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Coalition Opportunity Structures and Advocacy Coordination in Consensus and Majoritarian Democracies
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 1, February 2026.ABSTRACT Research on advocacy coalitions suggests that belief homophily—the tendency of actors to coordinate based on shared policy beliefs—drives coalition formation. However, coalition opportunity structures, which are shaped by institutional contexts, may influence the extent to which belief homophily matters.
Keiichi Satoh +7 more
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A cidade para todos – como princípio – e a legalização da cidadania local
Prisma Jurídico, 2007 A vida política e a prática da cidadania local se judiciarizam. A globalização depende de um localismo que a precede, as práticas da democracia participativa e da cidadania local constituem uma reação da sociedade civil local às disfunções da democracia ...
Eliana Perini
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Autonomia financeira local e democracia
Revista da Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de São Paulo, 2008 This article brings reflections about the importance of tax decentralization in the enforcement of democratic government form, in particular, highlighting the potential of popular participation in the rationalization of tax management in local area.
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Contributo para um conceito de democracia plena [PDF]
, 2013 No presente escrito, pretende-se evidenciar uma ideia fundamental que, apesar de clara, é frequentemente secundarizada: a democracia não se basta com o simples exercício do direito de voto.
Rocha, Joaquim Freitas
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¿Te ha tocado? El sorteo llega a la política de Madrid. [PDF]
, 2019 In early 2019 Madrid launched the first permanent citizen participation scheme in which members are chosen by lot: the Observatory of the City. Although the scheme was abandoned by the new government after the May 2019 elections, the Madrid experiment ...
Ganuza, Ernesto, Menendez Blanco, Maria
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Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT This paper addresses stories of surveillance of Brazilian critical/radical geographers, drawing on innovative sources. That is, the folders and reports through which the political police and related institutions watched critical and radical scholars during the 20th century in all Brazilian states and abroad, under both ‘dictatorial’ and ...
Federico Ferretti, Guilherme Ribeiro
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Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2011 Drawing from well-known theories of democracy and democratic transition, this essay considers the transition to local democracy in Latin America.
Gary Bland
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Political participation and war in Colombia [PDF]
, 2003 This study analyses the impact of the war on political participation in the March 2002 elections to the lower house of the Colombian Congress. The specific research question is whether the dynamics of violence in Colombia has affected the way voters ...
García, Miguel, Hoskin, Gary
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Is Latin America a Region for Green Parties? Factors Behind Their Presence and Performance
Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT This research addresses the imbalance between the predominantly European‐focused literature on Green Parties and the limited scholarly attention devoted to Latin America. It does so by mapping the current landscape of the Green party family in the region and the applicability of established theoretical frameworks.
Nevio Moreschi +1 more
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Ibis, Volume 168, Issue 1, Page 245-258, January 2026.Waterbirds distributed in semi‐arid and arid regions seem to have adapted their behaviour to the availability and seasonality of wetlands, increasing their mobility range. The Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris is a threatened waterbird that shows trans‐Mediterranean movements but these are poorly known.
Irene Pacheco‐Guardiola +6 more
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