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One Person, How Many Votes? Demographic Distortions in United States Elections

Statistics and Public Policy
Representative democracy in the United States relies on election systems that transmit votes into representatives in three key bodies: the two chambers of the federal legislature (House of Representatives and Senate) and the Electoral College, which ...
Lee Kennedy-Shaffer
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The Multidimential Impact of Proportionality: Electoral Districts and Deficit Spending [PDF]

, 2007
Why might a democratically elected government choose to run a sustained fiscal deficit in the face of many potential drawbacks? In this paper, I contribute in two important ways to our understanding of the political causes of fiscal outcomes.
Hankla, Charles Robert
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Where Projects Fail: Geospatial Evidence of Delays and Cancellations in Chinese Development Finance

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Delays and cancellations can severely undermine the effectiveness of development finance. Yet, little systematic evidence exists on where and why these disruptions occur within the rapidly expanding portfolio of Chinese‐financed development projects in Africa.
Leoni Mendler‐Krakau
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The Determinants of Districts/ Cities Spending in Aceh Province: an Analysis of Electoral Districts

International Journal of Engineering and Technology
The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of local expenditures (BD) of districts/cities in Aceh Province. This study used secondary data in form of budget realization reports and local expenditures of districts/cities in Aceh province from 2011 to 2015.
Ghazali Syamni, Ichsan Ichsan
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A short history of Edward Charles Frome (Surveyor General of South Australia 1839-1849) and an investigation into his involvement in the O'Halloran Expedition and the burning of an Aboriginal encampment on the Coorong in 1840

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Krichauff, S.
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Fritz Scheffer Under National Socialism: Assessing His Political Involvement

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims This article examines the role of soil scientist Fritz Scheffer (1899–1979) under National Socialism and offers a critical assessment of his scientific, institutional, and political positioning between 1933 and 1945. It asks how Scheffer shaped his career within the tension between disciplinary specialization, political expectations, and ...
Jan Arend
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Propuestas para una mayor participación de la mujer en la política panameña, desde la perspectiva de la OEA, PNUD e IDEA

, 2015
El siguiente artículo se centra en analizar tres publicaciones generados por Organismos Internacionales, como Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), el Instituto Internacional para la ...
Espinosa Mora, Yaritza Idalia
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Women's Career Pathways to Nonprofit Leadership Positions

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines women's leadership career pathways in nonprofit sport organizations. Drawing on a narrative approach and reflexive thematic analysis of 22 semi‐structured interviews with Finnish women leaders, we identify four career types—Progressive Growth Career, Mission Enthusiast, Externally Catalyzed Career, and Chance‐Driven Growth ...
Marjukka Mikkonen, Päivikki Kuoppakangas   +1 more
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NRS-1471 | Correspondence [Electoral Districts Commission, 1904]

(5/5237.2 part). 1 box (part). <br><br>Note: <br><i><br>This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.</i ...

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The Conditional Electoral Connection in the European Parliament [PDF]

, 2009
This paper introduces a model of the electoral connection in the European Parliament. Emphasizing the problem of common agency – wherein agents are beholden to multiple principals who cannot coordinate – it assumes that national parties, European party ...
Aaron J. Abbarno, Abbarno, Aaron J.
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