The Price of the Games—Or Whether Mega‐Sporting Events Improve Human Rights in the Host Country
Social Science Quarterly, Volume 107, Issue 6, November 2026.ABSTRACT Objective The controversy surrounding the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States has renewed debate over whether hosting mega‐sporting events affects human rights. This article examines whether host governments strategically adjust civil liberties in response to international scrutiny.
Lasse Skjoldager Eskildsen
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Liberalismo: o direito e o avesso
Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais, 2003 Liberalism, as manifested in self-defined liberal writings, has two sides: one, its true side, comprised of a whole body of systematically integrated proposals; the other, a patchwork quilt, an illusionist version, manipulated for political and ...
Martins Carlos Estevam
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The Heterogeneous Effects of Illiberal World Society on Child Health, 1960–2024
Social Science Quarterly, Volume 107, Issue 6, November 2026.ABSTRACT Objective This study theorizes how and empirically analyzes the extent linkages to illiberal world culture shape child mortality. Methods I test these arguments using fixed‐effects panel regression models of worldwide country‐year data from 1960 to 2024. Results Affiliations with illiberal intergovernmental organizations and the global density
Steven A. Mejia
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Bevolent Planners, Malevolent Dictators and Democratic Voters [PDF]
We study the size of government and of GDP, under autocratic and democratic rule, respectively. It turns out that first, both democratic and authoritarian rulers apply the Samuelson (1954) criterion when deciding on productive public goods.
Agell, Jonas, Persson, Mats
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Executive Power and Political Corruption in Central Asian Turkic States: A Comparative Analysis
Journal of Central Asian StudiesThis study examines the link between political corruption and unchecked executive power in the Turkic states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan in Central Asia.
Batuhan Sarp Tumer +1 more
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Panel data on the impact of democracy and political stability on economic growth in the MENA region over the years 1983-2022. [PDF]
Data Brief, 2023 Zirari B +3 more
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Autocracy, medicine and health in the 21st century. [PDF]
J R Soc Med, 2023 Balfe M.
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Quantifying the 'end of history' through a Bayesian Markov-chain approach. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2022 Klimm F.
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Transitioning Democracies are a Risky Business in the South [PDF]
The paper finds that trade is insignificant in explaining income inequality. The results also suggest institutions are good for inequality mitigation for a larger sample of developed and developing countries.
Mamoon, Dawood
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The Zone of Conformity: A Comparison of Private and State-Controlled Enterprises in M&As. [PDF]
Manag Int Rev, 2023 Sun SL, Ko YJ.
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