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Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.This essay describes the context of big game hunting in the western United States in the twenty‐first century from a sociological perspective. Using Ogburn's theory of cultural lag as a guide, it explores the relationship of technology and capitalism to hunting.
Stephen L. Eliason
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IE WP 23/04 Prospective Voluntary Agreements to Escape Carbon Lock-in [PDF]
The paper looks for co-evolutionary policy responses to carbon lock-in – a persistent state that creates systemic market and policy barriers to carbon low technological alternatives.
Gregory C. Unruh +2 more
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Trends and Design Relating literature to industry practice [PDF]
, 2008 In a crowded market place, where technology and functionality are not enough to differentiate a product from its competitors, the product’s appearance is a major driver of consumer preference.
Eckert, Claudia +2 more
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Multiterminal High‐Voltage Direct Current Projects: A Comprehensive Assessment and Future Prospects
High Voltage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Multiterminal high‐voltage direct current (MT‐HVDC) systems are an important part of modern power systems, addressing the need for bulk power delivery and efficient renewable energy integration. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in MT‐HVDC technology, including launched projects and ongoing initiatives.
Mohammad Hossein Mousavi +3 more
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Automatism is never a defence [PDF]
, 2014 The central aim of this article is to set out and justify the contention that automatism is never a defence, not even exceptionally. Where D is not at fault for her lack of voluntariness, the term ‘automatism’ is simply a shorthand explanation that D ...
Child, John, Reed, Alan
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Housing Since 1945: The Impact of Policy Change and Ideology
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Housing policy in England has undergone significant reform on several occasions since 1945. Consensus approaches in the late 1940s and 50s to build large numbers of council houses and new private homes gave way to more ideologically driven policies in the 1970s and 80s.
Tony Travers
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Real Exchange Rate Targeting and Macroeconomic Instability [PDF]
Using an optimizing model of a small open economy, this paper studies the macroeconomic effects of PPP rules whereby the government increases the devaluation rate when the real exchange rate defined as the price of tradables in terms of nontradables is ...
Martin Uribe
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Crisis, temporality and governmental policy agendas: The cases of Finland and Sweden
Scandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Crises transform the temporal orientation of political decision‐making. They demand immediate and decisive action and thus convert time into a means of political control. In these circumstances, assessing the long‐term consequences of proposed policies with respect to welfare, sustainability or justice also becomes demanding.
Henri Vogt, Mikko Värttö
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Controllability and hindsight components: understanding opposite hindsight biases for self-relevant negative event outcomes [PDF]
, 2010 Blank, Hartmut, Peters, J.
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Gendering Late Ottoman Society and Reconstructing Gender in the Women's Press
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyses the construction of gender differences in the late Ottoman Empire through women's periodicals, which acted as a key medium in the redefinition of gender roles. It examines how new understandings of gender roles emerged amid rapid transformations in traditional societal structures, particularly in the women’s press.
Tuğba Karaman
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