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Pension financialization and collective risk sharing in Canada and Finland
International Social Security Review, Volume 76, Issue 3, Page 91-111, July/September 2023., 2023 Abstract This article contributes to the debate concerning pension financialization and how countries are adapting their pension systems to respond to demographic ageing. We do so by examining the statutory pension systems of Canada and Finland, which diverge interestingly from current international trends.
Jyri Liukko +2 more
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Guarding the Urban Elite: Hospitality Security in São Paulo
City &Society, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 27-37, April 2023., 2023 Abstract In the past decade, Brazil's largest city, São Paulo, has witnessed an exponential growth in private security. In this article, we contribute to understandings of how security shapes urban life by focusing on what we call hospitality security, which takes place in elite spaces of residence and leisure such as high‐end neighborhoods, gated ...
Erika Robb Larkins, Susana Durão
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Brazilian prisons in times of mass incarceration: Ambivalent transformations
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 61, Issue 4, Page 502-518, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Most of the scholarship on the ‘punitive turn’ has claimed that there have been two main trends in punishment since the 1970s: the rise of incarceration rates (quantitative dimension) and the worsening of prison conditions (qualitative dimension).
Luiz Dal Santo
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Militarisation by Popular Demand? Explaining the Politics of Internal Military Roles in Brazil
Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 465-482, July 2022., 2022 Why are Latin American politicians drawing the armed forces into politics and public security? What consequences does this democratically controlled re‐militarisation have for civil–military relations? With a case study of Brazil, this article introduces the conceptual tool of ‘negative convergence’: a widespread acceptance of increasing the military's
Christoph Harig
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Fear and fainting in Luanda: paranoid politics and the problem of interpretative authority in Angola
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 222-239, March 2022., 2022 Abstract This article unpacks the events and reactions surrounding a mysterious ‘fainting wave’ that swept through Angolan middle and high schools from early 2011 on. By attending to the historicity and materiality of the fainting wave, the article investigates why the strong conviction took root of a dark political intentionality behind this ...
Jon Schubert
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2021., 2021 Abstract This evidence and gap map will provide an overview of the existing systematic reviews and impact evaluations on the key outcome domains and interventions aimed at improving social protection among people living in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs).
Latha Thimmappa +3 more
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Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública, 2022 Partindo da premissa de que municípios brasileiros vêm aumentando seus gastos na área da segurança pública, inclusive com a criação de instâncias para a gestão local da violência urbana, tais como: guardas municipais, secretarias e conselhos municipais ...
Leticia Fonseca Paiva Delgado
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Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública, 2018 A existência de dados precisos e confiáveis é condição básica para a formulação de políticas públicas. Especialmente na área da Segurança Pública, tal questão adquire centralidade ainda maior, uma vez que, para além das categorias legais empregadas para
Luís Felipe Zilli
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Towards a sanitation safety plan in the city of braga [PDF]
, 2016 A gestão integrada das infra-estruturas urbanas de água e saneamento constitui um desafio das cidades ambientalmente sustentáveis. Alguns avanços no controlo de qualidade dos sistemas de abastecimento de água para consumo humano, baseado em avaliação e
Barbot, Eduardo +4 more
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Redução de consumos na iluminação pública [PDF]
, 2015 A iluminação pública (IP) é um serviço essencial para o bem-estar das populações. Quer seja em espaço urbano ou rural ela desempenha papéis fulcrais em áreas como a segurança rodoviária, a segurança pessoal dos cidadãos ou mesmo o embelezamento de ...
Brandão, Roque, Caçote, Pedro
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