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Región y elites en perspectiva electoral
Revista de Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos, 2010 The aim of this paper is to check if, over the history of independent Morocco, have existed spaces or "regions" with specific political behavior of its inhabitants.
López García, Bernabé
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Two-ballot versus plurality rule: an empirical investigation on the number of candidates [PDF]
Duverger claimed more than 50 years ago that the number of candidates in elections should be a function of electoral rules. Both his “law” and “hypothesis” suggest the number of candidates vying for seats in elections to be tightly linked to ...
Carlos Eduardo S. Gonçalves +2 more
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After Citizens United: Improving Accountability in Political Finance [PDF]
, 2011 The vitality of our democracy is being sapped by a rising tide of political spending and a pervasive emphasis on money in the political process. Our political system has taken on the character of a permanent campaign in which elected officials are ...
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The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Curriculum reform provides a vital opportunity for nations to ensure learners are equipped to fully participate as citizens in the 21st century. This paper presents an understanding of educators’ response to curriculum reform, and some of its enablers and barriers.
Alison Glover +5 more
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Fresh Start: The Impact of Public Campaign Financing in Connecticut [PDF]
, 2013 Connecticut has offered a voluntary public financing system for state-wide constitutional and General Assembly offices since 2008. Through financing from the Citizens' Election Fund, candidates that obtain the required number of small donations can ...
J. Mijin Cha, Miles Rapoport
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ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.Hydrogen and oxygen generated from water splitting process by photoelectrocatalysis of single atom modified TiO2 based photoelectrocatalysts. The accelerating demand for green hydrogen has intensified the development of efficient and durable photoelectrocatalysts (PECs) for sustainable water splitting.
Zichu Zhao +2 more
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Future of Islamic Civilization, Emerging Issues and New Horizons
Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, 2019 This paper investigates four dimensions of Islamic Movements in Malaysian context. The first one is about the impacts of Islamic Movements instigating the development of Islamic civilization in Malaysia.
Sajid Iqbal Sheikh +1 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NBS) for climate adaptation encompass a range of approaches that work with nature to increase resilience to climate change while providing ecological, economic and social co‐benefits. These solutions have frequently been put forward for application in urban contexts, such as the creation of urban forests, but can ...
Anita Vollmer +2 more
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Democratic dawn? : Civil society and elections in Myanmar 2010 – 2012 [PDF]
, 2012 While the general elections in Myanmar in November 2010 were widely condemned, both national and international actors approached the by-elections of April 2012 as a political rite-de-passage to improve relations between the government and the opposition ...
Lidauer, Michael
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study employs a scalar politics framework to unpack how participatory rhetoric operates statecraft in a post‐authoritarian context, thereby illuminating hybrid‐regime behavior along a continuum of environmental governance. An examination of the environmental governance of an ecotourism project in South Korea is performed using ...
Souyeon Nam
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