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SUBSTITUTING FOR THE STATE: The Sovereignty Impacts of Diverse Citizens’ Off‐grid Infrastructure Strategies in South Africa

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In South Africa, citizens in both low‐ and high‐income areas are increasingly providing their own services to mitigate the unreliability, unaffordability and inaccessibility of state services. This article examines diverse case studies across socio‐economic and residential typologies to explore shifts in service provision responsibilities from
Fiona Anciano   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A New Look at Racial Profiling: Evidence from the Boston Police Department [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper provides new evidence on the role of preference-based versus statistical discrimination in racial profiling using a unique data set that includes the race of both the driver and the officer.
Brian G. Knight, Kate L. Antonovics
core  

CLASS, PROPERTY RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP: Affluent Informal Settlements and the Cultural Production of Property in Delhi

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent scholarship has examined the informal activities of elites. While existing theories suggest that informality is a realm where the state guarantees unhindered access to land and property rights and, subsequently, citizenship entitlements for elites, they have yet to explain how affluent residents of informal colonies obtain citizenship ...
Vivek Mishra
wiley   +1 more source

Qualidade de vida de policiais: uma revisão sistemática de estudos observacionais

open access: yesRevista Cubana de Medicina Militar
As organizações policiais são a principal fonte de sofrimento psíquico entre seus agentes comprometendo a qualidade de vida destes profissionais. Assim, este estudo teve como objetivo sumarizar a produção científica sobre a qualidade de vida de policiais
Franciele Cascaes da Silva   +5 more
doaj  

SCORING HIGH, PAYING UP, GATING IN: Middle‐class Formation and Asset Inequalities under Digital Capitalism in South Africa

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how modern class dynamics become intertwined with automated classifications and data‐driven regimes of value creation under digital capitalism by demonstrating how housing markets shape asset inequalities and middle‐class formation in South Africa.
Julien Migozzi
wiley   +1 more source

STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
wiley   +1 more source

Strategies for Coping with Occupational Trauma: A Scoping Review of the Police Officer Context. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health
Modula MJ   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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