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Forty Four Years of Debate: The Impact of Race, Community and Conflict [PDF]

open access: yes
Race, Community and Conflict by John Rex and Robert Moore was published in 1967 and had a considerable public impact through press and TV. Forty four years later it is still widely cited in research on British urban society and 'race relations'.
Robert Moore
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The Re-invention of Sociology of Community [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Building virtual bridges: how rural micro-enterprises develop social capital in online and face-to-face settings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In rural UK, businesses are often isolated and have much to gain from healthy networks, yet studies show that many rural business owners fail to network effectively.
Norman, Timothy   +3 more
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Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors as Tools for Improving Market Efficiency: A Study on Equity Misvaluation

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigated whether superior environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices enhance corporate value and market efficiency under various economic theories. Using a multi‐country panel of 31 economies from 2015 to 2022, we find that both ESG performance and disclosure improve intrinsic value and mitigate equity misvaluation ...
Xinyu Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lithuanian Rural Settlements: The Legacy of Soviet Rural Planning and Current Challenges

open access: yesQuaestiones Geographicae
The article analyses the changes to the system of the distribution of population in rural areas in Lithuania, one of the former Soviet states: it compares the transformation of settlements during the socialist era and the transformations of the rural ...
KRIAUČIŪNAS EDIS   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unified in diversity: Unravelling emerging knowledge on drought impact cascades via participatory modeling

open access: yesClimate Risk Management
Diverse groups exhibit enhanced capabilities in tackling complex problems compared to individuals. Also, involving diverse stakeholders has been shown to improve the understanding of complex social-ecological systems.
Jan Sodoge   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Ghost of Patrick Geddes: Civics As Applied Sociology [PDF]

open access: yes
In 1904 and 1905 Patrick Geddes (1905, 1906) read his famed, but today little-read, two-part paper, \'Civics: as Applied Sociology\', to the first meetings of the British Sociological Society.
Alex Law
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A Social Entrepreneurship Perspective of De‐Carbonising the Footprint through Recycling Compensation: A Case Study of the NGO Madre Coraje

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research analyses the carbon footprint of the NGO Madre Coraje, using an integrated methodology that combines the calculator provided by REAS (Red de Economía Alternativa y Solidaria) Navarra and the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). It quantifies emissions across the three scopes of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, evaluating both direct and ...
José Fernandez‐Serrano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reciprocidades invisibles: Diálogos y controversias en torno a los estudios urbanos

open access: yesL'Ordinaire des Amériques, 2017
This article reviews the exchange, dialogues and counterpoints between France and Argentina in the field of urban studies. It aims to point out the main influences in this field since the 1970s.
María Mercedes Di Virgilio
doaj   +1 more source

Die Stadt e la teoria contemporanea della città

open access: yesSocietàMutamentoPolitica: Rivista Italiana di Sociologia, 2020
Die Stadt is traditionally declared as one of the milestone texts of urban sociology, a pioneering contribution of theory of the city. Urban sociology is recently renewing trough new attempts of theory of the city: proposals of new uses of the notion of ...
Annick Magnier
doaj   +1 more source

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