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  2. Inglehart–Welzel cultural map of the world - Wikipedia

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    The 2017 version of the map. The Inglehart–Welzel cultural map of the world is a scatter plot created by political scientists Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel based on the World Values Survey and European Values Survey. [1] It depicts closely linked cultural values that vary between societies in two predominant dimensions: traditional ...

  3. Freedom Rising - Wikipedia

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    Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation is a 2013 book by the German political scientist Christian Welzel, professor of political culture and political sociology at Leuphana University Lueneburg and vice-president of the World Values Survey.

  4. Empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. It is the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights.

  5. History of urban planning - Wikipedia

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    The concept of Arturo Soria 's of the linear city model and the "linear city movement". Ebenezer Howard 's influential 1902 diagram, illustrating urban growth through garden city "off-shoots". The first major urban planning theorist in Britain was Sir Ebenezer Howard, who initiated the garden city movement in 1898.

  6. World Values Survey - Wikipedia

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    www.worldvaluessurvey.org. The World Values Survey ( WVS) is a global research project that explores people's values and beliefs, how they change over time, and what social and political impact they have. Since 1981 a worldwide network of social scientists have conducted representative national surveys as part of WVS in almost 100 countries.

  7. Superpower - Wikipedia

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    Superpower describes a state or supranational union that holds a dominant position characterized by the ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale. [1] [2] [3] This is done through the combined means of economic, military, technological, political, and cultural strength as well as diplomatic and soft power influence.

  8. The Geographical Pivot of History - Wikipedia

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    The World Island Map of the "Heartland Theory", as published by Mackinder in 1904. According to Mackinder, Earth's land surface was divisible into: The World Island, comprising the interlinked continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe (Afro-Eurasia). This was the largest, most populous, and richest of all possible land combinations.

  9. Youth empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Youth empowerment is a process where children and young people are encouraged to take charge of their lives. They do this by addressing their situation and then take action in order to improve their access to resources and transform their consciousness through their beliefs, values, and attitudes. [1]