STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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Beneath the rhetoric of global justice: Reinforcement of global hegemonic governmentality by South Korea's Global Vaccine Hub Project. [PDF]
Gim J, Park J, Kim S.
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Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
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The impact of digital economy on the supply chain resilience of cross-border healthcare e-commerce. [PDF]
Liu J +6 more
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ABSTRACT Class identity is a crucial sociological concept, but is only ever measured at the individual level. In this paper, we ask: do groups have class identities? And do those class identities correspond with material resources? To answer these questions, we examine data from 31 of the most prominent American religious denominations in the early ...
Tessa Huttenlocher, Melissa Wilde
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Coordinated Development and Spatiotemporal Evolution Trends of China's Agricultural Trade and Production from the Perspective of Food Security. [PDF]
Yang Y, Qi C, Gu Y, Gui C.
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Market orientation and national homicide rates
Abstract We studied the influence of market orientation on national homicide rates. Multiple theoretical traditions equate the development and dominance of markets with higher crime rates. Some traditional sociological theoretical claims, however, suggest market expansion should reduce violence.
William Alex Pridemore, Meghan L. Rogers
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Motivations for Voluntary Participation in the Food Sanitation and Safety Management System, Patterns of Non-Conformance Reports, and Recertification Improvement Trends Among Food Businesses in Taiwan. [PDF]
Chen SY, Lien KW.
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China's Strategic Approach to Tech Diplomacy in a Time of Global Uncertainty
ABSTRACT In the wake of U.S.‐China technological competition and the COVID‐19 pandemic, “tech diplomacy” has gained prominence in Chinese political and academic discourse. This concept is often ideologically framed to critique Western hegemonic narratives perceived as hindering China's technological advancement.
Zhao Alexandre Huang, Xiang Meng
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