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Wangbei Ye – Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2024
Purpose: This paper explores a district government's role in using school networks to transform turnaround schools in rural Shanghai, China. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative case studies were conducted. Findings: Findings showed that the C District government varied its power in initiating school networks; collaborative networks were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Turnaround, Local Government, Government School Relationship
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Zivkovic, Sharon – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2019
While active citizenship education programs are assumed to have positive benefits for the active citizenship practice of participants (UNESCO, 2009, p. 4), there is actually little evidence that programs do (de Weerd, Gemmeke, Rigter & van Riji, 2005, p. vii). This paper discusses a research project that aimed to determine and increase the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Sustainable Development, Program Effectiveness, Power Structure
Graham, Terrece F. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 ushered in a period of change in higher-education systems across the former Eastern bloc. Reform-minded leaders in the region sought to introduce western models and policies promoted by foreign development aid agendas. Private higher-education institutions emerged. This qualitative multiple case study examines…
Descriptors: Universities, International Education, International Cooperation, Foreign Countries
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Horner, Lindsey K. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2013
This paper explores the practices of one small non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Mindanao working innovatively to challenge power and interests by linking resources to local communities who control their productivity. While this may seem like social capital, I suggest that the agency over production, and the deeply political and ideological…
Descriptors: Nongovernmental Organizations, Foreign Countries, Cultural Context, Power Structure
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Kirwan, James; Maye, Damian – Journal of Rural Studies, 2013
This paper provides a critical interpretation of food security politics in the UK. It applies the notion of food security collective action frames to assess how specific action frames are maintained and contested. The interdependency between scale and framing in food security discourse is also scrutinised. It does this through an examination of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Risk Management, Politics
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Glaeser, Edward L. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
Urbanization almost invariably accompanies development, and the cities of India and China are experiencing spectacular increases in population. The concentration of millions of people in a small mass creates challenges for public policy, especially in the areas of basic infrastructure, public health, traffic congestion, and often law enforcement…
Descriptors: Land Use, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Urban Population
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Cin, Cigdem Kentmen – Environment and Behavior, 2013
Although the determinants of trust in governments have received significant attention in the literature on political trust, there has been no attention paid to whether environmental concerns affect governmental trust. Yet, if individuals are worried about local and global environmental degradation, they may think that the government has failed in…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Local Issues, Trust Responsibility (Government), Correlation
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Bowen, Sarah – Rural Sociology, 2010
Geographical indications (GIs) are place-based names that convey the geographical origin, as well as the cultural and historical identity, of agricultural products. GIs are unique, in that they provide a means of ensuring that control over production and sales of a product stays within a local area, but at the same time they make use of extralocal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agribusiness, Agricultural Production, Agriculture
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Lo, William Yat Wai – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
This paper views seeking the optimal balance between state strengths and the scope of state functions for "good governance" as the formation of a homogenization-heterogenization matrix of policy initiatives in different social settings. Homogenization refers to a global tendency for institutional changes and governance framework to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, International Education, Educational Policy
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Richeri, Guiseppe – Journal of Communication, 1978
Outlines the challenge to both government monopoly and community participation posed by the rise of local private stations in Italy. Local broadcasters represent democratic participation and a new vehicle of political, social, and cultural growth.
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Commercial Television, Foreign Countries, Government Role
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Toogood, Alex – Journal of Communication, 1978
Describes the organizational structure of the broadcasting industry in West Germany which is unique because of the federal, public, and political elements involved. Special problems that arise from this framework are discussed, including financing, programing, creative vs technical advances, concepts of production values, and political balance.…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
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Brants, Kees; Kok, Walther – Journal of Communication, 1978
Points out that, although Dutch broadcasting has traditionally been characterized by its independence from state interference and diversity of opinions, the broadcasting Act of 1967 that attempted to increase accessiblity has instead led to a decrease in diversity and a dependence on membership. Suggests possible policies of the new government.…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Government Role
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Hulten, Olof; Ivre, Ivar – Journal of Communication, 1978
The proposed reorganization of the Swedish broadcasting system (Sveriges Radio) retains the present central management, with the program units assuming the status of wholly owned subsidiaries, thus attempting to protect the integrity of the broadcasting establishment in one integral organization while facilitating decentralization and plurality in…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Government Role
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Porter, Vincent – Journal of Communication, 1978
The relationship between the television broadcast industry and the film industry in the European Economic Community is primarily characterized by the commissioning or coproducing of films by the television organization. This relationship is discussed in light of the Treaty of Rome and decisions of the European Court of Justice in Luxemburg. (JMF)
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Economic Factors, Film Industry, Film Production
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Garnett, Bob; Demaine, Jack – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2000
Investigates administrative processes involved in setting up the School Organization Committee (SOC) in one Shire County in England. Examines the role of the SOC and the implications for central-local power relations in the development of educational policy. (CMK)
Descriptors: Administration, Decision Making, Democracy, Educational Policy
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