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“Why can't they put us to sleep if we are suffering?”: La Nada and the desire for euthanasia among institutionalized older adults in Peru

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I examine how institutionalized older adults in Peru articulate suffering through the idiom of la nada—“nothingness”—and how this shapes desires for euthanasia. Moving from close ethnography of bodies in space and time to structural and ethical discourses on euthanasia, I argue that calls for euthanasia arise not only from ...
Magdalena Zegarra Chiappori
wiley   +1 more source

“They need to get a new program”: Experiential frictions with the gender of care in the 12 step program for ethnically Mexican women

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Using gender as an analytic, I parse out how the historical gendered, classed, and racialized roots of the 12 Step Program remain present in its therapeutic model, even in global contexts beyond its original formulation. These foundations continue to shape therapeutic logics and experience within the Program, in positive and negative ways.
Ellen E. Kozelka
wiley   +1 more source

The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
wiley   +1 more source

Engineered Identity: Albanian Nationalism and the Limits of Established Nationalism Theories

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyses the development of Albanian nationalism as a test case for assessing the explanatory reach of three major approaches to the study of nationalism: modernist, constructivist and historical‐comparative. Rather than privileging a single theoretical framework, the article places these approaches in dialogue, treating them as ...
Alda Kushi
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing the Implications of Strategies for Governing the COVID‐19 Pandemic for the Political Robustness of Five European Political Regimes

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do the strategies that governments employ when they encounter crisis‐induced turbulence affect the robustness of the political regime in which they operate? Comparative studies of the connection between government strategies and political regime robustness under different cultural and institutional conditions are few and far between.
Eva Sørensen, Peter Triantafillou, Tiziana Caponio, György Hajnal, Tiina Randma‐Liiv, David Spacek   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Thin Blue Democratic Line? Organization, Interest, and Ethical Compatibility as Foundations of External Accountability Credibility

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the context of rising authoritarian and populist political movements, scholars have increasingly identified external agency as a bulwark for liberal values. However, its capacity to protect such values may be contingent upon its acceptance within the profession—specifically, upon attitudes we conceptualize as “accountability credibility ...
Sebastian Roché, Jacques de Maillard, Julien Noble   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical Outcome Associated With Beta-Lactam Allergy Labels in Hospitalized Patients in Belgium. [PDF]

Clin Transl Allergy
Gilissen L, Sijpe GV, Laenen A, Declercq P, Wets D, Ghiordanescu I, Chiriac AM, Peetermans WE, Munter P, Spriet I, Schrijvers R.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Certainty, Severity, or Celerity? A Mixed‐Effects Analysis of Corruption and Deterrence in the European Union

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Deterrence theory underpins numerous anti‐corruption interventions. Yet, empirical evidence on its application to corruption remains limited. Existing studies rely mainly on laboratory experiments and focus on certainty and severity of punishment, leaving the role of celerity unexplored.
Eran Itskovich, Roni Factor, David Levi‐Faur, Justice Tankebe, Ina Kubbe   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the 72 h window: operationalizing safe abortion as essential care for sexual violence survivors in humanitarian settings. [PDF]

Front Reprod Health
Mambo SB, Mweze BA, Lubaliro I, Byamungu M, Lobo NJ, Agossou BU, Bizimana GN.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

“I Wish I Had Better Answers”: Organizational Ignorance in US Criminal Courts

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems of monetary sanctions in US criminal courts present an opportunity for furthering the sociological understanding of complex and consequential organizations. We examine whether and how court actors across eight states understand the organizational processes supporting the fiscal logic of legal financial obligations (LFOs).
Sarah K. S. Shannon, Gabriela Kirk‐Werner, Beth Huebner, Lacey Byram Moore   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source