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Culture, Community, and Development: Unpacking the ‘Socio‐Cultural Milieu Dynamics’ of Solomon Islands and Their Influence on Australia's Aid Localisation

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using public ethnography anchored in the post‐development theory and interpretivist epistemological paradigm, this study examines what we term the ‘socio‐cultural milieus dynamics’ (SCMD) of the Solomon Islands (SI) and how these shape meaning, discourse, and practice in ways that influence Australia's aid localisation efforts and aid outcomes.
Mark Opoku Amankwa   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

NH International Seminar, Spring 2019: Politics in a Globalizing World [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Diana OrcésProfessor and Research AnalystFebruary 7, 2019 Countering U.S. Immigration Policy in the Trump Era Lihi Ben ShitritProfessor, Political Scientist, and Women\u27s Studies ExpertMarch 5, 2019 Women and the Holy City: Women\u27s Movements and ...
Global Education Center
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Why Active Representation Varies: Cultural Stereotypes and Differential Treatment by Street‐Level Bureaucrats

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do cultural stereotypes influence the likelihood that minority street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) will actively represent marginalized subgroups within their ethnocultural community? While existing scholarship on representative bureaucracy has focused on the conditions under which minority SLBs engage in active representation, this study ...
Sohad Amaria, Einat Lavee, Nissim Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

Saplings of significance: Nurturing cultural value of new tree plantings through participatory opportunities

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Tree‐planting initiatives are a crucial part of international sustainability and climate action efforts. Yet, many of these initiatives fail to achieve their long‐term sustainability and climate goals. The role of community value is an often‐overlooked factor in promoting the success of new tree plantings.
Claire L. Narraway   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sacred Violence in Religious Terrorism: the Case of Central Asia

open access: yesКонцепт: философия, религия, культура
Religious terrorism currently poses a major threat in many regions. Studying the problems associated with religious terrorism not only adds to theoretical development of the issue, but also addresses how to combat this threat.
D. N. Gergilev, T. V. Izluchenko
doaj   +1 more source

Iovem Imperium, or Sacred Aspects of Roman “Globalization” [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The article deals with the question of the “globalization” project of the Roman civilization. Author asserts that the Romans had a specific “globalization” project.
Halapsis, Alex V.
core  

Bushmeat consumption frequency and preferences among rural households in a West African savanna landscape: Implications for food security and conservation

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The drivers of consumer demand for bushmeat are relatively well studied in tropical forest systems, but much less so in savanna areas. This is important because differing ecological and socio‐economic conditions lead to different factors affecting the relationship between local communities and their natural resources.
Hannah N. K. Sackey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Communal sustainable development goals, belonging and involvement: Engaging with the SDGs

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines sustainable development from the cosmovisions of Indigenous Peoples and other Traditional Communities (IoTCs) in western Bahia, a region in the Brazilian savanna of the Cerrado. It adopts a feminist decolonial and post‐development approach to address issues of epistemic violence. Employing participatory arts‐based research,
Taís Sonetti‐González   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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