This paper gives a personal political perspective on the policy dispute about localization in humanitarian sector to argue that is realization of right self-determination. It starts by describing how aid too international today. then makes case for as an essential process self-determination and citizenship. analyses main arguments used against humanitarians who are resistant it shows they routi...

Abstract A proliferation of data-generating devices, sensors, and applications has led to unprecedented amounts digital data. We live in an era datafication, one which life is increasingly quantified transformed into intelligence for private or public benefit. When used responsibly, this offers new opportunities good. The potential data evident the possibilities offered by open collaboratives—b...

An analysis of our commonsense concept of freedom yields two “minimal criteria”: (1) Autonomy distinguishes freedom from compulsion; (2) Authorship distinguishes freedom from chance. Translating freedom into “self-determination” can account for both criteria. Self-determination is understood as determination by “personal-preferences” which are constitutive for a person. Freedom and determinism ...

r: Although enhancing students' self-determination is advocated as a central element of high-quality special education and transition services, little is known about the ways in which paraprofessionals are involved in promoting self-determination or the extent to which they share teachers' views regarding its importance. The authors surveyed 223 paraprofessionals from 115 randomly selected publ...

Objectives: Self-determination is a significant skill in the proper transition from adolescence to adulthood. Parents play an important role in assessing the self-determination of their children. Currently, there is no valid instrument in Iran to assess parents’ views about the self-determination of their adolescents. The present study was conducted to determine the psychometric properties of t...