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Over the last century, natural resource management on forest lands has shifted from a singular focus on resource extraction to many foci, such as recreation, tourism, conservation, view-scapes, cultural and spiritual values, sustainability, and other values. As a result, the information needs of...
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"In this book Carmen Martinez-Vargas explores how academic participatory research and the way it is carried out can contribute to more, or less, social justice. Adopting theoretical and empirical approaches, and addressing multiple complex, intersectional issues, this book offers inspiration for...
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This paper describes how the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) jump-started democratic institutions in Russian rural communities to create a basis for social, environmental, and economic modernization within the Russian forestry sector. In Russia’s post-soviet markets and institutions, a...
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legitimacy of the executive and compares monistic and pluralistic understanding of democracy. The author then analyzes …
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Democracy is explained by giving the power to the government, with the consent of citizens, expressing their will … of democracy. Citizen participation is remarkable on two levels in the European government: one, as a citizen of European …
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The growing body of research on the relationship between the state and democracy has remained inconclusive both in … conceptualization and measurement of democracy and state capacity. Drawing on this argument, my study takes an original approach to the … attributes of democracy and state capacity-namely, civic participation and impartial bureaucracy-my study provides new evidence …
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