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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.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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Nicknames as Marker of Identity in Ilorin; a Socio Linguistic Analysis
, 2018 Although a lot of scholarly research has been done on Yoruba names, little or no literature exist on nicknames fondly used among Ilorin people and its interplay with language in signalling identity.
Zakariyyah, MOSHOOD +2 more
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Zoonyms in Personal Names of Kalmyks and Chinese
Oriental Studies, 2018 Proceeding from Kalmyk- and German-language materials collected through continuous sampling from diverse corresponding dictionaries, the article provides a comparative study of zoonyms which are one of the most underinvestigated categories of onomastics.
Aliya Kh. Korneeva
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article engages signage as a medium through which urban stakeholders negotiate the politics of housing redevelopment and gentrification in cities. Focusing on Toronto, we examine housing‐related signage in three neighbourhoods where social mix approaches to redevelopment have ushered in gentrification: Parkdale, Regent Park, and Moss Park.
Lindi Jahiu +2 more
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PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
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Cognomina and nicknames as additional means of personal identification
, 2010 The article concerns anthroponymic cognomina and nicknames in Pisarzowa. In the field research, the total number of 142 cognomina and nicknames were collected. In the small community of the village, cognomina and nicknames lightly dominate the surnames.
Kowalska, Małgorzata
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Актуальні питання суспільних наук та історії медицини, 2015 Рулёва Н. Неофициальная наименование личности как средство выражения юмора. В статье анализируется неофициальная (народно-бытовая) система наименования личности, так как она ещё недостаточно исследована, особенно в теоретическом аспекте.
Рульова Наталія
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The social life of money for children
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.Abstract Inspired by Nigel Dodd's The Social Life of Money, this article proposes an analysis of entangled economic lives, that is, how meaning, structures and politics jointly shape the flow of monies within households. The past decades have marked a shift from “childrearing expenditures” to “parenting investments” that align with new visions of both ...
Nina Bandelj
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Family Names, inherited Names and Nicknames in the village Tajanov
, 2018 The topic of this thesis is anthroponomastics of Tajanov a village in western Bohemia. The aim of thesis is to analyze the collected proper nouns.
ŽEŽULOVÁ, Magdalena
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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