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Beyond Cycles of Hegemony: Economic, Social, and Military Factors

open access: yesJournal of World-Systems Research, 1995
As we survey the changing world on the eve of the 21st century, scholars confront empirical puzzles and interpretive uncertainties. Those of us who identify with worldwide social and political movements seeking more democracy, more equality, more justice,
Walter L. Goldfrank
doaj   +1 more source

Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
wiley   +1 more source

Design‐for‐Benchmarking in Soft Robotics: Navigating Component‐System Dichotomy

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Soft robotics faces a profound evaluation challenge: the Component‐System Dichotomy, where isolated component tests fail to predict integrated performance. This article presents a systematic survey of critical reporting gaps across actuation, sensing, and control.
Matteo Lo Preti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Smell of Factionalism: Left Opposition in the Vyatka Provincial Organization of the Bolshevik Party in 1923-1924

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Russian History, 2021
The activity of the Vyatka left opposition that arose during the internal party discussion in the fall of 1923 and the spring of 1924 is studied. The work is based on archival documents from the Central State Archive of Kirov Region, as well as on ...
Yuri N. Timkin
doaj   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Volný mandát člena parlamentu v ústavním vývoji Československa a České republiky

open access: yesPrávněhistorické studie, 2021
This article deals with the issue of the matter of the mandate of members of parliament in the constitutional history of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.
Jan Kudrna
doaj   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Has it ended in Tears?

open access: yesJournal of Central and Eastern European African Studies
Political parties have remained critical actors in modern representative democracy. In most democratic countries, they are codified into national constitutions to safeguard their operation and provide a congenial context for inclusive democracy and ...
Mojeed Animashaun
doaj   +1 more source

“DIVIDING SOVEREIGNTY”: FEDERALISMO Y REPUBLICANISMO EN LA TEORÍA POLÍTICA DE JAMES MADISON [PDF]

open access: yesRevista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2014
This paper explores the inner theoretical relationship between republicanism and federalism in the political thought of James Madison. In fact federalism is conceived from his point of view as a cultural and institutional device to build a true ...
Ramón Máiz
doaj  

Albanian political-economics: Consequences of a clan culture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
We study the politico-economic interaction in a country in transition from a communist regime to a democratic, free market system, to wit, Albania. It is argued that the politicoeconomic system there is characterized by the existence of clans.
Gërxhani, Klarita, Schram, Arthur
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