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A cautionary tale on polygyny, conflict and gender inequality
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura - 2018
once misogyny is controlled for. Our paper recapitulates this theoretical and empirical debate. We explore further … polygyny and gender inequality matter in explaining the onset of internal conflicts. However, the results are sensitive to … regional sample splits as well as the choice of the dimensions of gender inequality. The most pronounced effects can be found …
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Reddit quarantined: Can changing platform affordances reduce hateful material online?
Copland, Simon - In: Internet Policy Review 9 (2020) 4, pp. 1-26
This paper studies the efficacy of the Reddit's quarantine, increasingly implemented in the platform as a means of restricting and reducing misogynistic and other hateful material. Using the case studies of r/TheRedPill and r/Braincels, the paper argues the quarantine successfully cordoned off...
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The Urgent Need for an Economics of “Hategoatism”
Payson, Steven - 2019
The word “scapegoat” is defined as “a person made to bear the blame for others,” and similarly, “scapegoatism” refers to “the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself” (Collins English Dictionary and...
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Capital as Power. A Study of Order and Creorder
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2009
Conventional theories of capitalism are mired in a deep crisis: after centuries of debate, they are still unable to tell us what capital is. Liberals and Marxists both think of capital as an 'economic' entity that they count in universal units of ‘utils’ or 'abstract labour', respectively....
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The celebration of the indigenous culture and identity in waiting for the Mahatma
Jajja, Mohammad Ayub - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 7 (2013) 2, pp. 354-366
Postcolonial writers reject the colonialist ideology of superiority and containment, disassociate themselves from cultural imperialism and celebrate the indigenous culture and identity in all forms and shapes, to assert the native identity and culture. They also touch upon the issues of mimicry,...
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The anomaly of women's work and education in India
Ghai, Surbhi - 2018
that prevailing social norms and patriarchy hinders the participation of women in the economy despite high levels of … education. Bivariate and multivariate analyses is conducted on state level cross-sectional data and it is found that patriarchy …. Government schemes must target the fundamental cultural and social forces that shape patriarchy. These coupled with policies that …
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A feminist reading of Shakespearean tragedies: frailty, thy name is woman
Jajja, M. Ayub - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 8 (2014) 1, pp. 228-237
, Antony and Cleopatra and Romeo and Juliet) in the light of deconstructive Feminism. The main hypothesis of the study is that … reinforced and strengthened the patriarchy and patriarchal values. …
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Dealing with gender-related challenges: A perspective of Zimbabwean women in the practice of law
Maunganidze, Farai - In: Cogent Business & Management 7 (2020) 1, pp. 1-18
Women in legal practice in Zimbabwe are subjected to cultural and structural restrictions in the cause of their work. In this context, the paper argues that women are not passive recipients of these challenges but come up with mechanisms to cushion themselves. The paper investigates the...
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Gender Equity in Labor Market Opportunities and Aggregate Technical Efficiency: A Case of Equity Promoting Efficiency
Hazarika, Gautam; Khraiche, Maroula; Kutlu, Levent - 2023
This study applies a panel data stochastic frontier analysis to country data towards examining the effect of gender equity in labor market opportunities upon efficiency in the production of GDP. It finds that aggregate technical efficiency is improved by a widening of women's labor market...
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From Private to Religious Patriarchy: Gendered Consequences of Faith-Based Welfare Provision in Germany
Hien, Josef - In: Religion and Politics 10 (2017) 3, pp. 515-542
Over one million people work for a faith-based welfare provider in Germany. Caritas and Diakonie, the largest faith-based providers in Germany enjoy prerogatives that do not exist in other countries. This particular group of faith-based organizations is exempt from federal labor law and...
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