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Inflation, Inequality, and Social Conflict [PDF]

open access: yesIMF Working Papers, 2006
This paper presents and then tests a political economy model to analyze the observed positive relationship between income inequality and inflation. The model's key features are unequal access to both inflation-hedging opportunities and the political process.
Christopher Crowe
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Freedom, conflict, and the eclipse of emancipation: a positional sociology perspective [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology
This article offers a critical sociological analysis of the contemporary disjunction between the persistent emphasis on individual freedom and the progressive weakening of the material and collective conditions of emancipation.
Fabio de Nardis
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“Nomenclature changes, essence unchanged”: Peripheral prisons reform and refusal to alter deterrence for rehabilitation

open access: yesJournal of Social Studies, 2021
The study focused on the Nigerian correctional institution and its mandate at rehabilitating convicts in preparedness for life outside bar and by implication reintegrating reformed individuals who are believed to pose no further threat to serenity of the
Babatope Matthew Ajiboye   +2 more
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The Ongoing Transformation of the Digital Public Sphere: Basic Considerations on a Moving Target

open access: yesMedia and Communication, 2020
The recent decades more than anything else have revealed the ambivalence not only of the articulated expectations about the digital public sphere but also of the ‘real’ development itself. This thematic issue of Media and Communication highlights some of
Emiliana De Blasio   +3 more
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Pastoral Conflict, Emerging Trends and Environmental Stress in Nyangatom, Southern Ethiopia

open access: yesEthiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2020
This study examined the dynamics of conflict, emerging trends and relationship between inter-pastoral conflicts and environmental changes in Nyangatom, Southern Ethiopia.
Temesgen Thomas Halabo, Taddesse Berisso
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Peripheral Estates as Arrival Spaces? Conceptualising Research on Arrival Functions of New Immigrant Destinations

open access: yesUrban Planning, 2020
In recent years, the question of how urban spaces support the arrival of immigrants has found increased attention among scholars. The emerging discussion uses terms like arrival cities, arrival neighbourhoods, arrival spaces, arrival contexts, or arrival
Nihad El-Kayed   +3 more
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The Syrian regime’s apparatus for systemic torture: A qualitative narrative study of testimonies from survivors

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2022
Background Despite broad interest of the Syrian refugee plight in the academic and media circles, there are still limited studies analyzing the lived experiences of torture survivors under the Syrian regime.
Niveen Rizkalla   +5 more
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The Transformative Forces of Migration: Refugees and the Re-Configuration of Migration Societies

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2018
In this thematic issue, we attempt to show how migrations transform societies at the local and micro level by focusing on how migrants and refugees navigate within different migration regimes.
Ulrike Hamann, Gökçe Yurdakul
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The Limits of Conscious Deception Detection: When Reliance on False Deception Cues Contributes to Inaccurate Judgments

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
People are generally too trusting, which decreases their ability to detect deceit. This suggests that distrust could enhance our deception detection abilities. Yet, a state of distrust may induce deliberative conscious thought.
Mariëlle Stel   +3 more
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Refugees’ Access to Housing and Residency in German Cities: Internal Border Regimes and Their Local Variations

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2018
This article examines how state regulations, market barriers, racist discrimination as well as NGOs interact and create internal border regimes by enabling, as well as restricting, access to social and civil rights connected to housing and the freedom of
Nihad El-Kayed, Ulrike Hamann
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