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Resistance and Accommodation in Eighteenth-Century Brazil: The Slaves’ View of Slavery [PDF]

, 1977
Stuart B. Schwartz
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Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility. A Literature Review on Critical Mass Theory and Research Recommendations

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study addresses the question of whether a critical mass of female directors positively contributes to corporate social responsibility (CSR) outcomes. Based on stakeholder‐agency and critical mass theories, a structured literature review of 92 archival critical mass studies on the impact of board gender diversity (BGD) on CSR performance ...
Patrick Velte
wiley   +1 more source

Lincoln and the Politics of Slavery [PDF]

, 1971
William Hanchett, John S. Wright
openalex   +1 more source

From Inequalities to Inclusion: Sustainable Development for Smallholders

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Pakistan's agricultural sector, smallholders persistently face operational and structural barriers that hinder their integration into broader development initiatives. This study investigates these barriers through an in‐depth analysis of a sample of 101 farming communities across Punjab.
Muhammad Khan, Karl Behrendt, Dimitrios Papadas, Lydia Arnold, Aneela Sultana   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Jamestown/Xiaogang Survival Game: A Class Experiment

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT One of the most important insights for any economics class is the power of private incentives and competition to work hard when the fruits of one's effort are not diluted by incomplete property rights. The paper reports results of a classroom experiment that implements a transition from a “common field” with shared harvests to a division into ...
Lee Coppock, Charles A. Holt, Cathleen Johnson, Madison Smither   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An American Story of a Health System Dilemma: The Slave Health Deficit and Post-Traumatic Slavery Stress Disorder (PTSSD). [PDF]

J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
Hood RG.
europepmc   +1 more source

Freedom of Scientific Inquiry and Democracy. A Systems‐Theoretical Approach

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article examines the relationship between democracy and one of its inherent features: freedom of scientific inquiry—a multi‐layered concept closely intertwined with the broader notion of academic freedom—both of which are increasingly under threat worldwide. The paper advocates for the use of Luhmann's theoretical framework to analyse this
Krešimir Žažar, Steffen Roth
wiley   +1 more source

'One of the greatest injustices of our time': The impact of social representations of modern slavery in the UK-A mixed methods approach. [PDF]

Br J Soc Psychol
Haughton M, Vione KC, Hughes Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Unknown Legacy of the 13th Amendment

, 2016
On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment, declaring slavery illegal in the United States. Or so it seemed. The second line of the Amendment, and the most oft unknown, states that slavery can still be used as a form of punishment for crimes,
Jones, Danielle E.
core  

Systems Thinking as Being‐in‐the‐World

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contemporary systems thinking occurs in an increasingly fractured world. To think about systems is to be a part of a multitude of worlds that possess many inherent contradictions. Although contemporary systems thinking constantly oscillates between universality (i.e., the general systems theory genealogy) and diversity (e.g., the social ...
Jonathon Mackay
wiley   +1 more source