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We explore states’ decisions to escalate disputes over their territorial claims or settle them peacefully. We complement existing arguments by accounting for the fact that states are often simultaneously entangled in multiple territorial claims. We build on previous scholarship in...
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This article explores the types of work undertaken by jazz musicians in London, categorizing their activities using two axes derived from debates over ‘creative labour’. Firstly, the extent to which different jobs offer scope for creative autonomy and, secondly, the extent to which...
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The article shows that community initiatives take different forms and are the outcome of a broader interplay of factors between workers’ interests, representation, and the strategies of unions and broader coalitions that are mobilized in specific communities. Drawing from three case...
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networks that sustain them. This article adopts a Realist position and draws on case study evidence in an attempt to contribute … to the literature on this subject. It argues that considering inter-organizational exchange networks in terms of three …
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Whether neutral or on the side of a combatant, third-party states’ intervention in ongoing interstate conflicts is a triadic phenomenon which involves ties between a joining state and the two originators of the dispute. Existing studies on this topic have failed to fully capture the...
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consider the importance of ‘traditional’ structures, networks and resiliences and their role in influencing aid … distribution. But these sorts of explanations must be nuanced in light of the emergence of new aid linkages and networks … abilities of communities to mobilize trans-national networks, a more participatory approach to aid donation and an opportunity …
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In urban renewal policy, it has become a widespread goal to revitalise neighbourhood economies. The rationale for these measures derives, to a great extent, from the concept of regional economic clusters, and, not surprisingly, one of their key objectives is to activate local inter-firm...
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I quantify spillovers of attention in a network of content pages, which is challenging, because such networks form …
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East Germany on the basis of prosperous regional networks. Besides the direct support of networks and innovation activities … development of networks or cluster was successful, this paper focuses on the investigation of regional economic development. Using …
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In 1863, the Metropolitan Railway of what came to be known as the London Underground successfully opened as the world’s first subway. Its high ridership spawned interest in additional links. Entrepreneurs secured funding and then proposed new lines to Parliament for approval, though only...
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