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Liberty, Loyalty, and Solidarity: The Role of Transnational, National, and Local Resources in Voluntary Organizations in Russia
This chapter traces the transformation of volunteer work as an organizational resource in the context of the transformation of Russian civil society...
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The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Conflict
In this digital age, information and communication technologies (ICTs) are rapidly transforming the social landscape. ICTs have appeared as a great...
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LGBTI+ Organizations in Southern and East Africa: Fighting for Equal Rights
LGBTI+ activists participated in the antiapartheid struggle, key players in the realization of a much-admired constitution that promised equal rights...
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The Impact of Village Saving Loan Association on Small Holder Farmers in Taiama, Kori Chiefdom, Moyamba District
Governments and nongovernmental organizations have made poverty reduction a top priority. This has resulted in the implementation of programs and...
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Parent-Led Activism and Children with Disabilities in South Africa
Parents and caregivers of children with disabilities often act as representatives, mediators, and advocates for their children, partly out of...
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The Role of Structural Factors in Selected Health Programs
This chapter explores how the structural factors relevant to aid relationships, namely, aid predictability and flexibility, stakeholders’ capacities,...
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Interorganizational Coordination for Immigrant Integration into Local Society
This study aims to explain drivers of interorganizational coordination supporting immigrants’ integration into local societies in South Korea....
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Navigating Integration Policies of Forced Migration in the United States The Case of Syrian Refugees
This book investigates the integration of Syrian refugees in the United States, and it identifies the challenges that hinder their successful...
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The Promise and Neglect of Follow-up Care in Obstetric Fistula Treatment in Uganda
Considered the most severe of maternal morbidities, obstetric fistula is a debilitating childbirth injury that results in complete incontinence with...
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The role of non-state actors in promoting environmental justice: A comparative study of Kenya and South Africa
With academic and institutional interest in environmental justice growing, the forthcoming efforts in this field warrant thorough analysis of the...
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Child Behavioral Health in Ghana: Current Efforts in Policy Research and Practice
This chapter focuses on the state of child behavioral healthcare systems, policy, and research efforts across African countries, specifically Ghana....
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Theorizing Urban Movements in Pierre Bourdieu’s Terms—the Example of Warsaw, Poland
For more than a decade, the importance of urban social movements has been systematically increasing in the Polish public sphere. However, available...
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Partnerships as Citizens’ Rights
In Brazil, as in other countries, the growth of the Third Sector is a reality that coexists with two other sectors. These different sectors face the...
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The “Community Action for Health”: The Project Life Cycle
This chapter offers an in-depth analysis of how the interaction between the aid-recipient state institutions, civil society organizations, and...
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Project design decisions of egalitarian and non-egalitarian international organizations: Evidence from the Global Environment Facility and the World Bank
Foreign aid flows result from agreements reached between states that need resources and other states or international organizations that can provide...
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Civil Society and Populism
The study describes the varied yet nebulous nature of the term civil society (CS) and its relat usage by populist discourses. The preliminary...
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Altruists will be Altruists, but What About Individualists? The Role of Future Time Perspective and Social Value Orientation in Volunteers’ Declarations to Continue Engagement in Three Time Horizons
Volunteering involves caring for the outcomes of others and typically long-term orientation so that one can achieve goals that are not always clearly...
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Disability Rights Monitoring in Practice: Applying Holistic Participatory Methodology
This chapter is a short summary of the personal experience of participation in the Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI) project in Europe...