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Health Inequalities, Intersectionality, and Justice [PDF]

Milbank Q
Policy Points Population health science that uses large data sets to study health inequalities increasingly draws on intersectionality, the idea that overlapping forms of disadvantage shape health inequalities. This approach is essential to the pursuit of health equity because it provides a more complete and sound evidence base for population health ...
BLACKSHER E.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Poblaciones indígenas y elecciones locales en cuatro municipios del Departamento del Cauca 2003-2015

Colombia Internacional, 2018
This article presents a general view of the electoral behaviour of four Colombian municipalities with high indigenous population density. The study focused on the last four local electoral events that took place from 2003 to 2015.
Eduardo Andrés Chilito
doaj   +1 more source

Open Legal Policy Shifts and Electoral Reform: Indonesia’s Parliamentary Threshold Decision

Jurnal Konstitusi
Although the Constitutional Court decision is final and binding, the Court has revised its constitutional interpretation in several judicial reviews of the Election Law, including Decision 116/PUU-XXI/2023 on the parliamentary threshold.
Djayadi Hanan, Luthfi Widagdo Eddyono, Tri Sulistianing Astuti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Multi-Criteria Pen for Drawing Fair Districts: When Democratic and Demographic Fairness Matter

Mathematics, 2020
Electoral systems are modified by individuals who have incentives to bias the rules for their political advantage (i.e., gerrymandering). To prevent gerrymandering, legislative institutions can rely on mathematical tools to guarantee democratic fairness ...
Eduardo Álvarez-Miranda, Camilo Campos-Valdés, Maurcio Morales Quiroga, Matías Moreno-Faguett, Jordi Pereira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Firearm Safety in a Country of Arms. [PDF]

Milbank Q
Policy Points Firearm safety policy in the United States cannot succeed through legislation alone; effective interventions must also address the social, economic, and infrastructural conditions that shape perceptions of safety. Evidence suggests that place‐based investments can reduce violence and firearm deaths while strengthening social cohesion and ...
Metzl JM.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Emergence of Political Opposition in Mexico, 1949-1952. Two Proposals for Electoral

Historia y Memoria, 2017
Using methodological elements from political and institutional history, the present article analyzes, the first proposal for the implementation of an electoral system of proportional representation in Mexico and its primary repercussions in the ...
José Fernando Ayala López
doaj   +1 more source

THE STATE OF ELECTORAL REFORM IN THE GAMBIA

, 2023
In 2016, the Gambia underwent a successful transfer of power, with a new coalition government promising a series of reforms to improve the country's governance. Among these reforms were security sector reform and electoral reform, which were widely accepted by civil society, opposition parties, and international election agencies.
Gai, Biran, Öke, Mim Kemal
openaire   +3 more sources

Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
wiley   +1 more source

Policy uncertainty shocks and farm investments in Europe: Evidence from a newspaper‐based index

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract In order to quantify the impact of agricultural policy uncertainty on European farmers' investment behavior, we construct a newspaper‐based monthly index of European agricultural policy uncertainty from 2013 to 2023. We use 327,224 newspaper articles to assess and compare the trends in policy uncertainty across five top agricultural producers ...
Viviana Garcia, Scott M. Swinton, Robert Finger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe, Judith Bessant, Madeline Drake   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source