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Testing Staff Roles in the Danish Parliament
Politics and GovernanceInvestments in parliamentary staff in many countries raise the question: What tasks do they perform in exchange for the public money with which they are paid?
Stijn van Voorst
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State Budget Crises and Access to College for Undocumented Students in the United States
Revue LISA, 2016 The financial crisis has intensified the concerns over the availability of financial aid for all students in the public higher education system of the United States.
Fanny Lauby
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A Disproportionality Bias in the Bureau of the Regional Assembly of Madrid
Games, 2021 This paper analyses the voting behavior of the parliamentary groups in the Regional Assembly of Madrid to appoint the Bureau, its representative body, in all the legislatures since its inception (1983–2021).
Omar de la Cruz Vicente +2 more
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Sports, Transgender Rights and the Bodily Politics of Cisgender Supremacy
Laws, 2021 Between 2020 and 2021, one hundred and ten bills in state legislatures across the United States suggested banning the participation of transgender athletes on sports teams for girls and women. As of July 2021, ten such bills have become state law.
Elizabeth A. Sharrow
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Understanding the Role of Political Staff and Parliamentary Administrations
Politics and GovernanceThe staff working in parliaments represent a highly relevant, yet significantly understudied group of actors. While political scientists have sought to understand the activities of elected representatives in parliaments, the role of the administration ...
Gijs Jan Brandsma, Anna-Lena Högenauer
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J. Jędruch, Constitutions, Elections and Legislatures of Poland, 1493 - 1977
Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne, 1986 Recenzja: Jacek Jędruch, Constitutions, Elections and Legislatures oj Poland, 1493-1977. A Guide to their History, „University Press of America", 1982, ss. 598.
Andrzej Ajnenkiel
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European Journal of Futures Research, 2023 Legislatures have recently started to invest in anticipatory governance. Alongside new practices, they have introduced designated future committees and organs that connect MPs to future-regarding visioning and advice. Two decades ago, only Finland had a ‘
Vesa Koskimaa, Tapio Raunio
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Preemptive multipartism and democratic transitions
Political Science Research and MethodsScholars debate whether the presence of multiple parties in the legislature stabilizes dictatorships or promotes their demise. We show that authoritarian regimes face a dilemma: allowing for multipartism reduces the risk of bottom-up revolt, but ...
Natán Skigin, Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
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Back to the Drawing Board: Revisiting the Supreme Court\u27s Stance on Partisan Gerrymandering [PDF]
, 2017 In the United States, state legislatures have drawn voting districts to achieve desired election results for hundreds of years. Dating back to the James Madison presidency, various legislatures and iterations of the U.S. Supreme Court have wrestled with
Colton, Robert
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Understanding State Government Appropriations For the Arts: 1976-1999 [PDF]
, 2006 Using panel data analysis, we examine the relative importance of citizen and government characteristics on a highly discretionary and volatile budget item: state appropriations to arts agencies. Despite the unimportance of arts spending to most citizens,
Gregory B. Lewis, Michael Rushton
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