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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article theorizes about weak checks and balances (C&B) and its plausible consequences. Drawing on empirical data from over 1100 municipal officials in Mexico, the study examines how executive dominance over three key institutions—the local council, internal comptroller offices, and human resources offices—facilitates consequences ...
Oliver Meza +2 more
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From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
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Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1931-1951), 1942 One potential source of information, not only about prisons but also about the sort of social environment of which the prison is typical, is the inmate group itself. As yet this source has been but little exploited on anything approaching a quantitative level.
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The Media Agenda‐Setting Role of Protests in Nondemocratic Regimes: A Case Study From Hungary
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how protests influence media coverage in a nondemocratic context, focusing on the 2022–2023 education‐related protest wave in Hungary. Drawing on data from the Hungarian Protest Event Database (HuPED) and a corpus of 24,029 education‐related articles across 47 online news portals, we examine how different types of media—
Pal Susanszky, Sebastian Haunss
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Social Policy and Political Regime Change in Central America
Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Does democracy deliver more inclusive and transparent social policy in low‐capacity states? And how does democratic backsliding reshape social policy? Drawing on a comparative analysis of El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua, we examine how regime change and political ideology are associated with patterns of social policy access and ...
Juliana Martínez Franzoni +1 more
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Научный вестник МГТУ ГА, 2016 This paper reviews the history and evolution of the legal framework, as well as describes the legal steps and legal facts, which are directly related to and served as the basis for the formation of structure and development of statehood of the peoples of
V. N. Shelomentsev
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Past, Present and Future: A Historical Analysis and Reflection of 100 Years of Nursing Leadership
Nursing Inquiry, Volume 33, Issue 4, October 2026.ABSTRACT This paper critically examines the evolution of nursing leadership over the past century, exploring how changing historical, social and professional contexts have influenced styles and their ongoing relevance to contemporary nursing practice.
Sherrie Bolton +4 more
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Digital Futures Between Participatory Digital Democracy and Participatory Digital Fascism
Policy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT This paper explores one of the defining political questions of the twenty‐first century: will digital technologies strengthen democracy or accelerate new forms of authoritarianism and fascism? Against the backdrop of platform capitalism, AI‐driven communication, surveillance infrastructures, disinformation and democratic crisis, the study asks
Christian Fuchs +2 more
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Organizational GenAI Culture: Catalysts and Constraints for Crisis READINESS
Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT The growing integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping how organizations prepare for and manage crises. This study examines cultural conditions that support GenAI READINESS through 11 interviews with communication experts.
Brittany N. Shivers +9 more
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Antitrust and corporate taxation
Business and PoliticsAlthough citizens value competitive markets and support small businesses, we observe substantial variation in market concentration. Why do politicians abstain from taking action to reduce concentration? We propose an often overlooked political benefit to
Jonghoon Lee, Amy Pond
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