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PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
wiley   +1 more source

The Old Regime (of Mutualisation) and the Revolution (of Big Data)

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In his classic work L'ancien régime et la révolution, Alexis de Tocqueville proposes a reinterpretation of the French Revolution: behind the spectacular ruptures associated with the event, profound continuities are at play. Beyond the specific case of the French Revolution, Tocqueville calls for vigilance in mobilizing the notion of revolution
Pierre Francois
wiley   +1 more source

Ethical Issues and Recommendations in Psychedelic Research and Practice: A Scoping Review. [PDF]

J Bioeth Inq
Brittain N, Higgins N, Barber M, Choi W, Carter A, Gardner J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Capital and the Family

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How are capital and the family interconnected in contemporary capitalism? In this article, we argue that they come together in owning relations. By owning capital across generations, families bridge the temporal gap between the durability of capital and the finite lifespan of private property holders and thus resolve the problem of bona ...
Jens Beckert, Isabell Stamm
wiley   +1 more source

Insurance and the “Irrationalization” of Disaster Policy: A Political Crisis Theory for an Age of Climate Risk

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the last several years, disaster insurance programs around the world have experienced disruptions that many observers interpret to be a primary symptom of “climate crisis” (Bittle 2024). Governments have responded to these disruptions through disjointed and at times contradictory measures: they treat disasters, alternately, as “Acts of God”
Stephen J. Collier
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Standard employment enclaves, precarity and informality: explaining employment configurations in the global south. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Dingeldey I, Fechner H, Julián-Vejar D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Gendered Attitudes or Structural Barriers? Men Front Line Workers' Perspectives on What Keeps Men out of Paid Care Work in Australia

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender segregation in paid care work offers a critical lens for understanding how gender inequality is reproduced in contemporary societies. While much research has explained men's absence from paid care through cultural and identity‐based accounts, less has been done to examine the structural mechanisms that sustain the feminisation of care ...
Steven Roberts, Elsie Foeken, Karla Elliott, Riikka Prattes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

La ville récréative

Strenae
Thierry Paquot
doaj   +1 more source

How far are global croplands from environmental sustainability ?

Guilbert M, Ceausu S, Hou S, Zhao X, Cao P, Bilotto F, Fischer CG, Herrero M, Dalin C.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The new Rural Emergency Hospital Designation Program: Will it improve access to care for rural Americans? [PDF]

J Rural Health
Daly SB, You W, Merwin EI.
europepmc   +1 more source