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A rural‐centric model for understanding women's later life precarity in an agrarian economy in Uganda

open access: yesPoverty &Public Policy, Volume 15, Issue 3, Page 290-307, September 2023., 2023
Abstract Aging as a woman within the context of agricultural transformation where production and consumption values shape everyday life raises concerns of later life precarity. Gender economic inclusion is imperative in the achievement of inclusive rural development.
Teddy Nagaddya
wiley   +1 more source

Politics of on‐demand food delivery: Policy design and the power of algorithms

open access: yesReview of Policy Research, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 646-664, September 2023., 2023
Abstract In this article, we examine the politics of on‐demand food delivery using insights from the theory of social construction and policy design. On‐demand food delivery is a service built on algorithm‐based technology known for its precarity and physical risks for couriers.
Meng‐Hsuan Chou, Catherine Gomes
wiley   +1 more source

Burn to harvest, burn to sabotage: Between fire and water on a sugar plantation in Madagascar

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 125, Issue 1, Page 100-111, March 2023., 2023
Abstract Since 2009, the Chinese state‐owned corporation SINLANX has been managing the Anjava Sugar Plantation, previously managed by French, Malagasy, and Mauritian companies, in northern Madagascar. Built upon the infrastructure constructed by the French colonial regime and operating based on a collaboration agreement between SINLANX and the Malagasy
Mingyuan Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Early career researchers' identity: A qualitative review

open access: yesHigher Education Quarterly, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 786-799, October 2022., 2022
Abstract In recent decades, higher education has witnessed the development of a series of policies aimed at improving its quality. To this end, accountability measures have been promoted, which are having a major impact on academics. In addition, the precariousness of work in this professional sector is contributing to emphasise its consequences.
Javier Mula   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the experiences of Indigenous minorities through the lens of spatial justice: The case of Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia

open access: yesRegional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, Page 1223-1239, October 2022., 2022
Abstract Like many Indigenous people around the world, the original inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia, the Orang Asli, live predominantly in marginal, remote areas, and have below‐average levels of education, health and living standards. Their customary reliance on natural forest resources and assets to support their livelihood is threatened by ...
Masni Mat Dong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between privileges and precariousness: Remaking whiteness in China's teaching English as a second language industry

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 118-129, March 2022., 2022
Abstract This research examines the multiple and contradictory racialization of white identities in China's booming ESL (English as a second language) industry. China represents a new geography of whiteness studies beyond Euro‐America due to the transformation of corporeal whiteness into a minority identity as a result of international migration.
Shanshan Lan
wiley   +1 more source

Desafíos de medición para la investigación de la obesidad infantil en y entre América Latina y Estados Unidos

open access: yesObesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021
Resumen La obesidad infantil es un grave problema de salud pública en Latinoamérica y Estados Unidos y para luchar contra ella se precisan instrumentos de medición válidos y fiables y que tengan en cuenta los aspectos culturales. Para avanzar en este campo sería útil mejorar las mediciones en los distintos grupos de edades y países del continente ...
David Berrigan   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Precariedad y ficción

open access: yesArte e Investigación, 2022
¿Qué (se) puede inventar (con) un deseo? ¿Cómo? Son los interrogantes iniciales a través de los cuales se ensayan algunas consideraciones sobre el proceso de investigación y realización de la instalación denominada Donde quiero estar. La invención de una cartografía deseante (Allaltuni, 2019). Dicha instalación se desprende de una experiencia artístico-
openaire   +3 more sources

Disseminação da precariedade laboral

open access: yesRevista de Estudos Empíricos em Direito, 2022
A interpretação dos dados apurados pelo CAGED (Cadastro Geral de Empregados e Desempregados) permite analisar quais foram os impactos da pandemia de COVID-19 no trabalho intermitente. Para tanto, confrontam-se os dados do contrato de trabalho intermitente, de novembro de 2017 a fevereiro de 2020, isto é, anteriores à pandemia, com aqueles posteriores ...
Camilla Borges   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

La precariedad laboral medida de forma multidimensional: distribución social y asociación con la salud en Cataluña

open access: yesGaceta Sanitaria, 2015
Objetivo: Mostrar por vez primera la prevalencia de la precariedad laboral medida en forma multidimensional en Cataluña y su asociación con la salud mental y autopercibida.
Joan Benach   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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