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The Perils of Proportional Representation for Ethnic Minorities

The 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

Formation of iron oxide-apatite deposits triggered by magmatic assimilation of evaporitic sulfate. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Peters STM, Feng D, Troll VR, Pack A, Tornos F, Andersson UB, Lehmann B, Di Rocco T.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Plaid Cymru Finally Comes of Age? Electoral Success and Political Transformation in the 2026 Senedd Election

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines Plaid Cymru's historic electoral success in the 2026 Senedd election, winning the most votes and becoming the largest party in Senedd Cymru (the Welsh Parliament) for the first time since the establishment of devolved institutions in 1999.
Anwen Elias
wiley   +1 more source

Uniqueness and predictability in evolution and the history of mollusks. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Vermeij GJ, Thomson TJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Enthusiasts’ and ‘Fanatics’: The Decembrists as a Case Study in French Influence on Russian Culture, Emotions and Thought

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
wiley   +1 more source

First Occurrence of <i>Wronascolex</i> sp. (Palaeoscolecida, Priapulida) in the Cambrian Tianpeng Formation (Wuliuan Stage), Southeastern Yunnan, South China: Implications for a New Burgess Shale-Type Lagerstätte. [PDF]

Life (Basel)
Xiao SY, Chen LR, Zhang ST, Zhang D, Chen XC, Hu YK, Song QY, Yang XQ, Zuo RH, Zhang GX.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

School Board Elections in England and Wales, 1870–1902: An Electoral Experiment?

History, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1870 Elementary Education Act enabled the creation of school boards in England and Wales. Members were directly elected by the cumulative vote. This method gave each individual voter as many votes as there were seats on a school board, in some cases up to fifteen.
ED GREEN
wiley   +1 more source

Red to Green: A Lipid Biomarker Record of Tonian-Ediacaran Algae in Siberia. [PDF]

Geobiology
Rizzo AI, Bekker A, Kuznetsov AB, Ershova VB, Xiong Y, Karlstrom KE, Poulton SW, Love GD.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Folklore Studies, Fieldwork and the Making of a Domestic Anthropology in Fin‐de‐Siècle Britain

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article follows the ‘communities of knowledge‐making’ that formed around folklore collection at the end of the nineteenth century. Often regarded as eccentric or marginal figures in the history of human science, these collectors in fact engaged in lively and sophisticated discussions about the methodologies needed to study the mental ...
HARRY PARKER
wiley   +1 more source

Potassium enrichment mechanism and controlling factors in Cambrian black shale from eastern Guizhou, China. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Fu J, Tu L, Zhao S, Jiang T, Pan W, Cheng W, Shi C, Yang R, Li Y, Gao J.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source