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Networks of coercion: Military ties and civilian leadership challenges in China

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Civilian‐led coups are one of the most common routes to losing power in autocracies. How do authoritarian leaders secure themselves from civilian leadership challenges? We argue that autocrats differentiate civilian rivals in part by their social ties to the military.
Tyler Jost, Daniel Mattingly
wiley   +1 more source

Decentralized propaganda in the era of digital media: The massive presence of the Chinese state on Douyin

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The rise of social media in the digital era poses unprecedented challenges to authoritarian regimes that aim to influence public attitudes and behaviors. To address these challenges, we argue that authoritarian regimes have adopted a decentralized approach to produce and disseminate propaganda on social media.
Yingdan Lu, Jennifer Pan, Xu Xu, Yiqing Xu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How shifting priorities and capacity affect policy work and constituency service: Evidence from a census of legislator requests to U.S. federal agencies

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract When elected officials gain power, do they use it to provide more constituent service or affect policy? The answer informs debates over how legislator capacity, term limits, and institutional positions affect legislator behavior. We distinguish two countervailing effects of increased institutional power: shifting priorities and increased ...
Devin Judge‐Lord, Eleanor Neff Powell, Justin Grimmer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Educational environment of virtual reality as a means of developing the communicative competence in teaching a foreign language

Вестник Самарского государственного технического университета. Серия: Психолого-педагогические науки, 2017
This paper addresses the issue of the appropriateness of using virtual reality in the educational process, especially when studying a foreign language and developing the communicative competence as its main component.
Liliya R. Nurtdinova
doaj  

Avoiding Corporate Greenwashing? Sustainability Silence Narratives in the Agri‐Food Industry

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to shed more light on the reasons underlying companies' under‐communication or lack of communication to stakeholders about sustainability achievements in the agri‐food sector. A qualitative study based on 34 semi‐structured interviews with respondents from this sector shows the predominance of a rationale of ...
Olivier Boiral, Marie‐Christine Brotherton, David Talbot, Laurence Guillaumie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

UKLJUČIVANJE INTERKULTURALNE KOMUNIKACIJSKE KOMPETENCIJE U POUČAVANJE STRANIH JEZIKA

Odgojne znanosti, 2006
It is now generally recognised that incorporating intercultural communicative competence into foreign language teaching at all levels is imperative in the multilingual and multicultural Europe. However an analysis of the current situation in foreign language teaching and the textbooks used in primary schools will reveal that intercultural activities ...
openaire   +1 more source

Analysing Higher Education Institutions' Role in Sustainable Development Goals: A Systematic Literature Review Analysis and Future Directions

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the current state of the art regarding the contribution of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We conducted a Systematic Literature Review Analysis (SLRA), which integrates a traditional Systematic Literature Review (SLR) with Bibliographic Analysis (BA), on a
Pasquale Latella, Stefania Veltri
wiley   +1 more source

Competency-based approach in teaching foreign language to the upper forms students of profile school [PDF]

У статті розглянуто роль і місце компетентнісного підходу в навчанні іноземних мов учнів старших класів профільної школи. Проаналізовано різні підходи до трактування понять «компетентнісний підхід», «компетенція», «компетентність», «комунікативна ...
Полонська, Тамара Костянтинівна
core  

‘Out of My Hands’: Palestinian Referral Care in East Jerusalem After October 7, 2023

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the moral experiences of Palestinian healthcare professionals working at a specialised referral hospital in East Jerusalem during the early months of the Gaza War. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with hospital staff providing oncology care, it analyses how understandings of what constitutes “good” care in a context of
Pieter Dronkers, Zeina Amro
wiley   +1 more source

Boundary conditions for foreign language talent public service output. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Yang F, Chen C, Li H.
europepmc   +1 more source