Marx, Foucault, and state–corporate harm: a case study of regulatory failure in Australian non-prescription medicine regulation
In: Crime, law and social change: an interdisciplinary journal, Volume 76, Issue 2, p. 173-193
ISSN: 1573-0751
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In: Crime, law and social change: an interdisciplinary journal, Volume 76, Issue 2, p. 173-193
ISSN: 1573-0751
In: International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, Volume 10, Issue 1, p. 159-161
ISSN: 2202-8005
Reviewed by Rhiannon Bandiera
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Volume 146, p. 1-16
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In: Crime, Law and Social Change 76, 173–193 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-021-09953-2
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How do natural resource windfalls affect the quality of politicalcandidates? Existing scholarship argues that non-tax public revenuehas a negative effect on the characteristics of candidates because itimpairs the capacity of voters to hold leaders accountable. This liter-ature, however, has not considered other non-tax sources of revenue,namely, the rents derived from the informal and illegal exploitation ofnatural resources. In this paper, I analyze the effects of an increaseof informal gold production in Peru. I find that in districts that havehigher levels of informal gold mining, increases in prices worsens thequality of politicians. In particular, I use novel data on the crimi-nal records of candidates to show that a spike in the price of goldattracts more criminal candidates to politics and leads elected politi-cians to be accused of committing a crime more often. Interestingly,I also find that candidates who have a criminal record are less likelyto be elected. These results suggest that information on the trajec-tories of politicians is key to improve the quality of candidates that will be elected, and that the enforcement of natural resource regula-tion is crucial to eliminate the influence of rents on the behavior ofpoliticians.
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In: http://hdl.handle.net/10280/828
La ricerca sugli effetti negativi del debito sulla crescita economica si è concentrata principalmente sui paesi a reddito medio (PRM) e paesi con accesso ai mercati finanziari, un gruppo PRM con accesso illimitato ai mercati internazionali dei capitali. La letteratura sugli effetti della volatilità macroeconomica sulla crescita, che si e' concentrata sui PRM, è stata sviluppata nel 1990. Un numero limitato di studi ha tentato di analizzare il legame tra debito e crescita in paesi a basso reddito. Questa raccolta di ricerche tenta di colmare questa lacuna, esaminando l'applicabilità del quadro concettuale che collega volatilita', debito e crescita ai paesi a basso reddito. In particolare, le ricerche si concentrano sul ruolo della politica fiscale in paesi a basso reddito, la sua pertinenza per raggiungere e mantenere la sostenibilità del debito ed evitare crisi con conseguenze negative protratte sulla crescita economica. I risultati indicano che le politiche fiscali nei paesi a basso reddito non hanno necessariamente un ruolo chiave nel garantire il rispetto del vincolo di bilancio intertemporale di governo e nel mantenere la sostenibilità del debito. Questo risultato è in netto contrasto con l'attuale ricerca economica sulla sostenibilità fiscale nei PRM e porta a diverse implicazioni per la condotta della politica economica in paesi a basso reddito. ; Research on the negative effect of debt on economic growth has mainly focused on middle income countries (MICs) and market access countries (MACs), the latter a group of MICs with unconstrained access to international capital markets. Literature on the effects of macroeconomic volatility on growth focusing on MICs was developed in the 1990's. Few studies have attempted to analyze the nexus between debt and growth in low income countries (LICs). This collection of papers attempts to fill this gap, by examining the applicability of the conceptual framework linking volatility, debt and growth to LICs. Specifically, the papers focus on the role of fiscal policy in LICs, its relevance for achieving and maintaining debt sustainability deterring economic crisis and excessive growth slumps. Results indicate that LICs fiscal policies do not necessarily play a key role in ensuring respect of the government intertemporal budget constraint and debt sustainability. This result is in stark contrast with existing economic research on fiscal sustainability in MICs leading to different implications for policy conducts in LICs.
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In: Economica, Volume 73, Issue 292, p. 785-786
ISSN: 1468-0335
In: IMF Working Paper, p. 1-43
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In: Kiel Advanced Studies Working Paper No. 398
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In: Ecología Política. Cuadernos de debate internacional; Interdependencia y vida en común, Volume 63, Issue 63, p. 80-84
ISSN: 1130-6378
Tras la masacre de más de ochocientos civiles en 1944, la zona de Monte Sole estuvo abandonada durante muchos años, considerada como un lugar de muerte perseguido por los espectros de la violencia extrema ejercida por las tropas nazifascistas. En 1974, Luigi Fontana fue el primero en volver a Monte Sole, seguido más tarde por una comunidad de monjes, que fueron a construir un monasterio: sus intervenciones en la zona allanaron el camino para que una comunidad mucho más amplia de actores antifascistas volviera a Monte Sole.
En este artículo reflexionaremos sobre la labor de peregrinos, monjes, campesinos, activistas y trabajadores que elaboraron la memoria colectiva de la masacre al volver a habitar la zona. En nuestra opinión, es necesaria una comprensión ecológica de la historia de la militancia en Monte Sole tras la masacre, y también arrojar luz sobre trayectorias inesperadas de reparación ecológica (Centemeri et al., 2022). Concretamente, primero recompondremos la historia ambiental de Monte Sole después de 1944, enmarcando el esfuerzo restaurador de las comunidades militantes que volvieron a habitar este lugar durante las últimas décadas como reparación ecológica. Además, situando esta discusión en nuestra propia experiencia de toma de posesión de la granja de Luigi en Monte Sole, en la segunda parte del artículo, exploraremos cómo la reparación ecológica en las ruinas está haciendo vida en común en el «Parque Histórico del Futuro».
In: LSE public policy review, Volume 1, Issue 2
ISSN: 2633-4046
In: Journal of development economics, Volume 146, p. 102495
ISSN: 0304-3878
In: Journal of development economics, Volume 146
ISSN: 0304-3878
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