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The Mutable Original: How Chinese Counterfeits Become Nigerian Originals in African Markets

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 581-594, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Affordable Chinese copies of Western brands are ubiquitous in African markets. Despite democratizing consumer access, these goods appear to cement hegemonic value hierarchies that rank Chinese or local products as inferior to Western goods.
Jing Jing Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Retrieval of rice biophysical parameters from Sentinel‑2 using parsimonious multi‑output machine learning

open access: yesAgrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2026.
Abstract Rice (Oryza sativa L.) crop monitoring in Africa requires efficient retrieval of biophysical parameters such as leaf area index (LAI) and leaf chlorophyll content (LCC), which are essential for crop stress detection and nutrient management.
Joseph Kagotho Muriithi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining the Populist Radical Right's Success in the 2023 Swiss National Elections: A Reference Group Perspective

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 245-267, June 2026.
Abstract This study analyses the success of populist radical right (PRR) parties in the 2023 Swiss elections using reference group theory. While existing literature emphasizes the influence of objective and subjective group membership on electoral choice, it often overlooks voters' feelings toward groups they do not belong to and their perceptions of ...
Anke Tresch, Line Rennwald
wiley   +1 more source

Unequal Voices: The Educational Gap of Voting Choices in the Swiss Direct Democracy

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 833-844, December 2025.
Abstract This contribution examines the educational gap in voting behavior in Swiss direct democracy, moving beyond the well‐documented turnout differences to assess how education shapes citizens' choices. Drawing on survey data covering 300 votes between 1985 and 2020, we analyze the extent to which low‐ and highly‐educated voters diverge in their ...
Pascal Sciarini, Maxime Walder
wiley   +1 more source

Exploration Behavior Is Consistent and Associated With Foraging Behavior in Island Songbirds

open access: yesBiotropica, Volume 57, Issue 4, July 2025.
We tested the neophobia threshold hypothesis in six landbird species, including four Darwin's finches. Exploration behavior was consistent over time and contexts, with species exhibiting greater foraging diversity showing higher exploratory tendencies.
Jefferson García‐Loor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing forced migration: Overt and covert policies to limit the influx of Ukrainian refugees

open access: yesWorld Affairs, Volume 187, Issue 1, Page 49-62, Spring 2024.
Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine has resulted in massive refugee migration. In this article we consider how the European Union (EU) and the United States have so far managed this influx of people. For reasons explained in the article, the EU is more focused on humanitarian aid, while the United States is especially engaged through military aid.
Alex M. Grosman, Jos C. N. Raadschelders
wiley   +1 more source

All That Glitters Is Not Gold? Civil Society Organisations and the (non‐)Mobilisation of European Union Law

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 62, Issue 2, Page 525-545, March 2024.
Abstract Increasingly, collective actors in Europe, such as in the Netherlands and Italy, turn to litigation as the preferred strategy to attain their goals. Both at the national level and at the European level, civil society organisations (CSOs) are active in high‐profile cases, for example, in the field of asylum law.
Kris van der Pas
wiley   +1 more source

The European Union Agency for Asylum: Legal remedies and national articulations in composite procedures

open access: yesEuropean Law Journal, Volume 30, Issue 1-2, Page 165-180, February-May 2024.
Abstract In recent years, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) has been variously involved in the decision‐making processes of national authorities deciding on individual asylum applications. In spite of its capability of affecting national asylum procedures and the circumstances in which they are carried out, holding EUAA accountable for its ...
Agostina Pirrello
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways to reintegration in Senegal and Nigeria promoted by Italian Assisted Voluntary Return programmes

open access: yesInternational Migration, Volume 62, Issue 1, Page 285-302, February 2024.
Abstract This article presents the main findings of a research study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of pathways to reintegration for citizens repatriated from Italy to Senegal and Nigeria through Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) programmes.
Marco Caselli, Oana Marcu
wiley   +1 more source

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