ENGL: On the myth of informal urbanisation / DT: Zum Mythos der informellen Urbanisierung| www.academia.edu
Ethnicity and Power in Burundi and Rwanda: Different Paths to Mass Violence| www.academia.edu
Advocates of Medicaid expansion argue that federal Medicaid assistance to states fosters economic activity, generating positive local multiplier effects. Furthermore, during economic downturns, Congress regularly tweaks federal match rates for state| www.academia.edu
One of the criticisms often levelled at researchers of the history of Chassidism is that investigators make judicious use of ‘external’ historical sources that are foreign to the internal accounts and traditions of the Chassidim themselves. In an| www.academia.edu
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine learning (ML) represents an important evolution in computer science and data processing systems which can be used in order to enhance almost every technology-enabled service, products, and industrial| www.academia.edu
PMR 1017 September 2014 Introduction Pinkeye is a general term used to describe symptoms impacting eye health for cattle. These symptoms include excessive tearing, conjunctivitis (inflammation of eyelid), photophobia (aversion to light) and corneal| www.academia.edu
My contribution to The Dialectics of Liberty anthology (2019). The prevailing tendency in mainstream libertarianism is to look at particular proposals for "free market reform" atomistically, based on whether they reduce formal statism, and| www.academia.edu
Alfabeto fonético internacional (AFI) 7 Alfabeto fonético y otros signos (RFE) 8| www.academia.edu
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Abstract: We propose an integrated theoretical framework that makes sense of, and generates novel predictions regarding, phenomena related to preference about information, going beyond the standard economic account that information is valuable to the| www.academia.edu
Moral teaching programs, such as character education, have been implemented nationwide in order to curb the growing trend of violence, abuse, and moral relativism within schools, both public and private. These programs represent a variety of moral| www.academia.edu
God's Sovereignty and Human Responsibility: A Proposal Towards Synthesis| www.academia.edu
Review of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance, and Marc Dunkelman, Why Nothing Works| www.academia.edu
chapter 4 of my second book| www.academia.edu
Although included within the LGBTQIA+ umbrella, people on the asexuality and aromanticism spectrums experience distinct forms of discrimination and prejudice from other sexual and gender minorities. One of these distinct forms of discrimination is| www.academia.edu
In Chapter 7, Desmond examines roadkill, or the destruction of “wild” animals by automobiles. In contrast to the practices of mourning and remembrance described in previous chapters, humans engage in an immense process of forgetting when it comes to| www.academia.edu
RESUMO: Este artigo tem como objeto de estudo as esculturas em bronze de dois golfinhos que compunham o Cais do Valongo por volta da segunda metade do século XIX até o início do XX. A partir da perspectiva da Biografia do Objeto, organizamos o artigo| www.academia.edu
The Doctrine of Nirvana in Buddhism (A brief overview)| www.academia.edu
Lo público y sus problemas: notas para una reconsideración| www.academia.edu
In this paper, the lightning performance of the 150 kV transmission line in West Sumatra, Indonesia, is studied in details, showing that the lightning trip-out rate depends on the tower-footing resistance and the length of an arcing horn gap. The| www.academia.edu
Since the 2008 financial crash, the world has witnessed an unprecedented outbreak of social unrest in every major continent. Beginning with the birth of the Occupy movement and the Arab Spring, the eruption of civil disorder continues to wreak havoc| www.academia.edu
Planetary phase shift theory offers a new collective anticipatory intelligence framework for foresight study and practice, formalising the notion that humanity has arrived at an unprecedented historical and geological turning point. It is based on a| www.academia.edu
For the past 10 years, I have used the Buzan mind mapping technique regularly for brainstorming, project management, reflection, and speech writing, to name a few examples. I prefer the free form and flexible use of space to the rigid, linear style| www.academia.edu
The effect of religion on economic development: a cross national study of 63 former colonies| www.academia.edu
Online Appendix: Additional Regressions "The Missionary Roots of Liberal Democracy"| www.academia.edu
Cross-national empirical research consistently suggests that, on average, former British colonies are both more democratic and have more stable democratic transitions. I argue that former British colonies are distinct not because Great Britain was a| www.academia.edu
Christianity and Democracy: The Pioneering Protestants| www.academia.edu
This article demonstrates historically and statistically that conversionary Protestants (CPs) heavily influenced the rise and spread of stable democracy around the world. It argues that CPs were a crucial catalyst initiating the development and| www.academia.edu
The aim of the following note is to direct attention to an often-overlooked Arabic account and map of Lincolnshire found in the Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī khtirāq al-āfāq, ‘The book of pleasant journeys into faraway lands’, of the Muslim scholar al-Idrīsī,| www.academia.edu
In recent years cities around the world have undergone mass slum clearances for redevelopment. This study of Mumbai offers an alternative interpretation of urban capital accumulation by investigating the differentiated political subjectivities of| www.academia.edu
The Field of Struggle, the Office, and the Flat: Protest and Aspiration in a Mumbai Slum| www.academia.edu
This article critically examines the position of slum-dwellers as citizens and the entitlements available to them within the transforming urban materiality of Delhi. By undertaking a detailed analysis of the media reportage of the recently released| www.academia.edu
In recent years discourses of participation tied to democracy, citizenship and governance have become widespread both in academia and in the policy arena. Participation is also a key element of Henry Lefebvre’s Right to the City which has become a| www.academia.edu
'Land on the Edge' was commissioned by Historic England and Lincolnshire County Council as part of the wider 'Inns on the Edge' project (Historic England project number 8398). The long, low-lying coastline of Lincolnshire has changed| www.academia.edu
Studies have shown that recidivism rates among child sexual offenders are very high. Therefore, the number of children victimized by paedophiles is also very high. In most of the cases, offenders committing these crimes suffer from paraphilia –| www.academia.edu
This work focuses exclusively on the modern economic aspects of imperialism. We define it as a persistent and long-term net appropriation of surplus value by the high-technology imperialist countries from the low-technology dominated countries. This| www.academia.edu
Dreams of Pure Sociology| www.academia.edu
"This is no the city I once knew": Evictions, the urban poor and the Right to the City in Millennial Delhi| www.academia.edu
ABSTRACT How does the Universe communicate with Itself, and hence to its life forms, unhampered by time dependency? The electromagnetic wave theory of gravity will be used to demonstrate intergalactic information wave coupling via instantaneous| www.academia.edu