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الأسرة في شبه الجزيرة العربية
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2020-01-20)
مثّلت القبيلة تقليدياً أقدم مؤسسة اجتماعية في منطقة الخليج الكبرى )دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي واليمن والعراق وإيران(، ولم
تنل الأسرة الاعتراف بوصفها الوحدة المجتمعية الأساسية فحسب، بل وكعامل أساسي أيضاً للتنمية الاجتماعية ...
Asymmetries: South Africa, Ireland, and Postcolonial Comparison
(Taylor and Francis, 2020)
In introducing this special issue on South African and Irish literature and culture, this article offers a critical overview of the field of comparisons between these two former colonies. Though the cultural output of both ...
“لعنة الموارد” في الخليج
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2020-08-05)
يشهد قطاع الهيدروكربونات، المعروف تاريخياً بدوراته المتكررة من ارتفاع الأسعار وانخفاضها، ومنذ العام 2014، واحدة من أقسى حالات الهبوط التي لم نشهدها منذ تسعينات القرن الماضي. وتكتسي تداعيات هذا التراجع على الاقتصاديات ...
The Practical Use of Social Vulnerability Indicators in Disaster Management
(Elsevier, 2021-07-10)
As climate change focuses more frequent and intense disasters on vulnerable communities across the globe, mitigation and response resources need to be allocated more efficiently and equitably. Vulnerability assessments ...
Socioeconomic Implications of National Flood Insurance Policy Reform and Flood Insurance Rate Map Revisions
(Springer Nature, 2020-05-07)
Flooding exacerbated by climate change has resulted in more mandatory community participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The purpose of this research is social ...
Beyond the Binary Understanding of Masculinities: Displaced Syrian Refugee Men Living with Disability and Chronic Illness in Jordan
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2020-05-13)
This article analyzes the dynamics of renegotiating masculinities among displaced Syrian men with disabilities in Jordan. The article draws its analysis on the personal narratives of four Syrian men who have experienced ...
مواقع التعددية: سياسة المجتمع في الشرق الأوسط
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2020-05-31)
درسنا في مشروعنا هذا، وبشكل موسّع، التطور التاريخي للتنوع والفسيفساء التعددية في الشرق الأوسط، ومدى تأثير هذا التطوّر على الديناميات السياسية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية الحالية في المنطقة. وتناولنا العديد من الموضوعات الأخرى، ...
Kant on Lazy Savagery, Racialized
(Journal of History of Philosophy, 2021-03)
Kant develops a concept of savagery, partly characterized by laziness, to envision a program for human progress. He also racializes savagery, treating native Americans, in particular, as literal savages. He ascribes to ...
The Looming Reorganization of Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Services – Policy Considerations for a Post-COVID-19 Environment
(2021-04)
COVID-19 focused attention on the shortcomings of post-acute care. Growing financial and operational challenges for skilled nursing facilities (SNF) is leading to instability, reallocating transitions of care from SNF to ...
Comparing Capacity and Demand for Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals: Variation Between Mid- and South-Atlantic Hospital Referral Regions
(2021-08)
Geographic variation in post-acute care is a recurrent theme in health services research because of its relevance to overall Medicare spending. There are at least two additional reasons to understand geographic differences ...