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the first instance of political mobilization in Nepal that incorporated social media into its strategy, nor will it be the last. [7] People all over the world are increasingly incorporating 2 / social
for their financing. In this paper I analyse selected political economy issues related to pension reforms, such as the worker-retiree conflict of interest, distribution by age of the costs of the loss ... in Poland, which actually was an implementation of a thoroughly new pension system. Its design is analysed and discussed from a political economy viewpoint. Furthermore, analysis of the Polish pension
Statistics (PCBS). We estimate the wage equation for rural and non-rural workers controlling for structural, socioeconomic, and political factors. The results suggest that employment in agriculture lowers the ... refuge for workers whose employment is disrupted due to political unrest. The rural population makes up 17 % of the total Palestinian population, which accounts for almost three quarters of a million
is influenced by political factors, such as competition of local officials. Jel codes: J3, E2 ... the minimum wage is heavily influenced by political factors. Such factors include voting, interest group pressure, and partisan ideology. Flinn (2011) , for example, documents the fierce political
Arab labor markets that resulted from the use of labor markets by Arab regimes as tool of political appeasement in the context of “authoritarian bargain” social contracts. Even as fiscal crises have long ... political quiescence, if not loyalty (See Amin et al. 2012; Desai et al. 2009). By using labor markets as means to distribute rents and to buy political quiescence, Arab governments have essentially
political values from work on the public sphere by Habermas and Fraser, I argue that some of their concerns about media power and participatory disparity can be articulated with the tools of network science ... sites are a major organ of civic life. For many, they are a primary source of news and locus of political discussion. Algorithms mediate the online interactions of millions of participants with
The period 2003–2007 was a period of economic and political changes for Ukraine. In 2005, following the Orange Revolution, the new government engaged in a series of economic reforms, among which was ... Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) I explore the impact of these economic and political changes on the gender wage gap. Policies for gender equality seem to be responsible for at least part of
UK. Political stability within developing countries and their formal human capital levels are also found to be important factors determining the volume of visas issued. JEL codes C23, F14, F22, I29 ... suggests a higher demand for visa applications from Muslim countries, from countries sharing a common language with the UK, and from countries geographically proximate to the UK. Political stability within
(or, in philosophical terms, aesthetic) objects under consideration, it tends Theorizing the Web 2014 / 1 to privilege the work’s political content, to the degree that it becomes unclear whether any ... aesthetic content exists in the work at all. In fact, it is this privileging of the political over the aesthetic that is the thinkpiece’s defining trait. This is, to use one of the thinkpiece’s favorite
of economics in moral philosophy– for example, the phenomenon of relative wants is central to human behavior in Adam Smith (1759/1976), and similarly, humans measure their wants and pleasures in ... Dohmen et al. (2012). Nevertheless, Luo and Klohnen (2005) show positive similarities of married individuals for attitudes other than trust (e.g, religiosity, political attitudes) with dissimilarities for
1. Introduction The issue of inequality currently dominates the discourse on political economy across the world. It is estimated that over a third of all countries in the world experienced some form ... of social and political strife in the last one year. While the reasons behind each of these expressions of anger, frustration or dissent were no doubt diverse, some of the more significant movements
Consortium for Political and Social Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. The survey is a nationally representative, multi-topic survey of 41,554 households in 1,503 villages and 971 urban neighbourhoods across ... ), 2005 [Computer File]. ICSPSR22626-v7. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-03-25. Doi: 10.3886/ICPSR22626. An earlier version of this paper
, G. (1988 ). Spinoza: Practical Philosophy. San Francisco: City Lights Books. p. 19. [11] Rai (2012) . p. 67. 14 / [13] Rai (2012) . p.67. / 15 Bigelow , M. ( 2014 ) “RGB: You and Me (A Queer ... ). Difference and Repetition . New York: Columbia University Press. Deleuze , G. ( 1990 ). The Logic of Sense . New York: Columbia University Press. Deleuze , G. ( 1988 ). Spinoza: Practical Philosophy. San
opportunity for Black women to be seen as ‘moral equals’ worthy of equitable “social and political recognition,” [ 3 ] and restrict access to social citizenship. When enacted, these discourses police the ... argues, the relationships between “cyberspace and individuals— whether as social, political, or economic actors—are constituted in terms of mediating cultures; it is not simply a question of access and
have been significant changes in local political will for implementation of public programs during 2007–2010. Finally, our third instrument is the interaction of lagged rainfall shock with lagged NREGS ... : David Lam Afridi F , Iversen V , Sharan MR ( 2013 ) Women political leaders, corruption and learning: evidence from a large public program in India . Working paper, IZA and International Growth Centre
. Morozov’s (2013) arguments have already spawned scholarship that has begun to question technological solutionism in computational thinking, [24] health and self-monitoring, [ 25 ] and political movements ... on simplicity and ease of use in addition to aesthetics—that were affordable and accessible to everyone. [ 31 ] 8 / Swedish Modernism is a political movement and an aesthetic that dates back to 1930
movements and public discourse. With a focus on materiality, Staten theorizes the ?thinkpiece,? problematizing its privileging of political over aesthetic. Not only does this essay generate a useful ... authors? careful consideration of the digital as necessarily tied to the physical, social, and political.
of political over aesthetic. Not only does this essay generate a useful definition of the ‘thinkpiece,’ it calls for writers to ground their work in the material objects about which they write. / 5 ... empirical and theoretical focus, the thread that holds the issue together is the authors’ careful consideration of the digital as necessarily tied to the physical, social, and political.
from a public policy perspective. Firms may be particularly reluctant to invest in training workers in fragile and conflict-affected states, where political and economic uncertainty makes many types of ... part reflects the volatile political and security situation in Yemen. In this environment, the construction sector had halted a lot of activity, reducing the demand for engineers, whereas the retail
face formidable barriers to economic, political, and social opportunities, their access to these opportunities has improved. The decrease in the gender wage gap during the early 2000s potentially ... Jashi C ( 2005 ) Gender economic issues: the case of Georgia . UNDP/SIDA, Tbilisi Johansson E ( 2005 ) An estimate of self-employment income underreporting in Finland . Nordic J Political Econ 31 : 99