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Flip-flop rebel, dollar soldier; Demobilisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (2009)
Book Chapter
Marriage, Z. (2009). Flip-flop rebel, dollar soldier; Demobilisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In M. Berdal, & D. Ucko (Eds.), Reintegrating Armed Groups After Conflict (119-143). Routledge

The wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have seen the recruitment of flip-flop clad rebels and instability arising because soldiers have not received their salary of a few dollars. Conversely, demobilisation programmes, which bring promise... Read More about Flip-flop rebel, dollar soldier; Demobilisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Divorced, Separated, and Widowed Women Workers in Rural Mozambique (2009)
Journal Article
Oya, C., & Sender, J. (2009). Divorced, Separated, and Widowed Women Workers in Rural Mozambique. Feminist Economics, 15(2), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545700902729516

A remarkably high proportion of women wage workers in rural Mozambique are divorced, separated, or widowed. This paper explores the factors underlying the difference between the marital status of these wage workers and other rural women in Mozambique... Read More about Divorced, Separated, and Widowed Women Workers in Rural Mozambique.

Children as Agents for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from El Salvador and The Philippine (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Mitchell, T., Tanner, T., & Haynes, K. Children as Agents for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from El Salvador and The Philippine. Brighton

This paper explores children’s voices in disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy spaces and their capacity to communicate disaster risk to their parents and larger community. It challenges the traditional development approaches which perceive children a... Read More about Children as Agents for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from El Salvador and The Philippine.

Work and occupation in a tertiary society (2009)
Journal Article
Standing, G. (2009). Work and occupation in a tertiary society. Labour and Industry, 19(3), 49-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.2009.10669384

This article suggests that social scientists should shift from labour to broader concepts of work and, in particular, a new sense of occupation, in which people combine forms of activity that cross the boundaries set by old labour concepts. We live i... Read More about Work and occupation in a tertiary society.

Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Intake in England: A Re-examination based on Quantile Regression (2009)
Journal Article
Boukouvalas, G., Shankar, B., & Traill, B. (2009). Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Intake in England: A Re-examination based on Quantile Regression. Public Health Nutrition, 12(11), 2183-2191. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980009005175

OBJECTIVE:
To examine the sociodemographic determinants of fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption in England and determine the differential effects of socio-economic variables at various parts of the intake distribution, with a special focus on seve... Read More about Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Intake in England: A Re-examination based on Quantile Regression.