The Policy and Practice of Local Economic Development in Ghana
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DOI: 10.1007/s12132-018-9344-5
Abstract: Local economic development (LED) has gained prominence as a feasible option to top–down development approaches that have generally been unsuccessful in generating significant and sustainable development at the local level. While LED has proven to… read more here.
Keywords: economic development; policy practice; development; local economic ... See more keywords
The scope of male rape: A selective review of research, policy and practice
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DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2017.06.007
Abstract: Much work has been undertaken to publicize the plight of female rape survivors, but until recent years the rape and sexual assault of adult males received little research or public attention. The aim of this… read more here.
Keywords: research; rape; male rape; male ... See more keywords
Living with young onset dementia: reflections on recent developments, current discourse, and implications for policy and practice
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DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x20000422
Abstract: Abstract Recent research on young onset dementia (formal diagnosis at age read more here.
Keywords: implications policy; onset dementia; young onset; policy practice ... See more keywords
Communicating policy-practice orientations: the case of sexual violence response among college students
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DOI: 10.1080/00909882.2019.1654123
Abstract: ABSTRACT How organizational members subjectively understand the characteristics of policy design processes can generate different policy outcomes. This case study of a multidisciplinary university team charged with designing and implementing sexual violence response policy articulates… read more here.
Keywords: violence response; policy; sexual violence; practice ... See more keywords
Australia's diplomatic asylum initiative at the United Nations: comparing international law rhetoric with foreign policy practice
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DOI: 10.1080/10357718.2019.1622648
Abstract: ABSTRACT In 1974, Australia took the initiative to have an item on diplomatic asylum inscribed on the UN General Assembly's agenda for that year. Its original ambition was to procure an international treaty on the… read more here.
Keywords: diplomatic asylum; policy practice; asylum; foreign policy ... See more keywords
To what extent have learners with severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties been excluded from the policy and practice of inclusive education?
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DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2018.1483437
Abstract: ABSTRACT The article is a position paper on inclusive practice in education with respect to students with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties (sld/pmld). It asks if children and young people with sld/pmld have… read more here.
Keywords: education; inclusive education; policy practice; excluded policy ... See more keywords
Ethnic minority languages in China: policy and practice (in Language policies and practices in China, Vol. 5, edited by Li Wei)
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DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2021.1981227
Abstract: Ethnic Minority Languages in China: Policy and Practice is the fifth and latest volume of the series Language Policies and Practices in China, edited by Li Wei, which are all translated works of Ch... read more here.
Keywords: ethnic minority; languages china; minority languages; policy practice ... See more keywords
Social work promoting participation: reflections on policy practice in Italy
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DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2017.1320528
Abstract: ABSTRACT One of the core dimensions of social work practice, identified since its establishment as a professional endeavour, is concerned with political action. Nonetheless, policy practice, which entails that social workers should connect their work… read more here.
Keywords: work; political action; social work; policy practice ... See more keywords
Theorizing Housing for Research, Policy and Practice
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DOI: 10.1080/14036096.2017.1381147
Abstract: Housing’s role in the welfare state has been famously described as awkward and uncertain - a “wobbly pillar” (Torgersen 1987). As a field of research, housing displays similar ambiguity; its bounda... read more here.
Keywords: theorizing housing; research; housing; housing research ... See more keywords
Global education policy mobilities and subnational policy practice
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DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2020.1821612
Abstract: ABSTRACT Drawing on data from three levels of education policy-making in Canada, in this paper we identify variegated interactions of global circulations of sustainability discourses in education in relation to priorities and responses at subnational… read more here.
Keywords: policy; school; subnational policy; education policy ... See more keywords
Coeditors’ introduction: Ensuring the success of dual language programs through alignment of research, policy, and practice
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DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2018.1514229
Abstract: A growing body of research shows that dual language programs, both one-way and two-way models, are effective in closing achievement gaps between English Learners (ELs) and their non-EL peers (Thomas and Collier 2002; August and… read more here.
Keywords: research; dual language; language programs; research policy ... See more keywords