Parliamentary Elections in Indonesia: President Susilo on the Rise
The Indonesian parliamentary elections in April 2009 have been characterized as peaceful, free, and fair. All in all, the young democracy has been stabilized.
Andreas Ufen
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Turkey’s ‘Yes’ Vote in the Referendum on Constitutional Reform: One More Step Towards Joining the EU [PDF]
The ‘yes’ vote by a significant margin in Turkey’s constitutional referendum on 12 September should revive the flagging negotiations for Turkey’s full entry into the EU, launched in October 2005, which have virtually ground to a halt. The result was a
Chislett, William
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The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers
ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
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Morocco: Challenges for a newly born democracy / Marruecos: los retos de una democracia naciente
The legislative elections on September 2007 did not resolve the unknowns about the Morocco’s political system that suffers from a large lag in the democratic reforms. Without Parliamentary majority, the current government of coalition is unable to assume
Mohamed Boundi Boundi
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The Changing Relationship between the Justice and Development Party and the Kurds in Turkey [PDF]
This thesis investigates the circumstances surrounding two periods of reforms concerning the Kurds in Turkey to determine possible reasons for the introduction of reforms in 2013.
Pantich, Alexander D.
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Public Participation in New Local Governance Spaces: The Case for Community Development in Local Strategic Partnerships [PDF]
Research into public participation in local decision-making has increased over the past forty years, reflecting increased interest in the subject from academic, policy and practitioner perspectives.
Purcell, Martin
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This study reveals that sampling strategy (i.e., sampling size and approach) is a foundational prerequisite for building accurate and generalizable AI models in peptide discovery. Reaching a threshold of 7.5% of the total tetrapeptide sequence space was essential to ensure reliable predictions.
Meiru Yan +3 more
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Ideological Dimension of Party Political Space of Modern Turkey
The article is devoted to ideological issues in the Turkish party system in the context of the electoral process. The authors analyze the internal content and principles of ideological platforms of the leading parties in Turkey.
Galkina Elena Vyacheslavovna +1 more
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The Justice and Development Party’s Conception of “Conservative Democracy”: Invention or Reinterpretation? [PDF]
Abstract This article investigates the notion of “conservative democracy” in the discourse of the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP) in relation to the concepts of change and continuity. It argues that “conservative democracy,” which is presented as a “genuine contribution” of the AKP to Turkish politics, is actually a ...
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Impact of the 1999 Earthquakes on the Outcome of the 2002 Parliamentary Election in Turkey [PDF]
The two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999, not only caused enormous amounts of death, destruction and suffering, but also exposed rampant government corruption involving construction and zoning code violations.
Akarca, Ali T., Tansel, Aysit
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