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Tackling the Informal Economy in Ukraine [PDF]
, 2012 The problem of informal work and informal networks (blat) in Ukraine is long-standing. Until now, research on the informal economy in Ukraine has largely focused on measuring its size rather than exploring the nature and motives of the people engaged in ...
Onoshchenko, Olga
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, 2021 The public rely on the police to enforce the law, and the police rely on the public to report crime and assist them with their enquiries. Police action or inaction can also impact on public willingness to informally intervene in community problems.
Murphy, Kristina +3 more
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Informal settlements and squatting in Romania: socio-spatial patterns and typologies [PDF]
Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2013 The emergence of informal settlements in Romania is the result of a mix of factors, including some social and urban planning policies from the communist and post-communist period.
Bogdan Suditu, Daniel-Gabriel Vâlceanu
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Developmental Differences in the Control of Action Selection by Social Information [PDF]
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2012 AbstractOur everyday actions are often performed in the context of a social interaction. We previously showed that, in adults, selecting an action on the basis of either social or symbolic cues was associated with activations in the fronto-parietal cognitive control network, whereas the presence and use of social versus symbolic cues was in addition ...
Iroise Dumontheil +3 more
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The Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Neighborhood Informal Social Control and Crime [PDF]
, 2018 Social disorganization theory is one of the most widely tested theories in criminology, yet few studies consider the temporal and spatial dynamics of neighborhood composition, neighborhood informal social control, and crime.
Hipp, John R +3 more
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Informal care and health behaviors among elderly people with chronic diseases
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2017 Background The mechanism by which social relationships influence health can be interpreted as a social network regulating one’s health behaviors. Based on the hypothesis that relatives, friends, or neighbors are sources of social support and may monitor ...
Hong Wu, Naiji Lu
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The role of social control in reduction of land disputes in Halayib – shalatin, and Abu Ramad.region triangle [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Science, 2016 The study aimed at identifying the personal and social characteristics of the Bedouins who subject to research in respect of the reduction of land disputes in the region of Halayib، Shlatin، Abu Ramad, and identifying the degree of knowledge of the ...
Ahmed, H. A +3 more
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Detecting formal and informal interests in forest governance
MethodsX, 2022 To reveal the interests of actors in forest governance, this paper proposes a power-based interest identification (PII) approach. Based on the assumption of intentional action, the benefits that actors derive from policy impacts are the result of ...
Jiacheng Zhao +4 more
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Configuration and Functioning of Social Networks in the Border Region [PDF]
Пространственная экономика, 2014 Using the methodology of actor-network analysis the author identifies configuration and dynamics of informal social networks in the border region. The study is based on the example of mechanisms and practices of importing fruits and vegetables from Heihe
Tatiana Nikolaevna Zhuravskaya
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A Survey in Reasons & Causes of Informal Media & Social Networks Selection as News Source [PDF]
مطالعات رسانههای نوین, 2020 Nowadays, media has been described as a potentially powerful tool that can affect the control of political, economic, cultural, and social problems in human societies.
ali ghasemijahan +2 more
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