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Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines how platform capitalism fosters racialization in Latvia, a country with limited prior experience with diverse immigrant groups but increasing reliance on immigrant labor. Based on unexpected evidence from a study of gig work among food delivery couriers in Riga, Latvia's capital, this paper explains the construction of ...
Iveta Ķešāne, Maija Spuriņa
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Change, psychosocial stress and health in an era of globalization [PDF]
, 2004 In the last decades, globalization has produced an acceleration of social, economic and political changes worldwide. These changes had a number of positive effects including enhancing political freedom, living standards and health conditions.
De Vogli, R.
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Risk and value in labour and capital markets: The UK corporate economy, 1980-2005. [PDF]
, 2009 The paper sets out a theoretical model linking stock market financial risk to labour market conditions, including labour intensity and the risk arising from the specification of labour contracts. A value added analysis is conducted combining national and
Salama, A., Toms, S.
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Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT In recent years, many sociological, psychological, and epidemiological studies have focused on the syndrome of social inequality, status concerns, and the emergence of social problems in affluent capitalist societies. The basic assumption is that increasing competitive pressures stress people and cause them to seek any small advantage in the ...
Christian Schneickert +3 more
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On the European readiness for flexicurity: Empirical evidence with OECD/HBS methodologies and reform proposals [PDF]
The Fourth European Working Conditions Survey (European Foundation 2007) is used to investigate the readiness of Europe to flexicurity labour market reforms proposed by the European Commission (= flexibilization of employment relations compensated by ...
Tangian, Andranik
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Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 35, Issue 51, December 16, 2025.This work presents a soft microelectrode array based on vertically aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) forests, combining high conductivity with mechanical softness. A densification process and air‐pressure‐assisted flexibilization improve structural integrity, ensuring stable insertion and reduced inflammation.
Hyeonhee Roh +8 more
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A ousadia da resistência: A luta dos trabalhadores da Ford contra 2800 demissões
Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2002 This text analyzes the movement of the Ford workers at São Bernardo, São Paulo, against the company’s announcement of 2,800 dismissals in December of 1998.
Roberto Véras
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The inflation - stabilization cycles in Argentina and Brazil [PDF]
The Austral plan in Argentina and the Cruzado plan in Brazil were major stabilization attempts with lasting effects on the inflation process in both countries.
Kiguel, Miguel, Liviatan, Nissan
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Advanced Science, Volume 12, Issue 45, December 4, 2025.A new type of CuBTC‐Doped Fluorene‐Containing Flexible Membrane (CuBTCFFM) was rapidly prepared by high internal phase emulsion template method and ultraviolet polymerization process, which has excellent oil‐water separation efficiency and high permeate flux.
Xiaoshuang Li +7 more
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Trabalho: dois modelos de flexibilização Work: two models of flexibilization
Lua Nova: Revista de Cultura e Política, 1996 Discute-se as novas formas de organização do trabalho, do ponto de vista das perpectivas de uma reforma democrática das relações trabalho/capital.The new forms of work organizarion are discussed from the point of view of a democratic reform of labour ...
Glauco Arbix
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