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On the securitization of science

Ethics, Medicine and Public Health
Securitization is a political process through which a phenomenon is framed as a security issue for gaining legitimacy for subsequent political decisions. At the moment, science too is increasingly being securitized. By focusing on recent developments in Europe, this short report reflects upon the political decisions made, their origins and legitimizing
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Securitization, three streams model and biodiversity in the Global South: A case study of Western Ghats of India

Earth System Governance
Biodiversity conservation is one of the most contentious issues in the Global South, particularly political authority's methods and objectives of managing conservation.
Justin Joseph, Anjan Kumar Sahu, Juha Vuori   +2 more
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Redacted Disclosures and Bank Loan Contract Terms

Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of redacting disclosures on bank loan contracts. Our findings indicate that firms that redact information have loans with significantly higher spreads, shorter maturities, and more restrictive covenants and face a greater likelihood they will be required to post collateral compared to firms that do not redact ...
Karel Hrazdil, Jiyuan Li, Yuzeng Li
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Good Securitization, Bad Securitization [PDF]

, 2011
I use a simple banking model to study the circumstances under which excessive and inefficient securitization may occur. I first stress that increasing securitization rates that reduce banks' incentives to screen borrowers and thus lead to more defaults need not be inefficient. This may be an efficient response to higher gains from trade between banks
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Political Elites as an Object of Coercive Influence in Contemporary World Politics

Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2015
: The article discusses the trend of securitization of the political elite as a reaction to strengthening of coercive influence upon these elites in terms of consolidation and strengthening of confrontation between different civilizations.
Alexey I. Podberezkin, Maxim V. Kharkevich   +1 more
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Digital surveillance of animals and nature recovery

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Digital surveillance technologies (DSTs) are widely applied in nature recovery for their potential to generate novel data on species and ecosystems through digital tracking, automation (e.g. from hazardous locations) and from newly recruited citizen scientists.
William M. Adams
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Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho, Mazen Marouani, Takwa Boughanmi   +2 more
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Security Shaping Sustainability: The Difference Between Securitized and Community‐Based Conservation in Benin

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global conservation efforts intensify, balancing environmental protection with social sustainability has become increasingly urgent. This study employs a comparative case study approach to examine two natural resource management interventions in northern Benin: one led by African Parks in an insecure zone, and another by TMG Research in a ...
Ramoudane Orou Sannou, Christian P. Schneider   +1 more
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Green Transition, Extractive Continuities: Lithium Mining and the Environmental Contradictions of Sustainability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global decarbonization has positioned lithium as a strategic mineral for electric vehicles, battery storage, and low‐carbon development. Yet its extraction raises serious environmental, political, and justice concerns that complicate dominant narratives of clean energy progress.
Jacob Kwakye
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The instrument of asset securitization on the basis of investment funds

Vìsnik Žitomirsʹkogo Deržavnogo Tehnologìčnogo Unìversitetu: Ekonomìčnì Nauki, 2015
This article explores the instruments of asset securitization on the basis of investment funds According to the proposed national model of asset securitization on the basis of investment funds developed the financial instruments, which provide its ...
O.S. Novak
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