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Unnatural Causes: Cryptocurrencies, Carbon Credits, and the rise of Neoliberalism from Below
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Klima is a carbon‐backed cryptocurrency running as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). In 2021, it had accumulated 9 million metric tons of digital carbon credits and reached a market value of more than US$1 billion. In 2023, its treasury stored twice as many carbon credits, but its spot price was a tiny fraction compared to 2021 ...
Riccardo De Cristano, Alexander Paulsson
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A Duty to treat? A Right to refrain? Bangladeshi physicians in moral dilemma during COVID-19. [PDF]
Philos Ethics Humanit Med, 2020 Swazo NK, Talukder MMH, Ahsan MK.
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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
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Christian Leaders (Theologians), Governance, and the Moral Dilemma of the ‘Rainbow Nation’
African Theological Journal for Church and SocietyThe African National Congress (ANC) has been the governing party of the ‘Rainbow Nation’ from the first democratic election held on 27 April 1994 to date.
Modisa Mzondi
doaj
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This article introduces the concept of excluded participation to examine how inclusion and exclusion are negotiated in real time within a Danish fifth‐grade classroom. Using a micro‐sociological framework, particularly the work of Erving Goffman, the study focuses on the case of Anders, a student whose participation is symbolically recognized yet ...
Jørn Bjerre
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“Time‐Tripping” and Memory‐Making: A Grounded Theory of Grounded Theory
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This paper explores the development of grounded theory methodology through the lens of memory studies, introducing the concept of “time‐tripping” as a key generic social process. The paper identifies several sub‐processes of time‐tripping, including “reclaiming,” “resisting,” “retro‐casting,” and “landscaping,” which shape the methodological “imaginary.
Barry John Gibson +2 more
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Still a moral dilemma: how Ethiopian professionals providing abortion come to terms with conflicting norms and demands. [PDF]
BMC Med Ethics, 2020 Ewnetu DB +3 more
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.To address interactionally troublesome exchanges (e.g., bullying, discrimination, or harassment) in the workplace, giving a name to negative personal experiences is crucial. Drawing on discussions of hermeneutical injustice, we explore the emancipatory potential of naming in post‐hoc tellings of these experiences, with particular attention to ...
Minna Leinonen +2 more
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The Threat to the German Welfare State [PDF]
Germany is in a dilemma. Low wage competition via product and factor markets increases the demands on the welfare state, but increased systems competition in the context of international factor mobility reduces the possibilities of maintaining it.
Hans-Werner Sinn
core
Performing Integrity: Managing Misalignment while Researching Transgressive Social Worlds
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.The qualitative literature criticizing REBs suggests that researchers should develop an approach to research ethics that does justice to their daily practice of fieldwork. In this article, I contribute to this exploration by presenting three cases of negotiating research ethics while researching transgressive social worlds.
Thaddeus Müller
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