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Dialogue \u27On The Ground\u27: The Complicated Identities and the Complex Negotiations of Catholics and Hindus in South India [PDF]

, 2004
Interreligious dialogue is a vital theological concern for the Catholic Church in India. Over the past three decades, church leaders, progressive theologians, and maverick monastics have experimented with various models and forms of interreligious ...
Raj, Selva J.
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Toward a Framework for Understanding Localization in Its Institutional Context: A Systems Perspective for Incorporating Local Values

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores how we might integrate local traditional values into a systems approach for analyzing and maximizing localization in the context of foreign aid. The paper situates localization and its operationalization in the older and broader literature on the political economy of foreign aid.
Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
wiley   +1 more source

Kabyle "Double" Consonants: Long or Strong? [PDF]

, 2020
This paper describes the results of an acoustic experiment designed to test the properties of Kabyle Berber's "double" consonants. There is a debate in the literature as to whether these "double" consonants should be analyzed as geminate, long or fortis ...
Elias, Alexander
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Where Have I Seen You Before? Networks, Trust and Reciprocity as a Source of Collaboration in the Public Service

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although some studies focus on how bureaucrats' interactions with one another affect performance, they rarely focus on why these public servants collaborate. Bureaucrats' collaboration matters because it can significantly contribute to achieving policy goals.
Nathalie Mendez
wiley   +1 more source

Vow and its Legal Status: An Overview [PDF]

Hazara Islamicus, 2014
Due to a situation a person confronts, makes him offer such a thing or act which is originally not obligatory for him, is called vow (oblation). This act is substantiate by the Qur’┐ n, the Sunnah and Ijm┐ ‘ of the Ummah.
Dr Kareem Dad, Muhammad Zubair
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Women and Oaths in Euripides [PDF]

, 2003
“The oath is what holds democracy together,” claimed the Athenian orator Lycurgus, whose democracy was composed exclusively of men.1 Athens was the definitive phallogocentric community where public discursive practices such as the oath were the ...
Fletcher, Judith
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Shaping expectations, losing flexibility: A study of CEO promises as strategic communication tools

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary CEO promises are powerful but understudied communication tools. We develop a dual‐mechanism framework theorizing that while CEO promises elevate stakeholder expectations, they simultaneously constrain strategic flexibility. We argue that CEO promise‐making is shaped by two competing pressures: making more promises when the ...
Majid Majzoubi, Alex Murray, William J. Mayew   +2 more
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THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL PHENOMENON OF THE OATH: A LEGAL RUDIMENT OR AN UNDERVALUED PUBLIC LAW PROCEDURE?

Правовое государство: теория и практика
The author’s scientific focus is on the question of whether the oath, as a procedural mechanism, is an outdated legal rudiment that has irretrievably lost its relevance in the context of modern criminal justice, or whether the oath should be considered a
LATYPOV Vadim Sagit'yanovich
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Who Runs for Office? Understanding Candidate Diversity, Safety and Localism in the UK General Election 2024

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 120-126, January/March 2025.
Abstract A record number of candidates contested parliamentary seats in the 2024 general election in the United Kingdom. This article discusses three key aspects that have garnered attention from both academics and practitioners studying the characteristics, motivations and experiences of candidates: gender representation, security concerns and local ...
Sofia Collignon, Wolfgang Rüdig
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The Role of the Oath Taken by Foreigners for Becoming Naturalized Russian Citizens (from the 15th to the Early 20th Century)

Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки
This article considers the role of the oath of Russian citizenship as confirmation that foreigners become naturalized as Russian citizens. The concepts of “cross kissing”, “cross-kissing record”, and “oath” are examined in relation to the procedure of ...
I. K. Voronin
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