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Showing 1 to 20 of 136 for “"Division of labour"”.
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Sexual conflict and division of labour during incubation
… limited time and energy and so they face a trade-off between the resources they allocate to parental, mating and self-maintenance activities and between care of current and future offspring. Within a biparental system, models predict that an individual will do better if it can reduce its own level …
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Contemporary form and dynamic of the international division of labour
… there is a need to advance understanding of the structure and dynamic of the contemporary international division of labour. This can be approached through a critical enquiry: first to define and identify key aspects of the nature and dynamic of the international division of labour out of …
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Mapping the Division of Labour in Long-Term Residential Care Across Jurisdictions
… care is rising given the growing number of older persons and those living with severe disabilities. Rising acuity levels of residents have resulted in calls for more training for care providers and concerns have been raised about the supply of workers, drawing attention to the working …
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The social impacts of changes in the spatial and technical division of labour
… (perhaps most notably Durkheim, 1893), its division of labour is perhaps the most fundamental distinguishing feature of any society. The division of labour defines the roles played by men and by women, determines patterns of authority and deference, structures hierarchies, and assigns people …
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Nietzsche’s Political Economy – The aporias of industrial culture: slavery, debt and the division of labour
Nietzsche’s Political Economy The aporias of industrial culture: slavery, debt and the division of labour ~ by Dmitri G. Safronov Abstract: This study commences by identifying twin gaps in the scholarship on Nietzsche’s thinking on political economy. Only scant recognition of it can at present be …
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Exploring gender division of labour within households: the case of Schoemansdal Village in Nkomazi Local Municipality, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
One of the most pressing issues contributing to the persistence of gender inequality is the gendered division of domestic labour. Women still carry out more domestic labour than men. Housework is shared quite unequally among most married couples. Work performed directly in the service of families …
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A gender analysis of the triple burden of production, reproduction and community service in the Rehoboth constituency
… research on gender roles and the triple burden of women in the Rehoboth area. Yet women in Rehoboth as many elsewhere are faced with socially ascribed roles in production, reproduction and community. This research seeks to explore and understand the gender division of labour and the gender …
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Foraging and Menstruation in the Hadza of Tanzania
… Lake Eyasi in northern Tanzania, represent one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer populations. Inhabiting the same area as our hominin ancestors and exploiting very similar resources, the Hadza maintain a foraging lifestyle characterised by a sexual division of labour. Studies of their …
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A sociological analysis of gender in Marxist theory
… payed far too little attention to the influence of the gender division of labour on social structure. Consequently, Marxism has been unable to place women's exploitation within a general framework of exploitation, objectification and domination. In an attempt to overcome this shortcoming, I …
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Space, Activities and Gender- Everyday Life in Lindora, Costa Rica
The thesis analyzes the everyday life of women and men in a neighbourhood planned for low-income housing in the ourskirts of the capital San José in Costa Rica. The research uses an everyday life perspective and shows how gender organization leads to a division of labour and a use of space that …
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An investigation into the reasons for people's migration : a case of Zambian professional migrants in Cape Town
… the reasons behind international migration of people. In particular, the study looks at the reasons behind professional migrants from Zambia to South Africa, taking Cape Town as a case study. The analysis is anchored around five different theoretical frameworks which explain migration from a …
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Mechanisms for the Evolution of Superorganismality in Ants
… as superorganisms; they exhibit very high levels of within-colony cooperation, and very low levels of within-colony conflict. The evolution of such superorganismality has occurred multiple times across the animal phylogeny, and indeed, origins of multicellularity represent the same evolutionary …
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The Implementation of STEAM Curriculum and the Manifestation of Arts in STEAM Curriculum in a Public Primary School in Mainland China: A Case Study
… regarding STEAM education and the manifestation of the arts within this context, and rigorous empirical studies are limited. This study aims to fill these research gaps and provide effective references to the field. This study primarily focuses on the context of Chinese public primary schools and …
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