Inaugural Lecture by Kabale University

“…Makara has done extensive research on governance issues: public sector reforms, constitutional-ism, election management, political parties, civil society, urban governance and local governance. …”
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Ações coletivas civis na atualidade: dos programas de responsabilidade/compromisso social às redes de movimentos sociais by Maria da Glória Gohn

“…This paper focuses on the protagonism of the civil society by addressing the theme of the civil collective actions. …”
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Jewish Women, Identity, and the Aufklärung: The German-speaking Enlightenment around 1800 by Josephine Porter

“…This revised and lengthened paper, therefore, has become a critical analysis of civil society’s perception of Jewish female participants and their unique identity in nineteenth-century Germany. …”
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Marcas da Memória: a atuação da Comissão de Anistia no campo das políticas públicas de transição no Brasil by Roberta Camineiro Baggio

“…The project is a public policy created by the Brazilian Amnesty Commission of the Ministry of Justicein order to promote cultural initiatives of civil society that have the goal of expanding the right to memory and truth.…”
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Policy analysis of the Global Financing Facility in Uganda by Phillip Wanduru, Doris Kwesiga, Mary Kinney, Asha George, Peter Waiswa

“…The process was steered by technocrats from government agencies, donor agencies, academics and selected civil society organisations, along with the involvement of political figures. …”
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CHRISTIANITY, ART AND TRANSFORMATION by J.W. De Gruchy

“…The second is a paper on “Art, Culture and Transformation” presented at the Conference on Arts and Reconciliation in Civil Society, University of Pretoria, 14-20 March 2005. …”
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La subjetividad como potencial democratizador: análisis de la esfera pública desde la teoría de la acción comunicativa by Rommy Morales Olivares, Andrea Silva Tapia

“…This experience represents either a restriction or a potential both for the development of action and the expression of civil society will in the public sphere. It shows that the more precarious the experience of change is, the smaller will be peoples ability to exercise their citizenship in the public political space.…”
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Perceived barriers to reaching equity in effective access to diagnosis and treatment for women with breast cancer in Chile by Carla Campaña, Báltica Cabieses, Alexandra Obach, Francisca Vezzani

“…Theoretical sampling guided the selection of diverse participant profiles, comprising breast cancer patients, healthcare professionals and a civil society leader. The strategies for the recruitment process included social networks, civil society organizations, health professionals, and the snowball technique. …”
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Les acteurs publics locaux et l’écologisation de l’agriculture by Pascale Scheromm, Annabel Rixen, Lucette Laurens, Christophe-Toussaint Soulard

“…Our results highlight the implication of non agricultural local actors in the emergence of these initiatives, in particular elected representatives in particular elected representatives and environmental managers, in connection with associations of the civil society and environmental managers. These results point out a plural process of territorialisation of the agroecology and its effects on the greening of the agricultural practices.…”
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Violência urbana em Novo Hamburgo: notas introdutórias by Margarete Panerai Araújo, Daniela Müller de Quevedo, Luciana Hoppe, Suzel Lisiana Jansen, Cássia Rebelo Hofstatter

“…The data lead to the conclusion that in such a context civil society is insecure and afraid of violence. They also show the importance of promoting public policies.…”
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La médiation paysagère au prisme de la recherche-action : éléments de réflexion by Samira Khettab

“…Approaching the territory through the landscape is a productive approach allowing the sharing of decision-making between local actors, and in particular through reinforcing the role of non-institutional actors and non-organized civil society. This article focuses on landscape mediation from the perspective of research and action-research providing examples of landscape mediation examined via a conceptual framework. …”
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Informação, meio ambiente e atores sociais: mediação dos conflitos socioambientais by Aloisio Ruscheinsky

“…At the same time, this study emphasizes practices of social actors in civil society and public managers in terms of decision making for other social and environmental practices, as well as attempts of public policies enforcement.…”
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A Program for Postgraduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation (PGDME) by Kabale University

“…The overall goal of the Master of Monitoring and Evaluation Program is to strengthen the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of interventions by governments, civil society and non-government organizations as well as development partners in Sub-Saharan Africa through the development and enhancement of capacity for evaluation The program broadly aims to impart knowledge, skills and competences to students interested in building a career in monitoring and evaluation. …”
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THE EVOLVING DYNAMICS OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND POLITICS IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION IN NIGERIA by Toye Manuwa

“…It also explores the strategies and policies that the Nigerian government and civil society have adopted to cope with the effects of globalization and to enhance their participation in the global arena. …”
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Quel rôle pour les scénarios Facteur 4 dans la construction de la décision publique ? by Sandrine Mathy, Meike Fink, Ruben Bibas

“…Therefore, exchanges between modelers, economists, technologists, sociologists and representatives of the civil society are a key factor for these scenario elaboration as their legitimacy stems from social and politic appropriation of scientific results.…”
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O Plano Diretor de Chapecó (SC) e a possibilidade de um pacto social à luz dos princípios do Estatuto da Cidade by Monica Hass, Myriam Aldana, Rosana Maria Badalotti

“…With the obligation to work out a Master Plan in cities with more than 20 thousand inhabitants, on the basis of instruments and participative principles defined by the City Statute, there is a need to establish a social pact between government, market and civil society on urban policy. In view of the different interests of the actors involved in the discussion, the article analyzes the conflicts that surfaced in the debate about the reformulation (2002/2003) and revision (2006) of the Master Plan of Territorial Development of Chapecó, in the light of the principles of the City Statute and the possibility of a minimal and lasting consensus among the participants. …”
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A educação no contexto da globalização: migrações e direitos humanos by José Marín, Pierre R. Dasen

“…Education emerges as a fundamental question in the hope of sections of civil society that can be regrouped under the term alter-globalisation which proposes the construction of a better world.…”
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INTERVIEW WITH PROF. NICO NORMAN KOOPMAN by M. Laubscher

“…His research focuses on themes such as inalienable dignity, healing reconciliation, embracive justice, responsible freedom, equality, as well as the reciprocal and transformative impact of universities on various spheres of society, including politics, economics, the natural environment, civil society, and public opinion-formation. He is involved in public discourses in the academy, churches and broader society, both locally and internationally. …”
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