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‘Literal torture’: Vulnerability, resilience and young people's experiences of pressure in physical education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper combines vulnerability and resilience theory to explore the pressure young people experience in Physical Education (PE) and sport at secondary school. The theoretical framework was used to understand both how young people experience PE in school and how vulnerability and resilience function interdependently in social contexts like ...
David Littlefair, Michael Jopling
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Electoral systems and gender mainstreaming in transitional democracies: insights from Sudan’s path to inclusive governance

Cogent Social Sciences
This study examines how electoral systems affect democratic stability and gender mainstreaming in transitional nations, with a focus on Sudan. The research examines how electoral systems foster inclusive government, focussing on gender mainstreaming as a
Juliet Eileen Joseph
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The peril of parliamentarism? : executive–legislative relations and the transition to democracy from electoral authoritarian rule [PDF]

, 2016
Why do some electoral authoritarian regimes survive for decades while others become democracies? This article explores the impact of constitutional structures on democratic transitions from electoral authoritarianism.
HIGASHIJIMA, Masaaki, KASUYA, Yuko
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Youth activism in Poland: Perceptions, participation and diverging perspectives from young people and activists

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent years have seen a growing scholarly interest in youth activism (YA), a phenomenon often viewed as a positive development in response to declining civic and political engagement among young people. However, most of the research focuses on the activists themselves and gives less attention to how YA is perceived by the broader youth ...
Martyna Elerian, Miri Yemini, Katarzyna Jasikowska   +2 more
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‘These reforms have teeth’: The affective dimensions of teacher education policy enactment

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The affective dimensions of education policy enactment have often received less attention in the research literature, especially regarding teacher education policy. This article reports on a study of the affective responses of university‐based teacher educators in England to the significant initial teacher education reforms of 2019–2022: the ...
Ian Cushing, Viv Ellis
wiley   +1 more source

Sistemi elettorali e comportamento di voto: una comparazione fra Germania e Nuova Zelanda

QOE-IJES, 2013
The article analyses the impact of mixed-member proportional electoral systems (MMP) on the party systems and electoral behaviors in Germany and New Zealand. The MMP grants proportional representation while reducing party fragmentation.
Marco Calabrò
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Institutional Incentives for Strategic Voting: [PDF]

Looking more closely at the way people form expectations about the possible outcome of the election in their electoral district I will provide evidence for the first time that strategic voting can be observed and predicted even in PR systems with large ...
Gschwend, Thomas
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Is there space for dyslexia in high‐attainment educational environments? Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study into attainment grouping in English primary schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Attainment grouping is an important policy issue and is increasingly practiced in UK primary schools, with researchers presenting contrasting stances on the impact to pupils' attainment and academic self‐concept. This original research statistically analyses the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) data (N = 3510) and explores: (i) whether dyslexic ...
Esther Alice Outram
wiley   +1 more source

The new Italian electoral system and its effects on strategic coordination and disproportionality

Italian Political Science, 2018
On 26 October 2017, the Italian Parliament approved a new electoral system nicknamed Rosatellum after Ettore Rosato, head of the Partito Democratico’s (PD, Democratic Party) parliamentary group in the Chamber, who was the first proponent of the law.
Alessandro Chiaramonte, Roberto D'Alimonte   +1 more
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How Do Electoral Rules Shape Party Structures, Government Coalitions, and Economic Policies? [PDF]

We present a theoretical model of a parliamentary democracy, where party structures, government coalitions and fiscal policies are endogenously determined.
Gerard Roland, Guido Tabellini, Torsten Persson   +2 more
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