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Not‐so‐Freeway: A Relational Approach to Checkpoints and Conflict in Northeast India

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Along arterial roads in northeast India, bordering Myanmar, various armed groups and state actors collect ‘taxes’ at checkpoints. These checkpoints are sites of interaction where the power dynamics between armed groups, state officials and civilians are constantly negotiated, embedded in a larger network of social and political relationships ...
Shalaka Thakur
wiley   +1 more source

The Meaning of Obedience in a Time of Authoritarianism: Ethics of Care in and beyond the Military

open access: yesDialog, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In my book, On Obedience, Contrasting Philosophies for Military, Community and Citizenry, I anticipated emerging and different problems of authority and the nature/character of obedience in military and civic cultures. My anticipations proved to be correct, and more urgent questions have emerged.
Pauline Shanks Kaurin
wiley   +1 more source

Asymmetric sanctions and corruption: Theory and practice in China

open access: yesEconomic Inquiry, EarlyView.
Abstract Asymmetric punishment of partners in crime, intended to incentivize whistle‐blowing, may increase detection and deterrence. The idea is age‐old but its use against corruption is not frequent. We study a 1997 Chinese reform that strengthened such asymmetries for some forms of bribery.
Maria Perrotta Berlin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financing child rights in Malawi. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Etter-Phoya R   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Women Make Better Borrowers and Loan Officers? Evidence From Afghanistan

open access: yesEconomics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores how gender is associated with microfinance loan performance in Afghanistan, a conservative and conflict‐affected society. We use data from over 9500 borrowers across Taliban‐ and government‐controlled areas for the period from January 2017 to February 2020, before the 2021 Taliban takeover.
Mustafa Disli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring neglected places enabling conservation crime through place network investigations. [PDF]

open access: yesiScience
Xu EJ   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Civil Corruption Crime

open access: yesDONG-A LAW REVIEW, 2019
openaire   +1 more source

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