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Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies
Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
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Collective Action, Clientelism and Connectivity [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 Backed by studies finding only limited propensity for free-riding when communities have an interest in self-provision, the last few decades have seen a surge of interest in community-based development. A major caveat to the “second wave” of collective action studies, however, is that collective action often breaks down under hierarchical social ...
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Media outlets and their moguls: why concentrated individual or family ownership is bad for editorial independence [PDF]
, 2014 This article investigates the levels of owner influence in 211 different print and broadcast outlets in 32 different European media markets. Drawing on the literature from industrial organisation, it sets out reasons why we should expect greater levels ...
Bagdikian BH +10 more
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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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A theory on political violence in hybrid regimes: insights from Colombia
Frontiers in Political ScienceIntroductionThis article presents a model of political competition in which political parties, through clientelism strategies, vie for control of legislative seats.
Andrés Cendales +2 more
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 1069-1088, May 2026.ABSTRACT This paper offers a novel, productive approach to political ethics in the European Parliament (EP), assuming some of its members (MEPs) are elected undemocratically in member states severely affected by democratic backsliding. It explores the normative foundations of how other MEPs should deal with undemocratically elected MEPs here and now ...
Attila Mráz
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Politics of Corruption in Albanian Higher Education
Studies of Transition States and SocietiesThis paper examines the persistent issue of corruption in Albania, which continues to plague crucial areas of higher education such as learning assessment.
Arjan Shahini +2 more
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The Pro‐Office Mindset. Anticorruption Beyond Legal Instruments
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Emanuela Ceva, Patrizia Pedrini
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Can norm‐based information campaigns reduce corruption?
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 2, Page 471-490, April 2026.Abstract Can norm‐based information campaigns reduce corruption? Such campaigns use messaging about how people typically behave (descriptive norms) or ought to behave (injunctive norms). Drawing on survey and lab experiments in Ukraine, we unpack and evaluate the distinct effects of these two types of social norms.
Aaron Erlich, Jordan Gans‐Morse
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Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik, 2018 Clientelism is a renewal of the patronage concept, usually referred to as patron-client in some scientific literature. Research about patron-client in the context of domestic politics, specifically in regional elections, is rarely conducted.
Robi Cahyadi Kurniawan +2 more
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