‘Gold, guns & goons’: the complexity of electoral irregularities in Nigeria, 1999-2007 [PDF]
, 2010 Electoral irregularities have become an irritant but inseparable aspect of democratic development in several countries of the world. From the US Florida electoral crisis of 2000 to the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004/2005, which was staged to ...
Osiki, Omon Merry
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OPTRACE: Optical Imaging–Guided Transplantation and Tracking of Cells in the Mouse Brain
Advanced Science, EarlyView.OPTRACE establishes an optical, two‐step platform for intracerebral cell therapy. Transparent glass pipettes enable real‐time, image‐guided delivery, while multiplex genetic labeling with two‐photon and bioluminescence readouts supports longitudinal single‐cell tracking and host–graft dynamics.
Jinghui Wang +10 more
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UNDERSTANDING, TYPES AND STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS [PDF]
Hum, 2014 Discussion about elections and electoral systems is in fact discussion about the effects of representative bodies in democratic political systems. Understanding of that link is not possible without knowing technical details used for forming electoral ...
Gordana Iličić
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Navigating the limits: electoral management bodies and the struggle against disinformation and foreign interference [PDF]
Filozofija i DruštvoThe problem of disinformation and foreign interference in elections has increased significantly in recent years. It creates an uneven playing field that hinders fair competition and informed voting.
Parenteau Ian
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Gender and democratic politics: a comparative analysis of consolidation in Argentina and Chile [PDF]
, 2000 This article highlights a number of themes useful in the gendered analysis of democratic consolidation in Latin America by means of a comparative analysis of Argentina and Chile.
Waylen, G.
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Changes in Alcohol Retail Laws and Foot Traffic at Liquor Stores
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study how expanding alcohol availability at grocery and convenience stores affects consumer traffic in liquor stores by leveraging recent changes in state‐level alcohol distribution laws in a difference‐in‐difference quasi‐experimental design.
Nathan Palardy +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Integridad electoral y órganos electorales subnacionales en México: el papel de la imparcialidad
Región y Sociedad, 2021 Objetivo: analizar la calidad de las elecciones para gobernador y diputados en México. ¿En qué medida éstas dependieron, en el periodo 2015-2018, del desempeño de los órganos electorales? Metodología: se utiliza la perspectiva de la integridad electoral.
Irma Méndez de Hoyos +3 more
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
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Krytyka Prawa, 2021 The publication explores the phenomenology and content of ‘soft law’ in the international and national law and reveals the designation of ‘soft law’ in protecting the electoral rights of the citizens. ‘Soft law’ is intended to mean optional international
Vladyslav Fedorenko +1 more
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Recent Nigerian experience illustrates the importance ofensuring that the institutional, financial, and operational powers of election management bodies are safeguarded [PDF]
, 2014 How should countries organise their systems of electoral administration? Recent election cycles in Nigeria illustrate the importance of ensuring that electoral management bodies are not just institutionally independent, but that steps are also taken to ...
Sani, Ibrahim
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