Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
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Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The institutional current effort to regulate and increase the quantity and quality of sustainability information reported by companies is undeniable. However, the growing complexity of sustainability reporting standards creates isolated compartments for each major dimension of sustainability, leaving aside their interconnectedness and combined
M. Marco‐Fondevila +3 more
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Comparative Lessons in Sectional Title Laws: Mitigating Urban Inequality in South Africa. [PDF]
Oxf J Leg Stud, 2022 Ti ESW.
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how the Swedish child welfare services (CWSs) are described in Arabic‐speaking social media, with a focus on the ‘LVU campaign.’ The material consists of Facebook and YouTube posts and comments about the Swedish CWSs' actions in child mistreatment cases involving migrant families.
Dana Sofi, Jonas Stier, Emmie Wahlström
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Men's Use of Economic Coercion Against Women in Rural Bangladesh. [PDF]
Psychol Violence, 2022 Dore EC +6 more
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RECENT REFORMS OF THE URBAN HOUSING SYSTEM IN CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPE [PDF]
The urban housing system in most of Central and East Europe (CEE) is undergoing decentralization, deregulation, and privatization together with other basic changes due to the fall of the iron curtain, the demise of the Soviet Union, and the reinstitution
Thiesenhusen, William C.
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New insights into the determinants of willingness to pay for supporting professional sport teams
Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the determinants of individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) to prevent the relegation of a professional football team. Drawing on an analytical framework provided by social capital and social identity theories, we hypothesize that social trust and civic pride are key predictors of WTP.
Jaume García +3 more
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on subsistence consumers' well-being and coping strategies: Insights from India and Bangladesh. [PDF]
J Consum Aff, 2022 Nath SD, Jamshed KM, Shaikh JM.
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The Politics of Detailed Urban Planning: Institutional Change and Urban Rentiership in Madagascar
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article employs a political settlements approach to explore the formal and informal institutional dynamics that underpin contemporary rentier capitalism in urban Africa through the case of Antananarivo, Madagascar. It examines how Malagasy ruling elites created opportunities for land‐based rent seeking by establishing new institutional ...
Fanny Voélin
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Constructing digital assets through blockchain technologies? Unpacking the techno-economic configuration of non-fungible tokens. [PDF]
Soc Stud SciMiroshnichenko A, Birch K.
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