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Digital Futures Between Participatory Digital Democracy and Participatory Digital Fascism

open access: yesPolicy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper explores one of the defining political questions of the twenty‐first century: will digital technologies strengthen democracy or accelerate new forms of authoritarianism and fascism? Against the backdrop of platform capitalism, AI‐driven communication, surveillance infrastructures, disinformation and democratic crisis, the study asks
Christian Fuchs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moving in Cycles: Explaining the Failure of Militarization to Address Illegal Mining in Ghana

open access: yesPolitics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Mining contributes to Ghana's economic growth but also imposes significant social costs—land dispossession and unemployment—which have fueled the rise of illegal mining (galamsey). Galamsey, which intensified during the commodity boom of the 2010s, provides livelihoods while simultaneously worsening environmental degradation and social ...
Sulemana Alhassan Saaka, Phil Faanu
wiley   +1 more source

Imagined Integration: The Logics of Japanese Immigrant Integration Policy

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT As governments develop immigrant integration policies, they draw on and express conceptions about what successful integration looks like—what we call “imagined integration.” Yet this imagination likely displays variation that matters for implementation: integration policymaking is increasingly multilevel as it involves subnational layers of ...
Mariri Niino, William L. Allen
wiley   +1 more source

The visible and invisible drivers of biocultural loss in the Amazon

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1629-1640, June 2026.
Abstract The Amazon is rapidly approaching an ecological tipping point driven by deforestation, forest degradation and global climate change. These are visible issues that receive increasing political and public attention. However, the accelerating biocultural loss in the Amazon, including the extinction of Indigenous languages, the disruption of ...
Torsten Krause   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Governing by Ambiguity: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Platforms in China

open access: yesPolicy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Besides clear policy directives, the unresolved and open‐ended elements in policy communication also create discursive politics. This article argues that ambiguity in policy communication reflects the state's exercise of power within a fractured sociocultural landscape.
Fangyu Qing, Ngai Keung Chan
wiley   +1 more source

The Tariff Trap: Why Funding Health Programs Through Tariffs Harms Both Health and Democracy

open access: yesWorld Medical &Health Policy, Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In 2025, the Trump Administration imposed significant tariffs on imports to the US as part of aggressive trade negotiations with other countries. Tariffs have important impacts on health that include increases in the prices that consumers and businesses pay for goods and potential damage to global supply chains.
Holly Jarman, Miranda Yaver
wiley   +1 more source

Apuntes sobre la polémica institucionalista-marxista en torno a la cuestión sobre la mediación histórica del Estado

open access: yesRealidad, 2016
No Abstract está disponibleRealidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No.140, 2014: 229 ...
José Ernesto Montoya
doaj   +1 more source

The role of the non‐profit sector in the efficiency of elderly social services: A bootstrap data envelopment analysis study

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Volume 97, Issue 2, Page 401-424, June 2026.
Abstract Social services for the elderly are becoming increasingly important in societies where the elderly population is growing and requires specific attention to ensure their well‐being. Within these services, nursing homes play a key role, and it is therefore vital to ensure efficient management with an assessment according to their characteristics,
Georgina Solaz‐Moreno   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political Cycles, Electricity Policy, and Mexico's Economy

open access: yesLatin American Policy, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Electricity reform in Mexico should stimulate economic growth, improve energy efficiency, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This article evaluates the successes and failures of reform and draws lessons across political cycles by analyzing changes in political dynamics—often tied to policy reversals—and the legal framework during the pro ...
David Bonilla
wiley   +1 more source

Policy, Waste, and Power: Textile Dumping in Chile's Atacama Desert

open access: yesLatin American Policy, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Globally, 87% of textile fibers end up incinerated or in landfills, with Chile bearing the brunt of this crisis. Every year, 39,000 tons of discarded clothing are illegally dumped in the Atacama Desert, turning it into a sacrifice zone for the Global North's waste economy.
Emma Minerva Brambilla
wiley   +1 more source

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