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Private security companies and the state monopoly on violence: A case of norm change? [PDF]

, 2009
The proliferation of private security companies has received increasing public and academic attention in recent years. From the involvement of private security firms in Sierra Leone and Angola to the capture and killing of Blackwater security contractors
Krahmann, E
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"Nothing new": responses to the introduction of antiretroviral drugs in South Africa. [PDF]

, 2006
Interviews conducted in South Africa found that awareness of antiretroviral therapy was generally poor. Antiretroviral drugs were not perceived as new, but one of many alternative therapies for HIV/AIDS.
Chopra, Mickey, Doherty, Tanya M, Hill, Zelee, Kendall, Carl, Nkonki, Lungiswa L, Schaay, Nikki   +5 more
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Integrated Reporting in the Public Sector: Theoretical Foundations and Determinants of Quality

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Integrated reporting (IR) has gained attention as the IFRS Foundation promotes its use through the International Integrated Reporting Council framework (IIRF). Public sector (PS) organizations, as key drivers of economic, social and environmental sustainability, are increasingly adopting IR to enhance transparency and accountability.
Ana Zorio‐Grima, Andreea Hancu‐Budui
wiley   +1 more source

Cracking the code: untangling the chessboard of (de)legitimization in the International Court of Justice 2024 using computational linguistics approaches

Language and Semiotic Studies
This computational linguistics study detects and analyses the utilization of (de)legitimization strategies employed in the hearings requested by South Africa at the International Court of Justice in January 2024.
ElMansy Sarah, Zaiton Hoda
doaj   +1 more source

Qualité et régime archéologique

Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2019
The article questions what allows some of the actors in archaeology to attribute the term archaeological to the observations and remains they discover and describe. This contribution to the debate on “archaeologicity” is innovative and mobilizes concepts
Christophe Tufféry, Sylvain Colombero
doaj   +1 more source

The EU Budget and Common Agricultural Policy Beyond 2020: Seven More Years of Money for Nothing? Bertelsmann Shiftung Reflection Paper No. 3 August 2018 [PDF]

, 2018
At the outset of European integration, farming featured high on the political agenda for good reason: the food security of postwar Europe was at stake. But by the 1980s, subsidies to agriculture still accounted for two-thirds of the EU budget. Today, the
Heinemann, Friedrich, Weiss, Stefani
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Symbolic or Substantive Action: Intent, Effort, and Results

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many firms have made ambitious climate pledges since the Paris Agreement of 2015. These pledges may be symbolic or substantive, but the literature is fragmented in defining these two terms. We propose a conceptual framework with three frames to delineate symbolic from substantive action: Intent—underlying motivations for engaging in climate ...
Vincent Xinyi Gu, Daniel Charles Matisoff   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

De panacéia mística a especialidade médica: a acupuntura na visão da imprensa escrita From mystical panacea to medical specialization: acupuncture as portrayed by the written press

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 1998
Este artigo recupera o discurso veiculado pela imprensa escrita, em jornais de grande circulação do Rio de Janeiro e de São Paulo, sobre a acupuntura e o processo de sua legitimação, institucionalização e legalização no Brasil.
Marilene Cabral do Nascimento
doaj   +1 more source

Radioisotopes «economy of promises» : on the limits of biomedicine in public legitimization of nuclear activities [PDF]

, 2009
This paper aims to examine the rise and the fall of biomedicine in the public legitimization of the development of nuclear energy. Until the late 1950s, biological and medical applications of radioisotopes were presented as the most important successes ...
Boudia, Soraya
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Investigating How Firms in Emerging Economies Integrate AI‐Driven Systems and ESG Metrics Into Biodiversity Conservation and Circular Economy Strategies

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how firms in emerging economies integrate artificial intelligence (AI) with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices to enhance biodiversity conservation and circular economy outcomes. It examines the mediating role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) governance and the moderating effect of ...
Suleman Bawa, Simplice A. Asongu
wiley   +1 more source