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Top Ten Myths and Fallacies Regarding Immigration [PDF]

This paper analyzes what the author views as the current top ten myths and fallacies regarding immigration and immigration policy in the United States.immigrants, immigration policy, myths ...
Chiswick, Barry R.
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Endogenous opposition: Identity and ideology in Kuwaiti electoral politics

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How do opposition elites succeed in authoritarian elections? Existing theories of authoritarian politics suggest a pivotal role for elections in enhancing the survival of incumbent dictators. Yet, in many contexts, opposition elites attract considerable support and constrain the policymaking authorities of these dictators.
Daniel L. Tavana
wiley   +1 more source

Mitigating tough times? How material self‐interest influences citizens' welfare state behavior

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract It is a long‐standing view that citizens support the welfare state because it provides insurance against future income losses. However, existing studies have struggled to isolate the effect of future‐oriented material self‐interest from normative and political predispositions.
Matias Engdal Christensen
wiley   +1 more source

Employing and Exploiting the Presumptions of Communication in Argumentation: An Application of Normative Pragmatics

Informal Logic, 2016
Argumentation occurs through and as communicative activity. Communication (and therefore argumentation) is organized by pragmatic principles of expression and interpretation.
Scott Jacobs
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Naturalizing ethics [PDF]

, 2007
In this essay we provide (1) an argument for why ethics should be naturalized, (2) an analysis of why it is not yet naturalized, (3) a defense of ethical naturalism against two fallacies—Hume’s and Moore’s—that ethical naturalism allegedly commits, and ...
Flanagan, Owen, Sarkissian, Hagop, Wong, David   +2 more
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In for a penny: An empirical study of earthquake experience and non‐pharmaceutical intervention effectiveness in the Marche region

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates whether prior exposure to natural disasters influenced individual compliance with non‐pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), specifically lockdown measures, during the Corona Virus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. Focusing on the Marche region of Italy, which experienced a severe earthquake in 2016, we exploit
Vincenzo Alfano, Salvatore Capasso, Salvatore Ercolano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Contextualist Defence of the Material Account of Indicative Conditionals [PDF]

The material account of indicative conditionals faces a legion of counterexamples that are the bread and butter in any entry about the subject. For this reason, the material account is widely unpopular among conditional experts.
Silva, Matheus
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A Probabilistic Defense of Proper De Jure Objections to Theism [PDF]

, 2019
A common view among nontheists combines the de jure objection that theism is epistemically unacceptable with agnosticism about the de facto objection that theism is false.
Barnett, Brian C.
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The institutional paradox of a substantivist conception of the economy in public policy: Insights from public procurement for solidarity economy in Ecuador

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecuador's 2008 Constitution advanced an ambitious substantive economic vision through Buen Vivir (Good Living), recognizing a plural economy which encompasses private, public and solidarity economy (SE) sectors. This paper aims to analyze public procurement programs in Ecuador, one of the flagship Buen Vivir policies for SE promotion.
Maria‐José Ruiz‐Rivera, Andreia Lemaître   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Claus Offe (1940–2025): A Tribute to His Academic Work and His Role as a Political Intellectual

Constellations, EarlyView.
Tine Stein
wiley   +1 more source