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CONSULTANCY STATE: Government as (a) Service and the Anti‐politics of Technological Expertise in Indian Cities

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
wiley   +1 more source

Structural, economic, and socio-cultural barriers to birth and death registration in Iran: a qualitative study. [PDF]

Int J Equity Health
Asadisarvestani K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Insurance and the “Irrationalization” of Disaster Policy: A Political Crisis Theory for an Age of Climate Risk

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the last several years, disaster insurance programs around the world have experienced disruptions that many observers interpret to be a primary symptom of “climate crisis” (Bittle 2024). Governments have responded to these disruptions through disjointed and at times contradictory measures: they treat disasters, alternately, as “Acts of God”
Stephen J. Collier
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding psychiatric-legal disagreements in not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder cases: a gradient boosting model perspective. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Haddou A, Sergerie-Dufresne C, Myszak P, Borduas Pagé S, Hudon A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

“We Represent a Definite Social Class”: The Class Identities and Resources of American Religious Groups in the Roaring Twenties

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Class identity is a crucial sociological concept, but is only ever measured at the individual level. In this paper, we ask: do groups have class identities? And do those class identities correspond with material resources? To answer these questions, we examine data from 31 of the most prominent American religious denominations in the early ...
Tessa Huttenlocher, Melissa Wilde
wiley   +1 more source

The FDA's plan to phase out animal testing. [PDF]

Trends Biotechnol
Gerke S, Balamut J, Wagner JK.
europepmc   +1 more source

Financial Climate‐Risk Measurement, Impact Funds, and Green Transitions

Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Regulators are contemplating or mandating precise measurement of financial climate‐risk exposure to promote sustainable investments. We show that such mandates can be counterproductive in the presence of social funds that catalyze change by subsidizing the adoption of cleaner production technologies.
VOLKER LAUX, LUCAS MAHIEUX
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial intelligence-based alopecia assessment: A proof of concept for enhancing accuracy and objectivity in hair loss measurement. [PDF]

JAAD Case Rep
Chan E, Ramsay K, Tyli R, Geng RSQ, Nasseri T, Piguet V, Fraser RDJ, Wang SC.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Insights from the Presidential Addresses to the Agricultural Economics Society

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Society's published presidential addresses have embraced a wide range of subject matter, reflecting a ‘road well travelled’ in agricultural economics. The areas covered include the development and use of data and statistics, lessons from history, sectoral analysis, land economics, international trade and international development.
David Blandford
wiley   +1 more source

Carefully Tailored: Doctrinal Methods and Empirical Contributions. [PDF]

Oxf J Leg Stud
Theil S.
europepmc   +1 more source