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Journal of Public and Professional Sociology, 2017 This piece reviews a recent book, The Burning Forest, addressing one of the most urgent tasks sociologists have today: of deconstructing the architecture and functioning of democratic states. It also discusses the many dilemmas in public sociology.
Juhi Tyagi
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Sustainability assessment requires methodologies that appropriately distinguish between additive and non‐additive material properties. A toxicity‐weighted scoring system is developed and applied that accounts for the disproportionate influence of highly toxic constituents through nonlinear weighting functions, providing more realistic estimates than ...
Seth Mehalic +2 more
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Fertility rebound and economic growth. New evidence for 18 countries over the period 1970?2011
, 2015 Long-run impact of economic growth on fertility trends is ambiguous and sensitive for in-time variations. Noticeably, over last decades, economic growth has led to significant falls in total fertility rates in many countries.
Okonowicz, Anna +2 more
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Puzzles of Economic Growth [PDF]
, 2015 Looking at the economic growth of seemingly similar countries one can find striking differences. Why has Australia gotten so much ahead of New Zealand, in spite of the latter being held up as a paragon ...
Rzonca, Andrzej, Balcerowicz, Leszek
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.CT‐based finite element simulations combined with in situ X‐ray computed tomography are used to analyze insert pull‐out in nickel‐coated polymer foams. Despite variations in material parameters, deformation consistently concentrates within a narrow annular region around the insert.
Yannik Bautz +4 more
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Maternal and Child NutritionChildren between the ages of 6 and 23 months require the age‐appropriate introduction of complementary foods alongside breastfeeding to meet their nutritional needs, but in humanitarian settings children frequently do not receive appropriate diets. Using
Hannah Gardner +6 more
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Navigating global fashion policy: labor, environment, and future directions for sustainability
Academia Environmental Sciences and SustainabilityIn the past decade, numerous policies and regulations have emerged to promote sustainable fashion, addressing both environmental and social issues across textile, clothing, footwear, and leather value chains.
Meital Peleg Mizrachi
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Economic growth and imperialism
European Journal of Political EconomyImperialism is often practiced long after it has ceased to be economically profitable. This paper explores the persistence of imperialism along steady-growth paths. If the hegemonic state maximizes domestic welfare, it should eventually give up imperialism because its cost–benefit analysis turns negative. To shed light on contrary historical records, a
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Structural change and economic growth: Causality relationships in the case of Poland
Research background: Structural change and economic growth characterise any process of economic development and have relevant research background. However, the research on identification of a character of relationships between the phenomena are not ...
Cyrek, Magdalena
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Achieving Faster Economic Growth in Tunisia
, 2000 In the past, Tunisia's growth has fluctuated greatly with agricultural output; investment has been a major engine of growth although productivity has played an increasingly important role. On the one hand, with
Kouame, Auguste T.
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