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Social Sciences, Volume 10, Issue 9

September 2021 - 34 articles

Cover Story: Using a three-dimensional child wellbeing approach, we argue that cash transfer programs (CTPs) have helped extremely poor families in Pakistan to sustain their basic dietary needs but failed to address the distinctive vulnerabilities of children, including their relational wellbeing and social status. Focus groups with children revealed a sophisticated understanding of their family’s poverty as rooted within the broader socioeconomic context. They were keenly aware of the CTPs’ inability to address their social exclusion and meet their psychosocial needs, such as feeling secure and enjoying childhood. This suggests that social protection as currently conceptualized through CTPs is far from being a comprehensive policy for children’s wellbeing. Interventions are needed that provide economic security for caregivers and acknowledge children’s rights as citizens. View this paper.

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5 Citations

4,275 Views

11 Pages

Negative e-WOM Resulting from Political Posts on Social Media: A Case Study of a Small Retailer’s Struggle over Time

Jennifer Johnson Jorgensen and
Katelyn Sorensen

Soc. Sci.2021, 10(9), 318;https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10090318

24 August 2021

Consumers have been advocating for a variety of causes, and in turn, retailers are expressing their political opinions through social-media posts in hopes of aligning with their customers’ views. This study looks at a single case in which customers r...

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4 Citations

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Frail Males on the American Frontier: The Role of Environmental Harshness on Sex Ratios at Birth across a Period of Rapid Industrialization

Ryan Schacht,
Mike Hollingshaus,
Heidi Hanson,
Shane J. Macfarlan,
Douglas Tharp,
Tim Bruckner and
Ken R. Smith

Soc. Sci.2021, 10(9), 319;https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10090319

24 August 2021

While sex ratios at birth (SRB) have been shown to vary within and across populations, after over a century of research, explanations have remained elusive. A variety of ecological, demographic, economic, and social variables have been evaluated, yet...

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Communication

3 Citations

9,599 Views

13 Pages

Prevalence in News Media of Two Competing Hypotheses about COVID-19 Origins

David Rozado

Soc. Sci.2021, 10(9), 320;https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10090320

24 August 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most disruptive and painful phenomena of the last few decades. As of July 2021, the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused the outbreak remain a mystery. This work analyzes the prevalence in news media a...

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Review

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9,424 Views

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Are Working Children in Developing Countries Hidden Victims of Pandemics?

Polyxeni Kechagia and
Theodore Metaxas

Soc. Sci.2021, 10(9), 321;https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10090321

24 August 2021

The consequences of the recent pandemic have been disproportionately disruptive to several social groups, including children. As developing economies have been firefighting the recent pandemic, the welfare of minors could be affected and children’s e...

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