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Police department design, political pressure, and racial inequality in arrests

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper theorizes a source of bias in discretionary arrests: strategic limits on police officer learning. Officers have a variety of tactics at their disposal besides arrest that they use for less serious offenses when they judge the underlying behavior to be less severe. In departments led by a chief with special expertise in crime control,
Andrew J. McCall
wiley   +1 more source

Desobediencia: ¿Derecho o estrategia? A propósito de la reivindicación de la “política de desobediencia civil” en Catalunya

open access: yesTeoria Jurídica Contemporânea, 2018
RESUMEN: Aunque la tradición de la desobediencia civil y, más lejos aún, la del derecho a resistencia tiene antecedentes muy claros, hoy se ha producido un giro.
Javier de Lucas
doaj   +1 more source

Reviewing fast or slow: A theory of summary reversal in the judicial hierarchy

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Appellate courts with discretionary dockets have multiple ways to review lower courts. We develop a formal model that evaluates the trade‐offs between “full review”—which features full briefing, oral arguments, and signed opinions—versus “quick review,” where a higher court can summarily reverse a lower court. We show that having the option of
Alexander V. Hirsch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seeing like a citizen: Experimental evidence on how empowerment affects engagement with the state

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Building a strong and effective state requires revenue. Yet, in many low‐income countries, citizens do not make formal payments to the state or forego engaging with the state altogether due to vulnerability to opportunistic demands by state agents. We study two randomized interventions in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, designed to
Soeren J. Henn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A fundamentação da desobediência civil em uma teoria da justiça de John Rawls [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-graduação em Filosofia, Florianópolis, 2009O caminho trilhado pelo autor, inicialmente, é uma reconstrução da concepção ideal de ...
Frizon, Nelson
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Blurring Migrant Solidarity: Navigating the Troubled Regime of ‘Helping Others’ From the Urban Ground of Palermo

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores migrant solidarity in the aftermath of the 2015 so‐called ‘migration crisis’ from the ground of the Southern Italian ‘solidarity city’ of Palermo, building on ethnographic material collected across 2022/2023. It argues that migrant solidarity both resists and reproduces racialised borders, as it is never entirely and ...
Francesca Guarino
wiley   +1 more source

La Justificación Constitucional De La Desobediencia Civil

open access: yesRevista de Estudios Sociales, 2003
This essay tries to approach the problematic nature of the concept of civil disobedience, as compared to other versions of citizen resistance. It looks for a rich definition, based in authors like Rawls, Dworkin and Habermas, who have proposed an ...
Oscar Mejía Quintana
doaj  

Revisiting Research on Gender Equality and Sustainability Multi‐Stakeholder Initiatives: A Scoping Review

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Concerns about the slow progress in gender equality, both globally and within corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, prompt a critical assessment of “gendered CSR,” that is, women's empowerment programs and partnerships driven by the private sector.
Tanja Verena Matheis, Christian Herzig
wiley   +1 more source

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