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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article analyses a new wealth tax (the IGF) in Bolivia against the backdrop of the 2019 ousting of former president Evo Morales. In doing so, it engages calls for ‘a return to politics’ in anthropology by proposing the notion of a ‘fiscal grievance politics’ as animating elite opposition to the tax in lowland Santa Cruz department. I show that the
Charles Dolph
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Intercultural Communicative Competence and Employability in the Languages Curriculum at the Open University UK [PDF]
, 2017 In recent years, higher education in Great Britain has undergone considerable change, most markedly the increase in fees from about £9,000 for a BA degree to £27,000 in 2012 in England.
Baumann, Uwe, Vialleton, Elodie
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
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Is diversity changing religious education? Religion, diversity and education in today’s Europe [PDF]
, 2009 The study of religious diversity as part of public education has become an important issue in recent times across Europe and in the wider international arena.
Jackson, Robert
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Introducing the Anthropology of Adolescence Introduction à l'anthropologie de l'adolescence
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Adolescence is widely recognized as a key life stage, yet its meaning and experience remain under‐explored due to the complex interplay between biological and social transformations. While researchers across fields such as psychology and public health increasingly frame adolescence as a ‘critical period’, anthropology offers distinctive insights that ...
Emily H. Emmott +2 more
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Learning about Chinese-speaking cultures at a distance [PDF]
, 2011 This chapter focuses on the challenges posed by curriculum choices and pedagogical frameworks to the study of Languages of the Wider World in the UK. These languages reflect complex linguistic and cultural realities that do not fit into the traditional ...
Álvarez, Inma
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THE CHAINMAKER: How Intermediaries Sustain Urban Policy Initiatives over Time
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Practitioners implementing urban climate initiatives are frequently faced with the intermittent nature of urban projects and the short‐termism of policy experiments. In this conjuncture, understanding how urban transformations are advanced necessitates grasping how small‐scale efforts are carried forward or sustained despite these brief time ...
HANNA HILBRANDT +2 more
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La perspectiva intercultural en los libros para la enseñanza de lenguas modernas.Un enfoque histórico [PDF]
, 2006 This paper analyses the pedagogical and practical approaches to the teaching of culture which were used in a range of popular French, Spanish, Italian and German grammars and text-books published in the XIX century in Europe and America.
Gallardo, Matilde
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Accounting Perspectives, Volume 24, Issue 1, Page 189-249, March 2025.ABSTRACT CPA enabling competencies underpin the human skills and professional values that all future accountants should possess. Nevertheless, to date, the discourse is limited within the scholarship of teaching and learning on how to best inculcate these competencies in future accountants.
Sanobar Siddiqui
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Dual Use Research of Concern—The Necessity of Global Bioethics Engagement
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Dual use research of concern (DURC) refers to research conducted for legitimate scientific purposes that could also be misused to pose a significant threat to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, or national security.
Daniel J. Hurst, Christopher A. Bobier
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