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South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT South Africa represents an interesting species of a middle power. This derives from its inherited economic muscle as Africa's powerhouse and the liberation struggle against apartheid, both of which have shaped its democratic transition. The traditions of liberation and democracy, in turn, have profoundly influenced how South Africa has ...
Garth L. le Pere
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting International Political Leadership: Nordic Leadership in Informal Intergovernmental Climate Organisations

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing significance of informal intergovernmental organisations (IIGOs) in global politics necessitates a re‐evaluation of leadership dynamics. We develop a theory framework that enables us to explain why countries take on leadership roles in IIGOs, with a specific focus on climate politics.
Christin Heinz‐Fischer   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

BRICS: ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHALLENGES OF THE NEW PHASE

open access: yesФинансы: теория и практика, 2017
The article analyzes the activities of the group of fi ve economies — Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, China, India and South Africa (BRICS). The BRICS integrates fi ve very powerful states; one might even say fi ve civilizations which represent major world ...
V. M. Davidov
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Validation of the prognosis model SIMAGRIO‐W to predict larval activity in top soil layers for Agriotes larvae in eastern Austria Validierung des Prognosemodells SIMAGRIO‐W zur Vorhersage der Aktivität von Agriotes‐Larven in den obersten Bodenschichten in Ostösterreich

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Wireworms migrate within the soil column depending on the temperature and moisture content of the soil. SIMAGRIO‐W model accuracy comparison between Germany and Austria. Different temperature preferences highlight the need for species‐specific modelling.
Katharina Wechselberger   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defiant pride: Origins and consequences of ethnic voting

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do voters often remain loyal to ethnic parties despite receiving little in terms of material welfare? I develop a theory focused on the role of dignity concerns in explaining within‐group variation in ethnic party loyalty. Group members who face discrimination from state agencies dominated by outgroups respond with defiant pride, which ...
Mashail Malik
wiley   +1 more source

It’s One Climate Policy World Out There—Almost [PDF]

open access: yes
In the run-up to the December 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, the authors surveyed members of the international development community with a special interest in climate change on three sets of detailed questions: (1) what action different country ...
Jan von der Goltz, Nancy Birdsall
core   +1 more source

Between Cryptocurrencies' Risk and Crypto Environmental Attention: The Crypto Environment Attention Index and Volatility in the Cryptocurrencies Market Nexus

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of environmental attention on cryptocurrency market volatility by introducing the Crypto Environmental Attention Index (CEAI), a new metric inspired by Wang et al. (2022) and constructed using daily web search data.
Ines Ghazouani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

El BRIC, el BRICS y México

open access: yes, 2011
"El BRIC, el BRICS y México cuenta dos historias paralelas: la imaginativa construcción mercadológica de Goldman Sachs -la famosa e infame corporación de servicios financieros- y la integración de un novísimo organismo intergubernamental, integrado por cinco economías emergentes de creciente dimensión e influencia en la economía mundial.
openaire   +1 more source

Fiscal Policy in the BRICs [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper assesses the macroeconomic impact of fiscal policy shocks for four key emerging market economies - Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) – using a Bayesian Structural Vector Auto-Regressive (BSVAR) approach, a Sign-Restrictions Vector Auto ...
Fredj Jawadi   +2 more
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