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The role of local elected officials in the making of LEADER local action groups in the Czech Republic

open access: yesWieś i Rolnictwo, 2012
Local elected officials in practice exercise political leadership by their involvement in partnerships and their status on the local co-operation scene.
Marie-Claude Maurel
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The macro-environment for liquid biofuels in the US mass media, science and government [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The purpose of this study is to investigate under which dimensions the macro-environment for liquid biofuels has been structured during time, respectively by science, mass media, and government in Germany, and how these three social expressions related ...
Dewes, H., Talamini, E., Wubben, E.F.M.
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Structural problems without structural solutions? Youth leaders' perceptions of their community

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract As young people explore and reflect on the conditions of their neighborhoods and communities, they can forge a critical consciousness—merging their perspectives and analysis to direct both individual and collective actions. Photovoice is a methodological tool that allows participants to document their perspectives and analysis and discuss with
Linnea L. Hjelm   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taxability and Low-Productivity Traps [PDF]

open access: yes
When governments care about tax revenues, the taxability of different forms of economic activity will influence the decisions of governments about what activity to support.
Scott Gehlbach
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A community‐partnered process for construct & measure development: The 3Rs: Reading, Racial equity, & Relationships

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper describes a 3‐year community–partnered research initiative focused on advancing early reading, racial equity, and relationships—collectively known as the 3Rs Initiative. The project brought together researchers and community members committed to ensuring that all adults in the county embody a shared “3Rs mindset” to better support ...
Shannon B. Wanless   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sources of Chicano Art: Our Lady of Guadalupe [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
There have been two main streams of influence on Chicano artists aside from the obvious one that is the result of their artistic training, education and development in the United States.
Quirarte, Jacinto
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Navigating an STI diagnosis: The role of social support, intergenerational learning, and transformative growth among Black women

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Black women face a myriad of challenges that heighten their susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), resulting in a disproportionate impact of STIs among this population. Yet, there is a lack of research that explores how women navigate these diagnoses with resilience.
Jaleah D. Rutledge   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ideology and existence of 50% majority equilibria in Multidimensional spatial voting Models . [PDF]

open access: yes
When aggregating individual preferences through the majority rule in an n-dimensional spatial voting model, the ‘worst-case’ scenario is a social choice configuration where no political equilibrium exists unless a super-majority rate as high as 1 — 1/(n ...
Crès, Hervé, Unver, Utku
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Parents' WhatsApp coping resources in the context of ongoing political conflicts: An ecological exploration

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Mobile technologies have become significant resources for crisis communication and social support in recent years. However, despite empirical evidence pointing to the centrality of these technologies for parenthood in everyday life, it is yet unknown how parents' coping resources play a role in the digital environment.
Daphna Yeshua‐Katz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overlapping the Right to Education and Justice: Discursive Configuration

open access: yesRevista Internacional de Educación para la Justicia Social, 2015
The present paper is the result of on going research in the area of justice and the right to education which aims to provide an account both of the significations constructed by the various agents involved and of political stances in this area.
Mercedes Ruiz Muñoz
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