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To Make a Rainbow - God’s Work in Nature [PDF]

, 2015
The Torah lays out a rich idea of God’s governance in the Scroll of Esther: Circumstance lays the warp, but human choices weave the woof of destiny. God remains unseen.
Goodman, Lenn E.
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Rural Capitalists and Development in Colonial Africa: A Comparative Analysis

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the emergence and role of rural capitalists in colonial Sub‐Saharan Africa by comparing three peasant‐based economies: Bechuanaland, the Gold Coast and Tanganyika. Using social tables, we estimate the population and income shares of better earning agricultural producers and assess their impact on rural inequality and ...
Prince Young Aboagye, Ellen Hillbom, Sascha Klocke   +2 more
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Documenting the Brain Drain of «la Crème de la Crème»: Three Case-Studies on International Migration at the Upper Tail of the Education Distribution [PDF]

Most of the recent literature on the effects of the brain drain on source countries consists of theoretical papers and cross-country empirical studies. In this paper we complement the literature through three case studies on very different regional and ...
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
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The Protestant Revolution or Wider die falsche Gelassenheit [PDF]

, 2010
This contribution was prompted by events in East Germany that ultimately led to German unification. Many forces contributed to the collapse of the GDR as a separate state, the final and most visible was the mass exodus via Hungary and Czechoslovakia. The
Deinert, Herbert
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Masters and Slaves in Empty Spain: A Philosophical–Political Reading of Rural Depopulation

Sociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rural depopulation in Spain reveals not only demographic decline but also the persistence of unequal power structures. Drawing on the classical elite theories of Pareto, Mosca, and Michels, alongside Hegel's master–slave dialectic, this article offers a socio‐philosophical and political interpretation of the phenomenon.
Leandro Sebastián Fervier, Victoria Sanagustín‐Fons   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Documenting the brain drain of « la creme de la creme »: Three case-studies on international migration at the upper tail of the education distribution [PDF]

Most of the recent literature on the effects of the brain drain on source countries consists of theoretical papers and cross-country empirical studies. In this paper we complement the literature through three case studies on very different regional and ...
Frederic DOCQUIER, Hillel RAPOPORT
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No. 30: Zimbabwe’s Exodus to Australia [PDF]

, 2015
This paper focuses on emigration of Zimbabwe-born migrants to Australia, partly because Australia is largely omitted from the important text, Zimbabwe’s Exodus even though it has become an important destination, and partly because the data is better for ...
Edgar, Barbara, Lucas, David
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Intentionality and Attentionality Dynamics in an Institutional Change Process

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we explore how actors' intentionality emerges, develops, and co‐evolves with institutional change. Although intentions are essential in shaping institutional change agents' motivations and actions, our understanding of their dynamics is limited and biased by the assumption that intentions are usually identifiable prior to ...
Sofiane Baba, Taïeb Hafsi, Omar Hemissi
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THE CATEGORY OF “PASCHALITY” AND ITS SENSE-GIVING FUNCTION IN ANTON CHEKHOV’S TALE “IN THE RAVINE” Stephan Lipke

Известия Южного федерального университета: Филологические науки
We consider the category of “paschality”, introduced into Russian literature studies by Ivan Esaulov, in Anton Chekhov’s tale “In the Ravine”. In Russia, Easter is celebrated more solemnly than Christmas. According to I.
Stephan Lipke
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Pentateuch Exegesis: Pericope: Leviticus 8 [PDF]

, 2018
This exegesis will argue that the selection and consecration of the Levites followed a process of divine and human preparation. The transformation that occurs through the carrying out of the rite of ordination and through the new office, as priests for ...
Walsh, Rebekah
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