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Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After the Second World War, family allowances became a cornerstone of social spending in western Europe. Whilst religion is often highlighted as a driver of this policy, the role of political Catholicism remains contested, particularly in southern Europe.
Guillem Verd‐Llabrés
wiley   +1 more source

Contested identities in Europe: Historical insights into the construction of citizenship education from the bottom up. [PDF]

Eur Educ Res J
Giudici A, Ruoss T, Wright S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Managed decline: Muddling through with the Sterling (dis)Agreements, 1968–74

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract How do policymakers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper revisits the view that the ‘Sterling Agreements’ of 1968–74 – bilateral contracts between the UK and sterling‐holding governments – marked a successful paradigm shift towards sterling's managed ‘retirement’.
Alan de Bromhead, David Jordan, Francis Kennedy, Jack Seddon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors affecting general practitioners' referrals of patients to hip and knee arthroplasty: a focus group study from Northern Norway. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Blix BH, Hovind V, Ingebrigtsen T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Building a Potemkin village in occupied China: Japan's wartime system of linked trade, 1939–43

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The paper discusses the novel but little‐known exchange rate system of Japanese‐occupied North China during the Second Sino‐Japanese War, in which exporters were given the right to import in the form of a piece of yellow paper, which could be sold in the secondary market.
Shinji Takagi
wiley   +1 more source

Israel's civil society 2023 from protest to aid provision - a serving elite perspective. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Gidron B, Katz H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Between famine and freedom: Food prices during the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945–9

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how the Indonesian War of Independence (1945‒9) influenced staple food prices, and how fluctuations in those prices, in turn, shaped the trajectory and dynamics of the conflict. We compiled a dataset comprising more than 8600 prices for staple foods covering the entire Indonesian archipelago from 1939‒49, allowing us to
Ingrid de Zwarte, Helmi Moret, Pim de Zwart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

"That's Definitely a Red Flag": Sexual Violence Risk Perception by Men who have Sex with Men Using Dating and Sexual Networking Apps. [PDF]

Sex Cult
Korovich M, Nicoletti A, Bettinelli M, Shank F, Angelone DJ, Jones MC.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
wiley   +1 more source