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The Changing Educational Gradient in Nontraditional Attitudes toward Family Behavior: A Cross‐National Study

open access: yesPopulation and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The second demographic transition (SDT) theory highlights how nontraditional family behaviors first emerged in Nordic countries and diffused elsewhere. Cross‐national variations in approval of such behaviors across educational groups and changes over time remain underexplored, however.
Katrin Schwanitz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Mental Health of the Young in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We report on the wellbeing of the young in twenty‐eight countries located in Eastern Europe and Central Asia including fifteen post‐Soviet countries. We find no evidence of the decline in the mental health of the young relative to older people, which characterizes Western Europe and English‐speaking advanced economies. The mental health of the
David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson
wiley   +1 more source

Deteriorating Mental Well‐Being of the Young in the UK

open access: yesScottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using several data sets for the UK we track rising perceptions of mental well‐being among the working‐age population in the UK. The trend is apparent among all age groups and for men and women, but it is most pronounced among the young, and especially young women aged under 25.
David G. Blanchflower   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
wiley   +1 more source

Kosovo 1998-2008: Human Rights from War to Independence

open access: yes
Serbs and Albanians have inhabited Kosovo for centuries. For Serbs, Kosovo is the core of the medieval Serbian kingdom. For Albanians, Kosovo is the cradle of their struggle for independence.
Radeljic, Branislav
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Beyond Groups? Consociational Culture and the Representation of Cross‐Segmental Interests

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In deeply divided societies, consociational power‐sharing ensures representation for ethnonational groups but raises questions about cross‐segmental interests. This paper explores “consociational culture,” arguing that consociational systems create a form of political culture which incentivises the use of group‐based categories and identities ...
Patrizia John
wiley   +1 more source

What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
wiley   +1 more source

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