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Making Water Investible: Development Banking, Regulatory Governance, and the Institutional Production of Sanitation Infrastructure in Brazil

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why did long‐horizon private investment in Brazilian water and sanitation expand after 2016 despite fragmented authority and persistent political contestation? This article places the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) inside, rather than outside, the credible‐commitment framework. It argues that the bank operated as a credibility intermediary:
Charles Corrêa Schramm   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Public to Private Governance, and Back—Eco‐Modulation as De‐Privatization in Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union is advancing circular economy policies, aimed at reducing the environmental impacts of products across their life‐cycles. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) exemplifies this strategy. It privatizes the end‐of‐life management of products to their producers, seeking thereby to incentivize the producer to design ...
Harri Kalimo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Imagining the Invisible: Judicial Epistemology, Carceral Regulation, and the Liberal State

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In many systems judges exercise judicial review over prison officials' decisions. However, judges are often symbolically, institutionally, and practically distant from prison realities. In the current paper, we explore how judges negotiate their limited epistemological awareness of prison through the lens of epistemic injustice.
Netanel Dagan, Adiel Zimran
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Traditional‐Modernity: Women's Evolving Role in Qatar's National Identity

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article critically examines the evolving role of women in Qatar's nation‐building project through a combination of intersectional and post‐colonial perspectives. By analysing women's socio‐political positioning in the national context, it unveils the complex interplay between conceptualisations of ‘tradition’ and ‘modernity’ in shaping ...
Zarqa Parvez
wiley   +1 more source

Assisted dying practices for individuals living with frailty: prevalence and eligibility. [PDF]

open access: yesAge Ageing
Squeri T   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Spirals of Care: Resisting Paternalism and Palliation in Chronic Homeless Services

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how organizationally supported resistance to paternalism and palliation unfolds on the frontlines of poverty governance. Sociological research shows that poverty in the United States is often managed through paternalist behavioral control or palliative minimalism.
Alexa Damaska
wiley   +1 more source

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