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Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop
Society, Politics & Law

Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop

...money in the country. If someone has enough money to buy a certain number of government bonds or to purchase an expensive piece of property, they can bypass normal naturalization procedures and get citizenship much faster and without many requirements – such are residence in the country, or knowledge of its language or culture. Basically, those who can afford it, can...
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Horror and politics
History & The Arts

Horror and politics

...money worries) and political. Poems such as Queen Mab, with its call for revolutionary change, had been a direct challenge to the political status quo in Britain, and marked him out as a subversive if not seditious element in society. Shelley’s soon-to-be wife, Mary Godwin, was the daughter of two of the leading political thinkers of their era, Mary Wollstonecraft and...
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What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?
Nature & Environment

What’s corruption got to do with climate change, and why should we care?

...money involved in transitioning the global economy to a zero-carbon future are mind-boggling. President Biden of the USA acknowledged that more needed to be done3 by the rich world to help fund climate mitigation policies and announced a doubling of their commitment to climate financing to $11.4 billion per year. Such huge sums are encouraging but it’s not only the...
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Why the size of your plate might be making you overweight
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why the size of your plate might be making you overweight

...money to consumers; and restricting price promotions on larger portion and package sizes. The researchers suggest that some of the highlighted actions to limit portion size are likely to require regulation or legislation, helped by active demand from the public for changes to the food environment. “At the moment, it is all too easy – and often better value for money...
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Migrant businesswomen and the census
Society, Politics & Law

Migrant businesswomen and the census

...Census: migration, gender, and business, and shows how art-based approaches such as storytelling can be used to communicate quantitative Census data. Project team: Dr Carry van Lieshout (The Open University), Gunjan Sondhi (The Open University). Partners: ReWomen (Women of Management and Enterprise Network), CREME (Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship)...
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Changing the way we work
Money & Business

Changing the way we work

...our ability to invent and form relationships will be even more essential assets for business in the future. Organisational Forms How individuals are linked up as “virtual teams”, in ever-changing combinations to cater for the market at any given moment. Network organisations The distinction between competitor, customer, supplier and manager is now much less defined....
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Why smart leaders allow a bit of football frenzy
Money & Business

Why smart leaders allow a bit of football frenzy

...business units in the top quartile in terms of engagement are 17% more productive and 21% more profitable than those in the bottom quartile. There are also many studies showing that satisfied employees drive business results. Management consultants Bain & Company found that inspired employees are almost three times more productive than dissatisfied employees. Companies...
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The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer
Money & Business

The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer

...business practices that promote more socially and/or environmentally responsible trade, but more specifically ethical trading means taking responsibility for the labour and human rights practices within the supply chain. Faced with these challenges most companies have now developed and implement Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies and ethical trading sit...
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