Political and Economic Inequities and the Shaping of Institutions and Redistribution
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DOI: 10.1002/soej.12206
Abstract: This article studies the joint effect of political and economic inequalities on redistributive taxation and institutional quality. The theoretical model suggests that income inequality, coupled with political bias in favor of the rich, decreases redistribution… read more here.
Keywords: inequities shaping; shaping institutions; effect; institutional quality ... See more keywords
The Pandemic and the Transformation of Liberal International Order
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DOI: 10.1007/s11366-020-09698-0
Abstract: In 2018, 43 leading International Relations scholars in the United States signed a public statement in support of an urgent call to preserve the current international order, triggering heated scholarly debates. The idealized form of… read more here.
Keywords: international order; order; liberal international; transformation liberal ... See more keywords
Making Data Valuable: Political, Economic, and Conceptual Bases of Big Data
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DOI: 10.1007/s13347-017-0295-x
Abstract: The ascendency of so-called big data as a driving technological, economic, and political force has hinged, in part, on an understanding of people’s social and behavioral data as valuable. Sometimes, this value is simply taken… read more here.
Keywords: big data; making data; value; data valuable ... See more keywords
Social, Political, and Economic Dimensions of the Instituted Process of Central Bank Digital Currency: The Case of the Digital Yuan
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DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2023.2201610
Abstract: Abstract Inspired by Karl Polanyi’s argument that the institution of money offers an essential insight into the economy as an instituted process, I examine the extent to which the recent proposals presented in various countries… read more here.
Keywords: instituted process; social political; digital yuan; political economic ... See more keywords
Where do we go when we follow the money? The political-economic construction of Antimafia investigators in Western Sicily
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DOI: 10.1080/02757206.2018.1458720
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper traces the changing role of wealth and movements of money in investigators' evolving anthropological imagination of the social structure of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra and its relationship with its surrounding in key… read more here.
Keywords: money political; follow money; economic construction; construction antimafia ... See more keywords
Gender achievement and social, political and economic equality: a European perspective
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DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2016.1237868
Abstract: Abstract Differences in gender equality based on social, political and economic factors is cited, by some writers, as a contributory factor in the differentially greater achievement of boys in STEM subjects through the concept of… read more here.
Keywords: mathematics; social political; gender stratification; gender ... See more keywords
Conceptualising Coping and Resilience in the Context of Socio-Political and Economic Change: Generational Perspectives From Slovenia
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DOI: 10.1080/13575279.2020.1758036
Abstract: ABSTRACT The significance of a wider social context in building youth resilience has recently been recognised, with the suggestion that resilience research requires a move from individual-level experience to wider social practices, discourses, and ideological… read more here.
Keywords: change; resilience; resilience context; socio political ... See more keywords
Political and economic gamble: why two jurisdictions in Canada and Germany made the right decisions in welcoming Syrian newcomers, 2015-present
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DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2019.1685158
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this analysis, we overlay two lenses, politics and economics, onto the work of educators involved in welcoming and integrating newcomers into two School Boards in Ontario, Canada and in schools across the State… read more here.
Keywords: germany; canada germany; economic gamble; gamble two ... See more keywords
Political-economic determinants of electoral participation in India
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DOI: 10.1080/14736489.2019.1605122
Abstract: ABSTRACT Elections bestow popular legitimacy to the democracies and, accordingly, electoral participation is an important indicator of the quality of democracy and civic engagement. Understanding what factors drive citizens’ decision to vote is central to… read more here.
Keywords: participation; electoral participation; determinants electoral; voter turnout ... See more keywords
Polanyi, political-economic opportunity structure and protest: capitalism and contention in the post-communist Czech Republic
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DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2016.1235497
Abstract: Abstract Drawing on Polanyian logic, we focus on the gradual institutionalization of capitalism in the Czech Republic and the protests accompanying this process. We hypothesize that different configurations of political economy, or what we term… read more here.
Keywords: economic opportunity; capitalism; opportunity structure; czech republic ... See more keywords
High-throughput profiling of health-associated political, economic, commercial and social factors
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DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz186.100
Abstract: Political, economic, commercial and social factors have considerable impact in shaping health outcomes. Yet, most research is hypothesis-driven and, probably, not fully exploring the available data. We aimed at adapting gene expression profiling methods to… read more here.
Keywords: economic commercial; commercial social; social factors; health ... See more keywords