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Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Sociologica, 2023 Małgorzata Marks-Krzyszkowska +2 more
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Reinterpreting the Local Context in Development Projects Through the Lens of Positive Thinking
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The increasing complexity of the international development cooperation system necessitates the strengthening of the evaluative function as a means of facilitating learning. Despite the growing global focus on these issues, evaluation practices within the field of development often appear to struggle in serving as an effective tool for drawing ...
Laura Fantini
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Desenvolvimento e Urbanização: Senso e Contrassenso do Desenvolvimentismo
Desenvolvimento em Questão, 2011 This paper proposes a rapprochement between the sociology of development and urban sociology. The towns are the core of development as they are in them, which appear the characteristic culture of the development of the modern capitalist state - "urban ...
Sarah Pereira Soares +1 more
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Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia SociologicaThe aim of the paper is to present the phenomenon of the division of sociology into subdisciplines, using the sociology of the body and the sociology of sport as examples, and to show the possibility of mutual inspirations between the achievements of the
Jakub Ryszard Stempień +1 more
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Learning From and Through Evaluation: An Examination of Practice
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, we provide an analysis across the foregoing practice‐based case exemplars to understand antecedent conditions and influences, learning‐oriented evaluation strategies, estimates of strategy success or potential success, and factors that either enable or hinder the extent to which learning from and through evaluation occurs. The
J. Bradley Cousins, Jill Chouinard
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Lithuanian Rural Settlements: The Legacy of Soviet Rural Planning and Current Challenges
Quaestiones GeographicaeThe article analyses the changes to the system of the distribution of population in rural areas in Lithuania, one of the former Soviet states: it compares the transformation of settlements during the socialist era and the transformations of the rural ...
KRIAUČIŪNAS EDIS +3 more
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Die Stadt e la teoria contemporanea della città
SocietàMutamentoPolitica: Rivista Italiana di Sociologia, 2020 Die Stadt is traditionally declared as one of the milestone texts of urban sociology, a pioneering contribution of theory of the city. Urban sociology is recently renewing trough new attempts of theory of the city: proposals of new uses of the notion of ...
Annick Magnier
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From Insight to Theory: Advancing Sentiment Evaluation for Diaspora Development Projects
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of “sentiment evaluation,” drawing on a mid‐term evaluation by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) of its program supporting Somali diaspora activism in Somaliland. Conducted in 2014, the evaluation revealed that “sentiment,” the emotional, identity‐based attachment linking diaspora actors to their homeland ...
Valeria Saggiomo +1 more
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Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor +3 more
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Comprehensive Assessment of Flood Socioeconomic Impacts Through Text‐Mining
Water Resources ResearchIn July 2021, Germany experienced its costliest riverine floods in history, with over 189 fatalities and a staggering €33 billion in damages. Following this event, news outlets widely disseminated information on the flood's aftermath.
Mariana Madruga de Brito +3 more
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