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Organic Agriculture Movement at a Crossroad - a Comparative Study of Denmark and Japan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Along with apparent institutionalisation of organic agriculture that took place in the last couple of decades, the role of organic agriculture organisations as a social movement actor has increasingly being put into question.
Fomsgaard, Saki Ichihara
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

open access: yesBritish 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
wiley   +1 more source

Local revenue mobilisation in Ghana: Why similar metropolitan and municipal assemblies exhibit different outcomes

open access: yesSocial Sciences and Humanities Open
Revenue mobilisation for local development has gained significant global attention in recent years. Particularly, attempts to maximize the efforts for improved revenue collection in developing countries are weakened due in part, to the calibre of human ...
Patrick Yin Mahama   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic

open access: yesBritish 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

Moving beyond 'refugeeness': problematising the 'refugee community organisation' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper explores processes of change and development within asylum seeker and refugee-led associations in Glasgow. I argue that adopting a life-cycle approach to association emergence and continuity (Werbner 1991a: 15) provides a more rounded and ...
Piacentini, T.
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Internet-mediated teacher-to-teacher knowledge mobilisation

open access: yes, 2014
The study investigates the rise of online platforms that support teacher-to-teacher knowledge mobilisation. The adoption of the interpretative approach focuses the investigation on how the online platforms, their resources and the learning opportunities they provide are conceptualised by teachers in relation to their broader teaching practice ...
openaire   +1 more source

Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
wiley   +1 more source

Activismo ciudadano y acontecimientos políticos en la transformación de la esfera pública digital en españa: del sms ¡pásalo! a Podemos [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This paper discusses digital communication, activism and political system in Spain from a critical-historical perspective. The results of combined empirical and analytical research indicate that a critical digital public sphere emerged in 2004 ...
Farné, Alessandra   +2 more
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The absent presence of disability in British higher education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Rates of disability disclosure are steadily increasing in British higher education (HE), with 18% of the student population having a known disability in 2023/24. It might be assumed that progress is being made with increased representation, rights and support for disabled students.
G. Koutsouris   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mobilising for Social Justice: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland's Community Work Model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Describes MRCI's efforts and outcomes in advocating for migrant workers' rights and social justice using the community work model to enable the participation of previously excluded people in decision-making structures, empowerment, and collective ...

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