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Social capital and views on suicide via the internet: a study using survey data

Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

individuals’ views about suicide as conveyed via the Internet. Furthermore, this paper compared the effects of social capital … Internet for a companion with whom to commit suicide. However, such a relation is not observed between social capital in the … externality of suicidal thoughts conveyed via the Internet. …

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The Mediterranean Forests: Problems and Management Models

Xavier, António; Martins, Maria de Belém - In: Journal of Spatial and Organizational Dynamics 1 (2013) 2, pp. 123-136

The following paper presents a detailed insight about the situation of the forest management in the diversity within the Mediterranean Forests, and their response to different problems, in order to allow the development and application of a forest management model. Therefore, a survey was...

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Migration and multi-dimensional poverty in Moldovan communities

Siegel, Melissa; Waidler, Jennifer - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012

This paper aims to understand the links between migration and poverty at the community level. Most of the research to date on the links between migration and poverty has been conducted at the micro level, while research related to migration and development more broadly usually focuses on the...

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Socio-Cultural Context of Drug Use with Reflections to Cannabis Use in Croatia

Dubreta, Niksa - In: Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - … 11 (2013) 1, pp. 86-97

Socio-cultural context of drug use is reflected as the constitutive part of interpretation of its effects and corresponding meanings, both at macro and micro-societal level of sociological analysis. In the first part of the article some more influential social-theoretical approaches to drug use...

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The Politics of Race: Census, Mestizaje and identity

Unzueta, Ana Velasco - 2012

The aim of this paper is to offer an alternative to the ethnic and/or racial identity question in the census that helps avoid social fragmentation and that, at the same time, may allow governments to fullfil their own objectives, their social and political commitments at an international, as...

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Inclusive Growth Through Creation of Human and Social Capital

Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper analyses inclusive growth that focuses on the creation of opportunities for all. Inclusive growth allows people to contribute to and benefit from economic growth, while pro-poor growth approaches focusing on welfare of the poor only to reduce inequality. Recently, economics literature...

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ДЕОНТОЛОГІЯ СОЦІАЛЬНОЇ ВІДПОВІДАЛЬНОСТІ І МЕХАНІЗМ СОЦІАЛЬНОГО КОНТРОЛЮ

Filippova, Irina; Sumcov, Victor - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The institute of social responsibility is regarded in the article as mandatory addition to market' institutes and to the institute of state power, because it reduces transaction costs in the socio-economic system by eliminating the relations of discrimination. The most important function of...

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Natural disasters and social capital formation: The impact of the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake

Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) earthquake hit Japan in 1995, causing devastating damage to the economic landscape of southern-central Japan. However, the earthquake also caused people to realize the importance of social capital in Japan. Based on a large, individual-level database comprising...

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The Governance of Knowledge

Evers, Hans-Dieter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Knowledge has been defined as a major resource for development. Especially countries without natural resources have found this idea attractive and have embarked on development strategies to develop a knowledge-based economy. In doing so they may fall into a “knowledge trap”. The paper...

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African Development,Partnership and Rationality Challenge:An Exposition

NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least...

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