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CHINA’S LAND FINANCE AS ACTIVE MODE OF LAND DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY: Reality, History and Prospects

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Henry George advocated for capturing land value increases for public ends. The active approach of public authorities organizing and financing land development can help capture higher land value increases, as Hartman and Spit indicate. However, this approach hardly happens in developing countries, where the coalition of private developers and ...
Nannan Xu
wiley   +1 more source

What Is Justice? Reflections on the Criminal Justice System in Brazil

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay explores the possibility of justice for the wretched of the earth. Using escrevivência (writing the experience/existence) and drawing on the theoretical insights and political praxis of the Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa (APMF, Maria Felipa Advocacy Group)—a Brazilian abolitionist organization led by Black activists—we analyze how ...
Fernanda Oliveira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Math, Girls and Socialism

open access: yesJournal of comparative economics (Print), 2018
Quentin Lippmann, Claudia Senik
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Organizational Forms and Welfare Coalitions: Corporate Law and the Movement for Social Insurance in the US and UK

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars of the welfare state have long argued that, in liberal democracies, welfare state expansion depends on successful coalitions in its favour. Under what circumstances do these coalitions form? Party systems, economic interest, and political mobilisation have all been thought to influence the emergence of coalitions for welfare state ...
Maya Adereth
wiley   +1 more source

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