Defining Blackness in Colombia by Peter Wade

“…Changing definitions of blackness in Colombia, through the process of multiculturalist reform and after, are examined with a view to exploring which categories of actors were influential in shaping these definitions and which were involved in essentialisations and de-essentialisations.…”
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Financing a Funded Basic Old-Age Provision via Inheritance Tax: Two Birds With One Stone? by Dirk Löhr

“…Corporate assets should also be fully included in inheritance tax legislation in a new reform attempt. However, the continued existence of companies should not be jeopardised. …”
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YÖNETİME KATILMA BİÇİMLERİ VE YEREL YÖNETİMLERDE DEMOKRATİK MEKANİZMALAR by Hacer Tuğba EROĞLU

“…Farklı alanlardaki uygulamaları ile birlikte yönetime katılmanın uygulanabilmesi için gerekli araçlarından da söz edildiği çalışmada daha sonra küreselleşme ve kamu yönetiminde reform çalışmalarının meydana getirdiği değişikliklerden bahsedilmektedir. …”
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INNOVATIONS AND PSEUDOINNOVATIONS IN HIGHER SCHOOL by Maxim V. Kochetkov

“…Reforms of the past fifteen years are considered as inadequate to the evolutionary development of national higher education and Russian socio-economic realities.Bureaucratization of all sectors of society, including education, increases pseudoinnovation trends, especially in the regions. …”
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La place Jemaa el-Fna au « printemps marocain » by Mari Oiry-Varacca, Lionel Gauthier

“…The analysis allows the highlighting of three types of impacts: socioeconomic (lowering tourism), identity (worsening of tensions) and political (acceleration of reforms at the national level).…”
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Devlin P. Morals and Contemporary Social Reality / trans. from Engl. A. B. Didikin, O. A. Radchenko by A. B. Didikin, O. A. Radchenko

“…Based on the recommendations of the Wolfenden Committee which proposed a radical reform of English criminal law in the direction of decriminalizing a few of criminally punishable offences with immoral content, Devlin notes their extreme contradiction in terms of protecting the values of public morals. …”
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Die einde van sending: fases in die sendingbedryf by J. J. Kritzinger

“…Although the issue is addressed in general, and an overview is given of the theories that missiologists held since the 19th century, the questions are focused on the situation in the mission work of the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa (NG Kerk). He thinks that much of the present relational problems between this church and its South African sister churches has to do with the fact that their “mission relations” were not really terminated. …”
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The synod 'with' young people (2018) paves the way for the synod on synodality (2023) by François Moog

“…He has chosen the synod of bishops as the main tool for this reform. This paper shows how the functioning of the Synod of Bishops, which the pope has profoundly transformed, puts this project of a synodal Church into effect. …”
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Une « Vision Mumbai » pour transformer la ville ou la difficulté à (re)penser la gouvernance métropolitaine by Marie-Hélène Zérah

“…Pushed by international competition, the policy makers have launched a major reform program: Vision Mumbai. First, the article examines the issues and content of metropolitan governance. …”
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BREAKTHROUGH ECONOMY: FEATURES OF FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA by E. Bykovskaia, N. Kazantseva, G. Kharchilava

“…It has been shown, that the national economy of Russia is subject to reform and needs in innovative transformation. The information economy implies radical changes in all its spheres and affects the activities of many economic entities at different hierarchical levels of management. …”
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Being Entrapped Between Change and Return to the Kemalist Political Culture: Two Stories of the Ak Party Foreign Policy in the Context of Arab Spring by Rıdvan KALAYCI, Ünal TÜYSÜZ

“…This study is about foreign policy implementations that applied to design Turkish politics before and after the Arab Spring periods by Ak Party, which entered the political scene with the wind of “change” and “reform”. In this context, the current study suggests that the AK Party, prior to the Arab Spring, reinterpreted the basic paradigms of the Kemalist political culture and shaped its foreign policy on these dynamics, but with the Arab Spring, experienced a shift towards the traditional line. …”
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Editorial Vol6 no2 by Irene Stevens

“…Changing Lives (Scottish Executive, 2006), otherwise known as the Report of the 21st Century Social Work Review will be the key policy document for social service development and reform in the foreseeable future. The bulk of the report discusses the role of the social worker, and residential child care is not discussed specifically. …”

TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN RUSSIA IN TERMS OF ITS MODERNIZATION by Elena V. Nikitenko

“…Modernization of higher education in Russia requires consistency in systemic reforms, as well as substantial state support.…”
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: MODERNIZING THE CURRENT MODEL OF STATE MANAGEMENT by E. V. Ohotskii

“…Current models and theoretical concepts of public administration, especially the "new public administration", which became scientific basis for administrative reforms implemented in many countries, are the particular subject of scientific analysis. …”
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Expansion of a stationary retail trading network in Vilnius and the Vilnius district in 1861-1904 by Aelita Ambrulevičiūtė

“…In the first decades after the reforms, no trade structure changes were noticed, and the biggest part of stores was selling "traditional" goods. …”
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Evaluating the dynamics of fee-free higher education in South Africa: a causal loop diagram approach  [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved] by Grace Kanakana-Katumba, Tlotlo Ramasu

“…Conclusion The study concludes the urgent need for systemic reforms, including digitising financial aid processes, centralising NSFAS operations, and improving resource allocation to under-resourced institutions. …”
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L’École de journalisme d’Alger (1964-1990) : les défis d’une formation professionnelle by Chloé Nejma Rondeleux

“…Through a history of the École de journalisme d’Alger (Algiers School of Journalism), from its creation in 1964 to the large-scale reforms of 1990, this article aims to shed light on the journalistic profession in independent Algeria. …”
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Perceptions and barriers to the use and training of point-of-care ultrasound among Finnish emergency physicians – a nationwide survey by J. Järvinen, O. Hannula, A. Meuronen, K. Mattila

“…Conclusions The results highlight a need for reform in POCUS training in Finland, demonstrating a need for structured, competency-based educational frameworks that align with international standards. …”
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Legal status of the cities of Galicyna in the nineteenth century (on the example of Stanislavov) by Ilyn L., Kaleniuk O.

“…It has been established that Magdeburg law is the basis of city self-government, but the Habsburg Empire is an example of effective reform and adaptation of legal norms to local needs. …”
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Constitutive Parliament and its speakers by Algis Kasperavičius

“…In the constitutive parliament, the Right and the Left differed from each other not only in the matter of social reforms, first of all agrarian reform, but also in their standpoint on Catholic religion and the church's place in the state. …”
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