Macro-political determinants of school culture

Political determinants of health.

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Macro- and Micro-Political Vernaculizations of Rights

How abortion is dealt with in law and policy is shaped through the multiple political and societal discourses on the issue within a particular society. Debate on abortion is constantly in flux, with progressive and regressive movements witnessed globally. This paper examines the translation of human rights norms into discourses on abortion in Northern Ireland, a region where abortion is highly ...

School characteristics, socio-economic status and culture as determinants of primary school enrolment in India

We test hypotheses on the role of socio-economic and cultural factors and of characteristics of the educational infrastructure on primary school enrolment using data for 70,000 children living in 439 districts of 26 states of India. Most of the variation in educational enrolment (around 70%) is explained by factors at the household level, of which socio-economic factors are most important. In u...

A Renaissance of Political Culture?

The Poverty of Political Culture