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Economic transformation in Africa: What is the role of Chinese firms?
Journal of International Development, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 43-64, January 2023., 2023 Abstract African countries face an economic transformation gap. Given the large and growing Chinese presence on the African continent, a fundamental question is whether Chinese firms contribute to, or hinder, economic transformation in Africa. This article conducts a scoping review of over one hundred sources, examining the pathways through which ...
Linda Calabrese, Xiaoyang Tang
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Portes: Revista mexicana de estudios sobre la Cuenca del Pacífico, 2016 The article discusses the presence of Korean cultural industries in the City of Buenos Aires from the perspective of consumption that articulates contributions from Sociology and Theory of Culture.
Paula Iadevito
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Pierre’o Bourdieu literatūros sociologija | Pierre Bourdieu’s Sociology of Literature [PDF]
Literatūra (Vilnius), 2005 The paper deals with the sociology of literature of Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential figures in contemporary sociology of art. Initially, Bourdieu intended to overcome dichotomy of formalistic and contextual approaches, to transcend both the ...
Loreta Jakonytė
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On the Concept of Snowball Sampling [PDF]
arXiv, 2011 This brief comment reflects on the historical and current uses of the term "snowball sampling."
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an antiretroviral drug that effectively prevents an HIV infection, which German statutory health insurance has covered since 2019. The drug's use in Germany has (re)surfaced ambivalent emotions: hopes for an HIV/AIDS‐free future and sexual liberation rub against enduring worries and moralizations of ...
Max Schnepf
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EL CONSUMO COMO INVERSIÓN IDENTITARIA EN LA CIUDAD: ENTREVISTA CON JOEL STILLERMAN
Materia ArquitecturaJoel Stillerman es profesor de Sociología en la Grand Valley State University. Autor de The Sociology of Consumption: A Global Approach (Polity, 2015) e Identity Investments: Middle-Class Responses to Precarious Privilege in Neoliberal Chile (Stanford ...
Liliana De Simone
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XML content warehousing: Improving sociological studies of mailing lists and web data [PDF]
Bulletin de M\'ethodologie Sociologique (BMS) (2011) 27p, 2011 In this paper, we present the guidelines for an XML-based approach for the sociological study of Web data such as the analysis of mailing lists or databases available online. The use of an XML warehouse is a flexible solution for storing and processing this kind of data.
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Recommendations for built marine infrastructure that supports natural habitats
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.The extent of built marine infrastructure—from energy infrastructure and ports to artificial reefs and aquaculture—is increasing globally. The rise in built structure coverage is concurrent with losses and degradation of many natural habitats. Although historically associated with net negative impacts on natural systems, built infrastructure—with ...
Avery B Paxton +17 more
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A Sociological Study on Hookah Consumption Among the Youth of Shiraz [PDF]
, 2022 Sedighe Alborzi +2 more
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Future in Educational Research, EarlyView.Abstract There are increasing calls for positive education to integrate holistic and system approaches to both the understanding and implementation of mental health and well‐being interventions across all levels of a school community. The purpose of this study was to examine educators' perspectives of the most significant changes that occurred at an ...
Stephen Burrowes +5 more
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