Public vs private administration of rural health insurance schemes: a comparative study in Zhejiang of China. [PDF]
, 2012 : Since 2003, China has experimented in some of the country's counties with the private administration of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS), a publicly subsidized health insurance scheme for rural populations. Our study compared the effectiveness
Rechel, Bernd +11 more
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Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In September 2021, following the global COVID‐19 pandemic, the Department for Education introduced a national standardised digital Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) for all English 4‐year‐old children. We analyse RBA and its associated Quality Monitoring Visits, as a further intensification of the new public management of early years ...
Guy Roberts‐Holmes +2 more
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Why Companies Go Private in Emerging Markets? Evidence from Poland [PDF]
In recent years the number of going private transactions has sharply increased in emerging markets. The purpose of this study is to establish the financial characteristics of companies that have gone private using a dataset comprising of Polish companies.
Oskar Kowalewski, Krzysztof Jackowicz
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AI voice journaling for future language teachers: A path to well‐being through reflective practices
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study aimed to explore the perceived impact of using an AI‐powered voice journaling app in overcoming the challenges and stressors encountered by senior students enrolled in teaching practicum at an English Language Teaching Bachelor's programme.
Bora Demir, Duygu Özdemir
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract As front‐line observers and active participants in pupils' daily lives, teachers closely monitor pupils' social interactions, emotional states and behavioural changes. Their unique perspective enables them to detect problems in the social lives of their pupils that may not be immediately visible to peers, parents or mental health professionals.
Yixuan Zheng +4 more
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Corporate Security Responsibility: Towards a Conceptual Framework for a Comparative Research Agenda [PDF]
, 2007 The political debate about the role of business in armed conflicts has increasingly raised expectations as to governance contributions by private corporations in the fields of conflict prevention, peace-keeping and postconflict peace-building.
Klaus Dieter Wolf +5 more
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Private Security Companies in the DRC
, 2021 Private Security Companies in the ...
Si Ramdane, Lidia
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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Securing the state, undermining democracy: internationalization and privatization of western militaries [PDF]
Changes in the field of security since the 1990s triggered off a number of still continuing military transformations in liberal democracies. Since their armed forces were designed for the purposes of the bipolar Cold war security constellation, they have
Geis, Anna, Deitelhoff, Nicole
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Outsourcing intelligence: The relationship between the state and Private intelligence in post apartheid South Africa [PDF]
, 2010 The state claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of force. This is not to suggest however that the state cannot and does not outsource the practical exercise of force. On the contrary, the outsourcing of a wide range of military and security roles and
Butt, Stephen
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