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Think local, act local? Issues of co-ordination and integration in Local Agenda 21 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
The political response to the complex package of environmental problems which threaten the future of our planet has been to introduce a new agenda of environmental action based on the principles of sustainability and subsidiarity.
Doak, Joe
core  

From concept to community of practice in anatomical ethics and professionalism: 5 years of the “Bioethics Unicorns” education initiative

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The topics of ethics and professionalism in anatomy have only recently gained prominence within the discipline, reflecting trends in medical and health professions education and an increasing awareness of societal expectations around the use of the dead.
Jon Cornwall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Science in Political Agendas

open access: yes, 2020
Ethical conduct in human subjects research is primarily enforced by the federal government through regulations from agencies like the Food & Drug Administration or Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress. Throughout the 20th century, widely publicized events like the Tuskegee syphilis scandal and the diethylstilbestrol tragedy
openaire   +2 more sources

A Meta-Analysis of Political Advertising [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Political advertising is one of the dominant media for reaching voters. Previous metaanalyses (Allen & Burrell, 2002; Lau, Sigelman, Heldman, & Babbitt, 1999) found little or no net benefit to negative versus positive ads.
Benoit, William L.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Essential work, invisible workers: The role of digital curation in COVID‐19 Open Science

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 703-717, April 2025.
Abstract In this paper, we examine the role digital curation practices and practitioners played in facilitating open science (OS) initiatives amid the COVID‐19 pandemic. In Summer 2023, we conducted a content analysis of available information regarding 50 OS initiatives that emerged—or substantially shifted their focus—between 2020 and 2022 to address ...
Irene V. Pasquetto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

La fragmentación de las solidaridades políticas en las democracias contemporáneas: procesos de identificación y diferenciación-The Fragmentation of Political Solidarities in Contemporary Democracies: Processes of Identification and Differentiation

open access: yesForo Interno, 2011
Numerous scholars have pointed out the transformations that have taken place in the political and social solidarities that structured the mass societies of the last century.
Sebastián Mauro
doaj  

The good governance agenda and urban governance : the case of Dhaka, Bangladesh : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy (Arts) in Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This thesis argues that the good governance agenda has reached an impasse in Dhaka due to the absence of political will and commitment. The current status of the good governance agenda, its advocates and opponents, after ten years of advancement as a ...
Loveridge, Donna
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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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