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To Raise or Not to Raise: An Experimental Test of Community Support for Increasing the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While research has identified a disconnect between the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) and public perceptions of criminal culpability among young people, no study has examined how offender characteristics influence support for reform using an experimental design. To address this, this study presents the first experimental test of
Cameron T. Langfield, Natalia Hanley, Jason L. Payne, Helen Simpson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The electivity of public authorities in the Russian Federation and the Russian pre-revolutionary electoral qualification system

Правоприменение, 2018
The subject. The article explores the principle of electivity as the principle of organization the public power in the Russian Empire, Soviet Russia and in the modern Russian Federa-tion.The purpose of this paper is to show how the principle of ...
A. Kostyukov
doaj   +1 more source

Sociodemographic Characteristics and Political Attitudes as Correlates of Women Voters’ Electoral Participation in Counties in Kenya

Politikon, 2020
This article examines sociodemographic characteristics and political attitudes predicting women voters’ participation in the 2013 general election in Kakamega County, Kenya.
Thomas Ibrahim Okinda, Benson Oduor Ojwang, Charles Ongadi Nyambuga   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Electoral Reforms in Israel

, 2021
The first four decades after the adoption of general rules of electoral laws in 1949, mainly saw unsuccessful proposals to reform Knesset elections, accompanied by a few minor amendments. The beginning of the 1990s was marked by a substantial change to the electoral system, as a direct election of the prime minister was introduced.
openaire   +2 more sources

Protecting the Viability of the Small Donor in Modern Elections [PDF]

, 2017
Campaign finance reform stands as one of the most important issues in today’s modern elections. From national to municipal contests, the influx of large donations places wealthy individuals—and interests—at odds with the average voter.
Miller, Ben
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Cultural Explanations of Electoral Reform: A Policy Cycle Model [PDF]

, 2010
The standard explanation of electoral reform is offered by rational choice accounts. These regard the choice of rules as an elite-level issue, dominated by partisan interests bargaining within the legislature, where citizens are usually marginalized and ...
Norris, Pippa
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Rigging by the state apparatus: systemic electoral fraud in Mozambique jeopardizes the credibility of democracy and creates room for political violence

Frontiers in Political Science
In Mozambique, systematic electoral fraud has persistently prevented the will of the electorate, as expressed at the ballot box, from being reflected in the selection of national leadership.
Borges Joaquim Faduco Nhamirre, Borges Joaquim Faduco Nhamirre   +1 more
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UK electoral registration levels are already low by international standards, but new plans to change registration may make things even worse [PDF]

, 2011
Alongside a suite of other constitutional reforms, the coalition government also plans to change electoral registration from household to individual registration. Toby S. James argues that this change will be expensive to implement and will actually lead
James, Toby
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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
wiley   +1 more source