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Measures to Ensure That Social Workers Render Holistic Family Reunification Services: A South African Perspective

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Placement of children in alternative care is supposed to be a temporary arrangement while social workers address issues that led to the removal of a child from the care of the family. However, in the rendering of family reunification services (FRS), social workers encounter numerous challenges that hinder their ability and capacity to render ...
Sipho Sibanda
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐reported mental health and the Dobbs decision: Variation by State abortion laws

open access: yesContemporary Economic Policy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 199-225, April 2025.
Abstract When a US Supreme Court ruling allowed states to ban abortion, women of childbearing age in the states where abortion became illegal reported higher rates of anxiety symptoms compared to similar‐aged women in other states and older women in the same states.
J. Michael Collins, Vivekananda Das
wiley   +1 more source

Education for Civil Disobedience in the Context of Democratic Decline

open access: yesEducational Theory, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I discuss the educational relevance of civil disobedience as a form of political dissent in contemporary democracies demonstrating signs of significant democratic decline. The article challenges the plausibility of the impactful Rawlsian understanding of civil disobedience in societies in a state of democratic backsliding.
Anniina Leiviskä
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
wiley   +1 more source

Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

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