stories confront journalists

Pacific Journalism Review, 2019
Phil Thornton specialises in documenting the lives of opressed ordinary people. Eight years ago he was attached to the University of the South Pacific programme during the George Speight 'coup' doing human rights stories that few other journalists were ...
David Robie
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Impossible Futures? The Ambivalent Temporalities of Grassroots Humanitarian Action

Critica Sociologica, 2020
While humanitarian action is often criticised for its focus on immediate needs in the present, social movements and political activists are usually thought to work towards a different future.
Robin Vandevoordt, L. Fleischmann
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Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five‐year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of colour (16–28) in a university museum setting, focusing on a Young Collective established to address cultural inequalities.
Sadia Habib
wiley   +1 more source

The Evolution of Pure, Bi-Focal and Market-Exposed Social Innovations within Community-Based Systems

Systems
Grassroots communities in the 21st century take on the role of social innovators and contribute to addressing market failures and system failures through innovative action.
Michal Hrivnák, Peter Moritz
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Grassroots Participation and Repression under Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping

China Journal, 2018
This study examines changes in grassroots participation and repression under the Chinese leaders Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping. Under Xi, the Party-state has launched political campaigns against a range of grassroots activists and organizations.
Diana Fu, G. Distelhorst
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Grassroots innovations in community-led housing in England: the role and evolution of intermediaries

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2020
The paper aims to take forward recent research concerning the development of grassroots innovations and sustainability transitions in housing. We introduce and empirically assess a multi-level, process-oriented framework informed by strategic niche ...
Richard Lang, P. Chatterton, D. Mullins
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To protect and preserve? Explaining the gap between structural and superficial racial equality regimes in North Atlantic Rim universities

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how UK and US universities manage racial equality regimes through governance structures that prioritise institutional reputation over substantive racial justice reform. Drawing on Bourdieu's field, habitus and capital theory, the study demonstrates how universities neutralise racial justice efforts through bureaucratic ...
David Roberts
wiley   +1 more source