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The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe +2 more
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Emerging powers, state capitalism and the oil sector in Africa [PDF]
, 2014 The global development landscape is rapidly changing with the acceleration of the economies of emerging countries and this has important implications for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Taylor, Ian Christopher
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Consumer Psychology Review, EarlyView.Abstract Past research suggests that people exhibit robust waste aversion. However, many consumers routinely feel that they waste not only goods but also time, money, energy, and emotion and would be hard‐pressed to imagine their lives otherwise. Why does consumer waste persist? In this paper, we first propose a definition for consumer waste.
Marissa A. Sharif, Cait Lamberton
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Takeovers and the evolution of the electricity sector in Britain and Spain: the insights and limits of varieties of captitalism perspective [PDF]
, 2009 Privatisation, liberalisation and re-regulation have become major forces shaping societies and economies the world over. These developments have brought along major changes in the ownership and regulated environment of utility industries.
Valdivielso Del Real, Rocío
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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
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Neither national boundaries nor transnational social spaces: accounting for variations of CSR practices in varieties of capitalism [PDF]
, 2008 The paper empirically re-examines the role of national institutions and trans-national social spaces in accounting for variations in CSR practices. Based on a longitudinal study of corporate social reporting in UK and Germany, the paper concludes that ...
Amaeshi, Kenneth
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International Journal of Management and Economics, 2018 A growing literature examines institutional arrangements in Central and Eastern European (CEE) market economies. Some sources claim that there is a distinct model of capitalism in this region.
Farkas Beáta
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Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In September 2021, following the global COVID‐19 pandemic, the Department for Education introduced a national standardised digital Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) for all English 4‐year‐old children. We analyse RBA and its associated Quality Monitoring Visits, as a further intensification of the new public management of early years ...
Guy Roberts‐Holmes +2 more
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in transnational spaces: an institutionalist deconstruction of MNC's CSR practices in the Nigerian oil and gas sector [PDF]
, 2008 Drawing from the varieties of capitalism theoretical framework, the study explores the home country influences of MNCs on their CSR practices when they operate outside their national/regional institutional contexts.
Amaeshi, Kenneth, Amao, Olufemi O.
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Sakarya Üniversitesi İktisat Dergisi, 2013 The theme of differences and similarities of capitalist societies are studied by different theoretical approaches. Recently, a component of Institutionalist School, Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) has become emblematic for such considerations related to ...
Onur Metin
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