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Three evolutionary radiations shaped the evolution of global religious diversity. [PDF]
Evol Hum SciEjova A +12 more
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The Mexico City Policy in US Development Policy and Its Backlash‐Frontlash‐Logic
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Mexico City Policy provides for the discontinuation of U.S. government funding for foreign non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide legal abortion services. While Republican administrations have repeatedly pushed for the introduction of the Mexico City Policy after their re‐election, those regulations have been rescinded by ...
Thomas Lange
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Desegregating spaces: The interplay between ecological intergroup contact and GPS-traced spatial segregation among youth in two UK cities. [PDF]
Br J Soc PsycholMarinucci M +5 more
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Brokering Localization: Country‐Based Pooled Funds in Humanitarian Assistance
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyzes Country‐Based Pooled Funds (CBPFs) to identify types of brokerage models and their effects on localization. CBPFs are intermediaries in the aid chain connecting donors to implementers such as the United Nations, international non‐governmental organizations (INGOs) and national NGOs (NNGOs). This paper analyzes four of the
Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre
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The protestant work ethic revisited: A promising concept or an outdated idea? [PDF]
The main task of this paper consists in gauging the analytical value of Max Weber´s Protestant Work Ethic, and in tackling the question of whether and how the concept is still used in current research and theory building.
Modrack, Simone
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The persistence of participatory budgeting (PB) in selected Chinese localities challenges the conventional wisdom that deliberative democratic practices can only take root in liberal political environments. Yet, existing literature has not sufficiently elucidated the factors underpinning the rise and sustained operation of PB in this seemingly
Yifei Yan +3 more
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Models of religion-related education in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and the topic of Islam. [PDF]
J Beliefs ValuesAhme B, Hermisson S.
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Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History [PDF]
Max Weber attributed the higher economic prosperity of Protestant regions to a Protestant work ethic. We provide an alternative theory, where Protestant economies prospered because instruction in reading the Bible generated the human capital crucial to ...
Ludger Woessmann, Sascha O. Becker
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