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INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION AND ELECTIONS CREDIBILITY: AN INQUIRY INTO THE DECIDER OF NIGERIA ELECTIONS

open access: yesInternational Studies Journal
Research Problem: Democracy presupposes that citizens possess the right to freely choose their leaders through credible elections. However, in Nigeria, the credibility of elections remains doubtful as outcomes often reflect elite manipulation rather ...
MOHAMMED SANNI YUSUF   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Reformas eleitorais na América Latina: grandes expectativas, poucos casos, resultados perversos Electoral reforms in Latin America: great expectations, few cases, perverse outcomes

open access: yesSociologias, 2012
Este texto pretende realizar um balanço de reformas eleitorais nas regras para a escolha de cadeiras legislativas na América Latina a partir da terceira onda da democracia.
André Marenco
doaj   +1 more source

Effective methods for increasing levels of political self‐efficacy for girls and disadvantaged students in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study addresses the gap in rigorous evaluation of inclusive Citizenship Education methods in reducing gender and socioeconomic inequalities in political self‐efficacy. This article tests the effectiveness of two pedagogical approaches: counter‐narratives and think‐pair‐share.
Bryony Hoskins   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chilean science teachers' conceptualisations of disability when teaching students with autism

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how Chilean secondary science teachers conceptualise disability when teaching students with autism in integrated classroom settings. Grounded in critical disability studies, the research employs a qualitative story‐completion method, using a fictional classroom scenario to prompt teachers to construct narratives that reveal
Alexis Gonzalez‐Donoso   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Les rhétoriciens bruxellois issus de l’immigration et leur premier vote

open access: yesBrussels Studies, 2009
In recent years, Belgians with an immigrant background have become an important electoral force in Belgian cities and in particular in the Brussels-Capital Region.
Céline Teney, Dirk Jacobs
doaj   +1 more source

Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vote Transfers, Thwarted Voters and Newcomers in the 2009 Presidential Runoff in Romania

open access: yesSocial Change Review, 2011
This article investigates the role of thwarted voters and newcomers in setting the result of the December 6th, 2009 presidential runoff in Romania. For this purpose it employs panel survey data from the Romanian Election Studies, collected across three ...
Gheorghiţă Andrei
doaj   +1 more source

Default Effect in ESG Investment: When a Recommendation Goes a Long Way

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Individual investors display a positive attitude toward ESG investments but typically fail to act upon it. We report results from a preregistered online experiment testing a default option on 1050 US investors examining the mechanisms driving the effectiveness of default options in promoting ESG investments.
Sai Sravanthi Ramadugula   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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