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Exploring the Place of Animals and Human–Animal Relationships in Hydraulic Fracturing Discourse
Social Sciences, 2019 Throughout human history, energy security has been a prominent concern. Historically, animals were used as energy providers and as companions and sentinels in mining operations.
Cameron T. Whitley
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Improvements and Future Challenges in the Field of Genetically Sensitive Sample Designs [PDF]
Understanding the sources of individual differences beyond social and economic effects has become a research area of growing interest in psychology, sociology, and economics.
Frank M. Spinath
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Integrated Risk Management and Global Business Ethics [PDF]
, 2000 Nowadays, Business Ethics requires a near-expert knowledge of Law, Economics, Business, Management, Information and Environmental Technologies, apart from Psychology, Sociology and Cultural Anthropology.
Sison, A.J. (Alejo José)
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The study used descriptive and multivariate statistics analytical methods to explore relationships between the highest level of education expected by 15‐year‐old Romanian students and factors associated with student background (personal and academic), school characteristics and selected beliefs and social–emotional skills.
Camelia Truța +4 more
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Mobilising rural communities to achieve environmental sustainability using the arts [PDF]
Australia’s environment continues to worsen in several key areas. This paper suggests that the visual and performing arts may be valuable in influencing environmental behaviour positively, at the individual and community level.
Curtis, David
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Transnational Corporations and Global Governance
, 2018 Scholars and critics often lament that corporations rule the world, but predominant accounts of global governance imply almost the opposite: With theories populated by national governments and intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, it might
Bartley, T.
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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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Advancing Du Bois's Legacy Through Emancipatory Environmental Sociology. [PDF]
Environ Sociol, 2023 Carrera JS.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Fear of failure is damaging in a host of ways yet is rife in many schools. Drawing on self‐worth theory, we explore whether fear of academic failure is higher in education systems with features that increase students' experiences of competition. To do this, we compare two very different education systems: England, where, for instance, national
Carolyn Jackson, Mieke Van Houtte
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Living Without Water: Drought, Inequality, and Climate Silence in a Romanian Village
Sociologie RomâneascăThis article analyzes the experience of the water crisis in a Romanian village affected by drought, placing its approach in the context of the Centenary of the Bucharest School of Sociology.
Costel Cocîiu, Cosima Rughiniș
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