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The future in a bubble: Supporting Finnish early childhood professionals working in diverse settings

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this study was to contribute to the knowledge about early childhood education and care (ECEC) personnel's perception of the support structures that are most effective in assisting them in their work with culturally and linguistically diverse children.
Alexandra C. Anton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does gender matter for public spending? Empirical evidence from Italian municipalities. [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper studies whether municipal expenditure in Italy is influenced by female representation in city councils. To correctly capture the causal relation we use the instrumental variable technique.
Rigon, Massimiliano, Tanzi, Giulia M.
core   +1 more source

Education and Decentralization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Decentralization aims to enable the citizens, either directly or indirectly, to be more involved in the decision making process in a wider number of areas such as education, urban and rural planning, health, culture, and local economic development ...
Ananiev, Jovan
core  

Socioeconomic and Indigenous school segregation in Australia: The role of institutional differentiation and fees

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School segregation is an international problem undermining the performance and equity of education systems. Australia's secondary schooling system offers international insights into the causes of segregation owing to it being one of the most segregated in the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development, its long history of school ...
Michael G. Sciffer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inter-municipal cooperation and municipal political autonomy in Argentina: Legal framework and practice

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Law
Inter-municipal cooperation enables municipalities to perform their functions more efficiently, especially under conditions of limited resources. However, in many countries the practical implementation of inter-municipal cooperation in practice faces ...
Evgeny Y. Komlev, Omar A. Ruiz
doaj   +1 more source

State and Municipal Services: Law Enforcement Issues

open access: bronze, 2018
Людмила Терещенко   +1 more
openalex   +1 more source

“I Am Undocumented and a New Yorker”: Affirmative City Citizenship and New York City’s IDNYC Program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The power to confer legal citizenship status is possessed solely by the federal government. Yet the courts and legal theorists have demonstrated that citizenship encompasses factors beyond legal status, including rights, inclusion, and political ...
Torres, Amy C.
core   +1 more source

Circular Economy: A Pathway to Integrated Value Creation for Business and Society

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing environmental pressures and the pressing demand to advance sustainable development, the circular economy (CE) has positioned itself as a transformative business approach capable of safeguarding favourable ecosystem conditions through the application of key R‐strategies.
Saudi‐Yulieth Enciso‐Alfaro   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circular Economy Platforms: A Systematic Review

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital platforms enable circular business models that can provide both economic and environmental benefits. However, the literature on platforms in the context of the circular economy has remained descriptive and fragmented across fields, posing challenges for synthesizing accumulated knowledge.
Outi Blackburn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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