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SUBSTITUTING FOR THE STATE: The Sovereignty Impacts of Diverse Citizens’ Off‐grid Infrastructure Strategies in South Africa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In South Africa, citizens in both low‐ and high‐income areas are increasingly providing their own services to mitigate the unreliability, unaffordability and inaccessibility of state services. This article examines diverse case studies across socio‐economic and residential typologies to explore shifts in service provision responsibilities from
Fiona Anciano, Charlotte Lemanski, Christina Culwick Fatti, Margot Rubin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overburden structure fracture evolution and ground pressure behavior under oblique residual coal pillars in thick seam mining. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wang H, Tian C, Liu Y, Li Y, Lu M, Jiao J, Bai J, Qiao Z.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
wiley   +1 more source

Failure characteristics and stress field distribution law of roadway in downward mining of deep close distance coal seam. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wei M, Zhu Y, Wang P, Luo Y, Ren H, Li P.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Clean, competitive, and productive? The impact of environment‐friendly technologies on exporting and productivity of the manufacturing companies in Belarus

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract The impact of trade on the environment is a big concern, with increasing focus on the role of international trade in climate change. This study explores the bidirectional relationships between export intensity, adoption of environmentally friendly measures, and productivity using the firm‐level data from Belarus.
Yauheniya Shershunovich, Alisher Mirzabaev   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Legal Pluralism in the Shadow of the Centralistic State. [PDF]

Oxf J Leg Stud
Schlesinger C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Environmental Disclosure Tone and Analyst Forecast Behaviour: A Study of the EU Nonfinancial Reporting Directive

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate how the regulation of environmental disclosures affects the corporate environmental disclosure tone (EDT) and analyst forecast behaviour (AFB) following the implementation of the European Union Nonfinancial Reporting Directive. Based on hand‐collected data from environmentally sensitive European firms, we find that the Directive
Mumtaheena Anwar, Elisabeth Sinnewe, Annette Quayle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of atomization and delivery efficiency of exogenous surfactant in preterm infant lungs using an ex vivo respiratory model. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Kaouane G, Berret JF, Cremillieux Y, Pinaud N, Munsch F, Zhang B, Fayon M, Gérard R, De La Roque ED, Perinel-Ragey S, Leclerc L, Pourchez J.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Harold J. Berman, Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition [PDF]

, 2011
Funk, David A.
core   +2 more sources

Accounting Professionalism: Serving the Public Interest Means First Knowing What Societies Value

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper calls for including liberal arts study in undergraduate accounting degrees. Although the idea is not new, unlike previous calls – which use normative‐based arguments to link liberal arts study with the development of students' critical thinking, problem‐solving, and analytical skills – the present study views the inclusion of ...
Ralph W. Adler
wiley   +1 more source