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The Veil as Perceived and Real Boundary for Spanish Muslim Youth: Case by Case Regulation in Light of Discrimination and Individual Rights Claims
After decades of European society’s preoccupation with usage of the Islamic headscarf, the debate remains ongoing, and related legal claims are met...
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Youth Bulge and West Africa: Understanding Dispute Triggers and Conflict Prevention
Augustine Ikelegbe speaks to the mismanagement and marginalization of youths as avoidable waste of critical human resources, with myriad consequences...
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Conclusion: Youth Voice in Contemporary Society
This chapter ties together and discusses the implications of the findings presented in previous chapters of the book, and also revisits the research...
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Introduction
This first chapter presents the context and background for Peacebuilding Online: Dialogue and Enabling Positive Peace. Modern conceptions of...
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Rethinking Design: A Dialogue on Anti-Racism and Art Activism from a Decolonial Perspective
This chapter focuses on feminist anti-racist activism from a decolonial perspective in the field of cultural production. The authors analyze...
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A Failure to Communicate?
Many Americans were convinced a failure to communicate America’s story contributed to the attacks of 9/11. The US responded on two levels. First,...
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Ushahidi’s Nonviolent Technological Impact in Kenya’s 2008 Post-Election Violence
The rapid growth in the use of interactive technology in Africa has increased the presence of non-state actors’ nonviolent interventions in violent...
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The Emergence of Small Island Develo** States (SIDS) Development Discourse
This chapter examines the emergence of the “Small Island Develo** States” grou** within the UN system. Although SIDS face the same challenges as...
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Exiting the Revolution: Alternative Ways of Life and the Institutionalization of Leisure, 1966–1976
This chapter discusses the diverse mentalities behind alternative lifestyles and challenges the traditional wisdom that regards youth subcultures as...
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Qatar Foundation: A Sustainability Innovator
Addressing sustainability issues requires a complex multisectoral systems shift that cuts across government and public sector to private sector and...
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Practices to Build Peace in Times of Crisis: Experiences from Northeast Brazil
The world is experiencing an upsurge of political polarization in which the forces of the extreme right have been strengthened. In this context,...
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Leaning Towards the Light? The Path to Open Government in Taiwan
This chapter covers the various developments of open government (OG) in Taiwan, including its progress, policy highlights, current practices, and...
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The Encounter
This chapter illuminates the dynamic facets of the dialogic encounter and offers key research findings related to two phenomena occurring during the...
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Peace Education as a Peacemaking Tool in Conflict Zones
This chapter examines how peace education supports the peacemaking process at various stages of conflict escalation. It highlights three theories of...
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On the Challenges Facing Young People in Contemporary Sociocultural Development
In this chapter, Gloria Fariñas, an expert in Educational Psychology and youth education, offers an analysis of the challenges young people face in...
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The Branding of Singapore as City of International Peace Dialogue
In June 2018, Singapore hosted the US-North Korea summit that sought to denuclearize the Communist regime of North Korea after a period of heightened...
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How Can the UN Sustaining Peace Agenda Live Up to Its Potential?
This chapter argues that the rebranding of various existing UN peacebuilding activities under the new nomenclature of sustaining peace may have...
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Faith-Based Diplomacy as a New (and Old) Practice in Foreign Policy: Concepts and Cases
The close ties between religion and diplomacy are not new, yet in the past decades, religion has gained visibility in world affairs for various...
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A Framework for Grassroots Environmentalism in Academic Settings
This chapter proposes that one mechanism by which positive peace could be achieved is the integration of grassroots environmentalism in academic...
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Sports Relations Between Russia and Europe Through the Lens of Sport Diplomacy
Modern relations between Russia and European countries are going through a rather difficult time, which is marked by the severity of political...