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Social Capital, Tourism and Socio-Economic Transformation of Rural Society: Evidence from Nepal

Shakya, Martina - 2014

Tourism has a wide range of impacts on the economy, the natural environment and the people living in a destination. In the context of poor, rural societies, many scholars have emphasized the positive impacts of tourism on local economic growth. Concern has been voiced, however, about the social...

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Inequality and Trust in Sweden: Some Inequalities are More Harmful than Others

Gustavsson, Magnus; Jordahl, Henrik - 2006

We present new evidence on the influence of income inequality on generalized trust. Using individual panel data from Swedish counties together with an instrumental variable strategy, we find that differences in disposable income, and especially differences among people in the bottom half of the...

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Polarisation and health

Blanco Pérez, Cristina; Ramos, Xavier - 2008

This paper examines the effect of income polarisation on individual health. We argue that polarisation captures much better the social tension and conflict that underlie some of the pathways linking income disparities and individual health, and which have been traditionally proxied by...

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Inequality and Trust: Some Inequalities are More Harmful than Others

Gustavsson, Magnus; Jordahl, Henrik - 2006

We present new evidence on the influence of income inequality on generalized trust. Using individual panel data from Swedish counties together with an instrumental variable strategy we find that differences in disposable income, and especially differences among people in the bottom half of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321606

They're Natural and Everywhere: How Evaluative Practices Permeate the Organization

Maier, Florentine; Brandl, Julia - In: BuR - Business Research 1 (2008) 1, pp. 78-92

How do evaluative practices become natural and ubiquitous in an organization? In this paper we integrate findings from previous empirical work on the adoption of evaluative practices in organizations with insights from institutional theory and social psychology research for advancing the...

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Jumping on the Bandwagon: The Role of Voters’ Social Class in Poll Effects in the Context of the 2021 German Federal Election

Unkelbach, Fabienne; John, Melvin; Vogel, Vera - In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 64 (2022) 1, pp. 51-78

Published findings of opinion polls are an important part of the political coverage before elections. Thus, researchers have long investigated whether the perceived popularity of political parties can lead to even more voters following this majority. However, empirical findings on this so-called...

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Krisen, Bedrohte Ordnungen, Zeitenwenden, Resilienz: Regierbarkeitsprobleme in gestressten Gesellschaften

Schuppert, Gunnar Folke - 2024

Das Buch behandelt Probleme des Regierens in gestressten Gesellschaften. Es geht einmal um das Phänomen der Krise, das bisher vor allem aus der Warte eines effektiven Krisenmanagements behandelt wurde, während es – wie hier gefordert – der Entwicklung einer umfassenden ganzheitlichen...

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Social capital, transition in agriculture, and economic organisation: a theoretical perspective

Valentinov, Vladislav - 2003

Sozialkapital wird definiert als geteiltes Wissen, Vertrauen und gemeinsame Kultur, eingebettet in Netzwerkstrukturen … und andere stabile Beziehungen zwischen Agenten. Es hat sich gezeigt, dass Sozialkapital schwieriger aufzubauen ist als … ökonomisches Kapital und dass es größere Auswirkungen auf die Gemeinschaft als Ganzes hat. Die Relevanz des Sozialkapital …

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Like mother like son? Experimental evidence on the transmission of values from parents to children

Cipriani, Marco; Giuliano, Paola; Jeanne, Olivier - 2007

This paper studies whether prosocial values are transmitted from parents to their children. We do so through an economic experiment, in which a group of Hispanic and African American families play a standard public goods game. The experimental data presents us with a surprising result. We find...

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The transcending power of goods: Imaginative value in the economy

Beckert, Jens - 2010

What do we value? For markets to operate and for economies to grow, producers must attract purchasers to the products they offer. In advanced capitalist economies, market saturation and decline of demand are constant threats to markets. But how do we understand why actors desire the things whose...

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