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Consumption and Society, 2022 Italian sociologist Roberta Sassatelli is well known for her work on consumption. She was educated and has taught in Italy and the UK and writes and publishes in both languages, and her work has been widely translated.
R. Sassatelli, S. Wahlen, Daniel Welch
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Consumer credit in comparative perspective [PDF]
, 2018 We review the literature in sociology and related fields on the fast global growth of consumer credit and debt and the possible explanations for this expansion.
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Explanatory factors of university student participation in flamenco [PDF]
, 2019 The present work offers a study exploring University of Seville students’ cultural participation and how often they attend live flamenco shows. Based on the statistical yearbook of this university, a sample of 452 students from different fields was ...
Oliver Alfonso, María Dolores +2 more
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Quantifying the land‐use change due to soybean‐based biodiesel in the United States
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.Abstract We quantify the impact of soybean oil‐based biodiesel production on US cropland, using a method that accounts for the intermediate effect of soybean crushing facilities. Based on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data for biodiesel production and proprietary data for soybean crushing facilities over 2011–2020, we find that the elasticities ...
Ruiqing Miao +5 more
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Girls and the Media: Girlhood Studies Agenda and Prospects in Italy [PDF]
, 2017 Within the Italian context, girlhood studies can hardly be considered a specific field: adolescence and gender construction in Italy have historically been investigated by sociology and psychology, although, in recent years, media studies have also ...
Romana Ando'
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Perennial bioenergy crops, such as miscanthus and switchgrass, and crop residues have the potential to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and mitigate carbon emissions. However, high establishment costs, delayed returns, and risk–return profiles that diverge from those of conventional crops can hinder incentives to adopt ...
Fahd Majeed, Madhu Khanna, Ruiqing Miao
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NEW TRENDS IN CONSUMPTION IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. SOCIOLOGICAL REFLECTION
Rozprawy Społeczne, 2019 The aim of the article is to characterize the most common tendencies that occur in consumption in contemporary society, which is part of the research area of consumption sociology.
Olga Filipiak
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Getting beyond the surface : using geometric data analysis in cultural sociology [PDF]
, 2016 Geometric Data Analysis (GDA) refers to a group of statistical techniques that disclose underlying patterns in categorized data. GDA represents categories of variables and individuals as points in a multi-dimensional Euclidean space.
Roose, Henk
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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The mediatization of ethical consumption
MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, 2013 Over the years, mediatization studies have investigated the influence of media in numerous sections of contemporary society. One area that has received limited attention is the mediatization of consumption, particularly issues concerning ethical ...
Mikkel Fugl Eskjær
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