Betwixt Droughts and Floods: Flood Management Politics in Thailand

Attempting to create greater understanding of the political dynamics that influence domestic disaster relief and management (DRM) in Thailand, this article takes a closer look at these dynamics by outlining the main actors involved SHOESSANDALSFLAT in flood-related DRM.It acknowledges the importance of international and military actors but emphasis

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Pressure of Societal Commitment Norm in Iran

Abstract Societal commitment involves sympathy and emotional attachment of actors to society and implies preference for public FolkestoneRFC interest over self-interest.Secondary analysis of the Iranian Social Integration survey data shows that 64.6% of Iranians are socially committed and whenever faced with a dilemma of collective vs.self, they pr

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Monstrous animal siblings in Europe

Reports of women giving birth to a baby together with an animal (toad, Curler mouse, bird, etc.), are documented in Europe from the 1100s onwards: the most important traditions of which are the frater Salernitanorum and the sooterkin.Throughout the centuries, authors have typically attempted to explain monstrous animal siblings in the light of cont

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