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Abstract Contemporary cities in the global South are being reshaped through the intersecting logics of burgeoning real estate sectors and diasporic investment. This article examines the case of Pakistan to explore how emigration trajectories and remittance practices contribute to the transformation of urban landscapes in countries of origin through ...
Fatima Tassadiq
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Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality
ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
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Sexual cannibalism (SC), where one mating partner consumes the other in the context of mating, is especially prevalent among spiders. However, the evolution of SC in spiders is still not fully understood. We review key hypotheses for SC and explore how female‐initiated SC has driven the evolution of various male counter‐adaptations to mitigate its ...
Simona Kralj‐Fišer +3 more
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Il GIS nei temi di cooperazione internazionale: il fenomeno del land grabbing
The land grabbing phenomenon, which is distinguished and characterized by its spatial nature, has invested vast areas of the world and in particular the African continent.
Emanuela Caiaffa, Annalisa Cavallini
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A Tale of Appendages: Investigating Limb and Tail Variation in Salamanders
We analyzed limb and tail proportions in 44% of known salamander species using a phylogenetic comparative approach. Our results revealed significant variation among families and ecological groups, with aquatic species showing longer limbs and basal lineages having shorter tails.
Giacomo Rosa +4 more
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The Unintended Consequences of German Deterrence
ABSTRACT Germany's evolving deterrence posture boils down to continued participation in NATO nuclear sharing and an ambitious conventional rearmament program. Due to its non‐nuclear status and a result of decades of underinvestment, Germany prioritizes modern conventional weapons.
Ulrich Kühn
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ABSTRACT Transnational due diligence regulations, such as the European Union Regulation on Deforestation‐Free Products (EUDR), are reshaping sustainability governance by transforming voluntary norms into binding global rules. Yet, their effectiveness depends on how well they align with domestic governance systems and on the power asymmetries that ...
John James Loomis +2 more
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Abstract This paper investigates how politicians use the assignment of officials to geographical posts—a personnel system found in many countries—as a system of incentives to control, and possibly corrupt, bureaucratic behavior. The argument is developed with a matching model and tested with a nationwide survey of Indian officials who administer land ...
Anustubh Agnihotri +2 more
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Abstract Large‐scale fires are becoming increasingly common due to climate change. While conventional wisdom suggests that firsthand experiences with natural disasters foster green coalitions by raising awareness of environmental degradation, we propose an alternative view: Natural disasters can heighten the perceived trade‐off between economic ...
Silvia Pianta, Paula Rettl
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Land grabbing: a preliminary quantification of economic impacts on rural livelihoods. [PDF]
Davis KF, D'Odorico P, Rulli MC.
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