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A Crisis of Representation: Reflections on John Boswell, How Citizens Encounter the Democratic State

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this symposium contribution, we subject John Boswell's How Citizens Encounter the Democratic State to the scrutiny warranted by its contribution. While the book offers a rich categorisation of the myriad forms of mundane agency one can observe in the underbelly of the democratic state, we seek to extend the argument by situating it in some ...
Liam Stanley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asymmetric hearing loss and chronic dizziness in a patient with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. [PDF]

open access: yesAudiol Res, 2018
Varakliotis T   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Perils of Proportional Representation for Ethnic Minorities

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Two arguments about ethnic minorities run through the debate over replacing first past the post. One promises that proportional representation would represent minorities better; the other worries that it would empower the parties they have most reason to fear. This article argues that the promise is unreliable and the worry real.
Tarunabh Khaitan
wiley   +1 more source

Fronting in Old Catalan: Asymmetries between Narration and Reported Speech1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 1-28, March 2025.
Abstract This article explores the distribution, syntax, and information structure of XVS clauses in the narrative text and the reported speech of a thirteenth‐century Old Catalan chronicle, the Llibre dels Fets. It is shown that XVS occurs mainly within reported speech and in embedded clauses.
Afra Pujol i Campeny
wiley   +1 more source

GOVERNING THE CLOUD: Infrastructural Statecraft and the Political Ecology of Digital Expansion in Oregon

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Oregon's wave of data center and semiconductor projects shows how cloud capitalism reorganizes resource systems and territorial governance. Examining Amazon, Google, and Intel, the article traces how fiscal incentives, utility programs, and land‐use instruments are recalibrated to secure hyperscale loads.
Justin Kollar
wiley   +1 more source

Asymmetric Hearing Loss in Chinese Workers Exposed to Complex Noise. [PDF]

open access: yesEar Hear, 2016
Wang X   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
wiley   +1 more source

Subjective Social Inequalities, Lay Perceptions of Merit and Puzzles of Explanation

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite rising socioeconomic inequalities most people see individualised merit as crucial for social success. Drawing on surveys such as the ISSP a wealth of research examines trends in subjective perceptions, the relative importance accorded to merit and non‐merit factors for getting ahead in life and factors which influence lay perceptions ...
Sarah Irwin
wiley   +1 more source

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