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Legislators’ Religiosity and Same-Sex Marriage in Latin America
Latin American Research Review, 2023 Same-sex marriage has risen to the top of political agendas across Latin America, but it is still illegal in many countries. Public support about the issue varies greatly, and the roles of the courts, presidents, and legislatures have also differed. This
Valentina González-Rostani +1 more
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The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2008 Two of the challenges facing South Africa are crime and victimisation. This article explores the effectiveness of governmental bodies in the whole-of-government approach to ensure accountability and oversight over safety and security.
Ernest Ababio, Tamsanqa Edgar Tengeni
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A comparative perspective on reforming the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act [PDF]
, 2014 This model grants to legislatures ultimate responsibility for the resolution of controversial rights issues while at the same time seeking to improve the rights sensitivity of the legislative process and increasing the rights protective powers of courts ...
Stephen Gardbaum
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Inkanyiso, 2019 This article, which is based on desk analysis, examines the legislative oversight roles of the legislatures in democratizing Nigeria against the backdrop of the seeming crisis of governance.
Olusesan Osunkoya, Adeniyi S. Basiru
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The Number of Parties and Decision-Making in Legislatures
Games, 2021 This paper proposes a model of a legislature, formed by several parties, which has to vote for or against a certain bill in the presence of a lobbyist interested in a certain vote outcome.
Marina Bannikova +2 more
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Socius, 2021 U.S. state spending on higher education represents a sizable, but highly variable, portion of budget expenditures. Preliminary research supports a positive relationship between the percentage of state legislators who hold public degrees and state funding
Kristen Shorette +2 more
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Practice and Theory: The Diffusion of State Legislative Budget Reform
Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 2021 We question why some state legislatures responded to public discourse promptly while other state legislatures resist change. We use the choice of performance-based budgeting (PBB) to set the stage in answering this compelling question. We employ a logit
Sungkyu Jang +2 more
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Reapportionments of State Legislatures—Legal Requirements [PDF]
, 1952 The continuously rising attention to and practice of eco-city development in Sweden and China, as well as the countries’ active cooperation has motivated this study and the exploration of eco-city development in these two countries.
Harvey, Lashley G.
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KUOTA PEREMPUAN DI DPRD JAWA TENGAH PADA PEMILU 2014 DAN PEMILU 2019
Perspektif Hukum, 2019 Gender equality in Indonesian legislature has not yet reached its expected state. Despite numerous agreements, conventions, and affirmative actions that were taken so far to promote the agenda, the fact of the matter is that female politicians are still ...
Hamidah Abdurrachman +2 more
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Does Article V Restrict the States to Calling Unlimited Conventions Only?—A Letter to a Colleague [PDF]
, 1978 From time to time, various state legislatures have adopted resolutions designed to require Congress to call a limited convention in which one or another possible amendments to the Constitution might be proposed.
Van Alstyne, William W.
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