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What Is Justice? Reflections on the Criminal Justice System in Brazil
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay explores the possibility of justice for the wretched of the earth. Using escrevivência (writing the experience/existence) and drawing on the theoretical insights and political praxis of the Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa (APMF, Maria Felipa Advocacy Group)—a Brazilian abolitionist organization led by Black activists—we analyze how ...
Fernanda Oliveira +2 more
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Cabás, 2016 (ES) El patrimonio histórico educativo forma parte del patrimonio cultural de la humanidad. Conscientes de ello, muchos son los trabajos que, especialmente en la última década, están contribuyendo al estudio, investigación, recuperación, puesta en ...
Josefa Ortiz Moreno +1 more
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When Distance Keeps Families Apart: The Complexities of Visiting Emigrant Children
GenealogyMigration has become an inescapable reality affecting South African families, extending its impact far beyond the immigrant to those staying behind. The geographical separation of parents from their adult children and grandchildren significantly alters ...
Sulette Ferreira
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Insurance Policies: The Grandparents of Contractual Black Holes [PDF]
, 2017 In their recent article, The Black Hole Problem in Commercial Boilerplate, Professors Stephen Choi, Mitu Gulati, and Robert Scott identify a phenomenon found in standardized contracts they describe as “contractual black holes.” The concept of black holes
French, Christopher C
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Gender, Families, and Wealth Accumulation Among the One‐Child Generation
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prior literature on gender and wealth accumulation largely examines the role of families in reproducing inequalities. However, less attention has been paid to families without sons, a significant demographic, particularly within China's one‐child generation, that challenges conventional understandings of familial wealth dynamics.
Ye Liu
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Family financial assistance with home ownership has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. However, the role of culture and ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in this practice remains significantly under‐addressed.
Julia Cook
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“Gardens, Age and Generation in Children’s Picturebooks”
Anglo SaxonicaChildren’s literature is inherently a dialogue between child and adult, or more broadly, those at different stages of the life course. Bringing age studies and studies of children’s literature together, this article considers how children’s literature ...
Katsura Sako, Sarah Falcus
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The Cost of Love: Emotional Labour and Moral Tensions in the Lives of Chinese Young Carers
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Like adults, children also provide care. This article explores the emotional labour of young carers who care for ill or disabled family members in China, a context where children's caregiving remains largely invisible in both policy and scholarship.
Kefan Xue, Kaidong Guo
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El rol y la importancia de los abuelos para sus nietos adolescentes [PDF]
, 2000 This article analyses the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren from the point of view of adolescents. Subjects were 272 male and female students at secondary school and university (age 14-20, mean 16.4).
Martínez Criado, Gerardo +2 more
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Quality of Life Among Thai Patients With Advanced Cancer: Findings From the APPROACH Study
Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, EarlyView.Cancer is the leading cause of death in Thailand, but quality of life with cancer is not well understood. Thai patients had relatively high quality of life, but the pervasiveness of self‐blame and its association with reduced quality of life, and the large proportion with depressive symptoms, stresses the need for mental health care.
Waranee Bunchuailua +4 more
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