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Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Speculation has long been thought to have significant economic effects, but it is difficult to measure, making it challenging to examine these effects empirically. In this paper we measure speculation in the United Kingdom since 1785 by using business and financial reporting in The Times newspaper.
William Quinn, John D. Turner, Clive B. Walker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Volunteers' diverse and unexpected knowledge practices in contributory citizen science. [PDF]

BMC Ecol Evol
Gonzalez Canada D, Lavau S, Williams KJH.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement

The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking social action through the info-ecological dimensions of two collaborative public health platforms: the people's health movement and the citizen sense project platforms as examples of health-net-activism. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Surrenti S, Di Felice M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Risk Disclosure as a Resilience Tool in Central Governments: Assessing Current Practices in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To be resilient, governments must quickly adapt their policies and working methods to new and uncertain situations. This article examines whether risk disclosure, as part of the anticipatory capacities of these organizations, can help identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
Ekaterina Svetlova, Tjerk Budding, Silvia Pazzi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resilience under the chilling effect: how social support and digital media reshape online political participation among Chinese youth. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Yang J, Jiang H, Dai M, Guo W.
europepmc   +1 more source

(Not) Covering Climate Risks: A Multimodal News Framing Analysis of Soil Health Reporting in the UK Press

The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract Risks to soil health from increased flooding and drought due to climate change are a priority risk area for the UK government, but our analysis of two years of UK newspaper coverage on this issue reveals very little attention to it. Our multimodal framing analysis shows that news reports are largely devoid of addressing the root causes ...
Antal Wozniak, Jill E. Hopke
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Social media and political participation: unpacking the role of social media in contemporary politics. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Nair P, Eberwein T, Sparkes-Vian CS.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Political Novel in the Age of its Impotence: On Recent German Right‐Wing Fiction

The German Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract While scholars have increasingly studied the German right's publishing strategies and literary politics, less attention has been paid to the literary texts as such. They are worth examining in detail, I argue here, because they reflect in exaggerated form a problem that troubles political novels more generally: the dwindling role of the novel ...
Sophie Salvo
wiley   +1 more source

Preventive Strategies Against Disinformation: A Study on Digital and Information Literacy Activities Led by Fact-Checking Organisations. [PDF]

Open Res Eur
Arribas CM, Gertrudix M, Arcos R.
europepmc   +1 more source