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Security: Collective good or commodity? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2008 Sage.The state monopoly on the legitimate use of violence in Europe and North America has been central to the development of security
Briggs, Rachel   +43 more
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The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
wiley   +1 more source

Emerging Religious Marketplace in Nigeria: A Quest for Interpretation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In contemporary Nigerian society, the evolving trends in Christian religious culture suggest that neoliberal (social) mind-set is influencing certain practices in many Churches.
Duke, Emmanuel Orok
core  

Implementing Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Australia: A Five‐Phase Framework for Indigenous Data Governance

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents the development of a five‐phase Indigenous Data Governance (IDGov) Framework in Australia, focusing on partnerships between the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO) sector and non‐Indigenous health entities.
Jacob Prehn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Saat Muṣḥaf al-Qur’ān menjadi Komoditas

open access: yesRefleksi, 2014
Can the Qur’ān be traded? Is it allowable and lawful to do commodification of the holy scripture? In view of the fact that Muslim communities mostly require the Qur’ān, an effort for commercialization of it directly emerges, and this article concerns on ...
Eva Nugraha
doaj   +1 more source

A Woman’s Worth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This Article examines three traditionally “taboo trades”: (1) the sale of sex, (2) compensated egg donation, and (3) commercial surrogacy. The Article purposely invokes examples in which the compensated provision of goods or services (primarily or ...
Krawiec, Kimberly D.
core   +1 more source

Firm finances, weather derivatives and geography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper considers some intellectual, practical and political dimensions of collaboration between human and physical geographers exploring how firms are using relatively new financial products – weather derivatives – to displace any costs of weather ...
Anonymous   +48 more
core   +1 more source

From concept to community of practice in anatomical ethics and professionalism: 5 years of the “Bioethics Unicorns” education initiative

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The topics of ethics and professionalism in anatomy have only recently gained prominence within the discipline, reflecting trends in medical and health professions education and an increasing awareness of societal expectations around the use of the dead.
Jon Cornwall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anatomists' experience and perspectives on the international transfer of human remains for the purpose of education

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Anecdotally, educational institutions without access to human remains may choose to import these from other countries; however, there is currently no published information illuminating the existence of this trade. This study therefore aimed to document the nature of international transfer of human remains for education, and explore anatomists'
Jackie Hazelhurst   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of Rural Spatial Commodification Patterns around Metropolitan Areas and Analysis of Influential Factors: Case Study in Shanghai

open access: yesLand
Rural areas around developed metropolitan areas continue to attract capital inflows, promoting rural spatial commodification. Taking Shanghai as a case study, this paper analyzes the characteristics of the spatial distribution pattern and the influencing
Yifan Fang, Jing Qiao, Hong Geng
doaj   +1 more source

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