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“We Are Willing to Change, If…”: Potential Impacts of Citizens' Assemblies on the Willingness to Change for Sustainability in Rural East German Municipalities

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In light of the democratic and social‐ecological crises, deliberative minipublics such as citizens' assemblies are increasingly implemented and discussed by scholars as a means for sound decision‐making and to enhance public support for sustainability transformations.
Lea Findeis, Nicolas Jager
wiley   +1 more source

Water Governance Under International Pressure: Policy Narratives, Food Security, Scarcity, and the Politics of Survival in Iran

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water governance is increasingly influenced by a paradox at the nexus of environmental scarcity and food security. Escalating water scarcity crises coincide with geopolitical disruptions that have exposed the fragility of global food supply chains, prompting states to expand domestic food production at the expense of water conservation ...
Alireza Raisi
wiley   +1 more source

La dictadura cívico-militar uruguaya (1973-1985): militarización de los poderes del estado, transición política y contienda de competencias [PDF]

open access: yesDiacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2015
The Uruguayan civic-military dictatorship brought the militarization of state powers through which the military regime consolidated its power and exercised total control over policy, economic and social organizations. Based on a historical reconstruction
Magdalena Schelotto
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Environmental Statecraft, Fragmented Authoritarianism, and Technocratic Governance: The Structure and Agency of China's Local Environmental Politics

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Local environmental politics in China is often said to be dominated by state‐controlled modes of multi‐level governance. However, top‐down governance is embedded within and transformed by local politics, adding complexity to governance practices and environmental outcomes.
Minsi Liu, Kevin Lo
wiley   +1 more source

The Missing Link

open access: yesEnquiry: The ARCC Journal of Architectural Research, 2023
For the vast majority of agricultural workers in the tenant peasantry class, the direct relation to a landscape valorized by a plantation economy is simultaneously a constantly mediated, ever-precarious economic relation to global capital.
Patrick Jaojoco
doaj  

Resolution Approaches Toward Enantiopure Planar Chiral 7‐bromo‐4‐hydroxy [2.2]paracyclophane

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Organic Chemistry, EarlyView.
This work describes access to both enantiomers of planar chiral 7‐bromo‐4‐hydroxy [2.2]paracyclophane through direct resolution of the racemate using an L‐isoleucine‐derived chiral auxiliary or through resolution of 4‐hydroxy [2.2]paracyclophane, followed by regioselective bromination.
Arthur Le Coz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soviet aims in Southern Africa: Economic considerations

open access: yesScientia Militaria, 2012
While much has been said about the increasing involvement of the USSR in Southern Africa, little has been said about how and why the USSR wishes to achieve its aims in the sub-continent.
C.M. Meyer
doaj   +1 more source

Collective Anti‐Mattering: Belief That One's Group Is Being Disregarded Fuels Collective Action and Authoritarian Leadership Support Among Both Advantaged and Disadvantaged Groups

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Groups are motivated not only by resources and status, but also by whether they matter to others. We introduce collective anti‐mattering, the belief that one's group does not count in the eyes of outgroups or society, and examine its emotional and political consequences.
Nassim Tabri   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dictatorship ::new trajectories in law /

open access: yes, 2021
"This book analyses the institution and concept of dictatorship from a legal, historical and theoretical perspective, examining the different types of dictatorship, their relationship to the law, as well as the analytical value of the concept in ...
Kivotidis, Dimitrios,
core  

Individuals Meaningfully Differ in How They Construct the Populist Subject of ‘the People’: Development and Initial Validation of the Popular Inclusion and Exclusion Scale

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the variety of populist manifestations, little research has dedicated itself to exploring this variation within and between individuals. Building on a discursive tradition, we propose that individuals meaningfully differ in how they construct the populist group of ‘the people’. Across three studies, we developed a popular inclusion and
Joseph D. Foley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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