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Gender and social mobility: Exploring gender attitudes and women's labour force participation
Luke, Nancy - 2019
intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes and norms as determinants of women's labour force participation in industrialized … countries. This paper discusses the measurement of gender attitudes and reviews research findings. Studies reveal that gender …. Mothers' egalitarian views and less-restrictive gender norms promote greater labour force participation for daughters and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423974
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Globalization and values
Whalley, John - 2005
This paper discusses a central element in globalization debate little addressed by economists, namely the interactions at global, national, and community levels between globalization and societally based values. Social values refer to wider notions of collective identity: religious values,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261167
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Cultures of Innovation of the African Poor. Common Roots, Shared Traits, Joint Prospects? On the Articulation of Multiple Modernities in African Societies and Black Diasporas in Latin America
Kohnert, Dirk - 2006
formal and informal sector, within the informal sector, according to class, gender or religion, and between different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275975
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The distribution of individual conformity under social pressure across societies
Michaeli, Moti; Spiro, Daniel - 2014
This paper studies the aggregate distribution of declared opin- ions and behavior when heterogeneous individuals make the trade- off between being true to their private opinions and conforming to an endogenous social norm. The model sheds light on how various punishment regimes induce conformity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398481
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Socialism without liberation: Land Reclamation Projects in Guinea-Bissau
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Sociologia Ruralis 28 (1988) 2/3, pp. 161-175
One of the outstanding aims of most liberation movements has been to increase the economic well-being of their people, Guinea-Bissau being no exception in this respect. How far has the new Nation State succeeded in fulfilling this aim? A comparative analysis of the implementation of land...
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Vom Camarade zum Monsieur: Strukturanpassung und Demokratisierung in Benin
Kohnert, Dirk; Preuss, Hans-Joachim - In: Peripherie: Zeitschrift für Politik und Ökonomie in … 12 (1992) 46, pp. 47-70
From "Comrade" to "Monsieur": Structural Adjustment and Democratization in Benin: The process of political and economic liberalization in Benin is regarded as a model for the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa. Benin made history by becoming the first African country to overthrow a military dictator by...
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Democratisation via elections in an African 'narco state'? The case of Guinea-Bissau
Kohnert, Dirk - 2010
Recent development cooperation with Guinea-Bissau, focusing on good governance, statebuilding and conflict prevention, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures. The portrayal of Guinea- Bissau as a failed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327905
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Cultures of Innovation of the African Poor – Common roots, shared traits, joint prospects? On the articulation of multiple modernities in African societies and Black Diasporas in Latin America
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Auf dem Boden der Tatsachen. Festschrift für Thomas …, (pp. 241-262). 2011
formal and informal sector, within the informal sector, according to class, gender or religion, and between different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011331376
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Entfremdung und Ausgrenzung: Afrikas neuer Nationalismus in Zeiten der Globalisierung
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Sociologus 58 (2008) 2, pp. 197-222
Der neue Nationalismus in Afrika und anderswo unterscheidet sich in Ursachen und Auswirkungen wesentlich von dem nationaler Unabhängigkeitsbewegungen der 1960er Jahre. Anders als der erste Nationalismus setzt der zweite weniger auf Einschluss denn auf Ausschluss von Bevölkerungsgruppen;...
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On the Renaissance of African Modes of Thought - The Example of the Belief in Magic and Witchcraft
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Witchcraft in Modern Africa: Witches, witch-hunts and …, (pp. 39-61). 2007
The analysis of African occult belief systems provides a unique example for demonstrating that seemingly outdated and exotic African modes of thought, such as the belief in magic and witchcraft, are modern and have significant impact on social, economic and political structures. Official...
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