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From Accra to Tokyo: African Sportswomen's Excellence and Respectability in Twentieth‐Century Global Sports

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses the racialized and gendered constraints faced by African sportswomen in international sporting competitions, from the interwar period to the 1980s, with a focus on the policing and expectations framing young international athletes’ acceptable behaviour.
Claire Nicolas
wiley   +1 more source

Reconstructing infectious disease prevention mechanisms in carceral settings in transitional states: lessons from the Chinese experience. [PDF]

Int J Equity Health
Tang S, Yang Y, Yang W.
europepmc   +1 more source

CONSULTANCY STATE: Government as (a) Service and the Anti‐politics of Technological Expertise in Indian Cities

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the moderating role of work engagement in predicting deviant behaviour: a study of work culture and organisational injustice among police officers. [PDF]

BMC Psychol
Bin Bujang MA, Manap J, Kalaivanan S, Selamat MN, Khan Z, Kamaluddin MR.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
wiley   +1 more source

Development of police law enforcement psychological ability scale and test of reliability and validity. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Feng Y, Chen C, Li S.
europepmc   +1 more source

PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
wiley   +1 more source

The Experiences and Challenges Encountered by Tow Truck Driver's Attending Roadside Events: A PRISMA Scoping Review. [PDF]

Public Health Chall
Mutsvairo BR, Terry D, Peck B, Ryan L.
europepmc   +1 more source

HOUSING RETROFIT AND THE JUST TRANSITION IN THE METROPOLIS: Governance, Redistribution, and Inequality in London and Barcelona

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Metropolises are rapidly becoming spaces of stark inequalities. While much literature has emphasized the metropolitan scale as a driver of agglomeration economies, recent scholarship highlights either the ungovernable nature of large metropolises or the weak redistributive capacity of their governments as key causes of increasingly unequal ...
Lucía Cerrada Morato, Marc Martí‐Costa, Cecilia Conde López   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does the reform of equalization of basic public services affect residents' sense of safety?-A case from China. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Han Z.
europepmc   +1 more source