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Isbaaro: Checkpoints and World Making beyond the State in Somalia

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the dynamics of checkpoint authority in Somalia, focusing on how kinship, mobility and checkpoint practices intersect to shape political and social orders. Challenging the notion that checkpoint governance is either an expression of state‐like power or indicative of the state's absence, the authors argue that Somali ...
Peer Schouten   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Success and failure in England's patent system: New evidence from patent applications, 1783–1834

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Our understanding of the relationship between the English patent system and technical change during the industrial revolution is based entirely on the study of successful patents. We address this feature by providing the first study of unsuccessful patent applications in England during the first industrial revolution.
Stephen D. Billington, Joe Lane
wiley   +1 more source

Can a lizard ride on a housefly?: Navigating uncertainty and moral life in an Accra Zongo, Ghana

open access: yesEthos, EarlyView.
Abstract How can uncertainty become a resource for ethical life rather than a threat to it? Focusing on a Zongo community in Accra, Ghana—also known as a “traveler's camp” or “stranger's quarters”—this article examines how people use a creative form of communication called the practice of folding to sustain relationships shaped by conditions of ...
Emily A. Williamson
wiley   +1 more source

Worldwide Invasions of Centrarchidae: The Dark Side of the Sunfish Family

open access: yesFish and Fisheries, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Freshwater fish invasions are major drivers of global ecological change, disrupting native biodiversity and ecosystem functions. However, many invasive fish hold significant socioeconomic value, resulting in conflict over their management. Centrarchidae, which are globally distributed and are important for sportfishing and aquaculture, are now
Neil Angelo Abreo   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

“I teach her at home”: Home learning environments amid resource constraints

open access: yesFamily Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study examined how mothers with low incomes think about and enact investments of time and money for their infants and toddlers. Background Infancy and toddlerhood are pivotal years for development. Home learning environments in these earliest years can also set the stage for later home learning environments.
Jill Hoiting, Sarah Halpern‐Meekin
wiley   +1 more source

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