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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
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Within classical sociological accounts of capitalism, families are curious remnants of the past. Contemporary elite sociology dismisses the family in a different way: by primarily focusing on individual men. When the family does appear within elite studies, scholars frequently follow a stratification framework, which focuses on the ...
Shamus Khan, Max Besbris, Estela Diaz
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ACCOUNTING – A SEMIOTIC PROCESS [PDF]
The final product of accounting which is intended towards satisfying the informational needs of the various users is a component part of a semiotic communication process whose outcome is that the transmitted messages “bear” in themselves knowledge ...
Ciuraru-Andrica Cristina +3 more
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Elites and institutions : literature review [PDF]
, 2006 Exploring elites and their relations to institutions can assist understanding the day-to-day realities of politics in Africa (Chabal and Daloz 1999, Amundsen 2001, Lindberg 2003).
Hewitt, Tom, Orrnert, Anna
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Claus Offe (1940–2025): A Tribute to His Academic Work and His Role as a Political Intellectual
Constellations, EarlyView.
Tine Stein
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Taking Stock: Elite Studies and Social Change
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article provides a systematic synthesis of contemporary elite sociology through the analytical lens of change and stability. We distinguish between two types of change: change within elites, referring to transformations in elite composition, circulation, or internal characteristics; and change by elites, designating processes whereby ...
Ajdacic Lena +13 more
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From Governmental Accounting to National Accounting: Implications on the Portuguese Central Government Deficit [PDF]
Based on the relevant differences between Governmental Accounting (GA/microeconomic perspective) and National Accounting (NA/macroeconomic perspective) this paper examines the main adjustments made in Portugal to the General Government Sector data ...
Maria Antónia Jesus, Susana Jorge
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Two 'transitions': the political economy of Joyce Banda's rise to power and the related role of civil society organisations in Malawi [PDF]
, 2014 This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Review of African Political Economy on 21/07/2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056244.2014 ...
Bayart J. F. +21 more
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Pseudonyms, Propaganda, and Prints: The Life and Political Caricatures of William Dent, 1782–931
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract ‘Dent was probably an amateur and nothing is known of his life’, state Bryant and Heneage. Despite contributing to caricature's ‘golden age’, William Dent remains overlooked compared to contemporaries like James Gillray. Dent's extensive portfolio (1782–93) and rumoured role as a Pittite propagandist have not secured his place in the canon of ...
Callum D. Smith
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Robot as Legal Person: Electronic Personhood in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. [PDF]
Front Robot AI, 2021 Avila Negri SMC.
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