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Justice Unbound? Globalisation, States and the Transformation of the Social Bond

Devetak, Richard; Higgott, Richard - Centre for the Study of Globalisation and … - 1999

globalisation, governance and justice. It does so in three stages: (i) It explains how, under conditions of globalisation …Conventional accounts of justice suppose the presence of a stable political society, stable identities, and a … Westphalian cartography of clear lines of authority--usually a state--where justice can be realised. They also assume a stable …

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Settling into a new home as a teenager: About establishing social bonds in different types of foster families in Sweden

Hedin, Lena; Höjer, Ingrid; Brunnberg, Elinor - In: Children and Youth Services Review 33 (2011) 11, pp. 2282-2289

This paper provides a glimpse into young people's experiences and understandings of everyday life during their initial stages of placement in various types of foster families. The way family interactions strengthen or weaken the social bond between foster youth and foster family is focused upon....

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Changes in Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being After a Severe Nationwide Disaster: The Case of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Uchida, Yukiko; Takahashi, Yoshiaki; Kawahara, Kentaro - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 15 (2014) 1, pp. 207-221

This paper presents the results of a longitudinal survey (N = 10,744) that examined how the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 affected the hedonic and eudaimonic well-being of young people in Japan outside of the afflicted area. Our dataset consists of Japanese citizens in their 20 and...

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Commodity Currencies vs Fiat Money; Automaticity vs Embedment

Hermele, Kenneth - Financialisation, Economy, Society & Sustainable …

Commodity currencies have been stood against fiat money in the discourses on the history of money, implying a development from primitive forms of money – which needed anchor in a real commodity to gain acceptance, for instance gold, silver or copper – to a more sophisticated monetary regime...

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Human Rights, Transnational Corporations and Embedded Liberalism: What Chance Consensus?

Whelan, Glen; Moon, Jeremy; Orlitzky, Marc - In: Journal of Business Ethics 87 (2009) 2, pp. 367-383

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BRICS: Advancing Cooperation and Strengthening Regionalism

Jayan, P.A. - In: India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs 68 (2012) 4, pp. 363-384

In the era of regional international relations and more interdependence, organisations like the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) can play a meaningful role in international level as well as regional in years to come. The recent summit of the BRICS reiterates that more...

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HDR 1999 - Globalization with a Human Face

UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …

Global markets, global technology, global ideas and global solidarity can enrich the lives of people everywhere. The challenge is to ensure that the benefits are shared equitably and that this increasing interdependence works for people—not just for profits. This year’s Report argues that...

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Le juge, l’avocat et l’expert de partie : pratiques commerciales, pratiques pénales

Charrier, Emmanuel - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011

French Forensic experts are associated to the judges; in Common law experts are chosen by parties. The conference questions business and criminal issues.

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The Scope and Promising Future of Social Economics

Wisman, Jon - In: Review of Social Economy 61 (2003) 4, pp. 425-445

This essay explores the future potential for Social Economics. Since the beginning of modern economics, the mainstream has been steered by what might be called a material progress vision, whereby the generally unacknowledged pesumption is that economic growth will make the good life possible....

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Minimum Wage and Justice?

Levin-Waldman, Oren - In: Review of Social Economy 58 (2000) 1, pp. 43-62

a policy. Core to the issue of the minimum wage are questions of justice and the type of society we would like to create … conception of justice, one predicted on liberal neutrality. A different conception of justice would enable us to view the minimum … wage as but one tool for achieving other social objectives. Moreover, a justice approach to the minimum wage would enable …

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