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Introduction. Indian Federalism under One-party Dominance

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
This essay introduces a collection of articles that explores the idea of federalism and its discontents in contemporary India. It exposes the central concern of the special issue, namely, why what might be considered federal values are being contested in
Kalaiyarasan A., Louise Tillin
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There Is Always a Bigger Fish. Determinants of Power Perceptions in Swiss Biodiversity Policy

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) views power as crucial in policy processes, but the nature of coalition power, its determinants, and how to empirically measure it remain understudied. In this article, we use a mixed method approach and social network analysis to explore power relationships in the biodiversity policy subsystem in ...
Alix d'Agostino, Jascha Egli, Daniel Kübler   +2 more
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From disconnection to coherence: Reframing Indigenous knowledge in the Asia‐Pacific

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Achieving a balanced approach to sustainability in the Asia‐Pacific requires the effective protection, preservation and equitable use of traditional knowledge. Despite recognised contributions to biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation, Indigenous worldviews and knowledge systems remain structurally excluded from statutory regimes ...
Shawkat Alam, Amy Scott
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Flaring reduction solutions: How Norway, the US and Russia regulate flaring to mitigate black carbon emissions in the Arctic

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Gas flaring is a common practice for burning excessive gas during oil and gas production. Flaring results in the release of various pollutants that contribute to climate change. In the Arctic, black carbon emissions released from flaring, in and near the region, contribute to local warming.
Nadezhda Filimonova, Timo Koivurova
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Taking Eco‐Social Risks Seriously: Explaining the Introduction of Compulsory Insurance for Natural Hazards

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the ongoing climate crisis, the frequency and severity of natural disasters are increasing. These events result in enormous reconstruction costs, pose a high burden on state budgets, and potentially drive homeowners into private insolvency.
Anne‐Marie Parth
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Fiscal Federalism: a Solution for the European Union during the Crisis?

EIRP Proceedings, 2011
Addressing the cumbersome state-level fiscal crisis in the EU can be made and on the lack of afiscal federalist its architecture. Fiscal federalism is, inter alia one of the principles of European fiscal policy,redistribution of political ...
Adina Trandafir, Luminita Ristea
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The Local Politics of Social Investment Under Fiscal Constraints: The Case of Childcare Expansion in Germany

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governments in many of the advanced economies expanded childcare, an exemplary social investment policy, in recent years. Yet, considerable regional variation exists in expansion efforts, and often the supply of childcare still does not match demand.
Erik Neimanns, Björn Bremer
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Problems and Solutions in the Knowledge Economy: Ideational Power in Slow‐Burning Crises

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Societies are grappling with uncertainty about how to adapt to the emerging knowledge economy. Drawing on the public policy literature, we propose a new approach to studying the politics of ideas during long‐term structural changes. We depart from existing scholarship that focuses on the politics of ideas during episodic crises, and instead ...
Martin B. Carstensen, Patrick Emmenegger, Cecilia Ivardi   +2 more
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Turnout and Invalid Voting in Brazilian Municipal Elections: A Runoff Voting System Tale

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper assesses the impact of Brazil's hybrid mayoral voting system on voters' choices and examines the shift in blank, null, and turnout between the first and second rounds. Using fixed‐effects and RDD techniques over 5570 municipalities between 2000 and 2020, this study shows that runoff voting generates more abstention and invalid ...
Vítor Castro, Rodrigo Martins, Sergio Naruhiko Sakurai   +2 more
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The Fiscal-Educational Relationship in Argentina: between the centralism of resources and the federalism of expenses

Fineduca, 2019
In the last decade, Argentina's educational history registered an unprecedented event, the sustained growth of educational financing for over a decade. However, as in education policies, an exceptional situation was wasted to promote structural reforms ...
José Agustín Claus
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