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Teaching a Geography of Hope

Area, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This paper reflects on the pedagogical possibilities of cultivating a ‘geography of hope’. ABSTRACT Amid intersecting global crises—war, genocide, the erosion of academic freedom and the deepening precaritisation of higher education—this paper reflects on the pedagogical possibilities of cultivating a ‘geography of hope’.
Mariasole Pepa
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Surviving Sexual Violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]

, 2013
Since 1996 a deadly conflict has been ongoing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Within this conflict, sexual violence has been inflicted upon women as a strategic weapon of war.
Bartels, Susan, Leaning, Jennifer, Lipton, Robert, Mukwege, Denis, Scott, Jennifer, VanRooyen, Michael   +5 more
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Orphanhood Status and Antecedents to Placement Among a Multinational Sample of Adults With Care Experience

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globally, millions of children are adopted or placed in alternative care settings (i.e., residential, foster, or kinship care). The current study explores the factors leading to separation from parents and adoption or placement in alternative care by investigating orphanhood status, perceived antecedents to placement, types of alternative care
Nicole Gilbertson Wilke, Jedd Medefind, Amanda Hiles Howard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lessons learned from screening potential other effective area‐based conservation measures

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Other effective area‐based conservation measures (OECMs) are sites that deliver effective biodiversity outcomes irrespective of their management objectives. These areas are widely expected to play an important role in efforts to protect 30% of Earth by 2030.
Carly N. Cook, Madhu Rao, Peter J. Clyne, Vanessa Rathbone, Christian Barrientos, Antonio Boveda, Alex Diment, Jorge Parra, Valeria Falabella, Matthew Linke, Deo Kujirakwinja, Stephane Ostrowski, Kirk Olson, Vardhan Patankar, Lovy Rasolofomanan, Hedley S. Grantham   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
wiley   +1 more source

Rwandan economic involvement in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]

According to the International Rescue Committee, as many as 3.3 million people have lost their lives, either in direct fighting or from the outbreak of diseases as a result of the war.
Cuvelier, Jeroen, Marysse, Stefaan
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

The Heaviness of Advantaged Members' Judgment: The Role of Meta‐Dehumanization and Relative Deprivation on Ethnic Minority Members' Collective Action

Journal of Applied Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research investigates the roles of meta‐dehumanization (i.e., the belief that an outgroup holds dehumanizing views toward one's ingroup) and relative deprivation in the association between intergroup contact quality and collective action aimed at reducing inequalities. To these aims, the perspectives of Iraqi immigrants in Turkey (Study 1)
Francesca Prati, Burak Cayir, Jasper Van Assche, Monica Rubini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Political Economy of Emergency: Postcolonialism, Crisis Governance and Decolonial Alternatives

Journal of Law and Society, EarlyView.
Abstract The political rhetoric surrounding the Horn of Africa is perpetually framed through narratives of crisis, tragedy and emergency. These labels, rather than simply being used to describe instability, function as tools of governance to normalise dysfunction and entrench cycles of dependency.
HOPE JOHNSON
wiley   +1 more source

Governing Supply Chains for Societal Impact: What Can We Learn From Indigenous African Philosophies?

Journal of Supply Chain Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's growing role in global supply chains presents an important opportunity for more socially grounded and context‐sensitive research in supply chain management (SCM). Despite its economic and demographic significance, African contexts remain underrepresented in mainstream SCM scholarship, which limits understanding of the continent's ...
Sherwat Elwan Ibrahim, Adegboyega Oyedijo, Samuel Fosso‐Wamba   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source