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The economic foundations of powersharing: Evidence from Africa
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract How—and with whom—do rulers share power? Existing research focuses on the strategic logic of powersharing. In this paper, we analyze its economic foundations. Powersharing is modeled as a subnational fiscal contract, in which rulers allocate political representation based on constituencies’ revenue potential. Empirically, we combine historical
Yannick I. Pengl, Philip Roessler
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Perversity, futility, complicity: Should democrats participate in autocratic elections?
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Electoral authoritarianism is receiving increasing attention from political scientists, yet it has been mostly ignored by political philosophers. This paper aims to fill some of this gap by considering whether it is morally permissibly for democrats to participate in autocratic elections as candidates or voters.
Zoltan Miklosi
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Gandhi: la resistencia civil activa Gandhi: civil active resistance
Polis, 2011 El artículo se ocupa de la concepción de Gandhi acerca de la resistencia activa conforme a los principios de su ética política que regulan las formas de acción: resistencia y verdad. Postula la acción individual y colectiva de resistencia a la injusticia
Armando Rendón Corona
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Unraveling authoritarian reform decision‐making: A metacognitive–subcognitive model
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Recent research indicates that state reforms in East and Southeast Asia have been predominantly top‐down and authoritarian‐led. However, this significant observation implicitly relies on important assumptions about authoritarian decision‐making behavior and psychology that remains understudied.
Eugene Yu Ji
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El Pensamiento de Mahatma Gandhi (II)
Proyección, 2005 Ofrecemos aquí la segunda parte de la reflexión de Gaspar Rul-lán Buades sobre el pensamiento de Gandhi. Tras haber estudiado, en la primera parte, la influencia que tuvieron en Gandhi, el Jainismo, el Budismo, el Hinduismo y el Cristianismo, el autor ...
Gaspar Rul-lán Buades
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Between Ecocentrism and Anthropocentrism: Situating Gandhian Philosophy of Environment
ProblemosWhile Gandhi is portrayed as an inspiration for proponents of ecocentrism, specifically Deep Ecologists like Arne Naess, Ramachandra Guha suggests that Gandhi was more concerned with anthropocentrism.
Koshy Tharakan, Vidya Mary George
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A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
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Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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Robotic surgery for paediatric neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction: a systematic review
BJU International, Volume 135, Issue 4, Page 557-566, April 2025.Objective To evaluate in a systematic review the outcomes, benefits, and limitations of robot‐assisted surgeries for paediatric neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD), as robot‐assisted techniques have emerged as a potential alternative, offering enhanced precision, dexterity, and visualisation.
Ihtisham Ahmad +6 more
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Comparative political theory and Gandhi: A systematic review
Social Sciences and Humanities OpenComparative political theory epitomizes the use of the comparative method in political theory, by calling for the inclusion of non-western traditions of political thought in (re)thinking political theory. Based on the premise that political theory so far
Prakash Khundrakpam +1 more
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