A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
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Unveiling the roadblocks: exploring substance use disorder treatment policies in Iran through a qualitative lens. [PDF]
Mirzaei S +4 more
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Examining Plogging in South Korea as a New Social Movement: From the Perspective of Claus Offe's New Social Movement Theory. [PDF]
Lee W, Choi Y.
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‘Escaping Isn't for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran
ABSTRACT This article examines how Kurdish smugglers navigate state and insurgent checkpoints in the borderlands of western Iran. Drawing on ethnographic research, it analyses two key navigational tactics: persin, a form of negotiated passage involving transaction, recognition and the contingent toleration of authority; and jimi, rendered here as ...
Peyman Zinati
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Knowledge of India as an Instrument of Nazi Politics: Ludwig Alsdorf, German Indology and Indian Anti-Colonialism. [PDF]
Roy B.
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In a population based study using data from 2280 children with CP, almost one third of children had safety concerns related to eating and drinking (as rated using the Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System, EDACS). Undernutrition was found in 20% of children and higher EDACS‐levels was associated with lower height for age.
Anna Nyman +2 more
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The 'villa in the jungle' nuclear paradigm: Israel's nuclear narrative and practice in a changing regional security complex. [PDF]
Castelli L.
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Tradition in Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Dariush Shayegan’s Thought [PDF]
Arabshahi, Ehsan Shakeri Khoei and Zohreh
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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies
ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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