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Electoral behaviour in the Kraków metropolitan area: 1993–2011

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2017
The purpose of the paper is to describe changes in support for the four principal political options (‘right’, ‘left’, ‘liberal’, ‘peasant’) available in the Kraków Metropolitan Area (KMA) in parliamentary elections in the period 1993–2011.
Linkowski Radosław
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Gendered dynamics of Twitter engagement: An analysis of Colombian parliamentarians during electoral and non-electoral periods

Revista de Comunicación
This study investigates the gender dynamics in how Colombian members of Congress use Twitter during electoral and non-electoral periods. Using a quantitative analysis of 689,576 tweets collected in 2020 and 2022, the findings reveal nuanced differences ...
Carme Ferré-Pavia, Angie K. González González   +1 more
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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag, Janina A. Hoffmann, Tim Rogers, Christian A. Yates   +3 more
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The Spatial Context of Voter Behaviour: How Do Local and Regional Factors Impact Voter Decisions

Sociologický Časopis, 2014
Among the many factors that influence the voting behaviour of individual voters, various spatial characteristics have repeatedly been cited as important factors.
Josef Bernard, Tomáš Kostelecký
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Social stratification and electoral behaviour

, 2022
The chapter analyses the main transformations of social stratification that occurred between the early 2000s and the late 2010s. Relying on the post-Fordist social class scheme elaborated by Daniel Oesch, the chapter investigates how these transformations are associated with significant changes in the electoral behaviour of the various post-Fordist ...
Alberto Gherardini, Giovanni Amerigo Giuliani   +1 more
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Interface Charge Induced Multifunctional Manipulations in Metals

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Voltage‑controlled interface charge enables giant, reversible modulation of magnetic anisotropy, magnetization, and resistivity in common metals. Space‑separated ions and electrons accumulate at interfaces, producing strong interfacial capacitor effect and high‑density electrons injection.
Qiang Cao, Yingli Li, Senmiao Liu, Zhen Han, Weixin Liu, Zhaohui Li, Yufeng Tian, Xinglong Ye, Shengshi Li, Qiang Li, Shishen Yan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
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Lo que fue ya no es y lo nuevo aún no toma forma: elecciones 2006 en perspectiva histórica

América Latina Hoy, 2008
RESUMEN: Este artículo analiza el proceso de cambio político que se inició en Costa Rica en 1998 y que aún no concluye, ubicándolo en el contexto de la historia política de la segunda mitad del siglo XX.
Ciska RAVENTÓS VORST
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Geographical Realignment of the Hungarian Voting Behaviour Between 2014 and 2022

Modern Geográfia, 2023
One of the main aims of electoral geography is to examine the spatial and socio-economic relationships of voting behaviour. Based on this, strong social cleavages were identified in the developed democracies in the 1960s, which strongly determined voting
Kovalcsik, Tamás, Bódi, Mátyás
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Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
wiley   +1 more source