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Beyond the Cut: Generative Refusal and the Reimagining of Jewish Affiliation in Contemporary Israel
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Jewish‐Israeli society, circumcision (brit milah) carries far‐reaching significance, symbolizing both the covenant between god and the Jewish people and serving as a key marker of communal affiliation and cultural continuity. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with Jewish‐Israeli parents who have chosen not to circumcise their sons and using ...
Nina Rageth
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All in the family: Kidney donation in aging Japan
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the ethical and cultural logics shaping living donor kidney transplantation in Japan, where donation is restricted to kin and deceased donation remains rare. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in a Tokyo‐area hospital, it analyzes how Japan's kin‐based transplantation regime contrasts with the utilitarian model dominant in
Amy Borovoy
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Green Nationalism: The Case for Integrating Ethnosymbolism
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article makes the case for integrating elements of ethnosymbolism from Anthony D. Smith in the study of green nationalism. It presents a Smithian critique of Ernest Gellner's theory while accounting for criticisms of ethnosymbolism, partially grounding it in modernist foundations. Gellner's theoretical perspective is undoubtedly valuable,
Alexander Robinson
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Left, Right and Centre: National Political Authority and Its Symbolisation
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This lecture explores ideas through which we both do and analyse national politics in the modern world, as both concepts and symbols, examining three conceptual pairs: Left/Right, Centre/Periphery and Liberal/Authoritarian. I argue that Left/Right is a symbolic structure that is necessary for democratic politics, but not reflective of deep ...
Jonathan Hearn
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When Public Budgets Break Bad: Administrative Fines as Hidden Taxation Under Fiscal Pressure
Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.Abstract Do fiscally stressed governments turn administrative fines into hidden taxation? After the 2021 collapse of land‐transfer revenue removed local budgets' own‐source income, we compare Chinese cities with differing exposure to this common shock, using 20 million penalty records processed with a fine‐tuned language model.
Shenghua Lu, Hui Wang
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Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates how pro‐environmental behaviors (PEBs) of public sector employees can be stimulated using management control. We mobilize the theory of planned behavior to hypothesize that employee environmental concerns are associated with PEBs, and that this relation can be strengthened by management control instruments that provide ...
Berend van der Kolk +2 more
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Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.Abstract Environmental crime is increasingly recognised as a transnational phenomenon requiring coordinated enforcement responses capable of addressing its cross‐border ecological, social and economic impacts. In this context, the strengthening of cross‐border police cooperation and specialised training has become particularly relevant within the EU ...
Maria Marques‐Banque
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Does the European Union ‘Rule the World’? Competition Law Diffusion to Singapore and Hong Kong
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines why Singapore and Hong Kong adopted competition law by testing four diffusion mechanisms: coercion, competition, learning, and the Brussels Effect. Using structured process tracing and extensive archival evidence, it evaluates the distinct observable implications of each mechanism.
Yannis Karagiannis
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