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The last shall be first: political dimensions of conditional cash transfers in Brazil [PDF]
, 2011 Early evidence suggests that Brazil's Bolsa Família (Family Stipend) program, which currently benefits over 12 million poor families, has alleviated absolute poverty.
Hall, Anthony
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Globalization, internal migration, and public goods provision in emerging economies
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Globalization can introduce new employment opportunities to emerging economies in multinational corporations and exporting firms. Who is best positioned to benefit, and what are the political consequences for “left behind” areas? We argue that primarily advantaged groups seize these opportunities through internal migration toward centers of ...
Benjamin Helms, Junghyun Lim
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Clientelism within Arabian Gulf States and Beyond: A Comparative Study [PDF]
Central European Journal of International & Security Studies, 2014 Clientelism is a widespread phenomenon, often resulting from preexisting socioeconomic conditions such as inequalities, government dominance over the economy, and deficiencies in political institutions.
Mahmood Abdulghaffar
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What political theory can learn from conceptual engineering: The case of “corruption”
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Conceptual change is commonplace in political theory. Recent scholarship argues that improving a concept, or “engineering” it, can sharpen its normative and explanatory power. This article illustrates what political theory can learn from conceptual engineering (CE) by examining the evolution of “corruption” as a case study.
Emanuela Ceva, Patrizia Pedrini
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Political Clientelism in Presidential Elections: Voting Behaviour and Social Assistance
JSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu PolitikClientelism is a dangerous practice for democratic countries as it exploits poverty for elections. Despite the risks associated with clientelism, political actors in various countries continue to engage in it in election campaigns to win political ...
Moch. Noor +2 more
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Clientelistic relations between political elite and entrepreneurs in Serbia [PDF]
Sociologija, 2016 Main objective in this article is to describe in more details specific interlinkages and exchange that is unfolding between political elite and entrepreneurs as key actors that possess, manage and deploy economic resources in the private sector ...
Stanojević Dragan +2 more
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The incomplete transformation of institutions of economic policy: from clientelism to competition? [PDF]
, 2013 Economic policy in Turkey has gone through significant amount of transformation in the last three decades. While Turkey used to be a closed economy governed by an import-substitution industrialization strategy, starting in the early 1980s it went through
Atiyas, İzak, Atiyas, Izak
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The impacts of high refractive errors on self‐reported visual function and visual concern
Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose To examine the association between refractive errors and self‐reported visual function and visual concern, considering self‐perceived present eyesight, concerns about vision, accomplishing less and limitations in daily activities in an eye‐healthy cohort.
Jens Riis Møller +9 more
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Вестник Тамбовского университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки, 2017 The studying of the process of political and social structures reformation in Russia in XIX century is impossible without the attention of a researcher to the reformers’ personalities, including the “second plan” reformers, such as bureaucrats often ...
K. S. Kunavin
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Economics &Politics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The electoral effects of natural disasters have gained increasing importance in recent research. This paper analyzes the impact of an unprecedentedly strong tornado on the electoral results of coalition government parties in the 2021 Czech general election.
Jakub Jusko, Peter Spáč
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