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Backstaging Street-Level Discretion: Professional Bureaucrats and Organizational Adaptation under Stringent Regulatory Implementation—Evidence from Non-Selected Drug Governance in China’s Centralized Drug Procurement

This study argues that China's stringent centralized drug procurement policies do not eliminate professional discretion but rather relocate it from clinical encounters to backstage organizational routines, a phenomenon termed "backstaged street-level discretion," which transforms how bureaucrats adapt regulations through strategic gatekeeping and documentation.

Guang Yang, Ying Shi, Wendi Cheng, Haiyin Wang2026-09-12
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Interpretation as a Technology of Authority: A Perelmanian Analysis of a Yeshiva Lecture

Drawing on Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca's New Rhetoric, this article analyzes a Religious Zionist yeshiva lecture to demonstrate how interpretation functions as a "technology of authority" that rhetorically expands traditional texts to legitimize contemporary social and political values while reinforcing the speaker's institutional standing.

Ayal Geffon, Baruch Schwarz, Zvi Bekerman2026-09-12
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Behind the finfluencer: trajectories, sociabilities and the making of a personal finance academy in Argentina

This article analyzes the case of Argentina's "Mujer Financiera" to argue that the authority of personal finance influencers stems not from social media competence alone, but from a broader network of institutional credentials, state-funded ecosystems, and venture capital that collectively shape the production and expansion of financialization into everyday life.

Clara Ines Otermin Browne2026-09-12
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Translation of “Red” Color Metaphors in the Poetry of Hongloumeng from the Perspective of Cognitive Poetics: A Corpus-Based Study

This corpus-based study, grounded in cognitive poetics, compares the Yangs' and Hawkes' translations of "red" color metaphors in *Hongloumeng* poetry, revealing that while the Yangs favor literal translation, Hawkes employs more diverse strategies to extend conceptual metaphors, reflecting underlying cultural and aesthetic disparities between Chinese and English.

Jiayao Fan2026-09-12
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Academic-Media Multitasking During Schoolwork and Digital Performance: Cross-National Evidence on Associations from ICILS 2023

Using ICILS 2023 data from 35 education systems, this study reveals that while academic-media multitasking is widespread, it is consistently associated with lower computational thinking skills and shows a heterogeneous, near-zero relationship with computer and information literacy, with off-task behaviors driving negative outcomes more than information-seeking activities.

Armel Landry Batchi-Bouyou, Päivi Häkkinen, Ronny Scherer2026-09-11
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Psychosocial Challenges Faced in Career Persuasion by Married Working Mothers: an Exploration in Light of Superwoman Syndrome

This qualitative study explores the psychosocial challenges and protective factors influencing the career persistence of married working mothers in Pakistan's collectivist culture, revealing that while "Superwoman Syndrome" pressures exist, robust support systems are more critical than individual willpower for sustaining their dual roles.

Aatika Rashed, Zahyreen Kousar2026-09-11
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Self-Regulation and Classroom Disciplinary Climate as Predictors of Mathematics Achievement: A Cross-National Multilevel Study in Latin America

Using data from 70,914 sixth-grade students across 16 Latin American countries, this multilevel study reveals that while self-regulation and school disciplinary climate independently predict mathematics achievement, a poor disciplinary climate significantly amplifies the positive impact of self-regulation, supporting a compensatory model of resilience in disadvantaged educational contexts.

Ricardo L. Gómez, Walter F. Castro2026-09-11