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Precarious agency: The role of uptake

open access: yesThe Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract How do we overcome the agency dilemma, that is, account for the fact that power relations heavily affect our agency without neglecting the many ways in which oppressed people act meaningfully? This article offers a solution by paying special attention to socially complex uptake in a framework of communities of practice. In order to explain the
Deborah Mühlebach
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating administrative compliance as a predictor of nursing home postdisaster outcomes in the USA. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Public Health
Festa N   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hurricane Fatalities and Hurricane Damages: Are Safer Hurricanes More Damaging?

Southern Economic Journal, 2005
The rising cost of hurricanes and other natural hazards has been a concern to policy makers and insurance industry executives. We offer a heretofore overlooked explanation for rising hurricane damages—the reduction in fatalities from hurricanes. Improved hurricane forecasts, more extensive evacuations, and other improvements make hurricanes less lethal,
Nicole Cornell Sadowski, Daniel Sutter
openaire   +1 more source

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