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School Board Elections in England and Wales, 1870–1902: An Electoral Experiment?

History, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1870 Elementary Education Act enabled the creation of school boards in England and Wales. Members were directly elected by the cumulative vote. This method gave each individual voter as many votes as there were seats on a school board, in some cases up to fifteen.
ED GREEN
wiley   +1 more source

(De)centralized Water Futures: Key Dimensions of Infrastructure, Governance, and Operations. [PDF]

WIREs Water
Cooperman AD, Rempel JL, Adams EA, Cantor A, Fuerte MM, Osborne-Gowey J, Wilson NJ, Workman CL, Beresford M, Harris LM, Méndez-Barrientos LE, Shah SH, Wutich A, Stoler J.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘The Tragedy of a Small Nation’: Alexander Devine and British Perspectives on the Montenegrin Question, 1918–24

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the pro‐Montenegrin political campaigns of Alexander Devine, a schoolmaster and journalist who became Montenegro's leading British advocate following its incorporation into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes after the First World War.
ROSS CAMERON
wiley   +1 more source

What determines the vote-seeking behavior of legislators in South Korea? [PDF]

PLoS One
Kim H, Ha SE.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Very Social History: South American Cricketing Tourists in Britain in 1932

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on both the rich Anglophone cricket historiography and the new Latin American sports scholarship, this article maps out the entangled global networks that shaped the tour of Britain made in 1932 by a team of South American cricketers.
Matthew Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Introducing CongressData and Correlates of State Policy. [PDF]

Sci Data
Grossmann M, Lucas C, Yoel B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Non‐Career Ambassador Appointments: Transformations in Turkish Diplomacy during the 1920s and 1930s

History, EarlyView.
Abstract During the early years of the Turkish Republic, the establishment of foreign missions, the assignment of new diplomats to these missions as well as the inheritance of experiences, diplomats, buildings and other assets from the Ottoman Empire were matters of major political concern.
Evren Küçük
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the similarity of charts in graphical statistics. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Górnisiewicz K, Palka Z, Ratajczak W.
europepmc   +1 more source

EPISTEMIC EXTRACTIVISM IN ENGAGED URBAN AND HOUSING RESEARCH: Implications and Counter‐measures

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is ‘epistemic extractivism’, and how does it affect researchers who are engaged in urban and housing movements? This essay first explores the contexts of both engaged research and epistemic extractivism, clarifying their meanings and implications. It also disentangles the ethical and methodological risks posed by epistemic extractivism in
Miguel A. Martínez
wiley   +1 more source

This is 'offside': Gambling advertising during Czech football broadcasts. [PDF]

J Behav Addict
Kovařík F, Fiedor D, Sharman S.
europepmc   +1 more source