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Religion for a Sustainable Civilization

, 2012
This chapter was written for one of a series of books edited by Andrew Targowski, Marek Celinsky, or both on great issues facing world civilization today.
Andregg, Michael M.
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The Long Arc of Forest Land Dispossession and Degradation—Firm and State Actions on Sámi Lands in the Wood‐Based Commodity Frontier in Northern Sweden, 1673–1955

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents a new way of obtaining deep explanations of environmental problems. We expose the production strategies, corporate strategies and state actions that have been taken by firms and state agencies to facilitate the geographical expansion of the wood‐based commodity frontier at the expense of reindeer pastoralists among the ...
David Harnesk, Lars Östlund
wiley   +1 more source

Napoleon [European civilization: 1648-1945]

, 2016
Presents a class of Professor John Merriman that talks about Napoleon on this class. He questions about his origins, debating how much of Corsica remained on him. He also mentions Napoleon's most important contributionsEducação Superior::Ciências Humanas:
Merriman, John
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The ANT‐Mobilities Framework: Transectionality and a Post‐Materialist Historical Sociology

Sociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ANT‐Mobilities framework synthesizes Actor‐Network Theory, the mobilities paradigm, and historical sociology to analyze complex social transformations. This paper develops the framework through empirical engagement with post‐disaster rehabilitation networks following the 2005 Pakistan earthquake, demonstrating how crisis contexts generate ...
Farrukh A. Chishtie
wiley   +1 more source

Civil Rights Digital Library

, 2008
The University of Georgia has launched the OA Civil Rights Digital Library.
openaire   +1 more source

Precarious Employment, Individualization Processes, and Professional Cyclists in France

Sociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the relationship between the experience of precarious employment and individualization processes. Drawing from the historical‐sociological approach of Norbert Elias, we explain how and why individualization processes advanced in France over the course of several centuries and how this shaped the employment experiences of ...
John Connolly, Mojca Doupona
wiley   +1 more source

What Do Content Moderators Do? Emotion Work and Control on a Digital Health Platform

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Content moderation determines the type of data displayed on platforms. Although this type of work is conducted online without interpersonal interactions, it does not remain emotionless. This article presents findings from a longitudinal qualitative study of how content moderation is conducted on a UK‐based platform that publishes patients ...
Dimitra Petrakaki, Andreas Kornelakis
wiley   +1 more source

Communicative culture in digital civilization

Communication and Cultural Studies: History and Modernity. Pt. 1, 2021
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Carbon Populism and Representative Politics: On Why Fossil Fuel Firms Speaking for ‘The People’ Is a Bad Idea

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing recognition that countries around the world must transition to a low‐carbon economy, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. One way that decarbonization has been obstructed, we argue, is by fossil fuel firms intentionally conflating their agenda with ‘the people’, evoking notions of national identity, security and ...
Daniel Nyberg, Christopher Wright, Vanessa Bowden, Peter Fleming   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Civilization and the Environment: The Norse and Ancient Egypt

, 2020
A comparative study on the effects the environment can have on the development of a civilization, with the two case studies being the Norse and Ancient Egypt civilizations.
Pettersen, Baard
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