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The political economy of tobacco of Zimbabwe: An analysis of stakeholder perspectives. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Bandara S, Kadungure A, Nhamo N, Nyashanu T, Chamunorwa A, Drope J, Hunt M, Adams A, Lencucha R.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Civilizing’ Smallholders Through Oil Palm: The Politics of Subsumption Across Southern Mexico's Commodity Frontiers

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While most frontier studies associate commodity expansions with dispossession, I argue that such expansions can also function as ‘civilizational’ projects aimed at overcoming traditional farming and creating new rural subjects better suited to the needs of capitalist development. Using a Gramscian approach to study subsumption, I analyse three
Antonio Castellanos‐Navarrete
wiley   +1 more source

Rejection-based choices discourage people from opting out of voting. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Su YH, Shenhav A.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Architecture of Consolidation: Nests of Corporate Control in the Agrochemical Network

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on agricultural consolidation tends to equate corporate control with the dominance of a few large firms. We take an alternative approach that examines control through the explosive growth of legally distinct firms that fragment accountability. Using a new global dataset of 6982 entities linked to BASF, Bayer, Corteva, Dow, DuPont, FMC,
Loka Ashwood, Mohammad Khalilian, Andrew Pilny, Mary Hendrickson, Philip H. Howard, Mariyam Jamila   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Status of cardiovascular health in United States immigrants using the American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 framework: a population-based study of prevalence estimates and determinants. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Am
Makarem N, Hosalli R, Lopez A, Dinh V, Caceres BA, McClain AC, Mullachery PH, Al-Rousan T, Quesada O.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Aggregate Market Power: Measurement, Drivers, and Macroeconomic Effects

Journal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This survey reviews the macroeconomic literature on market power, focusing on its measurement, determinants, and macroeconomic effects. It synthesizes evidence from concentration ratios, business dynamism indicators, and markup/markdown estimates, documenting a distinct change in trends since the 1980s, especially in the United States ...
Maria Alessandra Rossi
wiley   +1 more source

Political economy analysis of health financing reforms in times of crisis: findings from three case studies in south-east Asia. [PDF]

Int J Equity Health
Witter S, Bertone MP, Baral S, Gautam G, Pratap SKC, Pholpark A, Saputri NS, Darmawan AB, Toyamah N, Fillaili R, de Oliveira Cruz V, Sparkes S.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Violence Shapes Place: The Rise of Neo‐Authoritarianism in the Global Value Chain and the Emergence of an ‘Infernal Place’ in the Bangladesh Garment Industry

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how and to what extent violence has become a pivotal tool for conducting business in places integrated into the global value chain. It also explores the roles stakeholders play in silencing workers' resistance within these places.
Shoaib Ahmed
wiley   +1 more source

Biosecurity in the age of synthetic nucleic acids: modernizing the law to manage emerging threats. [PDF]

J Law Biosci
Berman A.
europepmc   +1 more source

When Great Powers Struggle: How Geopolitical Alignments of Small States Are Influenced by Their MNEs

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Comparing two distinct deglobalization periods, this study shows how Finnish multinational enterprises (MNEs) used corporate diplomatic activities (CDA) to influence Finland's alignment with a struggling great power. Drawing from hegemonic stability theory and new institutional economics, we argue that the power's collapsing global networks ...
Saara Matala, Christian Stutz
wiley   +1 more source