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At the Edges of the Welfare State: When Front-Line Bureaucrats Meet Migrant Roma Beggars in Norway

Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Romanian Roma who beg and perform street work represent the most visible and acute form of poverty in today’s Norway, but as EU citizens operating outside formal labour markets, they have limited access to social rights and services. Using a street-level
Silje Andresen, Jon Horgen Friberg
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The Critical Role of Fractionated Urine Glycosaminoglycans in the Evaluation of Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II in Four Unrelated Families

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since 2015, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital has performed diagnostic testing for infants who screen positive for mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) on the Illinois newborn screen. Preliminary diagnostic testing includes measurement of plasma iduronate‐2‐sulfatase enzyme activity and urinary glycosaminoglycan analysis, followed ...
Carly A. Rasmussen, Monika Izdebski, Allison Paltzer, Rachel Hickey, Laura Pollard, Joshua Baker   +5 more
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Análisis del Real Decreto 1155/2024, por el que se aprueba el nuevo Reglamento de Extranjería en España: Avances, retrocesos y oportunidades perdidas en el acceso a una autorización de residencia

Revista Vasca de Administración Pública
This article explores Royal Decree 1155/2024 in the areas most closely linked with the authorization by ties to the community. Numerous studies criticized the problems of the previous regulation, and the new regulation calls for a review of these ...
Nerea Castaño Gordon
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‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington, Bernadette Sebar, Jessica Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue, Peter Anderson, Mark Brimble   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Adjudication of Minor Offenses in New York City [PDF]

, 2004
American criminal justice is founded on overcriminalization and discretion. Our legislatures have long criminalized much more conduct than can be effectively sanctioned. American police and prosecutors have been granted virtually unreviewable authority
Weinstein, Ian
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Housing as Asset‐Based Welfare in Australia: An Investigation Through a Consumption Lens

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Housing asset‐based welfare has long been a key component of Australia's social policy. This resonates with a parallel literature identifying a trade‐off between homeownership and the size of nations' welfare states, wherein owner‐occupiers in smaller welfare states tend to come to rely on housing wealth to meet many of their welfare needs ...
Gavin A. Wood, Christopher Phelps, Silvia Salazar, Rachel Ong ViforJ   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Judicial Perspectives on Neurodiversity in Queensland Courts, Tribunals and Commissions: Experiences With Disclosure and Witness Credibility

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with ...
Danielle Bozin, Karen A. Sullivan, Vincent Denault, Catherine Kennon, Lucy Cradduck, Rachel Hews   +5 more
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ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION WITH INNOVATION AND LEARNING: RULES VERSUS DISCRETION [PDF]

We analyze a model of environmental regulation with learning about environmental damages and endogenous choice of emissions abatement technology by a polluting firm.
Polasky, Stephen, Tarui, Nori
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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley, Katie Wright, Kate O'Connor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source