Working for a Sustainable GCC Future: Reflections on Policies and Practices

This article takes a careful look at political and policy tools that presidential administrations have at their disposal for ameliorating educational inequalities. These tools, the authors suggest, include issuing federal guidance that informs and supports states and districts as they work to implement policies and practices that comply with federal law. However, as the authors point out, the extent to which administrations have chosen to leverage these opportunities to advance educational equity has varied over time.

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Gardening as More than Urban Agriculture: Perspectives from Smaller Midwestern Cities on Urban Gardening Policies and Practices

Case Studies in the Environment ◽

10.1525/cse.2018.001545 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Christopher Strunk ◽

Ursula Lang

Keyword(s):

Urban Agriculture ◽

Green Space ◽

Private Property ◽

Community Gardens ◽

Public Land ◽

Vacant Lots ◽

Urban Gardening ◽

Privately Owned ◽

Policies And Practices

For the most part, research and policymaking on urban gardening have focused on community gardens, whether in parks, vacant lots, or other public land. This emphasis, while important for many Midwestern cities, can obscure the significance of privately owned land such as front yard and back yard and their crucial connections with gardening on public land. In this case study, we examine how policies and practices related to gardening and the management of green space in two Midwestern cities exceed narrow visions of urban agriculture. The article explores the cultivation of vacant lot gardens and private yards as two modes of property in similar Midwestern contexts and argues that the management of green space is about more than urban agriculture. Instead, we show how urban gardening occurs across public/private property distinctions and involves a broader set of actors than those typically included in sustainability policies. Gardening also provides a key set of connections through which neighbors understand and practice sustainability in Midwestern cities.

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Comparing Post-Socialist Transformations: purposes, policies, and practices in education

10.15730/books.104 ◽

2018 ◽

Keyword(s):

Policies And Practices

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Towards Coherent European Crime Victims Policies and Practices

International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION ◽

10.2478/kbo-2019-0067 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 122-127

Author(s):

Dobrinka Chankova ◽

Gergana Georgieva

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Crime Victims ◽

Political Factors ◽

Victims Of Crime ◽

Victim Protection ◽

National Governments ◽

Protection Order ◽

Practical Recommendations ◽

Policies And Practices

Abstract This study explores the latest developments on the European scale of the policies and practices towards victims of crime. Due to many economic and political factors a lot of people are in movement and exposed to the risk of becoming victims of crime. During the last decade the statistics already records enhanced victimization of the global European society. These have provoked numerous legislative actions and practical initiatives in order to ensure safety, to prevent falling victims to crime and to protect better victim’s rights and needs. The European Protection Order Directive, Victims’ Directive and Convention against domestic violence, are among the most advanced legal acts worldwide. However, it is observed that their implementation in Europe is asymmetric and sometimes problematic. This paper explores the role of the national governments and specialized agencies and mainly the deficits in their activities leading to the non-usage of victims of all the existing opportunities. The newest supra-national acts aiming at the acceleration of transposition and ratification of these important for the building of victim-friendly environment documents, are discussed. Practical recommendations for a more effective victim protection are developed.

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