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Perception of Addiction Treatment Specialists About Alcohol’s Harm to Others:...
The main aim of this article is to reveal the experiences of specialists working in Lithuanian addiction treatment centres on supporting relatives of alcohol addicts and... -
Internationally comparative research in Europe: the underutilized resource
Die Verfasser unterstreichen die besondere Bedeutung international vergleichender Forschung für den wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisprozeß. In diesem Zusammenhang wird vor allem... -
The Austrian Innovation and Technology Fund: between power play and policy le...
'In diesem Forschungspapier wird die langsame Institutionalisierung der österreichischen Technologiepolitik analysiert. Der Fokus liegt auf der Zeit der Existenz des... -
Establishment of state bodies’s performance assessment system
Formation of the modern system of public administration in independent Kazakhstan since the early 1990s has been accompanied by the development and implementation of new... -
Obesity around Retirement Age: International Comparison Using SHARE
AbstractIn this article, we aim to explain international differences in socio-demographic structure of population among people around retirement age. We further test if... -
The phenomenon of social exclusion in European Union Countries in relation to...
„Europe 2020- A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth” is a long term programme of socio- economic development of European Union for 2010 – 2020. The present... -
Community Learning and University Policy: An Inner-City University Goes Back ...
For at least a decade now, the University of Winnipeg (U of W), an urban institution on Treaty One land in the heart of the Métis Nation, has challenged existing academic models... -
Laying the Groundwork: A Practical Guide for Ethical Research with Indigenous...
Although there are numerous ethical guidelines for research with Indigenous communities, not all research is conducted in an ethical, culturally respectful, and effective way.... -
The Portrayal of Indigenous Health in Selected Australian Media
It is acknowledged that health outcomes for Australian Indigenous peoples are lower than those of non-Indigenous Australians. Research suggests negative media in relation to... -
Pabėgėlių krizė ir nevyriausybiniųorganizacijų lobizmo vaidmuo Floridoje
War, domestic violence, and economic instability in a country force its residents to flee their homeland and their place of birth to a different part of the world to save their... -
Introductory Essay: Traditional Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands
In times like ours, when people are inundated with notions of consumerist identities, culture is often seen mainly as a resource to be tapped into for economic development. This... -
Innovations as a Factor for Ensuring Economic Safety
In modern conditions of development of the competitive environment, one of the main ways to solve economic, social and environmental problems is to use the latest achievements... -
Women 's Use of Indigenous Knowledge for Environmental Security and Sustainab...
Indigenous women are important part of a community’s social capital. This study examined women’s use of Indigenous knowledge (IK) for environmental security and sustainable... -
Problems of Defining and Validating Traditional Knowledge: A Historical Approach
The United Nations’ agencies and many scholars have regarded traditional knowledge as an alternative to science for the purposes of managing the environment. Many countries have... -
Czech pension reform: how to reconcile equivalence with fiscal discipline
Abstract One of the recent changes in the Czech Republic’s pension system was provoked by a petition to the Constitutional Court. The setting of bend points for determining... -
A Complexity-Theoretic Perspective on Innovation Policy
It is argued that innovation policy based on notions of market failure or system failure is too limited in the context of current societal challenges. I propose a third,... -
Human resource management processes improvement at the municipality level: ca...
By focusing on the application of 6 Sigma this paper analyses the process of human resource management in Vilnius city municipality administration. With increasing requirements... -
The European Union and the Kosovan Youth – A Wide Range of Solutions to a Sin...
This article explores the ways in which the European Union fosters the development of civil society in Kosovo. In particular, it focuses on how the EU shapes the role of...
