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Voter reaction to legislator dissent across political systems

, 2020
Research shows that legislators who dissent from the political line of their party are rewarded among constituents. This raises concerns about future party cohesiveness and, in turn, parties’ ability to govern and voters' ability to hold parties ...
Troels Bøggild, H. Pedersen
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

Interning Dissent: The Law of Large Political Events [PDF]

, 2013
1968 är ett mytomspunnet år. Håller man sig till 1900-talet är det få årtal som kan konkurrera med 1968 i fråga om symbolisk laddning och dragningskraft.
Johnson, Aaron
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Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five‐year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of colour (16–28) in a university museum setting, focusing on a Young Collective established to address cultural inequalities.
Sadia Habib
wiley   +1 more source

“Polarity, Patriotism, and Dissent in Great War Canada, 1914-1919 (Book Review)” by Brock Millman [PDF]

, 2017
Review of Polarity, Patriotism, and Dissent in Great War Canada, 1914-1919 by Brock ...
Cook, Tim
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Utopia fading: taxonomies, freedom and dissent in open access publishing [PDF]

, 2013
It is fairly commonly known, in certain circles, that open access comes in different ‘flavours’. Besides the well-known adage of Richard Stallman that there are multiple types of freedom that can be divided into gratis and libre (‘free’ as in ‘beer’ as ...
Eve, Martin Paul
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“Academics for Peace” in Turkey: a case of criminalising dissent and critical thought via counterterrorism policy

Critical Terrorism Studies at Ten, 2017
On 11 January 2016, 1128 academics in Turkey and abroad signed a petition calling on Turkish authorities to cease state violence in mainly Kurdish populated areas of the country, which had been under curfew and an extended state of emergency.
Bahar Başer, Samim Akgönül, A. Öztürk   +2 more
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Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
wiley   +1 more source

“The purpose of activism is to educate”: Young people's climate activism as and for education in the youth strike movement in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract By skipping school for their cause, young climate strikers repeatedly demonstrated their priorities in 2019 and 2020. They regularly chose to sacrifice a day of their formal education in favour of collective action. This study asks what we can learn from the reflections of former youth strikers.
Loz J. Hennessy
wiley   +1 more source

The Dissent Voting Behaviour of Bank of England MPC Members [PDF]

I examine the propensity of Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (BoEMPC) members to cast dissenting votes. In particular, I compare the type and frequency of dissenting votes cast by socalled insiders (members of the committee chosen from within ...
Christopher Spencer
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