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Anthropology &Education Quarterly, Volume 57, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the education trajectories of Indonesian students attending university in Singapore. These students and their parents consider a project of educational migration to Singapore as a proven pathway toward their varied aspirations.
Erica M. Larson
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Norm Circles and Critical Realism
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT An increasing number of scholars have employed the critical realist concept of norm circles in empirical research. Norm circles are social structures, composed of human agents, that tend to encourage people to conform with norms. As such, they provide a (partly) structural explanation for social normativity, which in turn plays an important ...
Dave Elder‐Vass, Manuel Heckel
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Earthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 2, May 2026.What drives user perceptions and acceptance of earthquake early warning systems (EEWS) as an emerging technology? Do distinct types of transparency into EEWS affect users’ perceptions of the system's usefulness and desirability differently? To address these questions, we focus on Nepal, an earthquake‐prone country with no active public EEWS ...
Shana Scogin +3 more
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Environmental Contamination Affects Associated Bacterial Communities in a Neotropical Arboreal Ant
Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.Environmental stressors such as contamination from mining tailings can alter microbial communities associated with insects, including social ants. Ants, as widespread and ecologically influential insects with stable microbial associations, offer a relevant model to examine these effects.
Marília R. Bitar +4 more
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Consumption Smoothing and Risk Coping Mechanisms: Evidence From Rural India
Review of Income and Wealth, Volume 72, Issue 2, May 2026.ABSTRACT Using monthly, seasonal and annual panel data from rural India from 2010 to 2014, we comprehensively analyze how households smooth consumption and adjust their asset portfolios in response to income shocks, identified by exogenous deviations of rainfall from historical patterns.
Bilal Malaeb +2 more
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Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 911-925, April 2026.ABSTRACT Three categories of explanations exist for why we age: mechanistic theories, which omit reference to evolutionary forces; weakening force of selection theories, which posit that barriers exist that prevent evolutionary forces from optimising fitness in ageing; and optimisation theories, which posit that evolutionary forces actually select for ...
Michael S. Ringel
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Class, caste and conspicuous consumption in India
Economica, Volume 93, Issue 370, Page 439-467, April 2026.Abstract Using nationally representative household‐level panel data from India, we study status‐signalling through conspicuous consumption across castes, religions and income classes. Conditional on permanent income, scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) Hindu households spend more, while religious minorities spend less on visible consumption ...
Aruni Mitra, Ronit Mukherji
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Punjab's Doaban Migration-Development Nexus: Transnationalism and Caste domination [PDF]
, 2013 Singh, Manjit, Taylor, Steve
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Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Fieldwork is the cornerstone of empirical research in agrarian studies. Discussion about methodological options has, however, not kept up with the innovative conceptual developments taking place within the discipline. This is particularly evident in the study of social differentiation, a key concern in agrarian scholarship. Through a review of
Patrick Illien, Helena Pérez Niño
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Gender, Marriage and the Elites in India
Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 4, April 2026.ABSTRACT Scholarship on Indian marriages is vast and interesting, with insights into structural practices and transformations, everyday realities, and maintenance of boundaries and hierarchies of groups. To understand these aspects, studies have focussed on specific caste groups, religious and regional communities, bourgeoning urban areas and emerging ...
Parul Bhandari
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