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Failing to Provide Public Goods: Why the Afghan Army Did Not Fight
2022
The theory of public goods is mainly about the difficulty in paying for them. Our question here is this: Why might public goods not be provided, even if funding is available? We use the Afghan Army as our case study. We explore this issue using a simple model of a public good that can be provided through collective action and peer pressure, by modeling the self-organization of a group (the Afghan Army) as a mechanism design problem. We consider two kinds of transfer subsidies from an external entity such as the U.S. government. One is a Pigouvian subsidy that simply pays the salaries, rewarding individuals who provide effort. The second is an output/resource multiplier (the provision of mil…
Sociocoltura. La riscoperta del rapporto con la terra come "balsamo" per la società ibrida urbana
2014
What is the role of agriculture in contemporary societies? Two thousand years ago, Cicero stated that tending fields is among the noblest occupations for grown men, but our contemporary lifestyle seems to have forgotten that lesson. For a very long time, agriculture has been considered a relic of ancient times, and not to be pursued by techno-friendly citizens. However, we are experiencing a renaissance of attention and importance, as urban gardening and other innovative forms of agriculture and horticulture are spreading throughout our hyper-technological postmetropolises. These forms of crop tending are also stimulating new forms of relationships, spurring people to regain some control ov…
Asuntopula ja siihen sopeutuminen toisen maailmansodan jälkeisessä Helsingissä 1944-1948
2014
The adjustment of Finnish expatriates in Britain with special reference to communicative comperence : a case study
2002
Expatriate experience as part of the life and career of the expatriate : a cross-cultural adjustment and learning perspective
2016
Amidst the ever increasing trend of globalization, expatriation has become of great con-cern. The nature of expatriation is argued to be subject to changes in the external context, organizational structures and careers. Nevertheless expatriates have traditionally been perceived as a fairly homogenous, broad population in the literature and the alternative forms of expatriation besides company-assigned expatriates have received little attention. The purpose of this study is to explore the changing face of expatriation and understand the phenomena of cross-cultural adjustment and learning and their perceived contribution to the overall experience. The study is a qualitative case study and the…
The psychological and sociocultural adjustment during cross-cultural transition in 4-7-year-old children of internationally employed Finnish families
2002
A Critical Review of Relations between Corporate Responsibility Research and Practice
2007
This essay identifies epistemological, theoretical and methodological problems in a potentially influential subset of the interdisciplinary corporate responsibility literature, that which appears in the management literature. The received conceptualization of stakeholder analysis is criticised by identifying six sets of factors conventionally considered as promoting social responsibilities in the firm: inter-organizational factors, economic competitors, institutional investors, end-consumers, government regulators and non-governmental organizations. Each is addressed on conceptual grounds, its empirical salience in terms of the latest relevant research and prospects to be a significant fact…
Теория пересечений и другие вызовы теоретизирования детства. [‘Intersectionality’ and other challenges to theorizing childhood
2018
Автор размышляет о возможности применения «теории пересечений»1 для изучения проблем детства. Проводится аналогия с использованием данного концепта в исследованиях феминизма и обсуждаются возможности его приложения в социологии детства. Автор обращается к позиции Й. Квортрупа по проблеме «теории пересечений» в отношении детства. Такое рассмотрение позволит не только описать «множества детств» – жизненных миров, идентичностей и опыта, но и провести причинно-следственный анализ современного детства. peerReviewed
Ympäristökasvattaja yhteiskunnan muutosvoimana : Vaasan peruskoulunopettajien ympäristökasvatustyö ja luontokoulun mahdollisuudet
2007
Tutkimuksen tehtävänä on selvittää, mikä on ympäristökasvatuksen merkitys yhteiskunnan muutoksessa ympäristöystävällisempään suuntaan. Tutkimuksen näkökulma yhdistää ympäristökasvatukseen ympäristösosiologian ja kasvatussosiologian näkökulmia. Arvokasvatus nousee yhdeksi tärkeäksi aihealueeksi samoin kuin yhteiskunnan muutokseen keskittyvä kriittinen pedagogiikka. Tutkimus on hyvin paikallinen luonteeltaan ja keskittyy Vaasan peruskoulunopettajien kokemuksiin ympäristökasvatuksesta sekä luontokoulun mahdollisuuksiin ympäristökasvatuksen edistämisessä. Tutkimusaineistoni on kerätty kyselylomakkeella, joka oli suunnattu vaasalaisille peruskoulun luokanopettajille sekä biologian ja maantiedon …
Economic Crises, Sovereign Debt Restructurings and the Shifting Landscape of International Investment Law
2016
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