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Beyond Storytime: Oklahoma Public Libraries' Comprehensive Approach to the Resilience of Refugee Children and Their Families Support. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Akter S, Bhattacharjee S.
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Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth

Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 535-560, March 2025.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we study the relationship between organized crime, corruption, and economic growth on a data set from Italian regions for the period 1996–2013. Our working hypothesis is that organized crime can embezzle part of the public expenditure aimed at productive uses by threatening and bribing public officers. To assess the consequences
Tamara Fioroni, Andrea Mario Lavezzi, Giovanni Trovato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Refugee Trauma: Transformative Clinical Training in a Community Service-Learning Model. [PDF]

J Marital Fam Ther
Reihling H, Jones NR, Nager E, Juarez ML.   +3 more
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The Causal Relationship Between Jurisdiction Size and Institutional Quality

Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the relationship between jurisdiction size and economic and electoral outcomes has been extensively studied, its causal impact on institutional capacity and quality remains unexplored. Leveraging the mergers of 197 Italian municipalities, we investigate changes in administrative quality using the Municipal Administration Quality Index ...
Augusto Cerqua, Costanza Giannantoni, Federico Zampollo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Formation Mechanism of Legal Motivation Among College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model Involving Core Self-Evaluation and Social Support. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Xu S, Wang Z.
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When those who benefit most participate least: socioeconomic inequalities in the well-being returns to civic engagement. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Ning X, Nie T, Wang Y.
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The Reputational Configuration and Dynamics of Christian Churches in Switzerland

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the reputation of Christian churches is configured, and which sociodemographic variables and experiences (personal or mediated) relate to it. It provides in‐depth insights into how the Swiss population evaluates Roman Catholic, Reformed Protestant, and Evangelical churches on the basis of various theories, such as ...
Rebekka Rieser, Mark Eisenegger, Jörg Schneider   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using a community-based cultural approach to promote life skills and leadership for social determinants of health in adolescents from disadvantaged communities in Casablanca, Morocco: a Sidi Moumen community case study. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Ahmed MK, El Massaoudi CA, Biri L, Mezzaoui YE, Mazoz B, Andrews LR, Herne T, Coots S, Rubinstein RA, Lane SD.   +9 more
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Government Spending and Civic Engagement: Exploring the Role of Civil Society Participation and Voting in 28 Democracies

Kyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study offers causal evidence on how distinct forms of civic engagement affect government spending across 28 democracies between 2000 and 2024. Its main innovation lies in disentangling the fiscal effects of two channels of engagement—civil society participation and electoral turnout—through an original identification strategy that ...
Anna Lo Prete, Agnese Sacchi
wiley   +1 more source

Bidirectional Associations Between Civic Engagement, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidality in Youth: A Population-Based Study. [PDF]

J Adolesc
Sciola A, Acland E, Philippe FL, Loose T, Orri M, Vergunst F, Ouellet-Morin I, Castellanos-Ryan N, Girard A, Talwar V, Côté S, Geoffroy MC.   +11 more
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