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La libertad de expresión como condición para la democracia

open access: yes, 2019
El artículo muestra un breve repaso por la historia eficiente de Panamá desde una perspectiva de derechos humanos, a propósito de la coyuntura electoral 2019 y la libertad de expresión como una de las instituciones necesarias para una democracia.
Benjamín Miranda, Ramón Humberto
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Torture and scepticism in Papua New Guinea witch hunts Torture et scepticisme dans les chasses aux sorcières en Papouasie‐Nouvelle‐Guinée

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
For over a century, anthropologists have documented the many institutions that exist to respond to witchcraft and the uncanny that it names: oracles that attempt to produce certainty by naming the witch; moots in which grievances are aired; trials in magistrates’ courts that attempt to satisfy the community while preserving the life of the accused ...
Chloe Nahum‐Claudel
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‘The Bethune College Sensation’: Gender, Archive and Radical Passivity

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the student protests at Bethune College, Calcutta, on 3 February 1928, against the Simon Commission, a British parliamentary delegation that excluded Indian representation. On this day, female students staged a quiet but radical act of defiance by refusing to attend classes, sign apologies or vacate their hostel, despite ...
Meghmala Bhattacharya
wiley   +1 more source

Volatilty and electoral competitivity in Latin America: an exploratory study of six party systems

open access: yesRevista Colección, 2017
To what extent electoral volatility and party system competitiveness may be related? This paper seeks to answer this question by studying six Latin American party systems (Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela). Considering Presidential and
Facundo Cruz
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Politics and Volatility [PDF]

open access: yes
We investigate how politics (party orientation, national elections, and strength of democratic institutions) affect stock market volatility. We hypothesize that labor-intensive industries, industries with larger exposure to foreign trade, industries ...
Molchanov, Alexander   +3 more
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Catholic Values and Gender Politics in the Colombian Mass Media: Acción Cultural Popular (ACPO) in the 1970s

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 1970s were a decade of huge change for women in Colombia, from the legalisation of divorce to increased access to education, labour market participation and contraception. This article examines how the Catholic non‐governmental organisation Acción Cultural Popular (Popular Cultural Action, ACPO) responded to women's changing roles and ...
Anna Cant
wiley   +1 more source

Integration Through Rights: Towards an Associational Paradigm

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
Integration policies in the EU and the UK have over the past two decades increasingly emphasised duties and constraints for migrants. This article challenges the duty‐based model and proposes an alternative legal conception: ‘integration through rights’, with associational rights taking a central role.
Sarah Ganty, Clíodhna Murphy
wiley   +1 more source

1989 Boletín Electoral N°43( Decreto N° 127) del 26 de diciembre de 1989.

open access: yes, 1989
Este decreto lo encuentra publicada en el Boletín Electoral N° 43 del 11 de enero de 1990.Contiene datos por la cual se revoca el Decreto sobre anulación de las elecciones del 7 de mayo de 1989.Este decreto lo encuentra publicada en el Boletín Electoral ...
Tribunal Electoral de Panamá, TE
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School Board Elections in England and Wales, 1870–1902: An Electoral Experiment?

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1870 Elementary Education Act enabled the creation of school boards in England and Wales. Members were directly elected by the cumulative vote. This method gave each individual voter as many votes as there were seats on a school board, in some cases up to fifteen.
ED GREEN
wiley   +1 more source

EVICT, NEGLECT, OR INVEST? Community Power and the Politics of Urban Informality Governance in Jakarta

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
wiley   +1 more source

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