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Wheeling and Dealing in War: Smuggling, Stigma and Separatist Rebellions

Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2022
Organized crime is both a liability and an asset for rebel movements. Illicit channels of supply – notably for arms and fuel – are often the only possible ones. Yet, this can come at the costs of political de-legitimization.
Danilo Mandić
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A Survey of the Archival Audit Literature Une revue de la littérature en matière d'audit fondée sur les données archivales

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT External audits enhance the credibility of financial statements and are a cornerstone of capital market integrity. However, the growing and complex auditing literature poses challenges for researchers. This survey synthesizes and critically evaluates archival audit research published in top accounting journals from 1995 to 2025, organizing ...
Clive Lennox, Chan Li, Yiqian Wang
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Getting on the grid: A field experiment on bottom‐up political pressure and access to essential public services

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Water is essential for human life, yet governments frequently leave vulnerable citizens to rely on informal channels for access. What can motivate governments to provide public services such as water to citizens trapped in informality?
Nikhar Gaikwad, Anjali Thomas
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Mafieux ou héros ? Mythes et motifs tragiques dans Le Parrain et Le Parrain II de Francis Ford Coppola

Cahiers de Narratologie, 2019
Le Parrain et Le Parrain II de Francis Ford Coppola constituent l’une des principales sources d’information sur la mafia dont disposent les spectateurs du monde entier.
Rosario Giovanni Scalia
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Making Mining Licit: Gold, Commodification, and the Everyday Performance of Law in Colombia

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ethnographies of resource‐making have shown that the extraction of resource value from objects is premised on obviating the emplaced lifeworlds that surrounded objects before they traveled to consumer markets. Much of this literature looks at such supply‐chain disentanglement from the viewpoint of corporate and formal regulatory practices ...
Jesse Jonkman
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Jurisprudential analysis of the mafia game; Emphasizing the elements of lies, deception and the nature of play [PDF]

پژوهش‌های فقهی مسائل مستحدثه
Mafia game; Emerging and pervasive entertainment among Muslim youth. Since in this game, the approach of the mafia members is to lie and deceive the citizens of the game, the jurisprudential evidence of banning falsehood (lying as a joke) has attracted ...
mohamad hasanzadeh
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The Mobile Core: Perpetuating Tourism Leakage Through the Socioecological Fix in South Korea

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT By adopting the socioecological fix concept, this study aims to examine the spatial dynamics of tourism leakage. An ethnographic examination of an ecotourism project on Jeju Island, South Korea was conducted for 18 months from 2011 to 2013.
Souyeon Nam
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Resolution of Multiple Certificates By The National Land Agency (BPN) of Pamekasan District In Prevention of Land Mafia

Yurisdiksi: Jurnal Wacana Hukum dan Sains
Land mafia is still a serious threat in Indonesia, including in Pamekasan Regency, where the need for land is increasing rapidly. This study aims to examine the role of the National Land Agency (BPN) in resolving dual certificate disputes which are often
Rokhman, Iwan Permadi, Supriyadi
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Mafia Organizations: The Visible Hand of Criminal Enterprise

Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2021
The author, Maurizio Catino, has undertaken a meticulous examination of criminal organizations that dominate the illicit marketplace throughout the world.
Frederick T. Martens
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Hyperreality, Polarization and Prejudice: Social Media Descriptions of Swedish Child Welfare Services

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how the Swedish child welfare services (CWSs) are described in Arabic‐speaking social media, with a focus on the ‘LVU campaign.’ The material consists of Facebook and YouTube posts and comments about the Swedish CWSs' actions in child mistreatment cases involving migrant families.
Dana Sofi, Jonas Stier, Emmie Wahlström
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