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Democracy, Representation and Local Governance in Crisis: Reflections on the 2026 Tower Hamlets Elections

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers a practitioner‐scholar reflection on the 2026 Tower Hamlets local elections, in which the Aspire party secured thirty‐three of forty‐five council seats, the Labour Party was reduced to five and the Green Party emerged as an equal opposition force.
Gulay Icoz
wiley   +1 more source

The Perils of Proportional Representation for Ethnic Minorities

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Two arguments about ethnic minorities run through the debate over replacing first past the post. One promises that proportional representation would represent minorities better; the other worries that it would empower the parties they have most reason to fear. This article argues that the promise is unreliable and the worry real.
Tarunabh Khaitan
wiley   +1 more source

‘Why didn't you bring us a pumpkin?’ Relational recognition of caste, class, and tribe in rural Andhra Pradesh, India « Pourquoi ne nous as‐tu pas apporté de citrouille ? » Reconnaissance relationnelle de la caste, de la classe et de la tribu dans les zones rurales de l'Andhra Pradesh (Inde)

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses the ways characteristics associated with the ‘Schedule Tribe’ (‘ST’) category in India shape situated acts of relating to others with either deference or assumed superiority. Ethnography shows how within an indigenous Adivasi community the traits that determine identification within the group generate feelings of entitlement and ...
Thomas Herzmark
wiley   +1 more source

Cutting freedom down to size Liberté calibrée

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Freedom, as a concept and a value, presents limited prospects for anthropological comparison. The study of enslavement, much neglected in attempts to develop an anthropology of freedom, shows that freedom has been imagined by the enslaved as the opposite of their condition only under particular circumstances.
Harri Englund
wiley   +1 more source

Ethical and Legal Considerations in Posthumous Oocyte Retrieval for Minor Girls. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health
Chalmeti A, Lesandrini J, Reis DS.
europepmc   +1 more source

State Choices, Unequal Access: Policies Shaping Reproductive Health Care Across the United States

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points State policies and programs play an outsized role in shaping availability and access to sexual and reproductive health services across the nation. This has a major impact on women's access to contraception, abortion, and maternity services.
ALINA SALGANICOFF   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Participation of civil society organizations and academia in COVID-19 governance: insights from a six country study. [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Policy Plan
Asthana S   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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