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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
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Two-round elections, one-round determinants? Evidence from the French municipal elections [PDF]
Using a new database of French municipalities that covers 821 towns and 2 elections (2001 and 2008), we examine how the budget structure, degree of electoral competition and the economic context affect the share of votes for the incumbent.
Cassette, Aurélie +2 more
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
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Le vote à l’épreuve informatique
Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2014 This article examines the creation of two sorts of knowledge within the Ministry of Interior during the computerization of the electoral process: a regulation knowledge and a practical knowledge.
Pierre-Yves Baudot
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The Drawbacks of Electoral Competition [PDF]
We examine the effect of the number of candidates and the impact of ideology on the efficiency of the electoral process. We show that the tendency to focus on policies that provide particularistic benefits increases with the number of candidates to the ...
Alessandro Lizzeri
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
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Feasibility of democracy in Pakistan [PDF]
Journal of Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities, 2018 The emergence of Pakistan in 1947 was accompanied with horrific mass migration of twentieth century. With these miseries there was a hope that in the new country life of subcontinent Muslims would change for better socially, economically and ...
Usman Sial
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Revista Eletrônica de Direito Processual, 2016 This paper analyzes the regulation of embargos de declaração with in the electoral process, as well as the interpretation that has been given by the Courts. Addressing essencial issues of embargos de declaração, as the deadline, legal nature, suitability
Rodrigo Mazzei
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Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
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DO ELECTIONS SLOW DOWN ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION PROCESS IN INDIA? IT’S POLITICS STUPID ! [PDF]
I investigate whether timing of the elections impact economic globalization process or not in India. In other words, do elections slowdown economic globalization process?
Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya
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