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No Cocoa Without Deforestation? A Field‐Type Analysis of Forest Frontiers in West Africa

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the interrelations of production systems, class relations and deforestation in a smallholder forest frontier. Using the concept of field types, we provide a plot‐level analysis of deforestation processes in West Africa, where smallholders convert forest into cocoa farms.
Sarah Lena Graf   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hypocholesterolemia in liver and cardiovascular disease: Friend or foe?

open access: yesJournal of Internal Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Hypocholesterolemia is perceived as benign given its association with lower cardiovascular risk. However, genetic and epidemiological evidence indicates that persistently low levels of low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) and apolipoprotein B (ApoB) arise from distinct biological mechanisms with different hepatic implications ...
Valentina Flagiello   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Interplay Between Emotion Regulation, Parental Burnout, and Psychological Distress During War: A Longitudinal Study

open access: yesJournal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study examined whether emotion regulation (ER) strategies during wartime predicted levels of parental distress and burnout at T2, controlling for baseline levels. Background Parenting under extreme stress, such as war, increases vulnerability to psychological distress and parental burnout. Although ER strategies like reappraisal,
Mor Keleynikov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Violence Shapes Place: The Rise of Neo‐Authoritarianism in the Global Value Chain and the Emergence of an ‘Infernal Place’ in the Bangladesh Garment Industry

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how and to what extent violence has become a pivotal tool for conducting business in places integrated into the global value chain. It also explores the roles stakeholders play in silencing workers' resistance within these places.
Shoaib Ahmed
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon Populism and Representative Politics: On Why Fossil Fuel Firms Speaking for ‘The People’ Is a Bad Idea

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing recognition that countries around the world must transition to a low‐carbon economy, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. One way that decarbonization has been obstructed, we argue, is by fossil fuel firms intentionally conflating their agenda with ‘the people’, evoking notions of national identity, security and ...
Daniel Nyberg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Against All Odds: How Rituals Sustain Engagement with Intractable Social Problems

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Being confronted with seemingly intractable problems such as refugee crises, climate change, or poverty is daunting and can risk a sense of meaninglessness for organizational actors working on these issues. We focus on the pervasive use of representations, including assessments and evaluations, to deal with intractable problems, even though ...
Corinna Frey‐Heger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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