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National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the nation-state and its units of analysis. Towards a new research agenda for migration studies. Essentials of migration theory

open access: yes, 2007
Glick Schiller N. Beyond the nation-state and its units of analysis. Towards a new research agenda for migration studies. Essentials of migration theory. COMCAD Arbeitspapiere - working papers, 33. Bielefeld: COMCAD - Center on Migration, Citizenship and
Glick Schiller, Nina
core   +1 more source

"Little Things Make Big Things". A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Immigrants' Life Stories

open access: yesEast European Journal of Psycholinguistics, 2014
Within the last decades, the global economical revolution which has invested the labor market has prompted calls for a redefinition of traditional human resource management practices.
Altomare Enza Zagaria   +2 more
doaj  

Advancing Gender Equality Through Decent Work: An Adapted Systematic Review

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender disparities in employment continue to be a significant worldwide issue despite policy commitments to sustainability. This study systematically examines the relationship between decent work and gender equality using bibliometric qualitative review methodologies.
Reshma C, Aruna Polisetty
wiley   +1 more source

International Migration: Its Various Mechanisms and Different Theories that Try to Explain It

open access: yes, 2007
The paper consists of two parts. The first reviews an appraisal of the contemporary theories of international migration. Among older theories, the push-and-pull model, the segmented labour market theory, world-system theory, and the political economy ...
Morawska, Eva
core  

Russian Migration Policy and Its Impact on Human Development [PDF]

open access: yes
For Russia, migration policy – in terms of internal or/and international migration flows management – was an ever-important element of the State activities. Concentrated on State interests, the policy also resulted in human development.
Irina Ivakhnyuk
core   +2 more sources

Moral Economies of Debt Forgiveness and Enforcement in Postcrisis Iceland

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Who deserves financial relief in times of crisis, and on what grounds? The 2008 collapse of Iceland's banking system prompted state intervention to mitigate household indebtedness, including forbearance, pension withdrawals, repayment adjustments, and debt reductions.
Timothy Heffernan
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnic Identity and Immigrants' Wages in Greece [PDF]

open access: yes
This study investigates the impact of ethnic identity on Albanian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Georgian, and Russian wages in Greece. Treating ethnic identity as a composite of language, cultural habits, ethnic-self identification, societal interaction, and ...
Drydakis, Nick
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Theories and typologies of migration : an overview and a primer

open access: yes, 2013
Whilst the literature on international migration expands at a seeminglyexponential rate, significant statements about the theorisation of migrationare much less common; probably they are hindered by the increasingdiversification of types of migration ...
King, Russell
core   +1 more source

Leverage Points for Meaningful Participation: A 5‐Point Framework From a Rural South African Landscape

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alternative forms of natural resource management are required. Participation of local actors is necessary but not sufficient, for moving away from the conventional top‐down approaches. This paper develops a 5‐point framework for enabling meaningful participation in rural landscape governance.
Anthony S. Fry   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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