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Ethical Appraisal of the Role of Civil Society in Nigeria: Pathway for Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development

Essien, Essien D. - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 3 (2016) 2, pp. 23-38

Contemporary studies surrounding the creation of civil society in Africa have revealed two important findings. First, despite the effort of civil society organizations in supporting inclusive democratic governance, promoting participation, advocating for transparency and accountability,...

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Challenger Networks of Food Policy on the Internet: A Comparative Study of Structures and Coalitions in Germany, the UK, the US, and Switzerland

Pfetsch, Barbara; Maier, Daniel; Miltner, Peter; … - In: International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) 7 (2016) 1, pp. 16-36

In times of genetically modified food, globalized production and distribution chains, food safety is a major issue in public policy. Although industrial actors have traditionally had remarkable influence on political decision-making in this area, challenger organizations from civil society have...

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Environmental Public Goods Not Securable by Markets or Networks: A Partial Response to Scruton and Iannone

Davenport, John J. - In: International Journal of Technoethics (IJT) 9 (2018) 2, pp. 26-41

Roger Scruton and others argue that market-based approaches and voluntary civic organizations can solve many environmental problems. The author argues in response that there are significant limitations to quota systems and similar market fixes, while NGOs and civil society “networks” are not...

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Perspectives on Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice in Education in Four Nordic Countries

Ragnarsdóttir, Hanna - In: International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities … 3 (2018) 2, pp. 1-14

equity, democracy, social justice and inclusion, while its main aim is to introduce and discuss main findings from case …

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Democracy as Othering Within Finnish Education

Simpson, Ashley - In: International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities … 3 (2018) 2, pp. 77-93

The word democracy is frequently uttered by academics, politicians, and, generally within society. Phrases such as … ‘democratic education', ‘democracy education' and ‘(student) participation' are often referred to within national curricula … democracy discourses are uttered by practitioners. For the purposes of this article the author analyses two in …

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The Efficacy of Working E-Portfolios to Assess Emergent and Digital Literacies Congruently in Social Contexts

Masek, Nicole - In: International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital … 9 (2018) 2, pp. 1-14

Early childhood education instruction and assessment practices for emergent literacy were established in an era that prioritized standardization of knowledge based on age and stage of development. The evolution of 2.0 technologies has shifted culture within developed societies to prioritize...

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Exploring Factors Associated With Digital and Conventional Political Participation in the Caribbean

Adugu, Emmanuel; Broome, Pearson A - In: International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) 9 (2018) 2, pp. 35-52

digital political participation are: political understanding, support for democracy, conventional political participation, and …

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Immersive Wearables: Their Political and Social Effects and What Both Mean for Western Liberal Democracy

Briggs, J. Ryan - In: International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge … 10 (2018) 3, pp. 54-71

democracy. Precisely because immersive wearables will, in many cases, prove invaluable easy will it probably be for their …

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Algorithms Versus Hive Minds: A Premonition of Democracy's Future

Searle, Rick - In: International Journal of Technoethics (IJT) 7 (2016) 2, pp. 48-60

sustainability of democracy itself requires that we understand and address the connections between our fears and hopes regarding the …

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Wealth of Merger and Acquisition on Acquiring Firms in Brazil

Ma, Jianyu; Geng, Mingzhai; Chu, Yun; Chen, Jason C. H. - In: International Journal of Information Systems and Social … 9 (2018) 3, pp. 70-84

In this article, the authors examine the distribution of the stock returns for the acquiring firm and the corresponding market index. They find that significant non-normal distributions exist in a large number of acquiring firms. The authors use two robust regressions to examine the reliability...

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