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Volunteering and Social Activism: Pathways for Participation in Human Development [PDF]
, 2008 This discussion paper explores the following questions, drawing on the above-mentioned background study: How is volunteering an d social activism understood?; How do volunteering and social activism foster people's participation?; What is the ...
Helene Perold, Karena Cronin
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Rhetorics of Invitation and Refusal in Terry Tempest Williams\u27s The Open Space of Democracy [PDF]
, 2015 This essay aims to break through an impasse in scholarship about the uses and limits of invitational rhetoric for social change. After analyzing the arguments about invitational approaches to communication, the essay focuses on a case (concerning freedom
Swiencicki, Jill
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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
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Cyberactivism and Real-World Activism: Why Are Users Different? [PDF]
Cyberspace StudiesCyberactivism, as civic engagement, is enabled by social media, and has attracted many users to participate in leading social change. To shed more light on the relationship between cyberactivism and real-world (social) activism, within a quantitative ...
Shalaleh Meraji Oskuie +1 more
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A Public Voice for Youth: The Audience Problem in Digital Media and Civic Education [PDF]
, 2008 Part of the Volume on Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth.Students should have opportunities to create digital media in schools.
Peter Levine
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Recent years have seen a growing scholarly interest in youth activism (YA), a phenomenon often viewed as a positive development in response to declining civic and political engagement among young people. However, most of the research focuses on the activists themselves and gives less attention to how YA is perceived by the broader youth ...
Martyna Elerian +2 more
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Narratives in Action: Modelling the Types and Drivers of Sikh Activism in Diaspora
Religions, 2020 Using data gathered for an investigation of “Sikh radicalisation in Britain”, in this article I develop a typology of different types of activism among Sikhs in diaspora based on an analysis of historic and contemporary media sources (newspapers, radio ...
Jasjit Singh
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Broadening Civic Space Through Voluntary Action Lessons from 2011 [PDF]
, 2011 This publication explores how non-formal voluntary action outside of formal organizations can lead to greater citizen participation in governance; serves as a resource to help civil society organizations (CSOs) explore the opportunities for engagement ...
Fiona Talcott
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Women's human rights in Russia: outmoded battlegrounds, or new sites of contentious politics? [PDF]
, 2015 This article draws on three pieces of qualitative research conducted with women in provincial Russia over the last 10 years. The first section analyses women's discussions of their everyday rights claims and their engagement in “consentful” forms of ...
Turbine, Vikki
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Education policy changes are believed to influence teachers' continuing professional learning (CPL) needs, but there is limited empirical evidence to support these claims. This lack of deep understanding has significant practical implications. This study used a new circular conceptual framework to analyse teachers' CPL needs. Leveraging public
Rikkert M. van der Lans +6 more
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