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Echoes and Barriers: Staff as Key Actors in the Representative Process

Politics and Governance
Political staffers play a central but often overlooked role in shaping the representative relationship between members of parliament (MPs) and constituents.
Meagan Cloutier
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‘Keeping Ourselves Safe From the System’: Perinatal Care Model Considerations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families Intersecting With Child Protection

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is the priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and Australian governments, to provide infants with enriching environments in which they may thrive. This is particularly critical during the perinatal period. Yet, an increasing number of notifications and interventions by child protection authorities are occurring in ...
Neve Mucabel‐Bue, Shakira Onwuka, Paul Gray, Melissa O'Donnell, Helen Herrman, Renna Gayde, Skye Stewart, Kimberley A. Jones, Jane Fisher, Emma Stubbs, Cath Chamberlain, Jacynta Krakouer   +11 more
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The ties that bind : the political involvement of Flemish party staffers

, 2019
Political staffers are an overlooked but increasingly relevant area of study. Not only are political parties increasingly dependent on their staff due to professionalization and decreasing activism among party members, many elected officials learn the ...
Moens, Pieter
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Mirror, dynamo or lens? Drama, children and social change [PDF]

, 2010
In this talk I will outline a collection of metaphors in search of an idea that can express theatre’s potential as a form of social pedagogy and socialisation both for young people of school age and also for its other audiences and makers.
Neelands, Jonothan
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Loving to Straighten Out Development: Sexuality and ‘Ethnodevelopment’ in the World Bank’s Ecuadorian Lending [PDF]

, 2005
Gender staff in the World Bank -- the world's largest and most influential development institution -- have a policy problem. Having prioritised efforts to get women into paid employment as the "cure-all" for gender inequality they must deal with the work
A Aulestia, A. Aulestia, A. Eguiguren, A. Escobar, A. Fausto-Sterling, A. Pallares, A. Stoler, A. Wilson, A.M. Smith, C. Cohen, C. Moser, C. Moser, C. Moser, C. Payer, C. Velasquez, C.A. Wood, D. Cooper, D. Elson, D. Kyle, D. Williams, E. Hafner-Burton, E. Povinelli, E.N. Glenn, G. Hancock, G. Herrera Mosquera, G. Kleitz, H.G. Guamán, I. Vallejo Real, I. Vallejo Real, J. Butler, J. Carabine, J. Collins, J. Fox, J. Hendricks, J. Murphy, J. Stevens, J. Stiglitz, J. Terry, J.K. Gibson-Graham, J.M. Rahier, K. Bedford, K. Treakle, K.A. Rosemblatt, KATE BEDFORD, L Briggs, L. Meisch, L. North, M. Camacho, M. Conejo, M. Correia, M. Correia, M. Crain, M. de la Cadena, M. Gutmann, M. Waring, M. Yunus, M.J. Alexander, N. Folbre, P.R.O.D.E.P.I.N.E, P.R.O.D.E.P.I.N.E, R. Colloreado-Mansfeld, R. Muňoz Consejal, R. O’Brien, S. Hamilton, S. Mallaby, S. Phelan, S. Radcliffe, S. Sawyer, T. Laqueur, V.S. Peterson, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, X. Albo   +78 more
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The lack of legal protections in the United States to prevent commercializing the dead for education and research: Consequences and risks to anatomists

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract A lack of minimum legal standards for body donation programs undermines recent strides by anatomy professionals to promote ethical best practices in the United States (US). In particular, the commercialization of the dead by nontransplant tissue banks poses a risk to the public trust in academic body donation programs.
Laura E. Johnson
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Testing Staff Roles in the Danish Parliament

Politics and Governance
Investments in parliamentary staff in many countries raise the question: What tasks do they perform in exchange for the public money with which they are paid?
Stijn van Voorst
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From concept to community of practice in anatomical ethics and professionalism: 5 years of the “Bioethics Unicorns” education initiative

Anatomical 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, Sabine Hildebrandt, Thomas Champney   +2 more
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Data, not documents: Moving beyond theories of information‐seeking behavior to advance data discovery

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 649-664, April 2025.
Abstract Many theories of human information behavior (HIB) assume that information objects are in text document format. This paper argues four important HIB theories are insufficient for describing users' search strategies for data because of assumptions about the attributes of objects that users seek.
Anthony J. Million, Jeremy York, Sara Lafia, Libby Hemphill   +3 more
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The Parapolitical Path to Parliament: Former Political Support Staff as Parliamentary Members

Politics and Governance
In Western parliamentary democracies, a growing number of MPs have worked as special advisers, political assistants, and parliamentary aides before their election as members of parliament.
Anchrit Wille, Mark Bovens
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