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Naming the Wolves: Consumer Credit and Rentier Financialisation on the Brazilian Periphery

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract Recent social policy in Brazil has centred on a vision for financial inclusion that claims to alleviate poverty through credit‐based consumption. We argue that, contrary to these claims, Brazil's consumer credit boom has entrenched a financialised macroeconomic model in which debt and rentierism have become motors of the national economy ...
Jessica Sklair, Catarina Morawska, Maíra Vale   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Quality of Public Basic Sanitation Services: An Analysis of the Perceptions and Problems in Rio Grande do Sul

Environmental Quality Management, Volume 35, Issue 2, Winter 2025.
ABSTRACT Basic sanitation has become a tool for social inclusion, however, studies regarding the quality of public basic sanitation services are still incipient. Thereat, this study aimed to identify user perceptions regarding the quality of sanitation services in Rio Grande do Sul State (southern Brazil).
Renes Rossi Pinheiro, Renata Pase Ravanello, Kelmara Mendes Vieira, Ani Caroline Grigion Potrich   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

¡La competencia electoral de la Sala Constitucional de Costa Rica! [PDF]

Revista de Derecho Electoral, 2011
Ensayo que en tres partes analiza el deslinde de competencias entre la Sala Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Justicia y el Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones.
Bernal Arias Ramírez
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Delimitación de competencias entre la Sala Constitucional y el Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones [PDF]

Revista de Derecho Electoral, 2011
Este artículo describe en forma general las competencias de la Sala Constitucional y del Tribunal de Elecciones como un primer paso para abordar el tema de los posibles roces y, finalmente, delimitar los ámbitos competenciales de ambos ...
Julio Jurado Fernández
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Hand in hand: Consuming symbols, language and identity in post‐ETA Basque society

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 575-588, July 2025.
Abstract This study examines the evolution of ethnic symbol consumption in the Basque Country following the end of ETA's violent activities in 2011. It delves into the shifting political and cultural context of the Basque provinces during this period, underscoring the impact that terrorism and its cessation have had on creating distinct patterns of ...
Asier H. Aguirresarobe
wiley   +1 more source

National climate scenarios: (un)building climate knowledge and inducing environmental ignorance in Mexico

Geo: Geography and Environment, Volume 12, Issue 1, January‐June 2025.
Abstract The interactions between climate information producers and local decision‐makers have remained largely underexplored. The processes of building a local climate research agenda and informing adaptation policies are still unknown in many Global South countries.
Teresa Guadalupe de León Escobedo, Francisco Estrada Porrúa   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Breaking self‐focused orientation in people who perceive economic scarcity: The influence of transcendent motivation to promote an abstract mindset and prosocial behavioral intentions

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Volume 65, Issue 4, Page 607-616, August 2024.
Previous research shows that being in a situation of economic scarcity promotes a more concrete mindset that motivates behavioral decisions based on action difficulty and their short‐term outcomes, which frequently entails negative consequences. However, a concrete mindset can be counteracted by inducing an abstract mindset to help people focus on ...
Bronwyn Laforet, Pilar Carrera, Amparo Caballero   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marketing político y rentabilidad electoral: el caso del Distrito 10 de Jalisco en las elecciones federales de 2003

Comunicación y Sociedad, 2005
Con el arribo de contiendas electorales caracterizadas por una alta competencia, el marketing político se ha consolidado como la herramienta principal de la comunicación política en el desarrollo de los procesos electorales en México.
Francisco de Jesús Aceves González
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Basic income as a pandemic social protection instrument: Lessons from Maricá, Brazil

International Social Security Review, Volume 77, Issue 1-2, Page 121-136, January-June 2024.
Abstract This article explores the connection between two related but distinct models of basic income proposals in the context of a pandemic emergency. While COVID‐19 appears to have increased interest in basic income, this often ended up taking the form of a temporary emergency basic income (EBI) instead of a permanent universal basic income (UBI). In
Jurgen De Wispelaere, Leticia Morales, Fabio Waltenberg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Los derechos político-electorales en México ante los desafíos de la Inteligencia Artificial

Revista de Derecho Político
El propósito de este artículo es analizar el contenido de los derechos político- electorales en México, para evidenciar en qué medida se ven afectados debido a los problemas asociados al uso del Big Data, la Inteligencia Artificial y los Algoritmos.
Ian Eric Dávila Cortés
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