In the Kemerovo Region, coal is a local socio-cultural construct that receives its substantive content through mass media discourse. Social studies of extractivism reveal deep-rooted and significant impact resource extraction on modern society. This research relied discourse analysis routine meanings it specifies. The method phenomenological strategy description; clarifies conceptual communitie...

the wto is an international organization which arranges international commercial rules and disputes settlements. increasingly joining of countries to the wto and movement for freedom of commercial regime in industrial or developing countries are deniable testimonies for globalization. gradual reduction of tariff and competition in exports and internal markets by their advantages have jeopardize...

This paper uses longitudinal data from the Dutch OSA Labor Supply Panel (1980-2000) to examine the phenomenon of unemployment scarring in the Netherlands. The study extends current research by not only asking if earlier unemployment damages subsequent employment careers and wages but also explores variation by the level of unemployment insurance benefits and key individual characteristics such ...

This mixed method paper assessed interrelationships of unfair treatment at work, stress, and problem drinking amongst a sample of U.S. Navy careerists. Survey data from current drinkers (n=2380) were analyzed, along with qualitative interviews from a quota sample of 81. More women than men (51.4% vs. 16.2%) reported gender unfair treatment; approximately 20% of respondents reported ethnic/racia...

This paper investigates whether the effectiveness of contract enforcement affects the extent for firms to form R&D alliances. We first formalize in a model how weak contract enforcement is associated with a lower probability of observing a firm forming any R&D alliance. The model implies that such an association is further exacerbated if the firm perceives its partner as less trustworthy. Using...

There are two cruxes of issues identified in differentiated services (diffserv) networks: One is TCP dynamics over Assured Services, and the other is the interaction of TCP and UDP flows for Assured Forwarding Per Hop Behavior (PHB). Therefore, we argue unfair distribution of excess bandwidth in an over-provisioned networks as well as unfair degradation in an under-provisioned network for TCP a...

evaluating the impact of organizational factors andmanagement of deviant workplace behavior is an important issue. it helpsto explain the situation to senior managers in order to plan and makedecision to prevent or mitigate such a behavior. this study evaluates theimpact of organizational factors and management (unfair laws,organizational culture, compensation/ remuneration structure, negative ...

Urbanization and industrialization in China result in dramatic growth of population in urban areas. The housing price rises so high that low-income people living in urban cannot afford to buy their own houses. In order to alleviate their housing plight, affordable housing has been built in mainland China. However, unfair distribution of affordable housing failed to accomplish the goal of this p...