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Codes of Commitment to Crime and Resistance: Determining Social and Cultural Factors over the Behaviors of Italian Mafia Women [PDF]

, 2014
This article categorizes thirty-three women in four main Italian Mafia groups and explores social and cultural behaviors of these women. This study introduces the feminist theory of belief and action.
Baris Cayli, Berger Peter L., Bourdieu Pierre., Bourdieu Pierre., Chiesa dalla, Ciconte Enzo., Cowen Barbara., Fiume Giovanni., Freeman Jo., Gilligan Carol., Graziozi Marina., Greenwood Ronni Michele., Gribaudi Gabriella., Iadeluca Fabio, Ingrascì Ombretta., Lips Hilary M., Longrigg Clare., MacKinnon Catherine A., Madeo Liliana., Mitchell Juliet., Nelken David., Paoli Letizia., Pasculli Antonella., Pateman Carole., Pezzino Paolo., Pickering-Iazzi Robin., Pitch Tamar., Pizzini-Gambetta Valeria., Principato Teresa, Puglisi Anna., Puglisi Anna., Rizza Sandra., Servadio Gaia., Siebert Renate.   +33 more
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Embarrassment and the Social Dimensions of Moral Agency

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Unlike guilt and shame, embarrassment is rarely considered by philosophers to be a morally relevant emotion.This downplaying of embarrassment is well justified, given traditional views on moral agency. However, recent theorists have argued that the traditional views are too individualistic and overlook the external social conditions that they ...
Shawn Tinghao Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Land conversion to the poor people in the perspective of utilitarianism theory by bentham

E3S Web of Conferences, 2018
The politics of Indonesia’s national land law is based on the principle of fulfilling the constitutional rights of every citizen of the land. The land according to Indonesian positive law is used for the general welfare of Indonesian People.
Yusrizal, Lubis Muhammad Yamin
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CAUSE AND EFFECT OF SUFFERING IN SYDNEY SHELDON’S NOVEL IF TOMORROW COMES

Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching, 2017
If Tomorrow Comes, a novel written by Sydney Sheldon, is a story of intrigue and revenge. Tracy Whitney is a young, beautiful and intelligent woman and about to marry a wealth man until, suddenly, she is betrayed, framed by a ruthless Mafia gang, and ...
Muarif Setiawan, Efendi Barus, M. Ali Pawiro   +2 more
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Atlas Unplugged: Re‐Imagining the Premises and Prospects of Capitalism for Business and Society

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s dystopian work of fiction, became a cornerstone of libertarian philosophy and its influence continues as an articulation of contemporary capitalism. In introducing this Special Issue, we revisit its core assumptions and contradictions in order to reimagine capitalism and reflect on the potential of management studies
Rick Delbridge, Charlene Zietsma, Roy Suddaby, Rashedur Chowdhury, Christopher Wickert   +4 more
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Criminal Policy on Countering Organized Crime Against Land Ownership in the Perspective of Criminal Law Reform

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This research aims to analyze the countermeasures of organized criminal acts related to land ownership in Indonesia and analyze criminal policies to overcome these criminal acts in the future from the perspective of criminal law reform. The method used
Yuda Pratama Darmawan, Lies Suetani, Yani Pujiwati   +2 more
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The Effect of Local Water Governance on the use of Virtual Water: A Case Study of Isfahan Province [PDF]

مطالعات جغرافیایی مناطق خشک
Aim: Identify the influential and key variables of local water governance regarding virtual water use in Isfahan Province. Material & Method: The methodology governing the research is descriptive-analytical.
Afshin Mottaghi, Hasan Sadrania, Mohammad Yousefi Shatori   +2 more
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Quality factor measurements in cavities with mode overlap [PDF]

, 1994
A new method of measuring quality factors in cavities is presented. This method is well suited to measure quality factors in undamped cavities as well as in heavily damped cavities, and in addition this method provides a possibility of separating modes ...
Glock, Hans-Walter, Hülsmann, Peter, Klein, Horst, Kurz, Martin, Müller, Wolfgang F. O., Peschke, Claudius   +5 more
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Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth

Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 535-560, March 2025.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we study the relationship between organized crime, corruption, and economic growth on a data set from Italian regions for the period 1996–2013. Our working hypothesis is that organized crime can embezzle part of the public expenditure aimed at productive uses by threatening and bribing public officers. To assess the consequences
Tamara Fioroni, Andrea Mario Lavezzi, Giovanni Trovato   +2 more
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The chatbot's real self: On the archaeology of artificial personas Le vrai soi du chatbot: vers une archéologie des personnes artificielles

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract From the beginning of widespread public interactions with ChatGPT and other large language models, some users have seen the disfluencies of chatbots as opportunities for them to go on an archaeological search for an unfettered chatbot persona that they need to jailbreak. These are not claims of sentience, but rather of personhood.
Courtney Handman
wiley   +1 more source