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Caste criminalisation in South India and permanent migration to Fiji, 1903–1927

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Does the official criminalisation of a group lead to permanent out‐migration? In the early 20th century, British officials in south India designated multiple castes as inherently criminal under the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA). The CTA required police registration and could force entire groups into special settlements.
Alexander Persaud
wiley   +1 more source

Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

Myotonia congenita and periodic hypokalemia paralysis in a consanguineous marriage pedigree: Coexistence of a novel CLCN1 mutation and an SCN4A mutation. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
Zhao C, Tang D, Huang H, Tang H, Yang Y, Yang M, Luo Y, Tao H, Tang J, Zhou X, Shi X.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rural land rental markets in developing countries: Can survey design innovations improve land market participation statistics?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract A longstanding puzzle in the African land rental market literature is the often‐observed discrepancy between the number of tenants (renters‐in) and the much smaller number of landlords (renters‐out) in survey data. If this discrepancy derives from systematic biases in survey data responses on rental market participation, then the existing body
Gashaw T. Abate, Kibrom A. Abay, Jordan Chamberlin, Samuel Sebsibie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Begetting Silvio Gesell in the Modern Economy: A Marriage of Frederick Soddy and Kenneth Boulding

The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the Natural Economic Order, first published in 1916, Silvio Gesell warned against a fiat monetary system that in place of controlling the circulation of money with demurrage, sought to manage the system by accommodating demand for liquidity.
Ahmed Anwar
wiley   +1 more source

Consanguineous Marriage and Its Association With Genetic Disorders in Saudi Arabia: A Review. [PDF]

Cureus
Khayat AM, Alshareef BG, Alharbi SF, AlZahrani MM, Alshangity BA, Tashkandi NF.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Defiant pride: Origins and consequences of ethnic voting

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do voters often remain loyal to ethnic parties despite receiving little in terms of material welfare? I develop a theory focused on the role of dignity concerns in explaining within‐group variation in ethnic party loyalty. Group members who face discrimination from state agencies dominated by outgroups respond with defiant pride, which ...
Mashail Malik
wiley   +1 more source

Consanguineous marriage among familial multiple sclerosis subjects: A national registry-based study. [PDF]

Heliyon
Salehi Z, Naghizadeh MM, Ezabadi SG, Ebrahimitirtashi A, Abbasi Kasbi N, Khodaie F, Aliyari S, Ashtari F, Baghbanian SM, Nabavi SM, Hosseini S, Razazian N, Shaygannejad V, Majdi-Nasab N, Harirchian MH, Bayati A, Kamali H, Hosseni Nejad Mir N, Beladi Moghadam N, Poursadeghfard M, Mozhdehipanah H, Jalali N, Nahayati MA, Faraji F, Kamyari N, Sahraian MA, Maghbooli Z, Eskandarieh S.   +27 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon, Clara Neupert‐Wentz, Andrej Kokkonen, Jørgen Møller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding the Risks and Prevention of Consanguineous Marriage: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey. [PDF]

J Multidiscip Healthc
Jairoun AA, Al-Hemyari SS, Shahwan M, Karuniawati H, Zyoud SH, Abu-Gharbieh E, Zyoud SH, Al-Ani M, Habeb M, Jairoun M.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source