Results 231 to 240 of about 496,547 (341)

A Journey Between Science and the Arts: Templates for the Depiction of the Pineapple (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source

Lobbying for Trade Liberalization and Its Policy Influence

open access: yesReview of International Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lobbying activities are important to promoting Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). This paper quantifies the influence of lobbying on the probability of ratification of three bilateral FTAs in the US Congress in 2011. I build a contest model where lobbying affects the ratification probability through votes in Congress.
Yuting Gao
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond facilities, policy implications of the nursing home for senior citizens act. [PDF]

open access: yesPalliat Support Care
Necosia RIMT   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Emergence of Peace and Conflict Studies: Comparing Differences in the Creation of Academic Programs With Ties to Social Movements in US Higher Education

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article expands the sociological scholarship on the development of academic programs in intellectual fields tied to social movements. After briefly reviewing this literature, which has especially focused on fields like ethnic studies and women's studies, it examines the development of the smaller field of peace and conflict studies.
Elise Wolff
wiley   +1 more source

Finding my way. [PDF]

open access: yesCan Fam Physician
Lalla L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Boosting Fiscal–Occupational Welfare in Italy: ‘Quiet Politics’ and the Irresistible Attractiveness of (Micro‐)Distributive Policies

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fiscal–occupational welfare is becoming an increasingly important feature of social protection systems and state–business relations in Europe, reflecting a broader trend towards outsourcing public functions to private actors. In Italy, the 2016 and 2017 Stability Laws significantly expanded its scope and relevance.
Marcello Natili, Matteo Jessoula
wiley   +1 more source

The Making of the Right to Food: Tracing Food Policy Conflict and Negotiated Outcomes in Colombia

open access: yesWorld Food Policy, Volume 12, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT The 2016 Peace Agreement between the Colombian Government and the FARC guerrilla group marked a historic step toward ending more than five decades of armed conflict. It also reshaped national food policy with lasting implications. During the negotiations, deep ideological divisions emerged between food sovereignty and food security, and these ...
Felipe Roa‐Clavijo
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy