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Abstract Territorial differentiation entails challenges for legitimate representation as legislators may be empowered to vote on legislation that does not affect their constituencies. A typical example of this democratic dilemma is the “West Lothian question” in the United Kingdom, where all members of the House of Commons can vote on bills that only ...
David Steinecke, Max Heermann
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Abstract This study joins recent studies that explore the meanings of the political representation of women resulting from a gender quota, through examination of their media representation. Drawing on studies on gendered mediation and women's political representation and using a content analysis method, we examine the quantity and the quality of gender
Bosmat Yefet, Chen Friedberg
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Abstract The reception of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in camps has become a common phenomenon in Europe, discursively linked to the historical ‘crisis’ of mass movements towards the region. Camps and irregularity are two key issues in understanding the special impact that the COVID‐19 pandemic has had on migrants and refugees.
Juan Pablo Aris Escarcena
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Pequeñas minorías y control parlamentario [PDF]
Siendo el control del ejecutivo una de las funciones principales de los parlamentos, este artículo realiza un análisis del papel que en dicha función desempeñan las pequeñas minorías políticas.
Serra Cristóbal, Rosario
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Desde hace poco más de un lustro, por vez primera en nuestra historia democrática, el derecho de los parlamentarios a recabar documentación de las administraciones públicas se ha judicializado en la vía contencioso-administrativa.
Ignacio Durbán Martín
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The role of archeological zones in biological conservation has been highlighted because they restrict land‐use change, size, and maintenance of upstanding vegetation. We found 23 species from six families and seven guilds, representing 53% of all bat species known from the Yucatan state, including two endangered species for Mexico.
Daniela Cafaggi +2 more
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El control parlamentario de los decretos de urgencia [PDF]
La finalidad de este trabajo es analizar el control de los decretos de urgencia que realiza el Congreso de la República en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico, buscando delimitar las características específicas que este asume, en relación con otros controles ...
Ruíz Molleda, Juan Carlos
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Electoral Campaigns and Parliamentary Practice: Do Parties Pursue the Issues They Campaigned On?
Abstract Well‐functioning political representation presupposes that the substantive focus of parties‘ parliamentary efforts reflects the issues on which parties campaigned. Although the link between electoral campaigning and parliamentary practice is crucial for successful representation in modern democracies, we still have little evidence that the ...
Martin Gross +3 more
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Agencias independientes. Origen, naturaleza jurídico-constitucional y control parlamentario
SUMARIO: I. Introducción. - II. Origen de las agencias independientes. - III. Origen de las agencias independientes. - IV. Elementos distintivos y características comunes de las agencias independientes en España. - V. El control parlamentario.
Josep López de Lerma i López
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Processing Large‐Scale Archival Records: The Case of the Swiss Parliamentary Records
Abstract Legislative bodies generally keep records of their activities. While the digitization wave spurred the availability of archival documents, their processing remains a challenge. The Swiss parliamentary records are no exception. In this paper we present a supervised pipeline for extracting and structuring of content of archival records.
Luis Salamanca +7 more
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