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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In times of crisis, maintaining citizens' trust in government is crucial for policy legitimacy. Yet, research on how institutional design shapes trust under crisis conditions remains limited. This study addresses this gap by examining how the delegation of authority and the degree of institutional independence of public health agencies relate ...
Jana Gómez Díaz
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Women's Empowerment and Intra‐Household Bargaining Power
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We assess the effectiveness of the Abbreviated Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A‐WEAI) in predicting intra‐household bargaining power. We conducted a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment with agricultural households, where spouses made decisions about money allocations.
Marina Nacka +2 more
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From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018
Sociological 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
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Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies
Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
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Mathematical sentencing model in criminal justice: An effective method for standardizing the judicial penal policy or an unsuccessful experiment? [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu, 2019 The basic postulates of the sentencing framework as we know it today were first established in the 19th century French criminal law, by introducing a system of relatively fixed penalties (a flexible range of minimum and maximum penalties instead of fixed
Miladinović-Stefanović Dušica
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What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?
Swiss 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
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Kinship and reproduction: A perspective of the Akha in Laos
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on fieldwork among the Akha people in Phongsaly District, Phongsaly Province, northern Laos, this paper examines Akha patrilineal kinship and its links to reproduction. The Akha people's reproductive decisions and behaviours are shaped by patrilineality, ancestral connections and cultural–spiritual perceptions of reproduction, which ...
Vanly Lorkuangming
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Assessing the poverty-growth-inequality nexus: the case of Macedonia [PDF]
Eastern Journal of European Studies, 2017 The process of transition in Macedonia, as in other former socialist countries, has affected every domain of the political, economic, and social life.
Dimitar NIKOLOSKI, Miroslav GVEROSKI
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Review of Education, Volume 14, Issue 2, August 2026.Abstract This systematic review focuses on engagement in early childhood education (ECE) within Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities. ECE increases lifelong educational success rates along with narrowing poverty and equity gaps. Yet the GRT participation rate in ECE is nearly half that of the majority mainstream population.
Sara Ponce +3 more
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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies
Economics &Politics, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 542-559, July 2026.ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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