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Amidst (waste) abundance: world‐making and struggles in hosting a municipal landfill in the Bolivian lowlands Au milieu de l'abondance (de déchets) : fabrication du monde et luttes liées à la gestion d'une décharge municipale dans les basses terres de Bolivie

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In recent decades, solid waste has proliferated worldwide, becoming a pressing global issue. This article explores the role of Indigenous people dwelling within and upon emerging waste scenarios, with a specific focus on involved forms of sociality and ontological contestation. Drawing on the case of a municipal landfill sited on a Guarani community in
Vanesa Martín Galán
wiley   +1 more source

Crime and Supermarket Locations: Implications for Food Access

open access: yes, 2014
Food access in the United States has become a major policy issue that has received increased attention due to concerns of equality, health, and economic development.
Rabinowitz, Adam N
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The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

Supply chain food crime & fraud: a systematic literature review of food criminality

open access: yes, 2015
There is a growing awareness by businesses, consumers and Governments of the need to understand and police food crime and fraud - underpinned by an extensive evidence of the scale of the challenge of food fraud and food crime.
Hills, Mils, Fassam, Liam, Dani, Samir
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Racial Equity Impact Assessments as Tools for Advancing Population Health and Equity in Local Policy

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Racial equity impact assessments (REIAs) provide policymakers with systematic evidence on how proposed legislation may affect racial equity and subsequently shape structural determinants of health. Across 409 bill‐level equity impact ratings derived from 296 final REIAs from 2021 to 2024, nearly half of REIAs (46%) indicated that proposed
KELLEE WHITE WHILBY   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping food access: how neighborhood deprivation shapes healthy food availability in the United Kingdom. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Beydoun MA   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Carceral Shadow: Criminal Justice as a Determinant of Health and Challenges for Policymakers

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points The criminal justice system functions as a primary social determinant of health in the United States, generating disproportionate physical, psychological, and chronic health burdens on Black communities and other marginalized groups. Policing structural barriers—including qualified immunity, police union contracts, and municipal financing
RASHAWN RAY, KEON GILBERT
wiley   +1 more source

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