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The choice argument for proportional representation

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What electoral system should a democracy choose? I argue for proportional representation (PR). My main empirical premise is Duverger's law: Under PR there are more viable candidates in district‐level elections than there are under single‐member plurality (SMP) systems.
Adam Lovett
wiley   +1 more source

What is (de)politicization and what is wrong with it?

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This article attempts to clarify the meaning of (de)politicization. Politicization sometimes refers to the inappropriate intrusion of partisan loyalties in nonpolitical social domains (affective politicization). Politicization can also constitute an ideal of civic agency and energy (contestatory politicization).
Dimitrios Halikias
wiley   +1 more source

Dealing With Defilement Cases in Ghana: Intricacies of Law, Sociology and Psychology. [PDF]

Sex Offending
Agboli JM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Toward a feminist geo‐legal reading: US country‐of‐origin information in asylum adjudication

Area, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we offer what we call ‘a feminist geo‐legal reading’ of documents used in spaces and practices of law. Legal cases and decisions are often based on different legal and non‐legal documents, including laws, explanatory memorandums, testimonies, medical reports, and so forth. In contemporary asylum adjudication, country‐of‐origin
Malene H. Jacobsen, Austin Crane, Elise Dosch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Probability of criminal punishment of physicians in Korea is remarkably higher than in Japan and France. [PDF]

Ewha Med J
Kim HS, Ahn DS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Are Conscientious Refusal and Conscientious Provision Mutually Exclusive? A Critique of Kelusa and Giubilini's Argument

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article challenges the claim that conscientious refusal and conscientious provision in healthcare are mutually exclusive and thus asymmetrical. While US law protects healthcare providers who refuse to perform medical services on moral or religious grounds, it offers no equivalent protections to those who feel morally compelled to provide ...
Tzofit Ofengenden
wiley   +1 more source

On the history of abortion from antiquity to the present day, with a focus on Central Europe and Germany. [PDF]

Arch Gynecol Obstet
Dienerowitz FM, David M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Between Care and Control: Age Assessments and the Regulation of Unaccompanied and Asylum‐Seeking Children

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article offers a critical conceptual review of age assessments in England and examines their implications for unaccompanied asylum‐seeking children (UASC). Drawing on Foucault's theories of biopower and governmentality, age assessments are conceptualied as technologies of control that set the parameters for who is deemed ‘deserving’ of ...
Ama‐Rose Greaves
wiley   +1 more source

The court of public opinion: The limited effects of elite rhetoric about prosecuting political leaders. [PDF]

PNAS Nexus
Markovits DB, O'Donohue A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Equity considerations in the proposed wildlife protocol to the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wildlife trafficking poses a critical threat to global biodiversity, contributes to organized crime, and has disproportionate impacts on underserved and Indigenous communities. Although international legal instruments, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and institutional collaborations,
Chad Patrick Osorio
wiley   +1 more source