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The Five‐Thread Model & Academic Policy Entrepreneurs: From the White Australia Policy to Multicultural Australia

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why did Australia go from the White Australia Policy, which excluded non‐whites, to institutionalizing multiculturalism policy in the 1970s? This question defies traditional political ideologies of the major political parties, which had long supported the White Australia Policy. This article is a rare empirical demonstration of the Five‐Thread
Julius C. S. Mok
wiley   +1 more source

A review of topsoil governance for mining and agriculture in South Africa and abroad

open access: yesRestoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Topsoil is taken for granted as the dirt under our feet. Yet, humanity hinges on 15 cm of topsoil. As with potable water, topsoil is a natural resource we depend on daily. This review examines the chronological development of topsoil conservation through the governance of legal and other instruments since 1701. It highlights how topsoil is defined, its
Chrizette D. Neethling   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Formal Institutions and Corporate Tax Disclosures: A Cross‐Country Analysis

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of tax‐related formal institutions on corporate tax disclosures. Our theorizing, based on voluntary disclosure theory and institutional theory, highlights the cost–benefit analysis firms engage in to decide on corporate tax disclosures, where transparency enhances legitimacy but also entails risks like revealing ...
Reggy Hooghiemstra   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discursive Power, Civilian Agency, Wartime Duress, and Resilience: Letters to the Authorities in the Blockade of Leningrad

open access: yesThe Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract How did World War II affect the nature and resilience of Soviet institutions and authority, especially in the extreme case of the Blockade of Leningrad? During the Blockade, Leningraders acted with great agency by engaging in the shadow trade of food and shadow talk for information and community in order to survive.
Jeffrey K. Hass, Nikita A. Lomagin
wiley   +1 more source

Political Naturalisation: Conscripting Transit Citizens in the United Arab Emirates

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since its formation, the United Arab Emirates has sought to construct a cohesive sense of national identity among its citizens, centred on a system of material and legal privileges granted exclusively to Emirati nationals. A pillar of its nation‐building project was the strict exclusion of foreigners from citizenship and the upholding of a ...
Mira Al Hussein
wiley   +1 more source

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