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An Agenda for Animal Political Theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Contains fulltext : 131871.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Listening to young children with disabilities: Experiences of quality in mainstream primary education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract All children should have access to quality education through a child‐centred pedagogy. An inclusive, child‐centred pedagogy uses a strength‐based view of children that recognises each child as unique and competent, providing children with multiple opportunities to explore and learn at their own pace.
Katherine Gulliver
wiley   +1 more source

Political Elites in Federalized Countries: The Case of Spain (1980-2005). CES Working Paper, no. 146, 2008 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper explores the social profile of the regional elite that has emerged in Spain since the de-mocratization and federalization of the country. For the first time, researchers present data about crucial variables like gender, place of birth, age ...
Coller, Xavier,   +2 more
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
wiley   +1 more source

Studying the influence of interest groups on non-decisionmaking: challenges and tools in research design

open access: yesPolitical Research Exchange
The political science literature has extensively analyzed the political influence of interest groups in recent years. Despite growing scholarly interest into their role in agenda-setting, a significant blind spot remains in understanding their control ...
Frederik Stevens   +2 more
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Social Choice with Analytic Preferences [PDF]

open access: yes
A social welfare function is a mapping from a set of profiles of individual preference orderings to the set of social orderings of a universal set of alternatives.
John A. Weymark, Michel LeBreton
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‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
wiley   +1 more source

Practice Style and Successful Legal Mobilization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Bloom talks about the making of a great cause lawyer. Perhaps not surprisingly, dedication, strong political ties, and superb legal skills all play a role in the making of a great cause lawyer, but so does a somewhat less obvious quality, which Marc ...
Bloom, Anne
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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

The Making of a Pro-Labor Mayor [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
[Excerpt] One of the most important functions of central labor councils (CLCs) is making electoral politics work for labor. While the issues that a CLC tackles need to be linked to a national labor agenda, which includes fighting against privatization ...
Acuff, Stewart
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