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Globalization, internal migration, and public goods provision in emerging economies

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Globalization can introduce new employment opportunities to emerging economies in multinational corporations and exporting firms. Who is best positioned to benefit, and what are the political consequences for “left behind” areas? We argue that primarily advantaged groups seize these opportunities through internal migration toward centers of ...
Benjamin Helms, Junghyun Lim
wiley   +1 more source

Cultura caballista

American Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract The world of Colombian gaited horses, or cultura caballista (horse‐riding culture), is often linked with uribismo, the right‐wing identity associated with former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Ethnographic fieldwork in conflict‐torn Antioquia reveals how horse‐human practices of training, breeding, and competition cultivate orientations toward ...
Gwen Burnyeat
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of the territorial distribution of power on equality policies in Spain

Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 2015
The combination of studies on federalism and gender studies has fueled a burgeoning research that examines the impact of the territorial distribution of power on equality policies and on the strategies of the women’s movement.
Alba Alonso Álvarez, Tània Verge Mestre   +1 more
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ASSESSMENT OF SOCIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN ELECTORAL AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES: EVIDENCE FROM OKENE LGA OF KOGI STATE

International Studies Journal
Research Problem: Despite global efforts to enhance gender parity, women’s political representation in Nigeria remains low, particularly in sub-national contexts like Kogi State.
MARGARET APINE, BILKISU DAUDA-DAMISA
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Freely (Un)Equal

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender equality in the economy is a key issue on the political agenda. Western countries have long pursued policies promoting free competitive markets, with the EU focusing on harmonisation for market freedom. This study examines how economic freedom impacts gender equality using an instrumental variable approach. Results reveal mixed effects:
Matteo Migheli
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing Bias in Non‐Probability Fisheries Surveys Using Multilevel Regression and Poststratification Approaches

Fish and Fisheries, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Quantifying harvest of fish stocks is challenging as census data are often unavailable, so surveys are required. Traditional probability‐based surveys use random sampling to obtain representative data that can be scaled to estimate total impact.
Zachary Radford, Wendy Edwards, Samantha Hook, Bridgid Bell, Rebecca Mills, Grace Farrell, Martin J. Genner, Stephen D. Simpson, Kieran Hyder   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two Faces of the Anti‐Inclusion Neoconservative Coin in Brazil: Neoliberalism and Far‐Right

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil has recently experienced the resurgence of the far‐right, a movement that has also occurred in other countries around the world. Given this context, this article seeks to understand the factors that enabled the union among neoliberalism, neoconservatism, and the far‐right in Brazil, demonstrating that in times of economic crisis the ...
Eloisio Moulin de Souza
wiley   +1 more source

Electoral Gender Quota Systems and their implementation in Europe

, 2011
European Parliament. Policy Department C: Citizens Rights and Constitutional Affairs.
Dahlerup, Drude, Freidenvall, Lenita
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Comparative Regional Patterns in Electoral Gender Quota Adoption

, 2016
To date, more than 100 countries have implemented some type of quota for women in their national legislatures, leading to one of the most significant developments in the global composition of legislative bodies in the past twenty-five years. One remaining puzzle in understanding the global diffusion of electoral gender quotas is the strong clustering ...
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'A Lot of Headwraps': Innovations in a Second Wave of Electoral Gender Quotas in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
Over the last more than two decades, political parties and governments across sub-Saharan Africa have adopted electoral gender quotas for parliament at an astonishing rate – and with remarkable success as many sub-Saharan African countries have catapulted to the top in terms of women’s representation in a single or lower house of parliament.
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