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What Now? Military Peace Activism in the Wake of the Vietnam War

open access: yesPeace &Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article defines military peace activism as peace activism related to military manpower policy and military personnel, including active, reserve, potential, and former servicemembers. It argues that when the US war in Vietnam and the draft that supported it ended, antiwar activists who worked with GIs had to reframe their work, as the ...
Amy J. Rutenberg
wiley   +1 more source

When insurers retreat: The governance of wildfire disasters and how FAIR plans allocate climate risk

open access: yesRisk Management and Insurance Review, EarlyView.
Abstract As wildfire risk accelerates private insurer retreat, state‐governed FAIR Plans increasingly serve as the primary coverage available in hazard‐prone areas. This paper analyzes these residual markets as instruments of disaster governance, arguing that their design reflects distributive political choices regarding risk allocation.
Katarzyna Klasa
wiley   +1 more source

Education and Training, Institutionalism and the Social Determinants of Health: Using QCA to Explore Better and Worse Health in Dundee, Aberdeen and Glasgow

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on institutionalist political economy, this paper argues that education should be conceptualised as a foundational institutional determinant of health rather than a contextual socioeconomic factor. Utilising data from Scotland, which faces some of the most profound health challenges within Europe, this paper uses Qualitative ...
Ian Greener, Kieran Laskawy
wiley   +1 more source

Homelessness and Support for Expanded Services: Los Angeles Residents' Perceptions of Public Safety in Their Neighbourhoods

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Homelessness in U.S. cities is a pressing civic issue, shaping residents' sense of safety and local policy debates. This study examines Los Angeles residents' perceptions of safety, their proximity to encampments, and attitudes towards mental health and substance use services. Using representative survey data from 4408 residents, we assess (1)
Sawyer Hogenkamp   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges Facing Young People in Industrial Towns and Regions of the Global North: Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract The present and future of industrial towns and regions rely heavily on the well‐being of young people, who are especially prone to outmigration. Their population dynamics, lifestyles, and complex needs pose challenges for urban and regional planners.
Jani Kozina   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vandalism : research, prevention, and social policy /

open access: yes, 1992
"November 1992."Shipping list no.: 93-0532-M.Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche.Sponsors: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon; Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Washington, Seattle ...
Brookes, Martha H.   +8 more
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[News Clip: Vandalism]

open access: yes, 1958
Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the pellet-gun vandals, who attack many companies and car lots with their pellet ...
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
core   +1 more source

War, Trauma and Diasporic Identity in Vyvyane Loh's Breaking the Tongue

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Japan's involvement in the Second World War offers provocative narrative material for authors who write about the cultural politics of race under wartime conditions, such as the internment experience of Japanese Americans in the United States and the mass killings of Chinese (Operation Sook Ching), suspected of anti‐Japanese sentiments in ...
Walter S. H. Lim
wiley   +1 more source

Causes of Youth Vandalism

open access: yes, 2014
Diplomová práce autora nese název Příčiny vandalismu mládeže. Skládá se z teoretické a praktické části. V kapitolách teoretické části je charakterizována problematika vandalismu včetně uvedení vývoje vandalismu dětí v České republice.
Navrátil, Libor
core   +2 more sources

Vandalism. Why Doesn’t the “Broken Windows” Theory Work?

open access: yesПсихология и право
Vandalism is a widespread phenomenon that causes material damage and contributes to the degradation of the urban environment, which requires the introduction of effective preventive measures based on an understanding of the genesis and ...
O.V. Kruzhkova
doaj   +1 more source

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