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Branding and strategic maneuvering in the Romanian presidential election of 2004: A critical discourse-analytical and pragma-dialectical perspective [PDF]
, 2008 In this paper I analyse differences in the legitimation strategies used by and on behalf of the two presidential candidates in the elections of December 2004 in Romania, using a combination of Critical Discourse Analysis and pragma-dialectics.
Ietcu-Fairclough, Isabela
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Existing literature posits that attitudes toward immigration are shaped by the impact of migrants on native workers' wages and employment, as well as by various other material, cultural, and social concerns. However, empirically disentangling these influences can be challenging.
Lena Maria Schaffer, Gabriele Spilker
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Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) to globally impose a one‐time tax, labelled as “Health tax”, on tobacco, alcohol and sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) aim to achieve a 50% retail price increase to reduce consumption and improve health outcomes.
Hazem Abbas +6 more
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Rethinking international relations: an interview with Benno Teschke [PDF]
, 2016 In this interview, George Souvlis and Aurélie Andry talk with Benno Teschke, author of The Myth of 1648: Class, Geopolitics and the Making of Modern International Relations, about the relationship between Marxism and international relations theory.
Teschke, Benno
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Direct democracy and political extremism
Economica, EarlyView.Abstract We study how citizens' right to directly decide on policies through popular initiatives affects the attractiveness of extreme candidates in representative elections. In our theoretical framework, single prominent policy issues on which individual voters hold extreme views get a large weight in their assessment of candidates, thereby favouring ...
Nicolas Schreiner, Alois Stutzer
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The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Left-Wing Populism in Socialist Venezuela
Journal of World-Systems Research, 2018 Gill shows how Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s populist style of governance both inspired opposition to U.S. imperialism and drew the ire of many powerful domestic and foreign groups, contributing to the country's current economic malaise.
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Special issue editorial: Populism, globalisation and social media [PDF]
, 2020 Flew, T., Iosifidis, P.
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Two Faces of the Anti‐Inclusion Neoconservative Coin in Brazil: Neoliberalism and Far‐Right
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Brazil has recently experienced the resurgence of the far‐right, a movement that has also occurred in other countries around the world. Given this context, this article seeks to understand the factors that enabled the union among neoliberalism, neoconservatism, and the far‐right in Brazil, demonstrating that in times of economic crisis the ...
Eloisio Moulin de Souza
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UNWARRANTED CONFIDENCE: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE POVERTY OF ANTI‐REALISM
History and Theory, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Poverty of Anti‐Realism: Critical Perspectives on Postmodernist Philosophy of History, edited by Tor Egil Førland and Branko Mitrović, celebrates the new dawn of historical realism, which it claims supersedes the erroneous and harmful anti‐realism.
Jouni‐Matti Kuukkanen
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