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Peaceful Economies: Assessing the Role of the Private Sector in Conflict Prevention in Pakistan

open access: yesStability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2014
Pakistan today seems to be embroiled in a number of conflicts that have both domestic as well as international dimensions. Conflicts of course vary, ranging from household disputes to increasing crime resulting from disparities. However, at an aggregated
Safwan A Khan, Vaqar Ahmed
doaj   +1 more source

Supporting the Shift: Professional Development for Alternative Grading Practices

open access: yesNew Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alternative grading (e.g., contract grading, ungrading, specifications grading) practices have emerged as a promising approach to enhance student success, improve students’ sense of belonging, and make higher education more accessible. This study explores the challenges faced by community college faculty when implementing alternative grading ...
Breana Bayraktar, J. Indigo Eriksen
wiley   +1 more source

Neutral Education and Neutral Peace Education

open access: yesRevista de Cultura de Paz, 2019
This article intends to construct a theoretical framework for Education for Peace, critical in neutralizing new modalities of violence that are emerging in the world today.
Francisco Jiménez Bautista
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Social movements, community feminism and their contributions to building of democracy in Colombia

open access: yesCiudad Paz-ando, 2017
This article seeks to explore the concept of social movements and it´s impact on societies and on western political models. At the same time the construction of feminist movements from the French Revolution will be addressed.
Piero Emmanuel Silva Arce
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Go in Peace. But Go! [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
(Excerpt) Early in my episcopacy, I was having a dinner conversation with a number of bishops including then Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, George Anderson. It was a rough time for me, as it often is early in a first term.
Rimbo, Robert
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Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conflict and reconciliation in New Caledonia: building the Mwâ Kâ [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
"Since the conflict of the 1980s, New Caledonia is often presented as a haven of stability in the region, in comparison to neighbouring Melanesian countries like Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
Maclellan, Nic
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National Identity Meaning and Attitudes Toward War, Peace, and the Future of Ukraine

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The link between attitudes and social identity is complex, influencing perceptions, motivations, and actions. Social psychological research mainly focused on the role of attitude in identity formation, particularly in the contexts of social movements and collective action.
Karina V. Korostelina   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why Is Liberal Peace-building So Difficult? Some Lessons from Central America [PDF]

open access: yes
The termination of war is mostly seen as a basis not just for recovery but for a fundamental transformation or change in development paths towards peace, stability and development.
Sabine Kurtenbach
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How Peace Diplomacy Lost Post 9/11: What implications are there for Norway? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Peace diplomacy has been a Norwegian foreign policy priority ever since the early successes of the Oslo channel in the Middle East. Though the nineties were a golden decade for peace diplomacy, the situation changed after 11 September 2001.
Helgesen, Vidar
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