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A new look at gender effects in participation and occupation choice
Soopramanien, D G R; Johnes, G - Department of Economics, Management School - 2000
The growth in female labour participation and occupational attainment represents the most dramatic feature of labour … markets in the second half of the twentieth century. This has been due in part to developments in social attitudes and the …. This paper analyses these issues by constructing models of participation and occupational choice for the years 1970 and …
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Die Bedeutung von LEADER in Österreich aus der Sicht von lokalen AkteurInnen
Oedl-Wieser, Theresia - In: Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture (Until 2015: … 7 (2014) 1, pp. 39-47
Ziel des LEADER-Ansatzes ist es, die Entwicklung ländlicher Regionen in der Europäischen Union durch Einbeziehung der regionalen Ressourcen und der Bevölkerung zu stärken und die Lebensqualität zu erhöhen. Als Pilotaktion Anfang der 1990er Jahre konzipiert, avancierte LEADER zu einem...
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Private forest owners’ Participation in conservation programme: the case of Natura 2000 contracts in France
Garcia, Serge; Delacote, Philippe; Stenger-Letheux, Anne; … - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2012
land tax. Natura 2000 was created as an incentive-based conservation program to enhance landholders’ participation to … is crucial to understand the determinants of participation for those who signed the proposed contracts. Our study has …
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Increasing popular participation in the treaty-making process : the legislative process of Section 190 of the 2007 Constitution of Thailand
Aoki-Okabe, Maki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
not been obtained. These studies indicated that people’s participation in the treaty-making process has increased on a …
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Disability–Poverty Nexus
Dalal, Ajit K. - In: Psychology and Developing Societies 22 (2010) 2, pp. 409-437
the poor. It discusses psycho-social and environmental impediments which prevent active participation of the poor with … psycho-social and physical barriers is an important prerequisite for active participation of the poor with disabilities in …
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Flexible relations, frail contacts and failing demands: How community groups and local institutions interact in local governance in the Netherlands
Wilde, Mandy de; Hurenkamp, Menno; Tonkens, Evelien - In: Urban Studies 51 (2014) 16, pp. 3365-3382
This paper explores the way community groups, central to new systems of local governance, are related to local institutions and how those relations influence them. We draw from two theoretical approaches – behavioural and institutional – that offer different answers to the...
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Governing the Resource: A Study of the Institutions of Decentralized Forest Resource Management
Suresh, Lavanya - In: Studies in Indian Politics 2 (2014) 1, pp. 21-41
the need for people’s participation in natural forest management. This article lays out the institutions that emerge …
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Learning from South Asian ‘Successes’
Khan, Shahrukh Rafi - In: South Asia Economic Journal 7 (2006) 2, pp. 157-178
, participation, collective action, public-private and local-foreign partnerships. …
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Tackling the Knowledge–Action Gap in Sustainable Consumption: Insights from a Participatory School Programme
Barth, Matthias; Fischer, Daniel; Michelsen, Gerd; … - In: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development 6 (2012) 2, pp. 301-312
participation in, and exposure to, activities promoting sustainable consumption at schools. …
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Dialogue as a Basis for the Design of Environmental Pedagogies
Andrade, Daniel Fonseca De; Sorrentino, Marcos - In: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development 8 (2014) 2, pp. 143-154
Colonizing processes take many forms. Although they are generally related to the use of force, they may also happen through subtler means such as education, and subconsciously, whenever educational proposals are designed to suit a wide variety of contexts. This essay suggests that environmental...
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