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The geographies of the Information Research Department: Intelligence, diplomacy and the British secret state

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a historical and political geographical analysis of the UK Foreign Office's Information Research Department (IRD). Empirically it is grounded in archival study of IRD files concerning operations in Ghana and South Africa during the Cold War and specifically the 1960s and 1970s.
Ben Gowland
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a feminist geo‐legal reading: US country‐of‐origin information in asylum adjudication

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we offer what we call ‘a feminist geo‐legal reading’ of documents used in spaces and practices of law. Legal cases and decisions are often based on different legal and non‐legal documents, including laws, explanatory memorandums, testimonies, medical reports, and so forth. In contemporary asylum adjudication, country‐of‐origin
Malene H. Jacobsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heat and law enforcement. [PDF]

open access: yesPNAS Nexus
Behrer AP, Bolotnyy V.
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring Tolerance Towards Corruption in the European Union Through Experienced Corruption, Perceived Corruption and Institutional Trust

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corruption is a major problem that undermines the foundations of democracy and reduces citizens' trust in institutions. However, even in the world's most advanced countries, citizens accept certain levels of corruption. This tolerance towards corruption (TC) reduces the impact of anti‐corruption actions and ends up giving a patina of normality
Begoña Alvarez‐García   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community as the key to socio-education: an analysis of challenges and practices in migratory contexts. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Sociol
Santoro M   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ethical Expertise Before and After Medically Assisted Dying: The Informal and Formal Role of the Ethicist in the Netherlands

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although we have a long‐standing and well‐institutionalized practice of medical aid in dying (MAID) in the Netherlands, it is insufficiently clarified which goals ethicists should pursue in the context of assisted dying, and which competencies they need to fulfil their role(s). We sought to contribute to this clarification.
Eva Asscher, Suzanne Metselaar
wiley   +1 more source

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