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Mind the gap! Global cities and ordinary cities in the planning perspective [PDF]

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This paper presents a critical debate about the extreme selectivity through which the existing body of literature identifies the critical factors in urban development and competitiveness.
Luca Salvati   +2 more
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Social Determinants of Health and Health‐Related Quality of Life: The Potential Mediating Role of Social Activities, Access to Medical Services, and Access to Social Services

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance and ownership in the governance of urban water [PDF]

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In this paper the differences in terms of performance between public and the private governance in urban water management are investigated. A statistical ranking is implemented to determine programmatic efficiency differences in DEA, using an incomplete ...
Francisco González-Gómez   +2 more
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Do I Answer This? A Queer Critique of Australian Census Forms and the Reification of Cisheteronormative Families

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a critical examination of Australia's 2021 household, individual and interviewer census forms. Using a form‐led analysis, this research scrutinises the underlying cisheteronormative logic that implicitly shapes the Census process, from data collection to distribution of findings.
Xavier Mills, Sal Clark
wiley   +1 more source

Sitting in Many Camps—Innovative Approaches and Methods for First Nations‐Led Research Into Indigenous Peacebuilding

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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