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Always Be Prepared: Lessons Learned From Risk‐Coping Strategies of Thai Households in the Wake of Two Major Economic Crises

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aimed to comparatively examine the function of three risk‐coping strategies, namely savings, borrowings, and work‐hour adjustments, during two major economic crises in Thailand. Using the Socioeconomic Survey (SES) collected by the National Statistical Office (NSO) in Thailand, we examined data from the 1998 financial crisis and the
Aeggarchat Sirisankanan, Papar Kananurak
wiley   +1 more source

Research of the Nutrition Problem: Methodological Approaches and Daily Practices

Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2014
The article analyzes some scientific approaches to nutrition research and current nutrition practices for students of two Moscow Universities. The author notes that the necessity for scientific studying of food has been understood at the end of the XIX -
Antonina V. Noskova
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Housing Security, Relative Deprivation, and Subjective Well‐Being: Empirical Evidence Derived From CFPS Data

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The housing issue significantly influences individuals' well‐being. As a crucial mechanism for alleviating the housing issue, the housing security system has garnered increasing attention regarding its impact on residents' happiness. Utilizing data from the China Household Tracking Survey (CFPS), this paper seeks to thoroughly investigate the ...
Lingzhen Yao, Bei Qiao, Yuhan Hu
wiley   +1 more source

Negociando la inclusión al mercado de consumo: los programas de transferencias condicionadas de dinero y el orden familiar = Negotiating inclusion into the consumption market: conditional cash transfer programs and family order

Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais, 2017
This paper explores two processes that agendas of economic sociology research normally addresse separately: the processes of financialization of consumption and monetization of social policies in the popular sectors. Through ethnographic work carried out
Wilkis, Ariel, Hornes, Martin
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Carpool Karaoke: Deconstructing the directly lived experience of hearing oneself singing [PDF]

, 2017
The various ways whereby spatial conditions afford to monumentalize culture and to appropriate geographically demarcated places in terms of individual and collective meaning structures has been amply documented in urban ...
Rossolatos, George
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Turning Down Mum's Cooking: The Ethics of Dietary Difference within Families

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although food ethicists have called for greater attention to the relational context of eating for over a decade, the context of ‘eating with family’ remains largely ignored. But the family is both a morally specific relational context and one within which many people do most of their eating.
Megan A. Dean
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Examining New Donors in the OECD's Development Assistance Committee

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do emerging donors integrate into the existing international aid architecture? While the existing literature focuses largely on emerging donors from the Global South, such as Brazil, China, India and Russia, there are many emerging donors from the Global North that have joined the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC)—the premier ...
Nicolas Bau, Simone Dietrich, Katharina Fleiner, Alice Iannantuoni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Botswana National Migration Study: a conceptual framework [PDF]

, 1981
African Studies Center Working Paper No ...
Harris, John R.
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The Art of Reception: Field Visits as Microcosms for Development Interventions of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Uganda

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
wiley   +1 more source

Embodied boarders: Snowboarding, status and style. [PDF]

, 2004
The body is a symbol of status, a system of social markings and a site of distinctions. Drawing on documentary and visual sources, combined with participant observations, this article explores the body as a signifier through an examination of numerous ...
Thorpe, Holly Aysha
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