Strategic narratives are ‘a means for political actors to construct a shared meaning of the past, present, and future of international politics to shape the behaviour of domestic and international actors’. If leaders can get their target states (and other actors) to ‘buy into’ their strategi...
The work in the migrant-support groups is voluntary, meaning they are not paid for their undertakings. The authoritarian context of the research influenced and limited the data collection process in several ways: the responsiveness and visibility of organizations that are not registered affected the ...
Only 88% of agricultural lands have the minimum of 10% functional integrity needed to support food production, meaning over one tenth of the world’s agricultural lands lack foundational ecosystem services such as crop pollination, pest regulation and soil protection, and other research suggests that...
Failing to address its terrible welfare issues, the Philippines government has resorted to its first priorities: punitively attacking the weak and needy and cracking down on dissent.
The CDC estimates 13 million people in the U.S. have a latent tuberculosis infection—meaning they have no symptoms and can't spread the bacteria. Without treatment, 5% to 10% will develop active disease that can turn contagious and potentially deadly later in life. ...
clients live life on their own terms. We build programs and practices that support seniors in identifying their priorities and assisting them to accomplish the goals that have meaning for them. That in turn builds a community where clients become engaged members who give back in their own ways....
4. Change your address New state, new address. The fact that you’re moving to a different state means that your postal address is going to change as well. The place where you’ll be living after the move is complete will have a different address, meaning that unless you remember to ch...
(In some cases, that jurisdiction will be “exclusive”, meaning that no other countries’ courts can preside over the matter; have jurisdiction; in other cases, the jurisdiction is “non-exclusive”, meaning that other countries’ courts may have jurisdiction as well. This is indicated in the...
Human Rights Committee1982, para 5; Human Rights Committee2015: The HRCee is currently preparing a new General Comment on the right to life, which will elaborate on the meaning of “protected by law” in Article 6 of the ICCPR. 113. ...
meaning and context of the term “full democracy.” Be that as it may, I think we can all agree that there are several key indicators pointing to a dysfunction of democracy in the 21st century. But isn’t it also the case that a perception of a crisis of democracy has existed almost ...