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The Region State in the 21st Century Polycrisis
Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue 4, Page 784-787, September 2025.ABSTRACT In this Practitioner Commentary, we develop the argument that the 21st century polycrisis has widened the gap between the demand side and supply side of governance. State capacity is put to the test while the policy space to deliver public goods has shrunk.
Petr Blížkovský +2 more
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Coppice Woods and Pollard Trees in the Visual Arts
Journal of Landscape Ecology, 2016 The sprouting capacity of some broadleaves has been used for their regeneration since ancient times. Often concurrently with taking advantage of sprouting stools, the trees used to be shaped also by pruning their stems, namely on pasturelands and in ...
Lacina Jan
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American Journal of Political Science, Volume 69, Issue 3, Page 881-898, July 2025.Abstract Instrumental variable (IV) analysis relies on the exclusion restriction—that the instrument only affects the dependent variable via its relationship with the independent variable and not via other causal routes. However, scholars generally justify the exclusion restriction based on its plausibility.
Jonathan Mellon
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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2009 Early intercultural contact occurred in West Africa through transatlantic slavery and colonisation. This led to the development of hybridized cultures in many parts of the world. Depending on the historical context in different communities, this cultural
Yéo, Lacina
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Understanding Temptation Spending and Saving Behaviour Among Malian Farming Households
Journal of International Development, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 697-717, April 2025.ABSTRACT In low‐income and food‐insecure households, impulsive purchases of nonessential items, known as temptation spending, can create a cycle of persistent poverty. Using machine learning techniques, we examine the statistical associations between the saving channel and such temptation spending, employing primary data from Malian smallholder farmers.
Tim Ölkers +2 more
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Fighting over nation or state: States, communal demography, and the type of ethnic civil war
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 323-340, April 2025.Abstract We recognise nationalist and centre‐seeking ethnic civil wars as distinct types of conflict and draw on key ideas from political sociology to make hypotheses about the causes of each. First, we argue that the character of states shapes antistate actors in ways that channel ethnic conflict in different ways, with pluralist states promoting ...
Matthew Lange, Tay Jeong
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Od kontemplacji do twardych wymagań
Archiwa, Biblioteki i Muzea Kościelne, 1972 -
Paweł Sczaniecki
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“What makes me uncertain?” Czech mothers' experiences of parenting 13‐ to 17‐month‐old toddlers
Family Relations, Volume 74, Issue 1, Page 234-252, February 2025.Abstract Objectives This qualitative study aimed to gain an in‐depth understanding of mothers' experiences of uncertainty in parenting 13‐ and 17‐month‐old toddlers. Background The transition to parenthood is universally acknowledged as a challenging period, particularly for first‐time mothers, with societal expectations emphasizing perfection in ...
Hana Návratová +5 more
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Prolonged contact does not reshape locals' attitudes toward migrants in wartime settings
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 69, Issue 1, Page 210-222, January 2025.Abstract Despite record numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) globally, we know little about the causal effects of intergroup contact between migrants and locals in active conflict settings. We conduct a randomized controlled trial of a vocational skills‐training program implemented by Mercy Corps that enrolled 2597 locals and migrants in near
Yang‐Yang Zhou, Jason Lyall
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