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It is a scandal!: Comparing the causes and consequences of nursing home media scandals in five countries
Liz Lloyd, Albert Banerjee, Charlene Harrington, Frode F. Jacobsen, Marta Szebehely– This study aims to explore the causes and consequences of media scandals involving nursing homes for older persons in Canada, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the USA.
A tale of two economies: the political and the moral in neoliberalism
Philip Whitehead, Paul CrawshawThis article aims to critically explore current forms of neoliberalism and their impact upon the moral economy. The authors examine how the dominant neoliberal political economy…
From research, through policy and politics to practice: learning from experience
Emma Davies, Elizabeth Rowe– The aim of this paper is on what the authors learnt from negotiating the difficult terrain linking, or separating, research from policy advice and the political process.
Linking population heterogeneity with poverty: The case of high-income welfare states, 1980-2005
Udaya R. WagleThis paper aims to examine how population heterogeneity contributes to poverty in 17 high-income Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries during 1980-2005…
Informal overtime at home instead of telework: increase in negative work-family interface
Satu Ojala, Jouko Nätti, Timo Anttila– The authors aim to compare how formal flexibility, such as telework, differs from informal overtime work at home regarding the work-family interface.
Fuel subsidy in Nigeria: contexts of governance and social protest
Olayinka Akanle, Kudus Adebayo, Olorunlana AdetayoFuel subsidy removal has become a recurring issue in Nigeria. Successive governments in the country have interfaced with this issue as they attempted to reform the economy and the…
Does food subsidy affect household nutrition?: Some evidence from the Indian Public Distribution System
Tara Shankar Shaw, Sridhar TelidevaraIndian households having the below poverty line (BPL) ration card receive rice, wheat, sugar and kerosene from the Indian Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) at subsidized…
Reliability and validity of the masculine subordination stress scale in a rural Bangladesh sample
K.M. Rabiul Karim– The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the masculine subordination stress (MSS) scale in a rural Bangladesh population.
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