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Seeing like a citizen: Experimental evidence on how empowerment affects engagement with the state

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Building a strong and effective state requires revenue. Yet, in many low‐income countries, citizens do not make formal payments to the state or forego engaging with the state altogether due to vulnerability to opportunistic demands by state agents. We study two randomized interventions in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, designed to
Soeren J. Henn, Laura Paler, Wilson Prichard, Cyrus Samii, Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phantasmic Encounters in the Arctic: Haunting Materialities Beyond the Ghosts of War

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the vast north, ghostly experiences are common for locals and outsiders alike. Here, we explore how cultural‐natural attributes, like remoteness and extreme seasonal variation, compound experiences of the haunting in visceral ways. This provides the Arctic region with an unusually pronounced baseline of other‐than‐human agency, which in the
Aki Hakonen, Oula Seitsonen
wiley   +1 more source

Judicialization of Zolgensma in the Ministry of Health: costs and clinical profile of patients. [PDF]

Rev Saude Publica
Kretzschmar AKM, Teixeira E, Galato D, Silva END.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cost–benefit analysis of landfill emergency securing: Two applications in Southern Italy

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract The systematic use of landfills as a method of waste disposal is leaving a heavy legacy in terms of environmental pollution, especially in the case of illegal or non‐compliant disposal sites. When no environmental precaution is adopted, harmful substances' release imposes relevant health risk to the surrounding population.
Nicola Comincioli, Ilenia Gaia Romani, Sergio Vergalli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Brazil following global trends in high-cost treatments? The case of Pompe Disease. [PDF]

J Community Genet
Bento Dos Santos B, de Oliveira Carvalho Faria C, Cirilo HNC, Dornelles AD, de Oliveira Junior HA, Schwartz IVD.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Mobility Politics of Hong Kong's High‐Speed Rail

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human geography scholarship has revealed how powerful and marginalised actors alike may use (im)mobility to exert authority, and it has recognised the ability of infrastructure to either consolidate or undermine state power. This paper uses new evidence to demonstrate how Hong Kong's express rail link (XRL) to Mainland China was implicated in ...
Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto
wiley   +1 more source

A Clinical Study of the Distribution and Morphology of Harris Lines

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Harris lines are commonly used in bioarcheology to infer lifestyle in ancient populations; however, their etiology and identification parameters are still under debate. The aim of this study is to observe the distribution of the lesions in a contemporary clinical sample to address their association with etiological factors, age, biological sex,
Claudia Moro, Lucie Biehler‐Gomez, Pranavan Selliah, Carmelo Messina, Mayorathan Uruthirapasupathi, Daniele Maria Gibelli, Federica Boschi, Cristina Cattaneo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a feminist geo‐legal reading: US country‐of‐origin information in asylum adjudication

Area, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we offer what we call ‘a feminist geo‐legal reading’ of documents used in spaces and practices of law. Legal cases and decisions are often based on different legal and non‐legal documents, including laws, explanatory memorandums, testimonies, medical reports, and so forth. In contemporary asylum adjudication, country‐of‐origin
Malene H. Jacobsen, Austin Crane, Elise Dosch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source