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Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
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The coloniality of age: Navigating the chronopolitics of Black childhood. [PDF]
Br J SociolStewart C.
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Collective procrastination and protest cycles
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract This paper studies a model of “pivotal protesting,” in which citizens act in order to change the outcome rather than to collect private benefits. We show that, when citizens face repeated opportunities to protest against a regime, pivotal protesting entails complex dynamic considerations: The continuation value of the status quo influences the
Germán Gieczewski, Korhan Kocak
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Making sense of national and international disparities in excess mortality from the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
BMJ Glob HealthShkolnikov VM +3 more
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Authoritarian cue effect of state repression
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract State repression in autocracies has long been assumed to elicit explicit or implicit disapproval from citizens. Recent studies suggest that authoritarian governments can garner support for repressive policies through active information manipulation or exploiting social cleavages.
Jiangnan Zhu +4 more
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When you come at the king: Opposition coalitions and nearly stunning elections
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Opposition coalitions under electoral authoritarianism have been associated with greater likelihood of opposition victory and democratization. I argue, however, that coalitions also entail significant downside risks with implications for longer term prospects for democracy.
Oren Samet
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The Outsider Within. Anticolonial Critiques of Humanity and the Cosmopolitan Vision. [PDF]
Br J SociolDavison-Vecchione D +1 more
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Can norm‐based information campaigns reduce corruption?
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.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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Is there really a dictator's dilemma? Information and repression in autocracy
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract In his seminal work on the political economy of dictatorship, Ronald Wintrobe posited the existence of a “dictator's dilemma,” in which repression leaves an autocrat less secure by reducing information about discontent. We explore the nature and resolution of this dilemma with a formalization that builds on recent work in the political economy
Scott Gehlbach +3 more
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