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Carbon capture and storage in the light of circulation economics

Nilsen, Heidi Rapp - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) January, pp. 111-124

Purpose – The paper's purpose is to highlight conflicting interests between combating climate change and the technique of carbon capture and storage (CCS) within the Norwegian petroleum industry. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is written in a conceptual form. The theoretical...

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Factors Affecting Employment in the Arabian Gulf Region, 1975–85

Looney, Robert E. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 19 (1992) 2, pp. 43-59

Assesses the main factors affecting employment in the Arab Gulf region. In particular: What are the main determinants of employment in the region? How do these determinants vary between national and foreign workforces? Have these determinants changed over time? The results, particularly for the...

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Carbon capture and storage in the light of circulation economics

Rapp Nilsen, Heidi - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) 1/2, pp. 111-124

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An econometric model of the determinants of private investment and a CGE model of the impact of democracy on investment and economic growth in Fiji

Narayan, Paresh Kumar - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) October, pp. 1017-1031

a particular focus on the impact of democracy on investment. Design/methodology/approach – The first step was to … was found that democracy has a positive and statistically significant impact on private investment in Fiji. The paper … a CGE model to examine the impact of democracy, via investment, on other macroeconomic fundaments. No other study is …

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A democratic view on prosperity

Cojanu, Valentin - In: International Journal of Social Economics 33 (2006) August, pp. 565-579

economic system of democracy. It seeks to put forth the concept of economic democracy and understand as the process enabling … prosperity based on occupational diversification as a practical consequence of the economic democracy. …

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Institutional convergence of Turkish Islam and European social democracy on the political economy of social question

Akan, Taner - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) December, pp. 70-96

Conservative Democracy in Turkey in their politico-economic strategies for dealing with the social question with the thought that … contextualised into the evolutionary cycles of the socialism ? social democracy ? the Third Way in Europe and the Just Order … ? Conservative Democracy in the Ottoman-Turkish territory. Initially focusing on the first cycle, the paper then turns to examine the …

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Restoring pragmatism in American governance

Wolnicki, Miron - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2012) July, pp. 490-502

Purpose – The greatest asset of US capitalism until recently has been a blend of pragmatism with a passion to create the best socio-economic system in the world. Today the USA is besieged by unprecedented budget deficit, public debt, financial crises, unemployment and rising...

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The distributional role of small business in development

Amini, Amin - In: International Journal of Social Economics 31 (2004) March, pp. 370-383

Economic growth, without distributional measures and policies, engenders inequality and concentration. National income may be distributed either through the establishment of a proper welfare system, or by the encouragement of and incentive for economic activities and policies with built-in...

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Democratic development: a comprehensive concept of comparative assessment

Holmes, Jennifer S.; Piñeres, Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de - In: International Journal of Social Economics 33 (2006) January, pp. 54-76

concept of democracy to provide a common set of categories to evaluate its depth and quality. Design/methodology/approach – In … order to measure the depth and health of democracy, democratic development incorporates four categories of human progress …, democratic inclusiveness, democratic health, and human capital, providing a framework to measure progress in reform, democracy …

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Social versus conservative democracies and homicide rates

Marktanner, Marcus; Noiset, Luc - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) April, pp. 292-310

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique recent findings that democratic practices are positively related to homicide rates. Design/methodology/approach – Economic rational choice model supported by empirical evidence. Findings – It was found that higher homicide rates are only...

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