El Deseo De Identidad. Estigma, Proceder Político Y Resiliencia En Las Mujeres Mapuche Williche De La Comuna De Puyehue, Chile by Michel Duquesnoy

“…Considering these points, the author reviews the current discourses and praxis with which the Williche women of the Puyehue commune (Osorno) carry out their activities in dialogue with the traditional authorities of the Mapuche people and with the Chilean authorities.…”
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Power and influence mapping in Ghana's agricultural adaptation policy regime by Sova, C, Thornton, T, Zougmore, R, Helfgott, A, Chaudhury, A

“…Differentiated perspectives (i.e. national, regional or local respondents alone) reveal that several potential cross-level bridging institutions are not considered influential at all operational levels. Farmers, traditional authorities, and the District Assembly, for example, are all considered highly influential from the perspective of local-level respondents, but their counterpart agencies at the national level are not considered influential by policymakers there. …”

Change over from apostolicity to episcopacy as a form of rationalization of the Christian tradition by Ruslan Khalikov

“…The article examines the features of formation of the episcopacy as a form of rationalization of the Christian tradition. Author relates the changeover from the apostolicity to episcopacy in the Christian Church with the changeover from oral history to a systematic memory, and social-organizational form of rationalization proposed by C. …”
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Changes in Understanding of Iranian Intellectual from the Tradition of Crisis, Tradition and Intellectual Self-awareness by Seyd Ebrahim Sarparast Sadat

“…Meanwhile, recognizing the evolution of the approaches toward tradition through investigating the ideas of Iranian intellectuals strengthens this hypothesis that amid the tradition-authority contest tradition has been source of self-awareness of Iranian intellectuality, self-awareness that inspired and caused Islamic Revolution of Iran and its continuity.…”
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Em quem pensa quem «responde» pelos Kuvale? by Ruy Duarte de Carvalho

“…The Kuvale commoner sees the violent post-colonial conflicts as normal and corresponding to such a degree to a long historical tradition that they have become part of their mode of reproduction; politics becomes relevant only when it affects this mode. The traditional authorities think like their people, but their discourse is the one demanded by the state. …”
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¿Son todos caciques? Curacas, principales e indios urbanos en Cajamarca (siglo XVII) by Aude Argouse

“…In this de facto “villa”, formally a “pueblo de indios”, traditional authorities and royal power shared the urban space, and were symbolically situated on the central plaza. …”
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A Text of Texts…almost a Texture by Silvia Gherardi

“…The lecture focuses on traditions, authors and intellectual and research trajectories, and then concentrates on the ways in which we are preparing to pass the baton to a younger generation of academics, both in Italy and elsewhere. …”
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Democratic Education and Related Theories by Mustafa Altun

“…The new management model created with the demands of the society as a result of the pressures of the traditional authorities has also affected the social life. …”
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Environmental Governance in Gold Mining: The Role of Traditional Institutions in Asutifi North District of Ghana by Emmanuel Yamoah Tenkorang

“…This study examines the roles of traditional authorities in environmental governance in mining in the Asutifi North District of Ghana. …”
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Territoire et biodiversité : mises en patrimoine et anticipations des acteurs. Une relecture à partir de la Haute Bénoué (Cameroun) by Christine Raimond, Eric Garine, Olivier Langlois

“…The land issues revealed by the zoning of the national park in the context of exponential population growth lead to new alliances, notably with the previously marginalized traditional authorities, which reaffirm their territorial rights in the process of nature patrimonialization. …”
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Theological and Ethical Reflections on Care for Widows from an African Christian Perspective by Isaac Boaheng, Samuel Boahen

“…Having offered theological and ethical reflections on the care for widows from the African Christian perspective, the paper suggested that the church must allocate a substantial part of its income to help the needy in general, more so widows. Traditional authorities are also encouraged to eliminate/modify unethical widowhood practices. …”
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Humanizm europejski a świadomość narodowa. 
Przemyślenia literaturoznawcy by Rolf Fieguth

“…This does however not diminish the real historical impact of national consciousness, nor the importance of the cultural and moral universe connected with it – despite the crisis of traditional authorities, hierarchies and values we have to deal with in actual Europe and the world.…”
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La fabrique sociale : autonomisation et légitimation dans le domaine de l’information de santé by Adrian Staii

“…More than one third of the French population searches health information on the Internet, a trend which kept growing over the last years. Traditional authorities (health professionals, experts, etc.) have to deal with patients who gather information and build illness representations from alternative sources (discussion groups, blogs, associative websites, etc.). …”
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Mobilité durable : réfléchir la responsabilité sociale des entreprises à partir de l’éthique des capabilités by Benoit Genest

“…In reaction to the cost-benefit analysis approach (CBA) inspired by the utilitarian tradition, authors began as early as the 1970s to focus on the relationship between social justice and transportation. …”
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How informal ties matter: encroachment on road reservations along the Kumasi–Accra highway in Ghana by Ronald Adamtey, Florence Aburam, Benjamin Doe, Clifford Amoako

“…The research involved interviews with encroachers, senior officials from government institutions and traditional authorities. It emerged that encroachers invoked mainly ethnic and political party ties with public officials to secure space in the road reservations. …”
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Athens or Rome? A New Perspective on the Political Philosophy of H. Arendt by Simas Čelutka

“…By introducing concepts such as tradition, authority, the sacredness of foundation, the law (lex), as well as the political significance of promise and forgiveness, the Romans opened up a dimension of political sedimentation which was alien to the Greeks. …”
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Candidate coethnicity, rural/urban divides, and partisanship in Africa by Harding, R, Michelitch, K

“…We find robust, continent-wide support for this relationship, which we show is partially driven by citizens’ links to traditional authorities, who often act as opinion leaders and/or brokers for parties. …”

Decentralising natural resource governance in Ghana: Critical reflections on the artisanal and small-scale mining sector by Hirons, M

“…If future decentralisation reforms are going to reverse this trend and improve the governance of ASM in Ghana, then facilitating the participation of traditional authorities is imperative. It is argued that doing so requires addressing the reticence regarding the role of chiefs in resource governance; simply ironing out existing technical issues with decentralisation reforms is unlikely to improve the social and environmental performance of ASM in the country. …”

Factors influencing compliance of closed fishing season: lessons from small-scale coastal fisheries in the Central Region of Ghana by Victor Owusu, Kofi Adu-Boahen, Sender Kyeremeh, Innocent Demalie, Philip Eshun

“…The study suggests co-management that includes fisheries agencies and traditional authorities as a viable option for fisheries management and marine conservation initiatives. …”
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Effect of sand mining on riparian landcover transformation in Dallung-Kukou catchment of the White Volta basin, Ghana by Latif Iddrisu Nasare, Stephanie Asabea Opoku, Amos Amponsah, Damian Tom-Dery, William J. Asante, Bernard N. Baatuuwie

“…Environmental Protection Agency and traditional authorities should intensify monitoring to protect the White Volta basin from unsustainable exploitation.…”
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