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Time preference and the process of civilization

Howden, David; Kampe, Joakim - In: International Journal of Social Economics 43 (2016) 4, pp. 382-399

Purpose – The authors begin with an admittedly simplistic statement: “civilization” is best represented by the increased availability of utility providing goods and services. In other words, civilization is synonymous with economic development. The purpose of this paper is to concern three...

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Contextualizing poverty and culture; towards a social economy of community centered knowledge based development

Raza, Ahmad; Murad, Hasan Sohaib; Zakar, Muhammad Zakria - In: International Journal of Social Economics 43 (2016) 5, pp. 486-501

knowledge-based community development. Design/methodology/approach – The traditional approaches to the management of poverty … to propose a community focussed knowledge-based development model of human economic and social uplift. This model has … three dimensions: community knowledge focus, interactions of local, regional and global knowledge shaping and influencing …

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Community involvement and development

Katamba, David; Marvin Nkiko, Cedric; Tushabomwe … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 41 (2014) 9, pp. 837-861

the CSR dimension of community involvement and development (CI&D) interventions in health-related MDGs (4, 5 and 6). Data …

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Cops and/or courts? A heterogeneous panel Granger-causality analysis of DUI in California

Van Vleck, Va Nee L.; Vera, David - In: International Journal of Social Economics 44 (2017) 3, pp. 286-311

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the interaction of enforcement and adjudication for general deterrence of drunk-driving. The authors present a triangular feedback model between three domains: police, courts and drunk-driving events. The authors’ deductive approach imposes no...

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Intertemporal changes in the antecedents of migration in 1990-2000 period

Seong Ow, Chee; Hamid Baharom, Abdul; Shah Habibullah, … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 41 (2014) 4, pp. 266-277

Purpose – The purpose of paper is to investigate and determine the intertemporal changes in linkages between migration (both emigration and immigration) and economic conditions in during 1990-2000 period. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employed cross-sectional analysis to...

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Traditional communities, modernisation and moral behaviour

Dhesi, Autar Singh - In: International Journal of Social Economics 42 (2015) 12, pp. 1155-1167

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ascertain impact of modernisation on moral behaviour in village communities in North India. Design/methodology/approach – Both qualitative and empirical analysis is done to evaluate a set of ideas related to the main objective. The empirical analysis...

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Natural‐resource institutions and property rights in inland African fisheries

Béné, C.; Neiland, A.; Jolley, T.; Ladu, B.; Ovie, S.; … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 30 (2003) 3, pp. 275-301

Although there exists a rich literature on fisheries traditional management systems in North and South America, Caribbean, Asia and Pacific islands, much less information is available on inland African fisheries. Presents the first regional‐scale survey of traditional management systems...

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