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Crisis, temporality and governmental policy agendas: The cases of Finland and Sweden
Scandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Crises transform the temporal orientation of political decision‐making. They demand immediate and decisive action and thus convert time into a means of political control. In these circumstances, assessing the long‐term consequences of proposed policies with respect to welfare, sustainability or justice also becomes demanding.
Henri Vogt, Mikko Värttö
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article argues that the current way of thinking about ethics in sport in primarily biomedical terms, and in particular in terms of the presence of particular pharmaceutical substances, fails to account for broader notions of sporting ethics and fairness in the Global South.
Michael Crawley, Uroš Kovač
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“”: Women’s Empowerment as Affective Economies in Corporate-Sponsored Entrepreneurship Training
SociusThe author examines transnational narratives of women’s empowerment in Brazil, highlighting discourses promoting women’s ability to improve society and their incomes by mobilizing emotions and attributes linked to care responsibilities as savvy feminized
Carolina Gallo Garcia
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Cluster policy and the supporting organizations for transnational clusters promoting - Romanian initiatives [PDF]
In some european areas there are thousands of active companies with quite similar profiles, but the information about the potential for cooperation among the countries in the area is scarce because of the lack of visibility of SME-s, in general, and of ...
Carmen Beatrice Pauna
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The Political Economy of Wellness: Commercial Determinants of a Burgeoning Industry
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Wellness has grown into a multi‐trillion‐dollar industry encompassing a multitude of products and practices that affect health and well‐being. Applying a lens of commercial determinants of health to wellness is useful to examine its intersection with systems of capital production, corporate interests, and neoliberal norms of personal ...
NANCY KARREMAN +3 more
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Gendered Power in Green Economy Practices in Aceh, Indonesia
Jurnal Antropologi: Isu-Isu Sosial BudayaClimate change and environmental degradation have led Indonesia to implement green economy policies to harmonise economic growth with ecological sustainability and social justice.
Vellayati Hajad +2 more
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Transnational NGOs between Popular Uprising and Authoritarian Regime: Developments in Egypt [PDF]
, 2013 Scholars differentiate the concepts of internationalism and transnationalism. While the first refers to the connectivity between macro institutions such as states, multinational corporations and other institutionalized actors within and beyond national ...
Farah, A. O.
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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Enablers of transnational organized crime in Africa: A 21st-century perspective
International Review of Social Sciences ResearchTransnational organized crime (TOC) persists as a significant catalyst for illicit economies and social upheaval in Africa. While comprehensive national estimates quantifying TOC’s impact remain elusive for numerous African nations, recent research ...
Tolulope Lembola Ojolo +1 more
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