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Information, Candidate Selection, and the Quality of Representation: Evidence from Nepal [PDF]

, 2020
How do we improve the quality of representation in new democracies? This paper studies candidate selection by party leaders and asks whether poor information about public preferences can lead elite choices to diverge from mass opinion.
Gulzar, Saad, Hai, Zuhad, Paudel, Binod K   +2 more
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Understanding teacher agency in the context of school‐based climate change and sustainability education: A case study of the experiences of teachers and school students in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on teacher agency as a conceptual framework, we explored the extent to which school teachers in secondary schools in England achieve agency in relation to teaching climate change and sustainability. This research provides a novel approach to understanding the relational and emergent qualities of teacher agency by bringing together ...
Nicola Walshe, Elizabeth A. C. Rushton
wiley   +1 more source

Sedimentations and emerging cleavages. A social spatial analysis of Rome’s voting patterns during the Second Republic

Frontiers in Political Science
This study examines the evolution of electoral behavior in Rome during the Second Republic (1993–2024), analyzing the relationship between urban morphology, socio-graphic structures, and political allegiance.
Nicola D’Amelio, Claudia Mariotti
doaj   +1 more source

Political Behavior and Candidate Emergence In the Hmong-American Community [PDF]

Hmong Studies Journal, 2007
This research focuses on the major social, cultural and political factors that have shaped Hmong American political behavior in the United States and also more specifically on the issue of Hmong-American candidates who have run for electoral office ...
Steven Doherty
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Invalid Ballots and Electoral Competition [PDF]

We study how the closeness of electoral race affect the number of invalid ballots under the traditional paper-ballot voting technology. Using a large dataset from the Italian parliamentary elections in 1994-2001, we find a strong positive correlation ...
Gani Aldashev, Giovanni Mastrobuoni
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A Cross-National Measure of Electoral Competitiveness [PDF]

, 2015
Electoral competitiveness is a key explanatory construct across a broad swath of phenomena, finding application in diverse areas related to political incentives and behavior.
Kayser, Mark Andreas, Lindstädt, René
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How can welfare regime and production regime theories explain differences in schools’ ability grouping policies? A comparative study using the PISA school survey

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research evidence is mixed on the consequences of ability grouping policies, but most research has found an overrepresentation of disadvantaged social demographics in low‐ability groups. However, researchers have neglected to explain why ability grouping policies vary between countries.
Monica Reichenberg, Girma Berhanu, Lena Fridlund   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Party identification and electoral behavior [PDF]

Перелічено підходи до дослідження феномену електоральної поведінки: раціонально-інструментальний в контексті політико-ідеологічної ідентифікації; соціологічний в контексті соціальної, регіональної, статусної, гендерної та ін.
Циганенко, Галина Валентинівна
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‘Literal torture’: Vulnerability, resilience and young people's experiences of pressure in physical education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper combines vulnerability and resilience theory to explore the pressure young people experience in Physical Education (PE) and sport at secondary school. The theoretical framework was used to understand both how young people experience PE in school and how vulnerability and resilience function interdependently in social contexts like ...
David Littlefair, Michael Jopling
wiley   +1 more source

Plurality Rule, Proportional Representation, and the German Bundestag: How Incentives to Pork-Barrel Differ Across Electoral Systems [PDF]

This paper examines the importance of electoral rules for legislators’ behavior. The German electoral system includes a mechanism which assigns whether legislators are elected under the “first-past-the-post” (FPTP), or the proportional representation (PR)
Martin Baur, Thomas Stratmann
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