Existing entrepreneurship literature has focused on formal regulatory institutions but rarely examined effects of political institutions, particularly that democracy. This study explores the role democracy in entrepreneurial development, as well how moderates kinship networks, a developing or emerging economy setting. Integrating new institutional economic theory with social network theory, thi...

Objective: This article investigates the role of social connections - kin proximity, premigration friends, and exposure to intra- interethnic contacts in host country division routine housework refugee couples Germany. Background: Although are established as an influential factor economic societal integration newcomers, such for household labor among immigrant is less understood. Method: Pooled...

In March 2012, the Respect Party won an unexpected by-election in the British city of Bradford, previously regarded as a safe Labour seat. This paper examines the party’s campaign strategy and in particular how it courted South Asian Muslim voters. A dominant feature of South Asian Muslim politics in the UK has been community bloc voting along lines of kinship (biraderi). The use of kinship net...

An exploratory case study design using three sources of data-interviews with kinship caregivers, interviews with social workers, and file reviews-was used to identify the needs of kinship caregivers in northern British Columbia. The research found that kinship caregivers identified many needs that must be addressed if kinship caregiving is to be a viable and sustainable option for children in n...