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Reconceptualising Electoral Reform [PDF]
West European Politics, 2011 This article delineates the three waves of development in the study of electoral reform: the systematic description and consequences of electoral systems; the analysis of major reform and its political consequences; and a more comprehensive approach to the study of electoral reform. It seeks to achieve two goals.
Leyenaar, M.H., Hazan, R.Y.
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‘Supercharging’ the Economy: Representations of Youth Unemployment and Welfare During COVID‐19
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The global COVID‐19 pandemic (2020–2022) created profound social policy challenges. In Australia, business closures and rising unemployment prompted a Coalition government to introduce unprecedented income support measures aimed at preventing an economic crisis and softening the financial impacts on citizens.
Sonia Martin, Simone Casey
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Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities
Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 301-328, March 2025.Abstract Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university‐based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations.
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
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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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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Industry 5.0 has emerged to address the limitations of Industry 4.0 by emphasizing inclusive sustainability through environmentalism, human‐centricity, and resilience. However, its development faces barriers across technological, organizational, and social dimensions.
Mohammad Ali Beheshtinia +4 more
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Diversity, Inclusion, and Firm Performance: The Corporate Innovation Channel
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines whether corporate innovation—measured both as general innovative output and as environmental innovation—mediates the relationship between diversity and inclusion (D&I) and corporate financial performance (CFP). Prior research has documented positive, negative, and null associations between D&I and financial outcomes, but ...
Eleonora Monaco +3 more
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The Drivers of ESG Uncertainty: Evidence from G7 Countries
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how geopolitical risk, economic policy uncertainty, and tourism uncertainty are associated with ESG uncertainty across G7 countries using monthly data from November 2002 to February 2025. The findings reveal positive and statistically significant associations between these three sources of uncertainty and ESG uncertainty ...
Mohamed Awada
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Is the Future of Electoral Reform Local? [PDF]
The Political Quarterly, 2014 AbstractThe Electoral Reform Society has recently published two reports putting the case for electoral reform in local government. These suggest acceptance, in the wake of defeat in the 2011 Alternative Vote referendum, that the group's ultimate goal of change to the Westminster electoral system is unlikely to be fulfilled soon and that a more gradual ...
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Water governance is increasingly influenced by a paradox at the nexus of environmental scarcity and food security. Escalating water scarcity crises coincide with geopolitical disruptions that have exposed the fragility of global food supply chains, prompting states to expand domestic food production at the expense of water conservation ...
Alireza Raisi
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How Multiple Streams Influence Agenda‐Setting for Water Reuse in Swiss Substates
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As climate change creates significant challenges for both the environment and society, potential mitigation and adaptation solutions are widely discussed. Yet, neither challenges nor their potential solutions automatically reach the political agenda or lead to a policy decision.
Magdalena A. Knabl +4 more
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