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From the Actor to the Actions. Sociology and the Transformations of Intellectuals towards Network Society

open access: yesDigitCult@Scientific Journal on Digital Cultures, 2016
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the transformation of intellectuals in contemporary global post-industrial society, through a critical review on sociological studies and researches.
Francesco Antonelli
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Potential of New Institutional Economics for Rural Community Development [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2020
Rural economic inequality is a fundamental problem which makes it important to seek its causes and find its policy solutions immediately. The new institutional economic potential development policy is the right choice.
Prasetyo P. Eko   +2 more
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What Explains Racial Differences in Farm Succession Planning? Evidence From Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines racial differences in farm succession planning using survey data from Tennessee farmers. While observed differences between White and Black farmers are small, decomposition and counterfactual analyses show that structural characteristics, particularly farm size, would predict higher succession planning among White farmers ...
Abdelaziz Lawani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economy and sociology

open access: yesPSL Quarterly Review, 2014
The article analyses the reciprocal relations between Economics and Sociology. The author begins with Pareto’s position on general Sociology, which entails a fairly strict division between the two fields of scientific enquiry, calling attention to the ...
G. GINI
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Double standards in accumulation and exploitation of aesthetic capital

open access: yes, 2022
Physical appearance as a form capital has received increasing attention in sociology in recent years. The capital logic suggests that aesthetic capital, like other forms of capital, can be accumulated and exploited in economic and social exchange.
Pajunen Tero, Åberg Erica, Sarpila Outi
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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
wiley   +1 more source

Contingencies of Value: Devices and Conventions at a Design School Admission Test

open access: yesValuation Studies, 2014
Based on a study of the admission test at a design school, this paper investigates the contingencies of aesthetic values as these become visible in assessment practices.
Sara Malou Strandvad
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Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice at the ‘Shop Front’: The Potential and Limitations of Meeting Legal Need Through Technology

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Network Interaction of Universities in Higher Education System of Ural Macro-Region [PDF]

open access: yesЭкономика региона, 2017
The subject-matter of the analysis are the characteristics and forms of cooperation between universities of Ural Federal District on the basis of their typology.
Garold Efimovich Zborovsky   +1 more
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