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Trafic de femei - o perspectivă sociologică

Sociologie Românească, 2000
It is often a common view that trafficking in women is a phenomenon that law enforcement should deal with. The perception of the deviant nature of this phenomenon cannot ignore the need of a scientific, general approach from a sociological and economical
Sebastian Lăzăroiu
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Mobilising rural communities to achieve environmental sustainability using the arts [PDF]

Australia’s environment continues to worsen in several key areas. This paper suggests that the visual and performing arts may be valuable in influencing environmental behaviour positively, at the individual and community level.
Curtis, David
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The Art of Reception: Field Visits as Microcosms for Development Interventions of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Uganda

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
wiley   +1 more source

Structură și stratificare socială în România interbelică. Contribuții sociologice românești privind schimbarea și dezvoltarea socială

Sociologie Românească, 2001
This article presents the evolution of social stratification during the period of modem Romania's birth as well as the way it was reflected in the between-wars social ideas.
Corneliu Cârțână
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Let Us Get Regional: Exploring Prospects for Biomass-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal on the Ground

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In recent years, research on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) has significantly increased. Numerous studies have analyzed demonstration projects, outlined scenarios, modeled pathways, or focused on CDR’s national or international governance.
Danny Otto, Nils Matzner
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Linguistics Landscape: a Cross Culture Perspective [PDF]

, 2020
This paper was to aim in discussing the linguistic landscape. It was the visibility and salience of languages on public and commercial signs in a given territory or region (Landry and Bourhis 1997).
Duizenberg, M. R. (Max)
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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
wiley   +1 more source

The Re-invention of Sociology of Community [PDF]

, 2014
In today’s society the term ‘Community’ is frequently used. Politicians, religious leaders, policy makers and the media are repeatedly utilizing the concept to describe a particular scenario.
Halsall, Jamie
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The Impact of Vision Problems on Households' Incomes: Evidence From the 2019 and 2022 Rounds of the Turkey Health Survey

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vision problems reduce individuals' quality of life, and they also reduce their productivity as workers and consequently decrease their incomes. Most vision problems can be corrected with properly fitted eyeglasses, but many people with vision problems do not have such eyeglasses.
Paul Glewwe, Hasan Gul, Aysit Tansel, Suzanne Wisniewski   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differences, commons and rhythms: Towards an urbanism of temporalities

Articulo: Journal of Urban Research
A main challenge facing the city of the future is that of social cohesion between the poor and the rich, generations, genders and lifestyles. In addition to issues of professional opportunities and access to resources in general (housing, shops, services,
Vincent Kaufmann, Yves Pedrazzini, Guillaume Drevon   +2 more
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