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Political Naturalisation: Conscripting Transit Citizens in the United Arab Emirates

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since its formation, the United Arab Emirates has sought to construct a cohesive sense of national identity among its citizens, centred on a system of material and legal privileges granted exclusively to Emirati nationals. A pillar of its nation‐building project was the strict exclusion of foreigners from citizenship and the upholding of a ...
Mira Al Hussein
wiley   +1 more source

Precarious agency: The role of uptake

open access: yesThe Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract How do we overcome the agency dilemma, that is, account for the fact that power relations heavily affect our agency without neglecting the many ways in which oppressed people act meaningfully? This article offers a solution by paying special attention to socially complex uptake in a framework of communities of practice. In order to explain the
Deborah Mühlebach
wiley   +1 more source

Two Pathways to Proletarianization: Understanding Professionals' Adaptation to the “Corporatization” of Chinese Law Firms

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how lawyers in China adapt to the “corporatization” of law firms, which limits their professional autonomy within bureaucratic structures. “Proletarianization” theory, which emerged in the 1970s, effectively explains employment relations and internal stratification within the legal profession, but it has been underestimated
Xinyi Shen
wiley   +1 more source

From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity Snapshots: Intermodal Analysis of Firm Diversity Discourse

open access: yesIntelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, Volume 33, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Pictures are a powerful medium to communicate complex and emotive messages. In particular, the human face expresses corporate culture including diversity and equal opportunity. However, despite the recent visual turn in accounting and finance, quantitative research on diversity in photos is scant because automated solutions for identifying and
Jacqueline Gagnon, Alisher Mansurov
wiley   +1 more source

Loess Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand

open access: yesNew Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Volume 69, Issue 2, June 2026.
Loess in Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ) has been studied since its first documented recognition (on Banks Peninsula) in 1878 by Julius von Haast. A decade later, John Hardcastle revealed that southern ANZ loess was both glacial in origin and contained signals of past climates.
Brent V. Alloway   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building a Contextual READINESS Model for AI‐Triggered Crises: Global Lessons From Algorithmic Exploitation in China's Food‐Delivery Platforms

open access: yesJournal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT READINESS represents a proactive mindset reflecting an organization's willingness and capability to prepare for crises and respond ethically. To understand how organizations become “ready” for complex crises, particularly those arising from public moral outrage over publicly exposed AI use, this article proposes the Contextual READINESS Model ...
Junzhen Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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