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Ecological modernisation and citizen engagement
Praveena RajkobalModern environmental governance, especially in developed nations, increasingly embraces ecological modernisation (EM) as a framework for managing environmental resources. EM…
Social dynamics in rural Punjab: changes in gender roles, spatial mobility and decision making
Ayesha Farooq, Ashraf K. KayaniThe purpose of this paper is to observed the gender roles and changes in decision-making structure in a village of the Punjab, Pakistan. Spatial mobility of young females by time…
Learning not to labour: a micro analysis of consensual male unemployment
Andreas George GiazitzogluThe Drifters are ten long-term unemployed British men. The Drifters’ unemployment is consensual: the men believe they have chosen to “not work” and rely upon welfare benefits for…
Does a socially well integrated university have anything to do with faculty retention? A study on Kerman University of Medical Sciences-2011
Mohammadreza Amiresmaili, Farzaneh Zolala, Atefeh Esfandiari, Reza Dehnavieh, Mahmood Nekoueimoghadam, Hedayat Salari, Amir RakhshanThe purpose of this paper is to measure the relationship between organizational social capital and retention of faculty members in Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2011…
Understanding lesbian, gay, and bisexual worker stigmatization: a review of the literature
Trevor G. Gates, Pamela A. ViggianiStigmatization of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people at work is an enduring social problem, yet little is known about how those experiences differ. The purpose of this paper…
Asylum, welfare and work: reflections on research in asylum and refugee studies
Lucy MayblinOver the past 30 years asylum has become an issue of great political significance, public interest and media coverage in most “Western” countries. Policies and laws designed to…
Natural resource profits and the implications for Peru's public health system
Mark Fafard, Rob HaleyThe Peruvian Canon system was designed to collect a percentage of taxed profits from the country's natural resource industries and redistribute these funds into communities that…
Coping with the death of singleton children in China: the role of social capital
Pui Yan Flora LauDiscussion of China's one-child policy generally centres on its demographic effects. Bereavement among parents of singleton children and the role of social capital in the…
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