Perhaps the clearest indication of the importance of this new scholarly tradition was that even scholars who have been ambivalent about the new rural sociology have been obliged to address its premises and hypotheses (van der Ploeg 1992). The new rural sociology has also directly or indirectly inf...
In much of the world, including Central and South America, Africa, the Middle East and much of Asia, there are important studies of poverty, income and aid programs; little has been integrated into the scholarly literature, however, which is an oversight this journal aims to correct. Poverty...
I am not sure I have proper post here, but I am pursuing some thoughts and it seems they might benefit from publicity. In the midst of “fieldwork” – a word I hate… Let’s scratch that – in the midst of a learning experience, in which I have been granted the opportunity to sh...
Poverty in the news media: Continuities, ruptures, and change in the reporting socioeconomic inequality This work attempts to offer a reflexive account of the key ideas and scholarly contributions developed over the years that provide elements for a theoretical explanatory framework regarding news media...
Scholarly understanding of poverty has changed since the early 20th century when pioneers in poverty research such as Charles Booth, Seebohm Rowntree, and Robert Hunter defined it unidimensionally as lack of income to purchase a minimum of goods and services needed to survive. From this narrow def...
This article takes the opportunity presented by the current global downturn to reassess the latest scholarly work on globalization's long-term implications for economic and political development. Will the market inequities generated by trade and international interdependence systematically undermine the ...
Energy poverty, also called fuel poverty, is a central theme highlighting residents’ welfare, which has attracted increasing scholarly interest. Since Boardman pioneered the 10% indicator for the energy poverty condition in the United Kingdom, various standards like the 2M indicator (double the media...
Energy poverty, especially in rural areas, has become a central focus of scholarly and policy discussions. However, there is a significant gap in understanding the impact of religious beliefs on this phenomenon. This paper aims to fill this gap by utilizing household survey data from the China ...
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“Africa”, “research and development”, “environmental justice”, and “funding initiatives”, we queried PubMed (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) and Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com) databases for articles’ search, ensuring a thorough retrieval of scholarly information on the ...