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The current wave of emigrants from Russia can play an important role in the country's political transition in the long term. As Russia's aggressive wars are a consequence of the personalist dictatorship that has embraced the imperialist idea, a regime change towards a more pluralistic model of...
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authoritarian states, where they encounter closures, persecution and smear campaigns. Consequently, their crucial work in advancing …
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While some Latin American countries remain in the middle of the pandemic and their governments have been either unable or unwilling to do anything about it, civil society has begun to initiate a considerable number of digital democratic innovations.
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Klimawandel, Verknappung der Ressourcen, peak oil, die Sorge um unsere Lebensgrundlagen und deren Erhaltung und die Notwendigkeit zur Energiewende, sind Themen, die die Transition Town Initiativen antreiben, auf eine Veränderung der bisherigen ressourcen- und energieintensiven Lebens- und...
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This Occasional Paper reviews financial stability challenges in countries preparing for EU membership with a candidate country status, i.e. Croatia (planned to accede to the EU on 1 July 2013), Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Turkey. It follows a...
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The key tools and governance approaches for international cooperation for sustainable development (hereafter, international cooperation) were set up in a markedly different time and age. International cooperation - with official development assistance (ODA) as the dominant means of...
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participation are needed. Any public policy discourse on youth should avoid oversimplification. While a generational view ("Gen Z …-edged narrative. It empowers youth by providing (transnational) avenues for activism, economic participation and education. Yet, the … space to develop skills, for individual success and to ensure democratic participation. Beyond technical knowledge …
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employment; set wages not higher than market levels but high enough to incentivise participation; ensure transparency in the …-makers should promote active community participation in the identification and maintenance of the assets created through PWPs …. Evidence points to the importance of community participation for the implementation of higher quality infrastructure and better …
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While cities are important emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG), they are also vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; at the same time they constitute innovation hubs for climate action. For cities to fulfil their potential for global climate action, a thorough understanding of the governance...
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federal states, which are between 1.8% and 2.2% of the respective state's area. The fundamental changes to planning law are … energy is a great challenge for the planning authorities. In the 12 federal states where a regional planning level is …
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