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From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
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Narrative reconstruction of the self: Living funerals as rituals of trauma and transformation
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Living funerals mark a radical reconfiguration of contemporary engagements with mortality, transforming death from an imposed ending into an actively authored narrative. This study examines the practice in Hong Kong's hybrid sociocultural landscape, where traditional Chinese death rituals collide with neoliberal selfhood and globalised ...
Yuen‐Ki Tang
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The Grammatical Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, I examine the structural parallels between Thomas Kuhn's philosophy of science and Ludwig Wittgenstein's later thought, focusing on the idea of grammatical frameworks. My central claim is that Kuhn's concept of paradigm and its later, more language‐centred forms in his philosophy can be read as a Wittgensteinian grammatical ...
Umut Morkoç
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THE KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY OF THE BANNOCK INDIANS [PDF]
American Anthropologist, 1930 openaire +2 more sources
Introduction: Address Terms in World Englishes
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This special issue explores variations in English address terms across world Englishes, highlighting how globalization and digital communication continue to shape their use. While Western Englishes like British and American English show a decline in hierarchy‐stressing terms (e.g.
Anke Lensch +2 more
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Kinship Terms and Person Address in the English‐Speaking Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the impact of migration, globalization and digitalization on the use of nominal address terms in the English‐speaking Sri Lankan Tamil (SLT) diaspora community by undertaking a corpus analysis of English fiction authored by diaspora members with SLT heritage. In the 40 years since the outbreak of the Sri Lankan civil war,
Anke Lensch
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Sci‐Fi Parenthood and the End of Love
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Daniela Cutas
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Kinship Values and the Production of ‘Locality’ in Pre-Colonial Cameroon Grassfields (West Cameroon)
Suomen Antropologi, 2010 Igor Kopytoff introduced the concept of the ‘African frontier’ in the mid 80s, providing scholars of Africa with a powerful tool which helped to overcome scientific and political objections posed by concepts such as ‘tribe’ or ‘ethnic group’, though in ...
Emile Tsékénis
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, Volume 47, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT This paper describes the development and early implementation of a culturally grounded practice approach, the SEWB Yarning Cards2021, designed to operationalise cultural frameworks within routine service delivery. Utilising the Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) Framework (Gee et al., 2014), the SEWB Yarning Cards aim to bridge ...
Lana Draper
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, Volume 19, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT Background Ongoing colonisation of the land now known of Australia includes Western hegemony in biomedical knowledge systems dominating healthcare provision. Racism remains structurally entrenched in Australian systems of health and wellbeing. This has serious implications for First Nations foot health outcomes.
James Gerrard +4 more
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