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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the perceptions of Norway's Child Welfare Services (CWS), or barnevernet, among first‐generation Muslim migrant parents. It focuses on how personal experiences and community narratives shape attitudes. Using data from semi‐structured interviews with 24 first‐generation Muslim migrant parents, the findings reveal a stark ...
Alexander Gamst Page +2 more
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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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The Mafia Tightens Its Grip on the Teamsters, 1974 [PDF]
, 1974 Article describing the relationship of James R. Hoffa, Frank E. Fitzsimmons, Harry Davidoff, and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 295 (New York, NY) in relation to New York Mafia.
Velie, Lester
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Two Regimes of Waste and Value: ‘Post‐Disaster’ Landscapes in a New India
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this age of ‘disaster capitalism’, catastrophes are neither ‘natural’ nor ‘external’. They are political events mediating and vitally shaping the unequal and exploitative use of environmental resources. India's ‘post‐disaster’ landscapes at the turn of the new millennium powerfully demonstrate how visions of the new‐normal can be imposed in
Vasudha Chhotray, David Singh
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Coevolutionary interactions between farmers and mafia induce host acceptance of avian brood parasites [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Brood parasites exploit their host in order to increase their own fitness. Typically, this results in an arms race between parasite trickery and host defence. Thus, it is puzzling to observe hosts that accept parasitism without any resistance. The ‘mafia’
Maria Abou Chakra +2 more
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The government–robber comparison: A long‐standing tradition beyond avowed libertarianism
Economic Affairs, EarlyView.Abstract A government differs from a robber, but they share the common feature of initiating coercion. This similarity has been noticed by libertarians as well as within a distinct scholarly tradition and as a recurring theme throughout Western philosophy.
Brian Mandeville
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Taxation and Evasion in the Presence of Extortion by Organized Crime [PDF]
, 1999 In pursuit of its transition from a command to a market economy, post-Soviet Russia has witnessed enormous regional differences in economic growth rates.
Alexeev, Michael +2 more
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New record extends the northern limit of distribution of Scytalopus petrophilus (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) in the Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2015 I recorded an individual of Rock Tapaculo (Scytalopus petrophilus) on 15 October 2010, in a rocky outcrop (campo rupestre) formation at Sempre-Vivas National Park, at Bocaiúva municipality, northern Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Pedro Mafia
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The Determinant of Money Laundering: Evidence from Italian Regions [PDF]
, 2017 Following the INTERPOL’s definition, money laundering is: “any act or attempted act to conceal or disguise the identity of illegally obtained proceeds so that they appear to have originated from legitimate sources”.
Oliva, M., Reganati, F.
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Theorizing Waste as a Technique of Power in Capitalistic Stakeholder Relations
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Waste is an important socio‐ecological challenge of contemporary capitalism, contributing to climate change and environmental degradation. Despite its pervasiveness and its impacts on diverse stakeholders, it yet remains largely underexplored in management and organization studies.
Elise Lobbedez +2 more
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