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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1995 This article explores marginality theory as it was first proposed in the social sciences, that is related to persons caught between two competing cultures (Park; Stonequist), and, then, as it was developed in sociology as related to the poor (Germani ...
Denis C. Duling
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Replica Field Theory for Deterministic Models (II): A Non-Random Spin Glass with Glassy Behavior [PDF]
, 1994 We introduce and study a model which admits a complex landscape without containing quenched disorder. Continuing our previous investigation we introduce a disordered model which allows us to reconstruct all the main features of the original phase diagram,
Bernasconi J +24 more
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Modelling fire occurrence at regional scale. Does vegetation phenology matter? [PDF]
, 2015 Through its influence on biomass production, climate controls fuel availability affecting at the same time fuel moisture and flammability, which are the main determinants for fire ignition and propagation.
Bajocco, Sofia +2 more
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Marginality and Problem-Solving Effectiveness in Broadcast Search
Organ. Sci., 2010 We examine who the winners are in science problem-solving contests characterized by open broadcast of problem information, self-selection of external solvers to discrete problems from the laboratories of large research and development intensive companies,
L. Jeppesen, K. Lakhani
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Le montagne italiane tra dinamicità e marginalità
Scienze del Territorio, 2021 In Italy, since 2015, and with an evident acceleration after the outbreak of the pandemic, mountains returned central in the political debate. At the same time, the consideration of the variety of the development models expressed by the mountain ...
Ludovica Lella, Francesca Silvia Rota
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Géographie et Cultures, 2020 The City of the Dead in Cairo is a Muslim cemetery which has been inhabited for centuries. Being both connected to the rest of the agglomeration by the continued urbanization and the transport networks and considered as a marginal area because of its ...
Florian Bonnefoi, Louis Roux
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Urban informality and confinement: toward a relational framework [PDF]
, 2017 In the 21st century, a growing number of people live ‘informal’ lives within fissures between legality and informality. Concomitantly, power relations are increasingly expressed through devices of confinement.
Agier M +26 more
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Philosophical analysis of marginality problem
Антиномии, 2018 The article analyzes the notions of marginality in socio-psychological and cultural dimensions. Today, two opposing epistemological tendencies have emerged: first, marginality is assessed positively as a synonym for the notion of creative renewal.
Svetlana V. Obolkina
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Small kingdoms and crumbling organizations: Examining the variation in constituency party membership and resources [PDF]
, 2000 The 'revisionist school' of party campaigning in Britain has successfully demonstrated the importance of party members (see, for example, Denver and Hands, 1997; Johnston and Pattie, 1995; and Seyd and Whiteley, 1992).
Fisher, J
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The genetic consequences of population marginality: a case study in maritime pine
bioRxivAim Marginal tree populations, either those located at the edges of the species’ range or in suboptimal environments, are often a valuable genetic resource for biological conservation.
Adélaïde Theraroz +11 more
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