Tokunbo ICT: Symbolic-Rationality of Second-Hand ICT Utilization in Nigeria
AbstractPurpose - Information and Communication Technology (ICT) stands out as a major indicator and driver of the modern age. It catalytically advances globalization processes across professions,...
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AbstractPurpose - This article introduces a two-dimensional instrument for the measurement of the social capital of professions. On a general level, the social capital of a profession is defined as a...
View ArticleSTATISTICS AS A TECHNOLOGY OF GOVERNANCE: THE NORWEGIAN NEED FOR NUMBERS &...
AbstractPurpose - This study explores the development in Norway from an awareness of the need for numbers to govern in the 70s to a statistical information system launched in 2006, called IPLOS, to...
View ArticleDoes Activation Increase Lone Mothers’ Employment Chances? Effects of...
AbstractPurpose - The aim of this paper is to study employment effects of workfare and training programs for lone mothers receiving means-tested benefits in Germany. Design/methodology/approach - The...
View ArticleConsanguineous marriages and their effects on pregnancy outcomes in India
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between the marriage among blood relatives and resulting adverse pregnancy outcomes. Design/methodology/approach - This...
View ArticleModern Contraceptive Behaviour of Indian Women: Is Spousal Violence A...
AbstractPurpose - The main goal of the paper is to study the effect of intimate partner violence on wives’ participation in adopting modern contraceptive as a method family planning in...
View ArticleThe Alignment of the Policy Objectives of Youth inclusion and Population...
AbstractPurpose - This paper argues for the benefit of aligning the two policy objectives of youth inclusion and population regulation in Egypt. This alignment is mainly informed by the literature that...
View ArticleBasic Equality as a Post-Revolutionary Requisite: The Circumstances that are...
AbstractPurpose - The Arab Spring poses challenges to governments of the countries involved; I present a way to respond to them. To this end, the notion of ‘basic equality’ is proffered as a decisive...
View ArticleFlexibility and work-life conflict in times of crisis: a gender perspective
AbstractPurpose - This paper investigates the effect of flexible working conditions on work-family conflict in European countries. Flexible work has increasingly been used by employers to adapt to the...
View ArticleWork-family & work-life pressures in Australia: Advancing gender equality in...
AbstractPurpose - This paper explores recent changes in Australia’s work-family policies and programs and their implications for gender (in)equality.Design/methodology/approach - We critically assess a...
View ArticleClouds over Spain: Work and family in the age of austerity
AbstractPurpose - This paper aims to contribute to the academic literature in two ways. Firstly, the paper will analyse the impact of the economic crisis on the level of flexibility, autonomy and...
View ArticleWorkplace work-family interventions: Italy in times of welfare state...
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this article is to investigate work-family interventions in Italian organizations within the context of a national welfare regime and at time of...
View ArticleFitting Fathers into work-family policies: international challenges in...
AbstractPurpose - To examine the international challenges of fitting fathers into work-family policies at a time of global economic turbulence.Design/methodology/approach - A comparative policy...
View ArticleRisk factors for suicide among rural men: Are farmers more socially isolated?
AbstractPurpose - International evidence demonstrates elevated suicide rates among farming occupations, relative to other occupations. A psychosocial factor commonly argued to contribute to farmer...
View ArticleAnimating ‘Bottom-Up sustainable strategies in village settings.
AbstractPurpose - The key purpose of the paper is to consider the challenges facing local authorities in supporting sustainable rural settlements in their efforts to be enterprising and sustainable in...
View Article‘New Capitalism’, Colonisation and the Neo-Philanthropic Turn in Social...
AbstractPurpose - Drawing on the functional structural systems theory of Niklas Luhmann and the theory of colonisation of the social lifeworld advanced by Jurgen Habermas, it is argued that the Big...
View ArticleGovernment versus Private Primary Schools in India: An Assessment of Physical...
AbstractPurpose - Purpose –This paper is an effort to identify the difference between government and private primary schools in terms of physical infrastructure, schooling costs and student’s...
View ArticleUndocumented Childhood Immigrants, The Dream Act and Deferred Action for...
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this article is to critically examine two possible solutions to the lack of citizenship rights of children who lack documentation. Many industrialized countries must...
View ArticleLabour Migration and Informalisation: East meets West
AbstractPurpose - Against a theoretical discussion of informalisation the purpose of this paper is to trace wider commonalities and migratory interconnections that are leading to informalised or...
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