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Taking stock: The contribution of policy studies to our understanding of gun policy
Politics &Policy, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 415-425, June 2023., 2023 Abstract In the summer of 2022, the tragic mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas once again thrust firearms policy onto the public agenda and opened an agenda window for bipartisan gun reforms in the Senate. Almost simultaneously, the Supreme Court struck down restrictions on concealed carry in New York state in the first major ruling on Second Amendment ...
Noah S. Schwartz
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Assessing place‐based identities in the early Middle Ages: a proposal for post‐Roman Iberia
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 23-50, February 2023., 2023 Sociological models of place‐based identity can be used to better understand the social dynamics of local communities and how they interact with their surroundings. This paper explores how these theoretical models of belonging to a place, in tandem with communal cognitive maps, can be applied to post‐Roman contexts, taking the Iberian Peninsula in the ...
Javier Martínez Jiménez +1 more
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Spain: Political Developments and Data in 2021
European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, Volume 61, Issue 1, Page 423-434, December 2022., 2022 Abstract During 2021, Spain faced problems arising from the COVID‐19 pandemic, including high‐risk public health situations in some regions. A vaccination campaign was carried out for the entire Spanish population, constrained by the arrival of doses and their distribution among regions. Several precepts of the legislation framing the COVID‐19 state of
IRENE DELGADO SOTILLOS +2 more
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Climate change adaptation in Central America: A review of the national policy efforts
Latin American Policy, Volume 13, Issue 2, Page 276-327, November 2022., 2022 Abstract The latest comparative studies of climate policies reinforce the fundamental importance of employing adaptation planning alongside national development strategies. While these studies are necessary to document and share the knowledge of the practices and experiences undertaken at the national level, documents are still scarce on regions of ...
Luis D. Segura +2 more
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Protest and state policy agendas: Marches and gun policy after Parkland
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 877-895, November 2022., 2022 Abstract Does protest spur the government to act at the regional or local level? Gun control in the United States offers a promising case for studying this question, due to considerable variation in both protest and policy‐making activity following the mass shooting in Parkland, FL in early 2018.
Yuko Sato, Jake Haselswerdt
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Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 359-379, Fall 2022., 2022 Abstract This paper examines the impact of informal quotas on the substantive representation of women in appointed upper parliaments using the Omani State Council as a case study. Although no formal gender quota has been institutionalized in Oman, it is presumed that the Sultan will assign 17% of the seats to women, effectively an informal quota ...
Nawra Al‐Lawati
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Australia's News Media Bargaining Code and the global turn towards platform regulation
Policy &Internet, Volume 14, Issue 1, Page 136-150, March 2022., 2022 Abstract Governments across the world are struggling to address the market dominance of technology companies through increased regulation. The Australian Federal government found itself leading the world in platform regulation when, in 2021, it enacted the Australian News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code. The furore surrounding the
Diana Bossio +4 more
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Large carnivore hunting and the social license to hunt
Conservation Biology, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 1111-1119, August 2021., 2021 Abstract The social license to operate framework considers how society grants or withholds informal permission for resource extractors to exploit publicly owned resources. We developed a modified model, which we refer to as the social license to hunt (SLH).
Chris T. Darimont +6 more
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International Social Security Review, Volume 74, Issue 3-4, Page 61-83, July-December 2021., 2021 Abstract In the Netherlands, the social security rights of platform workers have still not been formally defined. At present, the level of social security protection accorded to all workers is derived directly from the labour law qualification. In the continuing absence in the Netherlands of specific legislation for platform workers, specifically as ...
Saskia Montebovi
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Revista Internacional de Sociología, 2018 La investigación empírica sobre las preferencias favorables a la formación de coaliciones electorales se ha centrado en partidos con afinidad ideológica.
Pedro Lago Peñas
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