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When decolonization is hijacked
Abstract This article asks how we should reconceptualize decolonization when it is hijacked by authoritarian/fascist forces. It focuses on the notorious Bhima Koregaon case in India in which 16 intellectuals/human rights defenders from across the country were imprisoned without trial as alleged terrorists.
Alpa Shah
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Abstract This paper explores selective aspects of the historical processes of organization of the kichwa peasantry in the Andes of Ecuador. Based on the analysis of two representative cases of confrontation between peasants and landowners over access to land in the province of Chimborazo, it discusses the relevance of the concept of “gamonalismo” as ...
Víctor Bretón
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With a fast‐growing economy, the Dominican Republic has focused efforts on improving the safety of foods eaten throughout the country. Here, we review the current state of food safety in the Dominican Republic with a focus on etiological agents responsible for outbreaks, different public and private sector initiatives to improve food safety, and ...
Silvia J. R. Vargas +3 more
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Abstract The recognition of the right to a healthy environment as an autonomous and justiciable right in Advisory Opinion OC‐23/17 represents the turning point of the Inter‐American Court of Human Rights towards the adoption of an ecocentric approach.
Patricio Trincado Vera
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Gender, social protection systems and street‐level bureaucrats
Abstract Street‐level bureaucrats are the “human face” of social protection delivery systems around the world. To date, most social protection literature approaches questions of gender with respect to policy and programme design and expected and unexpected outcomes.
Tara Patricia Cookson +1 more
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Abstract Analyzing how transitional justice (TJ) mechanisms address the role of economic and political elites in contexts of widespread violence is crucial for understanding their possible transformative impact. The type of challenges faced by TJ instruments when trying to deal with economic elites involved in human rights violations also reflects the ...
Rosario Figari Layús
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Desnacionalización, Regímenes Visuales y Resistencia: Gitanos Americanos en Ciudad de México
RESUMEN La idea de que el carácter de los roma es exterior al flujo de la dinámica de los procesos históricos es un organicismo alienante en México y América Latina, pues los regímenes visuales han reproducido estereotipos culturales y raciales excluyentes sobre ellos.
DAVID LAGUNAS
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Abstract In this study, nexuses between governance and trade performance in terms of natural resource rents are assessed in 44 Sub‐Saharan African countries. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions. The findings show that political governance (entailing “voice and accountability” and political stability) and institutional governance ...
Simplice A. Asongu, Nicholas M. Odhiambo
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Abstract The purpose of this study is to assess how some governance dynamics, such as political stability and the rule of law, moderate the incidence of some macroeconomic factors (i.e., domestic investment and trade openness) on tourism development. The focus of this study is on 47 countries in sub‐Saharan Africa with data from 2002 to 2018, and the ...
Simplice A. Asongu +3 more
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[Bioethics and the right of access to health care.] [PDF]
Garrafa V.
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