Ethnic Groups at ‘Critical Junctures’: The Laz vs. Kurds

Income, Democracy, and Critical Junctures

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An Explanatory Model of Depression among Female Patients in Fars, Kurds, Turks Ethnic Groups of Iran

BACKGROUND Depressive disorder is globally estimated to be as many as one in five visits to primary health care. Approximately more than 50% of depressed women in primary care are not diagnosed. As a part of a major investigation into perceptions of women's depression, this study explored how female patients and their relatives conceptualize patients' conditions in three ethnic groups in Iran (...

Perceptions about Iranian-Kurds’ ethnic-inequality in health

BACKGROUND Evidence shows ethnic-inequality is a very effective variable in the Community and individual health associated outcomes. This study focused on gaining a deeper understanding of people's perception on inequality of health in Iranian-Kurds and its determinants. METHODS The study was conducted in the three cities of Marivan, Sanandaj (capital of Kurdistan province in Iran) and Tehran...

Critical Junctures? Privatization Policy in Brazil and Argentina at the Start of the Century

This paper uses the critical junctures framework developed by Hogan and Doyle (2007) to determine if there were critical junctures in privatization policy in Brazil and Argentina at the start of the 21 century. The framework constitutes a rigorous approach to the identification of crisis, ideational change, and policy change. It is used to examine the economic disasters in Brazil in 1999 and Ar...

A critical review of leadership interventions aimed at people from Black and Minority Ethnic Groups