Art Education as Social Experience: Victor D’Amico and the Origins of MoMA’s Progressive Educational Project by Elena Sidorova

“…Secondly, it analyzes the grassroots of five progressive art education initiatives launched by MoMA’s founding Director of the Department of Education Victor D’Amico in 1937-1969. …”
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TOWARDS DOING PRACTICAL INTEGRAL MISSION: by V Magezi, C Mutowa

“…It is also an empirical case study of leadership and grassroots (implementation) level staff to show the differences that may exist and weaken integral mission efforts. …”
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“The heart and soul of patriotic America”: American conservative women crusading for the “Bricker Amendment” (1953-1957) by Florence Kaczorowski

“…A case study of Vigilant Women reveals the prominent role these women played in the formation and activation of a large conservative grassroots network. I will examine the prevalence of the domestic ideology and populist rhetoric in the discourse of VWBA and their allies, and try to demonstrate how resurgent domesticity in the post-WWII period shaped these women’s activism as they engaged primarily in home-based political action.…”
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Aporia of Participatory Planning: Framing Local Action in the Entrepreneurial City by Ryan Love

“…This essay examines the hegemonic-discursive barriers facing local action in cities today, first, by revisiting the New Left/Frankfurt School critique of modern institutions, which not incidentally proved a key inspirational source for the original grassroots movements of the 1960s and 1970s. In this first section of the essay, Adorno's analysis of the Culture Industry is reconsidered alongside Berger’s and Bourdieu's critical sociology. …”
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Periferia e centro comunitário: experiências do habitar e a vida de uma organização comunitária by Paulo Sérgio Lima da Silva, Carmem Izabel Rodrigues

“…This article aims to reflect on the way the experiences of residents on the outskirts of a city give life to grassroots organizations such as a community center and influence the performance of these entities. …”
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Inovações sociais e governança regional no Quebec: que lugar resta aos novos movimentos sociais? by Denyse Côté, Étienne Simard

“…Social movements have been important sources of change and social innovation in Québec, at the national level but also in each of its regions where they were imbedded. Grassroots social movements were the building blocks of what is now known as the ¿Québec model¿ of governance. …”
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Same-Sex Marriage and Other Moral Taboos: Cultural Acceptances, Change in American Public Opinion and the Evidence from the Opinion Polls by Marco Morini

“…Hodges, state-level decisions and the public opinion trends can be considered as the outcome of a grassroots coordinated campaign which began more than a decade ago and was able to conquer the majority of Americans. …”
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Combating Anti-Feminism and Building Strategies for Gender Equality by Mariana Fagundes-Ausani

“…The research highlights the complex interplay between digital platforms, feminist ideology, and grassroots activism in shaping contemporary gender equality movements, contributing to our understanding of how digital feminist media navigate online activism challenges while fostering community and driving social change. …”
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Genetic Information to Share with Parents when Newborn Screening Reveals the Presence of Sickle Cell Trait by Narcisse Elenga

“…The information conveyed is not consistent and is the result of grassroots initiatives. The negative consequences generated by this information could be reduced when this information is delivered by a multidisciplinary team, within the framework of a dedicated consultation. …”
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THE POLITICAL TREND IN CHINA – NIGERIA EXTERNAL TRADE RELATIONS, 1999 – 2021 by PRINCEWILL OKWARA

“…The paper therefore recommended that grassroots avenues of China-Nigeria interaction for trade should be created, sustained, and improved both in China and Nigeria. …”
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US Foreign Policy on Transitional Justice and Democratization in Tunisia: Pacted Transition or Democracy Reduction? by Oussema Othmeni

“…It provides considerable evidence showcasing the existence of two prevalent schools of thought in US policymaking circles: The first school believes that the US invested in the notion of Pacted Transitions, which advocates for rapid transitions through political compromise and power-sharing mechanisms without necessarily promoting grassroots democratic reform. This can indirectly explain the US emphasis on security sector assistance and the relative marginalization of transitional justice objectives mainly in terms of institutional vetting, lustration, and reform. …”
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Influence of lobbying in EU policy process phases by Álvaro Serna-Ortega, Ana Almansa-Martínez, Antonio Castillo-Esparcia

“…Lobbies with social interests tend to have an advantage in phases involving public engagement, using grassroots lobbying strategies. On the other hand, economic lobbies dominate in phases that require contact with legislators, employing direct communication strategies. …”
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Safeguarding Ayrshire’s Coalmining Past: Heritage, Nostalgia and Social Memory by Laurence Gourievidis

“…However, this article considers another facet of industrial heritage, one which is local, engages with deindustrialisation and, initiated from the grassroots, projects the vision of working-class communities. …”
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Working with all nations and all relatives in feeding the future by Shaileshkumar Shukla

“…Many international agencies (including those affiliated with the United Nations), food systems scholars, grassroots organizations, and community members are grappling with the very imminent challenges of addressing the alarmingly high level of food insecurity in Turtle Island (Council of Canadian Academics, 2014; Fieldhouse & Thompson, 2012) and the global South (Kuhnlein et al., 2013). …”
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Quality assurance policies and instructors’ planning in vocational training institutions in Lango sub Region Northern Uganda by Eton, Marus, Eton, Rehema, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Fabian, Mwosi

“…The study recommends that the organs responsible for designing and developing policies that are aimed at improving the teaching and learning vocational skills should endeavor to engage the input of instructors who are indeed the grassroots implementers of such policies. There is still need for the government to consider revising salaries of instructors in vocational institutions, Salaries should be commensurate to the skills offered by technical instructors at all levels…”
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Budgeting for Social Equity: Exploring the (Nearly) Unknown by Bruce D. McDonald III, Sean A. McCandless

“…Five themes were identified that underlie the successful adoption of a social equity lens: broad grassroots efforts, receptive elective leaders, extended community engagement, buy-in by public administrators, and discourse on how to measure equity. …”
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From volunteers to vital forces: The untapped power of barangay health workers in curbing HIV in the Philippines by Janet Alexis A. De los Santos

“…By involving BHWs in grassroots-level health promotion, HIV awareness, and prevention strategies, the Philippines could significantly improve access to care and community resilience, especially in remote regions where traditional health workers are overwhelmed. …”
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Le journalisme comme récit théorisé du militantisme chez Teresa Billington-Greig (Grande-Bretagne, 1877-1964) by Myriam Boussahba-Bravard

“…In her political struggle, she never separated ordinary grassroots suffragist activism from her militant journalistic writings. …”
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Challenges for popular feminism: Urban interventions in Pedregal de Santo Domingo, Mexico by Socorro Pérez-Rincón

“…The first part of the article identifies positions, scales, and theoretical bases to develop a critical and ethical proposal in relation to urban planning, including feminism’s contributions, particularly those of grassroots feminism. This community perspective radically transforms ways of participating and habitat improvement. …”
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Understanding participation intention and word-of-mouth intention in voter contact: A framework based on the theory of planned behaviour by Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn

“…The participation of citizens in voter contact is one of the crucial issues for the People’s Council at the grassroots level to carry out their duties and legal powers effectively. …”
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