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Gender differences in survival across the ages of life: an introduction
This thematic series explores the complex nature of the survival gap between genders across the lifespan. It highlights how, although women generally...
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Setting the Scene: What Is the Gender Gap and How Will It Be Explored?
This chapter introduces the book and its contribution to examining gender inequality, more commonly referred to as the gender gap, by offering...
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Research on the health of senior citizens from an interdisciplinary perspective: framework, core topics, and prospects
The health of senior citizens is an important concern in the context of an aging population in China. Based on changes to and the characteristics of...
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The Effect of Intersectional Forces on Gender-Affirming Surgeries in the United States
The 2030 agenda for sustainable development and its pledge to ‘leave no one behind’ provides a renewed impetus for advancing health equity globally...
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Gender Equality, Equity, and Equal Opportunities
The history of equality is part of our existence and one of the fundamental pillars of democracy. However, it is not a natural entity, but a concept...
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Population perspectives and demographic methods to strengthen CRVS systems: introduction
Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems and legal identity systems have become increasingly recognized as catalytic both for inclusive...
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On the Sociohistorical Construction of Social and Economic Reserves Across the Life Course and on Their Use in Old Age
Coherently with the life course perspective that studies individual life trajectories embedded in sociohistorical changes, this chapter offers a...
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Migration from Eastern Europe to Australia: History, Numbers and Research Gap
This introductory chapter begins by pointing out the curious oversight of the research and books discussing migration to Australia from Eastern...
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Afterword: Re-imagining Caribbean Futures Post-COVID-19
From their disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary perch(es), authors in this volume have treated complex and challenging issues that...
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New Perspectives for the Sociology of the Arts
Rodríguez Morató offers a complete overview of the sociology of the arts in its present state, focused on its most innovative developments. This...
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Transnational Families: Entangled Inequalities and Emerging Challenges on the Global Scale
In this introduction to the handbook, we explore the social phenomenon of transnational families, provide an overview about the scholarship, and...
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Agriculture, Environment and Development: International Perspectives and a Critical Agenda of Investigation
Agri-food production and agrarian development constitute some of the most challenging areas of public policymaking, ecological conservation and...
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Changing the World in the Time of Coronavirus
At a time of widespread social, political, economic, and even epistemological change, scholars, journalists, and activists are challenged to...
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Visualizations in the Sciences of Human Origins and Evolution
This chapter discusses literature about visualizations in the human origins sciences that were produced and published roughly during the last two...
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Beyond Ethnocentric Paradigms: The Contribution of Intercultural Education and Competence
The development perspective of intercultural competence plays an increasingly central role to overcome those visions that consider the multicultural...
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Interconnected challenges: an ethical discussion of climate change through the jellyfish metaphor
The pervasive global effects of climate change pose an imminent threat to individuals and nations around the world and highlight the fact that we are...
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Visualizations in the Sciences of Human Origins and Evolution
This chapter discusses literature about visualizations in the human origins sciences that were produced and published roughly during the last two...
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Making Sense of the Legal Policy Frameworks Governing Small-Scale Fisheries in India
The fisheries sector in India provides livelihoods to 16 million fishers and fish workers and contributes 7% of the country’s agricultural income....
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Exploring Coastal Societies and Knowledge in Transition Across Generations
Today, more than half of the world’s population lives within one hundred miles of an ocean. However, in seeking to understand the status and future...
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Cultural Variation in Flourishing
Despite differences in how scholars define flourishing, they tend to approach the question of flourishing from a universalist perspective by assuming...