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El campesinado como sujeto político internacional
En las últimas décadas, los movimientos sociales rurales se han consolidado como actores internacionales con capacidad de incidencia política. La Vía Campesina (LVC), fundada en 1993, articula organizaciones campesinas, indígenas, sin tierra y de ...
Martina Di Paula López
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The politics of piloting. The case of minimum income schemes in European cities
Abstract EU member states have adopted Minimum Income Schemes (MIS) to prevent destitution and ensure a minimum standard of living through means‐tested income support combined with Active Labor Market Policies (ALMPs). However, the effectiveness of MIS has been hindered by limited coverage, low take‐up rates, inadequate cash transfers, strict ...
Giorgia Nesti +2 more
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Abstract In Europe, and specifically in countries bordering the Baltic Sea, preparedness issues have moved up the policy agenda since Russia's 2014 and 2022 invasions of Ukraine. “Ordinary people” are encouraged to prepare for crises—be it through stockpiling food at home, fact‐checking information, or signing up for military training.
Alexandra M. Friede
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Can reducing learning costs improve public support for means‐tested benefit programs?
Abstract This study investigates how efforts to reduce learning costs of means‐tested public benefit programs impact public support of these programs and perceived deservingness of program beneficiaries. Focusing on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the United States, a well‐known means‐tested public benefit program, we integrate ...
Gregory Porumbescu +2 more
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Control and Resistance in Automated Shops: Retail Transparency, Deep Learning, and Digital Refusal
Abstract Through the enrolment of big data, deep learning, sensor fusion, and computer vision technologies, Amazon Go and similar shops pursue the automated management of retail subjects, goods, and transactions. Tracing the logics of automated shop technology, the paper makes two contributions.
Thomas Dekeyser, Casey R. Lynch
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Discursos del sujeto político posmoderno
L’objectif de cet article résulte de la difficulté de résoudre la perte de sens de la politique du Sujet Politique contemporain en particulier, chaque fois que la crise de référents politiques est annoncée ...
Dr. José Luis Agüero Hurtado
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Política, pueblo y líderes populares. De Perón a Chávez.
El presente trabajo se orienta hacia la realización de un ejercicio de genealogía política con base en un referente histórico: el populismo latinoamericano.
Gregorio Valera-Villegas
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ABSTRACT In Canada, eligibility for provincial income assistance requires applicants and recipients to pass a means test—they must have income and assets below a specified level. The “good policy” argument argues that strict means tests ensure those with sufficient income or assets cannot access nor continue on income assistance, keeping caseloads low.
Gillian Petit, Lindsay Tedds
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Abstract This paper explores selective aspects of the historical processes of organization of the kichwa peasantry in the Andes of Ecuador. Based on the analysis of two representative cases of confrontation between peasants and landowners over access to land in the province of Chimborazo, it discusses the relevance of the concept of “gamonalismo” as ...
Víctor Bretón
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Abstract One of Jung’s most significant contributions concerns the mysterious, inexplicable and always out‐of‐reach nature of the self. In this paper, I will focus on the borders of the self and their nature, location and dynamics of maintenance and change in geographically, historically, and culturally situated subjects.
Monica Luci
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