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Multispecies slavery–environment nexus in resource extraction and animals' ecological politics: Coercive donkey labour in Indian river sand mining

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 50, Issue 4, December 2025.
Short Abstract Coercive animal labour is often state sanctioned as an ecologically friendly mode of sand mining, based on anthropocentric environmental ideology that sees animal bodies as solutions or fixes for often human‐caused environmental crises, even as, incrementally, it causes extreme ecological destruction.
Yamini Narayanan
wiley   +1 more source

Accomplice-Witnesses, Organized Crime and Corruption: Theory and Evidence from Italy [PDF]

open access: yes
Since 1991 the Italian Legislator grants amnesties, protection and even economic bene.ts to former mobsters cooperating with the justice. These incentives were intro- duced to break down omertà. What is the economic logic behind this policy?
Antonio Acconcia   +3 more
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Polycephalous ‘ndrangheta: Crimes, behaviours and organisation of the Calabrian mafia in Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
While attention to the ‘ndrangheta, the Calabrian mafia, in Australia, has significantly increased in the past two decades, historical records referring to this peculiar manifestation of organised crime in the country date back almost a century.
Sergi, Anna
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Towards a historical ecology of intertidal foraging in the Mafia Archipelago: archaeomalacology and implications for marine resource management

open access: yes, 2019
Understanding the timing and nature of human influence on coastal and island ecosystems is becoming a central concern in archaeological research, particularly when investigated within a historical ecology framework.
Boivin, N.   +5 more
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Undead Pedagogy: How a Zombie Simulation Can Contribute to Teaching International Relations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A global zombie outbreak constitutes a hypothetical event in world politics that could likely lead to the collapse of civilization. At the same time, the very threat of such a global catastrophe offers a unique experimental terrain on which to ...
Horn, L., Rubin, O., Schouenborg, L.
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Constructing ‘Problems’ and ‘Solutions’: Social Innovation as Social‐Symbolic Work

open access: yes
Journal of Management Studies, Volume 62, Issue 8, Page 3558-3574, December 2025.
Paul Tracey, Neil Stott
wiley   +1 more source

Geographical distribution and aspects of the ecology of the hemiparasitic angiosperm Striga asiatica (L) Kuntze: A herbarium study [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Striga asiatica (Scrophulariaceae) is an obligate root hemiparasite of mainly C-4 grasses (including cereals). It is the most widespread of the 42 Striga species occurring in many semi-tropical, semi-arid regions of mainly the Old World.
Cochrane, V., Press, M.C.
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The Unofficial Economy in Transition [PDF]

open access: yes
macroeconomics, official economy, public finances, economic ...
Andrei Shleifer   +2 more
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Entrepreneurship in transition countries: a review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the key issues surrounding entrepreneurship development in transition countries focusing on six main themes. Though it can be argued that the transition countries started from more or less the same point
Aidis, R.
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THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION ROLE WITHIN THE RELATION BETWEEN PRODUCER AND CONSUMER OF INFORMATION [PDF]

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The collapse of the communist regime in Romania, in December 1989,determined, at a very short time, the disappearance of the co-operative sector, once Law 18(Land Law) was enforced in February 1991, which initiated the land ownership reform.
Gabriel Popescu, Victor Manole
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