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Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong, Metin Çakır, Qingxiao Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The time of dialogic sociology [PDF]

, 2022
There is a wide and rich literature about how neoliberalism is promoting the budgetary cuts to science and universities, especially to the critical sectors, such as the social sciences.
Joanpere Foraster, Mar, Mar Joanpere, Elboj, Carmen, Elboj Saso, Carmen, Carmen Elboj Saso, Torras-Gómez, Elisabeth, Flecha, Ramón, Ramon Flecha, Elisabeth Torras-Gómez, Joanpere, Mar   +9 more
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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social and Cultural Consequences of Religious Fundementalism in Afghanistan: From Reacting to Secularism to Reactionary Secularism [PDF]

مسائل اجتماعی ایران, 2021
The present article examines the social and cultural consequences of religious fundamentalism in Afghanistan. The main emphasis of the article is on the consequences of fundamentalism in the field of confrontation of the Afghan people with religion.
Salahedin Ghaderi, Tanwir Ahmad Ghasim
doaj  

Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
wiley   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Study of Women’s Subjectivity in Forming Discourse of the Islamic Revolution [PDF]

سپهر سیاست, 2019
The present study aims to investigate how the women’s subjectivity in the formation of the Islamic revolution discourse based on Laclau and Mouffeʼs theory of discourse. A qualitative and heuristic research method is used.
shahnaz karimi, mehrdad navabakhsh, mostafa azkia   +2 more
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Sociological Explanation of the Impact of Power Structure in Family on Social Cynicism with Emphasis on the Moderating Role of Social Class (Case Study: Citizens Aged 18 years and Older in Isfahan) [PDF]

جامعه شناسی کاربردی
Introduction Cynicism encompasses a coherent set of beliefs and expectations regarding human behavior, forming a crucial aspect of an individual's overall outlook on human nature.
Zahra Tork Ladani, Hamid Dehghani, Vahid Ghasemi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

The Effectiveness of Cultural-Artistic Programs as a Benefit in the Resilience of MS Patients (a Case Study of Baqiyatullah Khomeini Charitable Institution, Isfahan) [PDF]

مطالعات وقف و امور خیریه
Introduction and ProblemMS disease is one of the important challenges in the field of social health and sociology. Today, the city of Isfahan is facing a high prevalence of MS and related problems. Resilient solutions for this lifelong disease can reduce
Ali Ghanbari Barzian, Zahra Lotffei Foroushani, Ehsan Aqababaee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source