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Vietnam's foreign policy (1945-1946): Proactive in a fragile independence [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations, 3 not approved]

F1000Research
Background The August Revolution of 1945 established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, but the nascent government immediately faced immense challenges from external forces like French colonialists and Chiang Kai-shek’s army, alongside internal ...
Quoc Dung Mai
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Licensed Commoning and the Authoritarian Commons: Governing Participation in China's Community Gardens

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's environmental governance transition combines intensified vertical accountability and performance‐based management with expanding calls for public participation. However, despite growing demand for civic engagement, there remains limited understanding of how participatory environmental initiatives are structured and governed in practice.
Linjun Xie, Mengqi Shao, Gaohan Deng
wiley   +1 more source

Caught in the Headlights: Revising the Road Kill Hypothesis of Antebellum Illinois Bank Failures

Essays in Economic and Business History, 2017
Illinois had a dismal free banking experience, with over 80% of its free banks failing by the start of the Civil War. Researchers agree that a dramatic change in bond prices was the catalyst, and some have shown that the riskiest banks, ex ante, were the
Scott Clayman, Scott Deacle, Andrew Economopoulos   +2 more
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Left Wanting and Left Unheard: A Dual Grievance Model of Populism Across Six European Countries

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study tests a dual grievance model of populism by examining whether relative deprivation and external political inefficacy are linked to two core dimensions of populist beliefs (people sovereignty and anti‐elitism) via aversive political emotions (anger, sadness and fear) and institutional distrust across six European countries (N = 5487).
Anna Cortijos‐Bernabeu, Matteo Cavallaro, Christian Staerklé   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Gold, guns & goons’: the complexity of electoral irregularities in Nigeria, 1999-2007 [PDF]

, 2010
Electoral irregularities have become an irritant but inseparable aspect of democratic development in several countries of the world. From the US Florida electoral crisis of 2000 to the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004/2005, which was staged to ...
Osiki, Omon Merry
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Conspiracy Theory Endorsement Profiles: A Cluster Validation Study

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A substantial body of research has investigated the determinants of conspiratorial beliefs, yet little is known about different conspiracy theory endorsement profiles. The present study used cluster analysis on a set of 52 conspiratorial statements tapping into six conspiracy theory types to identify and validate conspiracy theory endorsement ...
Otto Mäki, Eetu Marttila, Tuomo Häikiö, Daria Pritup, Kaisa Elovaara, Pasi Kivioja, Johanna K. Kaakinen   +6 more
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Policy Networks and Policy Entrepreneurship in the EU: Explaining Structural Policy Change in Pharmaceutical Innovation Incentives and Health Technology Assessment

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Policy process research has excelled in explaining structural policy change within national settings, but extensions and applications to the EU level have long proven challenging for scholars. Given that the EU is currently experiencing its longest period of Treaty stability since the 1980s—having evolved into a sui generis political system ...
Vassilis Karokis‐Mavrikos
wiley   +1 more source

Realistic Representation, Dynamic Evolution and Determinants of Institutional Quality in China

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper delves into the role of institutional quality in bolstering China's economic resilience post‐COVID‐19, CITIC‐Entropy. It divides institutions into basic and changeable categories, establishing an index system via the CITIC‐Entropy TOPSIS model.
Susu Wang, Qidi Zhang, Jing Fang
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Losers’ Dissent: How Election Results Shape Populists’ Satisfaction with Democracy

Government and Opposition
If elections are fair and free, citizens should accept their results regardless of the party or candidate they voted for. The evaluation of democracy should not be tainted by ‘winning’ or ‘losing’ an election.
Armin Schäfer, Jonas Wenker
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Democratic dawn? : Civil society and elections in Myanmar 2010 – 2012 [PDF]

, 2012
While the general elections in Myanmar in November 2010 were widely condemned, both national and international actors approached the by-elections of April 2012 as a political rite-de-passage to improve relations between the government and the opposition ...
Lidauer, Michael
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