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Can boarding schools help looked after and vulnerable children improve academic attainment?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The education of children in statutory care, or at the edge of care, is a serious concern for governments and policymakers. How to promote educational opportunities for these children can involve challenging and often contentious proposals. In this paper, we study one proposal put into practice in England: the provision to children who are in ...
David Murphy +2 more
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Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2016 Payments for Environmental Services (PES) are part of a global context in which the market economy can no longer ignore nature’s resources and how it is used, having to consider it as one of its components, so that human beings can exercise their ...
Franciele Lausch dos Santos +1 more
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Ecological Economics at a Crossroads [PDF]
During the past decade theoretical and empirical advances in neoclassical economics have resulted in the virtual rejection of the two pillars of traditional welfare economics-- rational economic man and perfect competition.
John M. Gowdy, Jon D. Erickson
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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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Relating the philosophy and practice of ecological economics: The role of concepts, models, and case studies in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research [PDF]
We develop a comprehensive multi-level approach to ecological economics (CML-approach) which integrates philosophical considerations on the foundations of ecological economics with an adequate operationalization. We argue that the subject matter and aims
Baumgärtner, Stefan +4 more
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Sentience in cephalopod molluscs: an updated assessment
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article evaluates the evidence for sentience – the capacity to have feelings – in cephalopod molluscs: octopus, cuttlefish, squid, and nautilus. Our framework includes eight criteria, covering both whether the animal's nervous system could support sentience and whether their behaviour indicates sentience.
Alexandra K. Schnell +4 more
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Strategies of Sufficiency Under Institutional Complexity: A Study in the German Food Industry
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Organizations face increasing institutional complexity as they navigate competing demands from their institutional environment regarding financial performance and environmental responsibility. In our study, we examine how 39 award‐winning organizations in the German food industry frame sufficiency, a sustainability strategy focusing on ...
Lena Leifeld, Simon Oertel
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Diversity, stability and regional growth in the U.S. (1975-2002) [PDF]
This paper summarizes the theoretical arguments from evolutionary theory and ecological economics to put the trade-off between regional economic diversity and regional economic growth on stronger theoretical foundations.
Jürgen Essletzbichler
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Institutional Entrepreneurship and Work for Enhanced Sustainability at the Base of the Pyramid
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Promoting sustainability at the base of the pyramid (BoP) often falls short of inclusive development due to informal and fragmented institutions, creating institutional voids. Although institutions are critical in BoP settings, there is limited clarity on how institutional mechanisms can address sustainability challenges in low‐income contexts
Nikolas K. Kelling +2 more
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Growth, the Environment and Keynes: Reflections on Two Heterodox Schools of Thought [PDF]
This paper explores the approach of Post Keynesian Economics (PKE) in comparison with ecological economics. While PKE, like all macroeconomics, has failed to address environmental problems it does have many aspects which make compatibility with ...
Clive L Spash, Heinz Schandl
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