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Municipal election systems and their implications for ethical and accountable democratic governance at eThekwini Municipality

Journal of Local Government Research and Innovation
Background: The electoral systems adopted for local government offer the citizens the democratic opportunity to elect their representatives through a proportional representative system and constituency electoral system.
Ndwakhulu S. Tshishonga
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Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina, Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn   +1 more
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Regime security and electoral fragility: African perspectives on post-election contestation and the adoption of U.S. Political models

Frontiers in Political Science
Elections are the most vulnerable points in the democratic systems, exposing tensions over legitimacy, institutional capacity and regime security. Many African states have adopted aspects of the United States’ democratic model, including presidentialism,
Winnie Rugutt, Peterson Waweru
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The Contributions of Party System to Democratic Development in Africa: A Historical Perspective

African Journal of Political Science, 2023
The paper examined the contributions of party system to democratic development in Africa. Democratic governance and meaningful elections have long been considered unachievable in the absence of political parties and party competition.
Ameen Abdulkadir
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El principio de la convencionalidad en tema electoral

, 2022
La presente investigación, expone un análisis sobre el Control de Convencionalidad en tema electoral, desde lo conceptual, hasta la importancia de supremacía Constitucional y la internalización de los derechos humanos por medio de la doctrina del control
Zelaya Pinilla, Miriam Del Carmen
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Low Participation and Risk Reduction Potential of Supplemental Crop Insurance in the United States

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Federally subsidized crop insurance is a cornerstone of U.S. farm risk management, yet policies with the greatest share of participation only trigger indemnities after losses exceed 15%. Supplemental insurance was introduced to cover part of this deductible, but participation remains largely unchanged.
Francis Tsiboe, Hunter Biram, Amy Hagerman   +2 more
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How electoral management bodies govern digital electoral systems: capacity, authority, and accountability

Frontiers in Political Science
IntroductionDigital technologies now shape electoral administration across voter registration, candidate management, voting, results transmission, auditing, and public communication.
Ahmad Nur Hidayat, Nina Karlina, Ramadhan Pancasilawan, R. Widya Setiabudi Sumadinata   +3 more
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Expanded Farm Safety Net Payments Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) strengthens the agricultural risk coverage (ARC) and price loss coverage (PLC) programs by aligning program parameters more closely with recent market dynamics and allows for an expansion in program acres. This study projects the increases in ARC‐County and PLC payments for corn, soybeans, and wheat under
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn, Tayatorn Pongspikul, Alejandro Plastina, Anup Paudel, Chandan Bhattarai, Jennifer Ifft   +5 more
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The comparative study of Electoral Governance

Revista del Instituto Electoral del Estado de México. Apuntes Electorales, 2018
Electoral governance is a crucial variable in securing the credibility of elections in emerging democracies, but remains largely ignored in the comparative study of democratization.
Shaheen Mozaffar, Andreas Schedler
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CAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT RESOLVE THE CHALLENGES ELECTORAL POLITICS IMPOSE ON GOOD DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA? THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE, 2015 – 2023.

Journal of South African Democratic Teachers Union
Recent years have witnessed a growing enthusiasm for an accelerated deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to strengthen weak sectors of human endeavour in Africa.
Fie D. Dan-Woniowei
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