within the framework of international political economy, this article discusses the situation of energy resources, including oil and gas, in central asia and argues that due to abundance of oil and gas resources in such countries as kazakhstan, turkmenistan and uzbekistan, and hefty revenues generated by those resources, statesmen in these countries are planning to turn central asia into a majo...

Recently, the call to combine land change science (LCS) and political ecology (PE) in the study of human-environment interactions has been widely discussed by scientists from both subfields of geography. In this paper, we use a hybrid ecology framework to examine the effects of conservation policies on the environment and the livelihood of the people of the Korup National Park (KNP). Using tech...

The application and design of public-private partnerships between the extremes of purely public or purely private task fulfilment in public services is, in practice, subject to political processes. Decisions about PPPs (realisation, arrangement) are taken in the political arena and are therefore not theoretical optimisation exercises. The interests and resources of the actors who participate in...

To end the growing HIV epidemic among young women, human rights violations must be addressed. The Sustainable Development Goals have the potential to help, but only if political barriers are overcome and a rights-based approach is integrated.

Many developing countries flocked to free trade since the early 1980s. Concurrent with this rush to adopt an open trade regime, there has been a global movement toward democracy. We argue that these two trends are related by showing how democratization of the political system reduces the ability of governments to use trade barriers as a strategy for building political support. We capture the de...

this study considers political culture (which is one of the most important issues in social and political sciences of students) in tehran university and effective factors on it. to analyze political culture, we used some theories of amond, verba, pay, rash, leibet and dal. in this study, the research method is the technique of collecting data and information through standard questionnaire. and ...

Research on adaptation barriers is increasing as the need for climate change adaptation becomes evident. However, empirical studies regarding the emergence, causes and sustenance of adaptation barriers remain limited. This research identifies key contextual causes of adaptation barriers in water institutions in the mountainous Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. Semi-structur...

Administrative support is essential for reform efforts to take place at the building and district level. This study explored barriers teachers encountered while implementing science education reform and the impact those barriers had on change in instructional practices and reform. Findings in this study reveal that support from administration is not ideal, nor is it sufficient to support teache...