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measured by the Gini coeffcient isconstant, dening the poverty line as a fraction of a central tendency of theliving standard … distribution restricts the evolution of the poverty measuresto be stable... …
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This report presents some of the mainfi ndings from our research in each areaduring 2005: most of our eighth andpart of our ninth year. It also detailsthe other activities of the Centre. Moredetail can be found in the publicationslisted in Appendix 2, which includeCASE’s own discussion paper...
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Despite prolonged economic growth, poverty has become a more notable andnoted feature of Chinese society. The paper … socialpolicies are described and the effects on poverty and inequality are examined.The limitations of a social policy that is … approach is analysed and its potential to reduce poverty andinequality are considered.[...] …
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The present economic crisis comes against the background of decades of policy changesthat have generally weakened the capacity of social safety nets to offer citizens withadequate resources for financial survival when labour markets fail to do so. Building on datafor 24 European Union countries,...
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Das Phänomen der Macht ist seit jeher ein Faszinosum. Es scheint im menschlichen Dasein allgegenwärtig zu sein, und es … der (theoretischen) Annäherung an dieses Phänomen gegeben, und es besteht dernicht unbegründete Verdacht, dass Macht zu … befriedigende theoretische Aufarbeitung der Macht allerdings bis heute aus. Die Ökonomik hat das Thema Macht bislang eher …
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This report presents a review of the evidence regarding the successful adoption of promising practices in UKorganisations. Promising practices are defined for the purposes of this report as management practices that are newto the organisation (e.g. Total Quality Management, Supply-Chain...
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Hegemony is a central feature of contemporary international politicsbut it remains seriously under-theorized. We draw on cooperative game theoryto represent and analyze different aspects of hegemony. After developing ageneral conception of hegemony, we analyze the circumstances under which...
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This article deals with the question to what extent Resource Dependence Theory(RDT) is able to explain behavior of … agentscontrolling critical resources. Those who control critical resources have power, andpower influences behavior. RDT also claims to … generalapproach, claiming considerable explanatory power.[...] …
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Kritiker des deutschen Flächentarifvertragssystems fordern eine stärkereNutzung betrieblicher Verhandlungslösungen. Die Folgen einer solchen Abkehr vom Systemder Flächentarifverträge (Verbetrieblichung) hätten vor allem die Betriebe und deren Akteurezu tragen. Der vorliegende Beitrag...
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Selbst wenn wir den Begriff der Macht nicht ausdrücklich benutzen, greifenwir doch häufig im Alltagsdenken auf … Ausdruck von Macht. Washeißt aber „gegen den eigenen Willen“? Und kann nicht auch dann Machtwirksam gewesen sein, wenn jemand …
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