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Is limited regulation supporting policy inaction? International student housing in Australia
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract The international education sector in Australia is subject to significant government policy and regulation, but the effectiveness of interventions in providing for international student well‐being is continually questioned. Housing insecurity is one of the most pressing well‐being issues among students. This paper analyses the effectiveness of
Gaby Ramia +2 more
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Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce ResearchThis study investigates the factors influencing landlords’ price adjustments during peak seasons on accommodation-sharing platforms, focusing on the role of platform-certified and user-generated signals.
Xiangyu Wang +3 more
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Closeness and disappointment in Jordanian friendships Proximité et déception en amitié en Jordanie
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Western folk models of friendship assume that friends like one another, implying mutually positive feelings. However, accounts of friendship from across times and places suggest that disappointment goes along with friendship as often as mutual affection.
Susan MacDougall
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Kodumaalt lahkumise põhjuste kajastumisest Abhaasia eestlaste rändenarratiivis: kurja mõisniku kuju [PDF]
MäetagusedWhen adapting to a new host country, one of the most important issues is social belonging – the question on what basis people feel a sense of belonging. This is a question of group identity.
Aivar Jürgenson
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Improving Population Health Through Housing Policy: Lessons From the Public Housing Program
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Housing is a fundamental social determinant of health and is particularly amenable to policy intervention. Policies that seek to improve health should improve housing quality, affordability, and stability. The public housing program has improved health across the life course, but the structure of the program currently limits its ...
ANDREW FENELON
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LANDLORD AND TENANT- INJURIES TO THIRD PERSONS - LIABILITY OF LANDLORD [PDF]
, 1932 Plaintiff alleged that she slipped and fell upon vegetable leaves and other refuse on the sidewalk appurtenant to a fruit store owned by Nickolopulos and leased by him to Galante, thereby sustaining injuries. Held, in a suit brought against both landlord
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The Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, 2007 Videoconferencing has generated ambivalence in the legal community. Some have heralded its promise of unprecedented access to justice, especially for geographically remote communities. Others, however, have questioned whether videoconferencing undermines
Lorne Sossin, Zimra Yetnikoff
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the years of the US occupation (1912–33), Nicaragua's government legally regulated prostitution. Convinced of their objectives to protect society's moral and public health, politicians embarked on a long struggle to apprehend, quarantine, and segregate female prostitutes nationwide.
Eimeel Castillo
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CARE AND CONTROL IN URBAN BRAZIL: The Subaltern Archive of Portarias
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Security infrastructures permeate everyday life in Brazilian cities. Although security guards and doormen play an important and omnipresent role as social and technological mediators, their practices and perceptions have received little attention.
Tilmann Heil, Susana Durão
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COMMON SENSE LAW: Making Right/s in the Liberal City
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article, co‐authored by encampment and university scholars, is concerned with how homeless persons challenge rightlessness. We do so by advancing a conceptual framework of common sense law, arguing that such contestations take place not only in courtrooms but also in the lived spaces of homelessness.
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