ABSTRACT This article examines transformations in contemporary global migration governance, with a particular focus on the effectiveness, robustness and democratic credentials of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and on Refugees. We examine valuable innovations, such as the workings of regularly organised platforms, which adopt a ‘whole of society ...
Felix Peerboom +2 more
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Criminal governance and extortion in informal economies: fear as a mechanism of territorial control in Lima. [PDF]
Espinoza Escobar JH +2 more
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Burying Futures: Artisanal Mining Deaths and the Politics of Negligence in Zimbabwe
ABSTRACT In the gold‐mining town of Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, injury and death are a constant presence. Collapsing shafts, sudden explosions, gang fights, and neglected health infrastructure characterize the everyday lives of the town's impoverished residents.
Melusi Nkomo
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Infrastructure support for short food supply chains: the current state of play in England and towards a research agenda. [PDF]
Maye D +4 more
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Co‐operatives and public policy: A scoping review
Abstract We sketch a first‐ever map of the scholarly literature on co‐operatives and public policy from a selection of English‐language studies published since 2000 using a scoping review methodology. We find that while co‐operatives are often framed as solutions to societal problems, few scholars draw on formal public policy theories.
Marc‐André Pigeon +1 more
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The Health Systems Research section: scope and future. [PDF]
Spicer N +4 more
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ABSTRACT While ‘local’ research assistants (RA) often play a key role in knowledge production in fieldwork‐based disciplines like geography, their role and agency often remain silenced. This paper brings together scholarship in feminist geography and critical development studies to reposition RAs as brokers, collaborators, and knowledge translators.
Zali Fung
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The association between community solidarity and adoption of public health preventive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in a cross-sectional, multi-national sample. [PDF]
Murphy J +12 more
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The transformative potential of Social and Solidarity Economy in elder care: social needs, social relations and provisioning systems. [PDF]
Adam S +3 more
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Over the past decades, a logic of border control and securitization, a combination of legal, political and social elements and factors, has developed in European States.
Tava, Francesco +2 more
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