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Showing 1 to 20 of 876 for “"disadvantage"”.
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Disadvantage as impairment of the will
This thesis argues that unfair social disadvantage is best conceived as the relative impairment of the will of the person when that will is directed towards a valuable end. That valuable end is self-realisation. The term ‘self-realisation’ signifies a perfectionist conception of social justice in …
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Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Brain Structure in Adulthood
<p>Socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood has been associated with difficulties in physical and mental health later in life. A potential pathway underlying this association is through variations in brain development. While associations between concurrent socioeconomic disadvantage and brain …
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A critique of the concept of disadvantage in relation to the identification of affirmative action beneficiaries race as proxy for disadvantage
Includes bibliographical references.
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Relatability: the hidden force behind Black African youth employment disadvantage
… found that the Black African youth labour market disadvantage is an outcome of an interplay of macro-contextual structural factors, exclusionary economic and labour market design, intra-organisational processes and a racialised corporate power structure. From an employment decision-making …
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Early neighborhood disadvantage and risk for internalizing problems: underlying neurobiological mechanisms
Early neighborhood-level socioeconomic disadvantage and air pollutant exposure predict an increased risk for mental health difficulties across the lifespan. However, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying these associations remain unclear. In this study, I investigated the associations of early …
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Distance and disparity: social disadvantage and the distribution of hazardous waste in America
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Since the original studies of environmental discrimination were completed in the early 1980s, many scholars have measured disproportionate proximity to hazardous waste by poor and minority communities. The majority of …
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Economic Disadvantage, Nativity, and Academic Performance and School Punishment Among Latino/a Children
… study examines the relationship between economic disadvantage and academic performance and school punishment through Family Stress Process Theory, providing a contextual analysis of resource instability. The additional myriad of legal and social constraints that parental nativity provides for …
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Essays in development economics : incumbency disadvantage, political competition, and remedial education in India
(cont.) The remedial education program hires young women from the community to provide remedial assistance to third and fourth grade children who have fallen behind their peers. The program is extremely cheap (five dollars per child per year), and is easily replicable. We find the program to be …
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Multiple disadvantage and black enterprise : aspects of African-Caribbean and South Asian small business.
… debates around the plight of severely disadvantaged visible minorities and proposed self-help strategies mediated by the persistence of covert and blatant racism.
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The complexity of disadvantage : examining the effects of moral ecology on adolescent educational outcomes.
… such as grit and resilience among traditionally disadvantaged students. I argue that these approaches are insufficient in that they ignore the interactive relationship between a student's moral culture and their structural circumstances and the effect of this total ecology on student achievement. …
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Links between social deprivation and harm to children: a study of parenting in social disadvantage
… will be demonstrated that parents facing social disadvantage encounter a range of adversities and hindrances which may have a cumulative adverse effect upon the care of children. The problems to which these lead will be shown to be linked by three main strands:- - social deprivation contributes …
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Effects of Job Access and Neighborhood disadvantage on Employment Success of Female Former Welfare Recipients
… test the effects of job access and neighborhood disadvantage on the employment success of female former welfare recipients. It mainly addressed vital policy concerns on employment issues of Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) recipients who exited cash assistance. This study was grounded …
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‘Money and (dis)connection’: Income inequality and network disadvantage as barriers to sustainable technology adoption
Scholars have highlighted the role of income distribution as a fundamental factor to understand consumption, health, adoption of technologies, social cohesion, democratic stability, and long term economic performance, among other phenomena. Moreover, reducing income inequality was included in the …
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A prospective investigation of the effects of socioeconomic disadvantage, life stress, and social support on early adolescent adjustment
… single or multiple conditions of socioeconomic disadvantage in comparison to those who did not experience any conditions of disadvantage. The discussion focuses on the contribution of socio-environmental conditions to adaptation during early adolescence and potential implications for preventive …
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An exploration of how identity capital is constructed in the narrative life stories of fathers in areas of disadvantage.
… research concerning fathers who live in areas of disadvantage and their life experiences. Deficit model thinking and pathologisation of people who live in areas of disadvantage can be found in research and policy, and none more so than for fathers who may not fit desired ideals of fatherhood which …
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Landscapes Of Disadvantage: The Structure Of American Indian Poverty From The Reservation To The Metropolis In The Early 21St Century
The cycle of American Indian disadvantage and deprivation has been linked to the removal and relocation of American Indian peoples to reservations, entrenching) cycles)of)poverty)within)reservation)boundaries.)Yet)a)growing)number)of)American) …
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