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Seeing like a citizen: Experimental evidence on how empowerment affects engagement with the state

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Building a strong and effective state requires revenue. Yet, in many low‐income countries, citizens do not make formal payments to the state or forego engaging with the state altogether due to vulnerability to opportunistic demands by state agents. We study two randomized interventions in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, designed to
Soeren J. Henn, Laura Paler, Wilson Prichard, Cyrus Samii, Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra   +4 more
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Migrating to stay or commuting to work? How fairness perceptions and exposure shape attitudes toward labor migration

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Existing literature posits that attitudes toward immigration are shaped by the impact of migrants on native workers' wages and employment, as well as by various other material, cultural, and social concerns. However, empirically disentangling these influences can be challenging.
Lena Maria Schaffer, Gabriele Spilker
wiley   +1 more source

The institutional origins of vaccines distrust: Evidence from former-Soviet countries. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Costa-Font J, Garcia-Hombrados J, Nicińska A.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

“Yet the Problem Remains”: Why Genetic Determinism Still Haunts Biomedical Research

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After the horrors of the Holocaust and its connections to eugenics were revealed to the world, many post‐war population geneticists sought to establish rhetorical distance from the Nazi's state‐led campaigns, without abandoning their belief that actively shaping the population's genetics would produce a prosperous society.
Christopher R. Donohue, Ian A. Myles
wiley   +1 more source

With the Rise of Right‐Wing Governments, Why a One‐Time “50% Health Tax” Will Be a Hard Sell and How It Could Be Implemented

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) to globally impose a one‐time tax, labelled as “Health tax”, on tobacco, alcohol and sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) aim to achieve a 50% retail price increase to reduce consumption and improve health outcomes.
Hazem Abbas, Maha El Tantawi, Manami Hoshi‐Harada, Kenji Takeuchi, Ken Osaka, Carol C. Guarnizo‐Herreño, Marco A. Peres   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marxism and Decolonizing Praxis: From Decolonial Misinterpretations to Marxist Contributions

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article intervenes in postcolonial and decolonial critiques that portray Karl Marx and Marxism as intrinsically Eurocentric and inattentive to race, colonialism and non‐European revolutionary agency. It argues that such critiques often rely on selective, historically limited interpretations that overlook Marx's later writings, in which he
Ana Cecilia Dinerstein
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La gran exposición anticomunista del Tercer Reich: Das Sowjetparadies (1942)

Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2014
Despite its origin can be traced since ancient times, the Atrocity Propaganda became especially relevant as the pivotal theme of the discourses aimed to justify the extreme violence against the “other” during the major conflicts of the Twentieth Century.
Antonio César Moreno Cantano es Doctor en Historia Contemporánea por la Universidadde Alcalá de Henares (2008). Miembro del grupo de investigación CEFID (Centre d’Estudis sobre les Èpoques Franquista i Democràtica) y GREF (Grup de Recerca sobre l’Època Franquista), adscritos a la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona y del grupo de investigación Catolicismo y laicismo en la España del siglo XX, vinculado a la Universidad de Alcalá, y al grupoEstudios del Tiempo Presente, dirigido por el catedrático Rafael Quirosa, dela Universidad de Almería. En la actualidad trabaja como Profesor de Secundaria en el Colegio Madrigal (Loranca – Fuenlabrada – Madrid)., Misael Arturo López Zapico es licenciado con grado en Historia por la Universidad de Oviedo con premio fin de carrera y premio extraordinario de licenciatura y Doctor por la Universidad de Huelva con premio extraordinario de doctorado en Arte y Humanidades. Ha sido profesor asociado en las Universidades de Oviedo y Murcia y ha realizado estancias como investigador visitante en SUNY New Paltz, UMASS at Amherst, y University of Leeds. En la actualidad es Profesor-tutor del centro asociado de la UNED en Asturias.   +1 more
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The COVID-19 curtain: Can past communist regimes explain the vaccination divide in Europe? [PDF]

Soc Sci Med, 2023
Pronkina E, Berniell I, Fawaz Y, Laferrère A, Mira P.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future

The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
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