This article delves into the ambiguities of democracy, revealing its flexible and context-dependent nature through the diverse representations of democracy encountered in three early years settings in Portugal: a public (state) kindergarten, a not-for-profit kindergarten and a private kindergarten. ...
Democracy, caring and competence: values perspectives in ECEC curricula in the Nordic countries. International Journal of Early Years Education 2015;23(1):97-114. doi:10.1080/09669760.2014.970521 Sousa D, Oxley, L. Democracy and early childhood: diverse representations of democra...
Sohm, whose lectures Weber attended in Strasbourg, meant by charisma the ineffable divine grace conferred upon the early Christian community, as opposed to the later legalistic and bureau- cratic development of the Roman Church. Weber's socio- logical imagination, in turn, took the concept beyond...
Public deliberation has risen to the forefront of governance as a technique for increasing participation in policy making. Scholars and practitioners have also noted the potential for deliberation to give greater influence to historically marginalized po
This study utilized instrumental variable techniques and the Driscoll-Kraay estimator to examine the effect of democracy and natural resources on income in
There was able is that our history might have led one to believe that the public outcry in the United States that accompanied such engagement would come from English lawyers and the first publication of the rules that were to apply to mil- English judges, but they gave up too early. They...
Government seems to think that it is essential to restructure the NHS every 5 to 7 years. One of the consequences of this is that most people have little idea of who is making local decisions about what gets funded in the NHS and how to influence them. Speaking as a former lay member ...
Early empirical investigations of the institutional determinants of economic growth (e.g. Barro, 1991; Barro and Sala-i-Martin, 1992) already showed mixed findings. However, this is not surprising: as Sala-i-Martin (1997) noted, economic growth theories are usually not explicit in stating which...
s degree through the Development Practice program at Emory University. Prior to working at the Salt Lake Community College, she has used her passion for nonprofit operations, strategy, and systems in a variety of settings in Maine, Georgia, and internationally. She is currently pursuing a ...
“Why is he running on the same program in 2016 that he didn’t implement?” DeSantis asked. Dismissingpoll numbersthat show a widening gap between himself and Trump, DeSantis said the early states are “fluid” and pointed to voters who have indicated they are considering Trump and others...