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The War of the Pacific and Chilean public revenues: Reallocation of the tax burden and institutional change

The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 575-599, May 2026.
Abstract A substantial body of literature has considered warfare a fundamental driver of fiscal capacity. We argue that the nature of the tax base available to governments can either foster or constrain the ability and incentives of central elites to impose their legitimacy once the war is over.
Oriol Sabaté, José Peres‐Cajías
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Beyond Political Control and Bureaucratic Protection: Public Appointments for the Formation of Programmatic Groups and Representative Bureaucracy

Review of Policy Research, Volume 43, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Public appointments shape the top‐level bureaucracy by serving as a gateway for professionals with different profiles, chosen based on different criteria. In general, the literature has been more interested in analyzing appointments based on merit or sponsorship, based on verification of loyalty to the government or technical competence ...
André Vaz Lopes, Míriam Aparecida Mesquita Oliveira   +1 more
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Sólo un burócrata puede salvarnos. Žižek y la relación entre burocracia y revolución.

Oxímora. Revista Internacional de Ética y Política, 2018
En la primera parte del presente artículo expongo algunos conceptos relacionados con el modo de entender la política radical de Žižek. En la segunda, me ocupo de la idea que el autor esloveno tiene de lo que es un verdadero acontecimiento revolucionario.
Álvaro Ramos Colás
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Street‐Level Institutional Work: How Social Workers Maintain, Disrupt, and Create the Rules of Social Organizations

European Policy Analysis, Volume 12, Issue 2, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT Research has shown that street‐level workers may shape public policies, yet less is known about the processes through which they attempt to influence institutional arrangements. This gap is particularly evident in corporatist welfare states, where multiple organizations are involved in social policy implementation.
Olivia Mettang
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CORPORATE FUTURES, ENERGY TRANSITION, AND NATURAL PROSTHETICS IN COLOMBIA'S CESAR MINING CORRIDOR

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 134-162, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the socioecological transformations of mining and post‐mining landscapes in the mining corridor of the Cesar Department, northern Colombia. When an open pit mine is about to close or has recently closed, companies promote post‐mining strategies framed as ecosystem restoration and social compensation.
JUAN PABLO VERA LUGO
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Building street‐level capacity. Evidence from a policy for problem gambling prevention

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 1045-1064, November 2025.
Abstract This article studies the implementation of a policy for the prevention of problem gambling in the metropolitan area of Turin (Italy). The research adopts the theoretical lens offered by the street‐level bureaucracy framework to understand how social workers develop individual policy capacities in the implementation of highly discretional tasks.
Niccolò Aimo, Federico Cuomo
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Trabajo, clase y prácticas policiales en las comisarías de la ciudad de México, 1870-1920

Historia Mexicana El Colegio de México, 2018
Este artículo estudia la conformación de las burocracias policiales en la ciudad de México de 1870 a 1920. Este sector se transformó durante el periodo de construcción del Estado mexicano.
Diego Pulido Esteva
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La burocracia universitaria

Revista de la Educación Superior, 2019
La burocracia universitaria conforma un grupo esencial para la operación institucional, es un actor de la política universitaria que ha crecido y consolidado su fuerza como resultado de los cambios ocurridos en las universidades públicas en los últimos años.
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What can drive a digital governance transformation? Greece, the Covid‐19 crisis and “a jump‐started Lamborghini”

Policy &Internet, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2025.
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic tested state preparedness across the globe and exposed cross‐sectoral deficiencies in infrastructure, resources and policymaking patterns. However, the prospects of the pandemic facilitating lasting institutional change have received limited attention.
Vassilis Karokis‐Mavrikos
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Is the US Moving Toward Autocracy? A Critical Assessment

Politics &Policy, Volume 53, Issue 3, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Using the theory of incremental autocratization, I illustrate in this commentary that recent developments in the United States perfectly align with this theory. In the analytical framework I use, incremental autocratization consists of six distinct step: (1) societal turmoil, (2) a proposition of radical change, (3) an electoral victory as ...
Daniel Stockemer
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