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Quality and inequality: creating value worlds with Third Wave coffee by Fischer, Edward F

“…Abstract Based on a study of the burgeoning high-end (‘Third Wave’) coffee market in the USA and on research conducted with Maya farmers in Guatemala, this…”
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Infrastructuring Value Worlds: Connections and Conventions of Capitalist Accumulation by Fischer, Edward F.

“…Two of the most productive lines of social science inquiry in recent years come from the study of 'values' and that of 'infrastructures.' Not coincidentally,…”
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The publics of public health: learning from COVID-19 by Green, Judith, Fischer, Edward F., Fitzgerald, Des, Harvey, T. S., Thomas, Felicity

“…This commentary reflects on what has been learnt from government and public health responses to COVID-19, suggesting a tension between 'business as usual'…”
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Quality versus solidarity: Third Wave coffee and cooperative values among smallholding Maya farmers in Guatemala by Fischer, Edward F., Victor, Bart, Asturias de Barrios, Linda

“…This article examines how a market shift toward high-end ('Third Wave') coffee creates tension between two producer models of economic engagement:…”
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Generating Demand for Alternative Protein in Low- and Middle- Income Countries: Opportunities and Experiences from Nutritious and Sustainable Market Solutions by Sadowski, Norah, Talwar, Resham, Fischer, Edward F., Merritt, Rowena

“…Protein consumption and the demand for high-value nutritional products is growing rapidly in emerging markets. The projected growth of the alternative protein…”
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Frustrated Freedom: The Effects of Agency and Wealth on Wellbeing in Rural Mozambique by Victor, Bart, Fischer, Edward F., Cooil, Bruce, Vergara, Alfredo, Mukolo, Abraham, Blevins, Meridith

“…In the capability approach to poverty, wellbeing is threatened by both deficits of wealth and deficits of agency. Sen describes that “unfreedom,” or low levels…”
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Misunderstanding a Viral Pandemic: The Social and Cultural Contexts of COVID-19 by Napier, A. David, Fischer, Edward F

“…It is rare that social theory can save lives, but the conceptual framework through which viral pandemics are largely understood costs lives by failing to…”
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Now is the time of monsters: Economic anthropology and the post‐neoliberal political economy by Fischer, Edward F.

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HIGH-END COFFEE AND SMALLHOLDING GROWERS IN GUATEMALA by Fischer, Edward F., Victor, Bart

“…Coffee production in Guatemala has undergone a dramatic transformation over the last twenty years. Changing tastes among northern consumers have driven new…”
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Multidimensional poverty in rural Mozambique: a new metric for evaluating public health interventions by Victor, Bart, Blevins, Meridith, Green, Ann F, Ndatimana, Elisée, González-Calvo, Lázaro, Fischer, Edward F, Vergara, Alfredo E, Vermund, Sten H, Olupona, Omo, Moon, Troy D

“…Poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon and unidimensional measurements have proven inadequate to the challenge of assessing its dynamics. Dynamics between…”
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Resocializing Suffering: Neoliberalism, Accusation, and the Sociopolitical Context of Guatemala's New Violence by Benson, Peter, Fischer, Edward F., Thomas, Kedron

“…An ethnographic account of the putative shift away from state-sponsored violence and the emergence of new patterns of violence in postwar Guatemala challenges…”
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Ten considerations for effectively managing the COVID-19 transition by Habersaat, Katrine Bach, Betsch, Cornelia, Danchin, Margie, Sunstein, Cass R., Böhm, Robert, Falk, Armin, Brewer, Noel T., Omer, Saad B., Scherzer, Martha, Sah, Sunita, Fischer, Edward F., Scheel, Andrea E., Fancourt, Daisy, Kitayama, Shinobu, Dubé, Eve, Leask, Julie, Dutta, Mohan, MacDonald, Noni E., Temkina, Anna, Lieberoth, Andreas, Jackson, Mark, Lewandowsky, Stephan, Seale, Holly, Fietje, Nils, Schmid, Philipp, Gelfand, Michele, Korn, Lars, Eitze, Sarah, Felgendreff, Lisa, Sprengholz, Philipp, Salvi, Cristiana, Butler, Robb

“…Governments around the world have implemented measures to manage the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While the majority of these measures…”
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Attitudes toward seeking medical care: development and standardization of a comprehensive scale by Fischer, Edward H., Dornelas, Ellen A., DiLorenzo, Terry A.

“…A scale measuring attitudes toward seeking medical help was devised and pretested with college students. The scale was internally consistent and had evident…”
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Chronic Malnutrition, Breastfeeding, and Ready To Use Supplementary Food in a Guatemalan Maya Town by Davis, Thomas E., Fischer, Edward F., Rohloff, Peter J., Heimburger, Douglas C.

“…Ready To Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) and Ready To Use Supplementary Food (RUSF) have proliferated in recent years to treat acute and chronic malnutrition…”
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Broccoli and Desire by Benson, Peter, Fischer, Edward F.

“…:  Tracing the commodity chain of broccoli from Nashville, Tennessee supermarkets to Maya farmers in highland Guatemala, this paper examines relations of…”
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Predictive validity of the attitudes toward medical help-seeking scale by DiLorenzo, Terry A, Dornelas, Ellen A, Fischer, Edward H

“…Abstract Objective This study examines the predictive validity of the action/intention subscale of the attitudes toward seeking medical help scale in a college…”
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Safety effects of reducing freeway illumination for energy conservation by Monsere, Christopher M., Fischer, Edward L.

“…The addition of illumination where none was present is generally believed to have a positive effect on motor vehicle safety; reducing the frequency, as well as…”
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Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a clinic-based counseling intervention tested in an ethnically diverse sample of pregnant smokers by Dornelas, Ellen A., Magnavita, Jeffrey, Beazoglou, Tryfon, Fischer, Edward H., Oncken, Cheryl, Lando, Harry, Greene, John, Barbagallo, Jeremy, Stepnowski, Roxanne, Gregonis, Elizabeth

“…Rates of cigarette smoking are higher among women who receive obstetric care through publicly funded prenatal clinics. This study compared smoking outcomes for…”
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Attitudes of Black, White, and Hispanic Community Residents Toward Seeking Medical Help by Dornelas, Ellen A., Fischer, Edward H., DiLorenzo, Terry

“…With regard to racial/ethnic health disparities, a variable that has not been well explored is the person’s willingness to seek medical aid when symptoms…”
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Introduction: Indigenous Peoples, Neo-liberal Regimes, and Varieties of Civil Society in Latin America by Fischer, Edward F.

“…Emerging from the convergence of neo-liberal reforms, democratic openings, and an increase of interest in indigenous issues among international organizations,…”
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