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The EU's Strategy for Sustainability: A Landmark Turn With the European Green Deal?
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While the European Green Deal (EGD) has been widely recognized as a milestone in the EU's sustainability strategy, scholars disagree on the nature of the policy change it represents. Critics highlight its limited social and environmental ambitions, despite its portrayal as a “man on the moon” moment.
Ekaterina Domorenok, Franco Gatti
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Learning From and Through Evaluation: An Examination of Practice
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, we provide an analysis across the foregoing practice‐based case exemplars to understand antecedent conditions and influences, learning‐oriented evaluation strategies, estimates of strategy success or potential success, and factors that either enable or hinder the extent to which learning from and through evaluation occurs. The
J. Bradley Cousins, Jill Chouinard
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From Insight to Theory: Advancing Sentiment Evaluation for Diaspora Development Projects
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of “sentiment evaluation,” drawing on a mid‐term evaluation by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) of its program supporting Somali diaspora activism in Somaliland. Conducted in 2014, the evaluation revealed that “sentiment,” the emotional, identity‐based attachment linking diaspora actors to their homeland ...
Valeria Saggiomo +1 more
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The Housing Equation: Affordability's Role in Electoral Choice
Abstract This study examines how housing costs influence voting patterns in U.S. presidential elections, with particular attention to differences between renters and homeowners. Prior research generally links rising housing prices to greater incumbent support, consistent with homeowners’ incentives to preserve housing wealth.
Alan Tidwell +3 more
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The Learning Function of Evaluation: A Conceptual Framing
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, we set out a conceptual overview of what we call learning in the evaluation ecosystem to depict the interplay between external influences, organizational and community factors, and learning levers (e.g. capacity building, systems thinking).
Jill Anne Chouinard, J. Bradley Cousins
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Political cynicism and electoral choice
, 2008 Political trust and political cynicism are not key concepts in electoral research. However, if models based on traditional factors (social background, policy preferences, ideological positions, government approval, and candidate images) failed to provide an adequate explanation of the support of a particular party, political cynicism has been put ...
Paskeviciute, Aida, Rosema, Martin
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Parascaris spp. induced surgical colic in juvenile horses—A Scandinavian perspective
Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Background Parascaris spp. commonly infects foals, and high burdens can cause fatal small intestinal impactions. Progressive anthelmintic resistance poses a risk for an increase of Parascaris spp. related disease in juvenile horses. Objectives To investigate Parascaris‐related surgical intestinal lesions, with special emphasis on ascarid ...
E. Tydén +8 more
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, we will construct and analyze intersecting definitions of womanhood among middle‐class women living in Karachi, Pakistan. Women are agents of their lives and are not passive voices. In this paper, we present narratives of women who resist “societal” narratives of womanhood to live a life of their choosing.
Urooba Ahmed Fatima +7 more
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Containment measures and electoral system choice
Abstract This chapter presents our neo-Rokkanian account of electoral system choice. We argue that once an electoral threat emerges, established parties can respond in two ways. If established parties can resort to partisan districting or electoral alliances, they can contain the electoral threat, but these measures lead to growing ...
Patrick Emmenegger, André Walter
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Regulating secondary phase of Rb‐based aggregates for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells
FlexMat, EarlyView.By introducing RbAc into the precursor solution, the crystallization pathway is optimized, excessive lead iodide is eliminated, grain size increases, and defects are passivated in the perovskite films. The obtained perovskite devices exhibit improved power conversion efficiency and operational stability. Abstract Passivating defects in perovskite films
Weiyuan Chen +7 more
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