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Equity How and Equity for Whom? Incorporating Equity Into Local Government Budgeting Processes

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social equity is politically polarized, with advocates contending that it is a governance mandate and opponents claiming that it promotes reverse discrimination and inefficiencies. When implementing policies and programs, local bureaucrats must maneuver within this legal, ethical, normative, and political battlefield.
Alexis R. Kennedy, Youngsung Kim, Taryn Moran   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kirklees ‘Preventing Violent Extremism’ Pathfinder: Issues and Learning from the First Year

, 2008
This research report presents a qualitative evaluation of the first year of activity by the Kirklees Council 'Preventing Violent Extremism' policy programme, part of the national Prevent programme.
Thomas, Paul
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Kenya’s Model for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism

National Security: A Journal of the National Defence University-Kenya, 2023
 In 1994, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published its Human Development Report and defined human security as “freedom from fear” and “freedom from want.” The UN General Assembly, vide resolution 66/290 of 2012, described human security as “the right of people to live in freedom and dignity, free from poverty and despair.” The ...
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Policy Narratives and Empowerment: Implementation of the Swedish National Violence Prevention Program

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) begins to unpack issues of power and narratives, the main focus has been on power‐over and domination rather than more transformative notions of power‐to and empowerment. This article draws on insights from gender and policy studies and suggests that the NPF benefits from adopting a multifaceted notion ...
Hilda Broqvist
wiley   +1 more source

The complexities in Jordan's institutional response to violent extremism [PDF]

Journal of Regional Security
Violent Extremism (VE) in Jordan is mainly driven by structural factors on the community rather than individual level. This necessitates a multi-faceted services-oriented institutional response to VE.
Bondokji Neven, Mhadeen Barik, Bint Faisal Aisha, Štikovac Clark Jadranka   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polarization and Voluntary Compliance: The Impact of Ideological Extremity on the Effectiveness of Self‐Regulation

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT New governance models increasingly employ self‐regulation tools like pledges and nudges to achieve regulatory compliance. These approaches premise that voluntary compliance emerges from intrinsic motivation to cooperate rather than coercive measures. Central to their success is trust—both in government institutions and among citizens. However,
Libby Maman, Yuval Feldman, Tom Tyler
wiley   +1 more source

Preventing and countering violent extremism: the logics of women’s participation

Women’s participation in preventing and countering extremist violence is increasingly prioritised in international, regional and national policies on Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE), after the adoption of United Nations Security Council ...
Tomaro, Queenie Pearl
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The political challenges of community-level PVE practices: The Danish case of Copenhagen vs. Aarhus on dialoguing with extremist milieus

Journal for Deradicalization, 2018
In 2015 and 2016 two interesting cases occurred in Denmark regarding practices related to Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE): a community-level dialogue was discontinued with an extremist milieu in Copenhagen due to the specific worldview but allowed to ...
Teemu Tammikko
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Psychosocial Prevention Programs against Radicalization and Extremism: A Meta-Analysis of Outcome Evaluations

European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 2020
Politically, religiously, and otherwise motivated radicalization and violent extremism is a topic of high priority in many countries. Therefore, beyond intelligence and police measures, there is a strong increase of psychosocial prevention programs in ...
Irina Jugl, Friedrich Lösel, Doris Bender, Sonja King   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Peacebuilding Approaches to Preventing and Transforming Violent Extremism [PDF]

Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 2017
Excerpt This special issue offers a critical examination of current approaches to ‘countering’ violent extremism and explores alternative approaches to understanding and addressing the related challenges and dynamics at their sources. These alternatives aim to prevent and transform violent extremism through research, policy and practice at the ...
openaire   +2 more sources