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Review Of Capitol Men: The Epic Story Of Reconstruction Through The Lives Of The First Black Congressmen By P. Dray [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
With complete narrative control Dray also locates the public history of Reconstruction\u27s openness to both black and white male political ambition against the counterpoint of white conspiracy and violence that, like termites, ate away at the foundation
Valelly, Richard M., , \u2775
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Military History at the South African Military Academy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
English Defence forces globally emphasize the significance of the study of military history in the professional development of their officers, because they attach significant value to the “lessons” of past experience. Furthermore, military history serves
Visser, Deon
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On an Aggregation Theory for Indicators Expressing Behaviors of Complex Systems With an Application to Sustainability

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contours of the Global South: Africa at the Center of Interstate Confrontation and the Position of Russia

open access: yesСравнительная политика
On the eve of the First Russia-Africa Summit in the fall of 2019, the Russian infospace for the first time started talking about new opportunities for Africa.
I. O. Abramova, L. Ye. Chkoniya
doaj   +1 more source

Systemic Governance From Below: Story Telling to Empower Access to the Commons Through Mapping and Modelling: A Mixed Methods Approach

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Access to forests, farming land and the Citarum river is limited in Tarumajaya; furthermore, many do not own their own housing and are dependent on the public and private landowners in the area. The region of Tarumajaya faces significant challenges in access to crucial resources such as forests, farming land and the Citarum river, leading to a
Rudolf Wirawan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The 'problem' of ethics in contemporary anthropological research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Why is it that ‘ethics’ is seen as a problem in anthropology? This paper seeks to explore this question by looking at (a) historical shifts in the relation between ethnographers and their subjects/informants and (b) anthropological practice.
Campbell, John
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Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and design elements and thinking from them, into public sector work.
David Threlfall, Catherine Althaus
wiley   +1 more source

Developing Diplomats: Comparing Form and Culture Across Diplomatic Services, PRP 194 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This study is a detailed and focused effort to broaden how we understand and conceptualize the recruitment, training, and development of professional diplomats in the twenty-first century.
Hutchings, Robert, Suri, Jeremi
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Fiscal grievance politics: wealth taxation and master‐race democracy in post‐coup Bolivia Politique des griefs fiscaux : impôt sur la fortune et démocratie de la race maîtresse en Bolivie post‐coup d’État

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses a new wealth tax (the IGF) in Bolivia against the backdrop of the 2019 ousting of former president Evo Morales. In doing so, it engages calls for ‘a return to politics’ in anthropology by proposing the notion of a ‘fiscal grievance politics’ as animating elite opposition to the tax in lowland Santa Cruz department. I show that the
Charles Dolph
wiley   +1 more source

Working Paper 68 - Governance and Poverty Reduction in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes
Of the 4 billion people that are known to be poor in the world today, Africa hasmore than her fair share, and the number of the poor, as percentage of the totalAfrican population, has been steadily increasing since independence.
Anyang' Nyong'o
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