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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Trust is both a prerequisite and a product of insurance, as insurance contracts are built on and create trust relations that enable a risk‐averse perspective towards the future. At the same time, insurer‐policyholder relationships are characterised by a persistent distrust, rooted in insurance economics and industry reputation. In this article,
Maiju Tanninen, Gert Meyers
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The Journal of Public Space, 2016 It could be argued that architecture has an inherent social responsibility to enrich the urban and spatial environments for the city’s occupants. However, how we define quality, and how ‘places’ can be designed to be fair and equitable, catering for individuals on a humanistic and psychological level, is often not clearly addressed.
Cox, Christopher, Guaralda, Mirko
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Does Proactivity Affect Insurance Solidarity and Individual Responsibility?
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past 20 years, the insurance industry has been experimenting with technological innovations that deeply affect its business model and social function. This article explores the use of digital technologies to monitor policyholders' behaviour and personalise their insurance coverage.
Alberto Cevolini, Elena Esposito
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Feminist networks of care in Greece. Practices of resistance from the streets to the screens
Digital Geography and SocietyAmid Greece's extended economic and socio-political crisis, feminist movements have evolved dynamically to confront the deeply ingrained structures of patriarchy, colonialism, and capitalism that adversely affect women and marginalised communities.
Christina Grammatikopoulou
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Children &Society, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the ways in which ‘forest school’, an educational approach where children engage in creative and play based activities in a ‘natural’ environment, can contribute towards Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15) by promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems and by helping address biodiversity loss. Drawing on data
Hannah Hogarth
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, 2022 According to the UN, two out of every three people on the planet will live in cities by 2050 (UN-DESA, 2019). For sustainable development, cities must dynamically control and restrict their growth, save biodiversity and ecosystems, and at the same time address housing needs.
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Personhood, agency and suicide in a neo-liberalising South India. [PDF]
, 2015 Explanations for increased rates of youth suicide in the South Indian leprosy colony where I conducted research were reduced, in popular discourse about causality, to the categories of debt, unfulfilled aspiration and desires, and romantic failures ...
Staples, J
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A Monitoring Network for Spectrum Governance [PDF]
, 2010 Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) is an exciting new technology, which has introduced a paradigm shift in spectrum access. As a result it also changes the role of the regulator.
Schiphorst, Roel, Slump, Cornelis H.
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Understanding child well‐being in CPS: Nativity and immigration status diversity in Latino families
Family Relations, EarlyView.Abstract Objective In this exploratory descriptive study, we examined the well‐being of Latino children involved with child protective services (CPS), focusing on differences by caregiver nativity and immigration status. Background Latino families in CPS investigations vary in nativity and legal status, potentially shaping children's well‐being and ...
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Cyberspace Versus Citizenship: IT and emerging non space communities
Российские биомедицинские исследования, 2016 In 1964 Melvin Webber challenged the notions of community and centrality used in urban studies by demonstrating that "community without propinquity" was emerging within certain social networks.
Narciso Pierson
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