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The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

open access: yesAmerican 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
wiley   +1 more source

Weaponizing Nature, Naturalizing Violence: Anthropologies of Ecofascism

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After decades of denial and obstruction, the global Right is increasingly willing to acknowledge that climate change is a threat to lives and lifeways everywhere. Moreover, some seize on the specter of ecological collapse to advance fascistic politics.
Chloe Ahmann   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Everything Is Just Done Away With Now”: Contentious Practices of Scalar Brokerage Motivated by Narratives of Welfare Nostalgia in Postcolonial Rotterdam

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT According to anthropological theories of brokerage, brokers build bridges, close gaps, make connections, and construct shared norms. In this article, I argue that such structural‐functionalist approaches to brokerage do not prove adequate in addressing unsettled and unsettling scale‐making practices of refugee‐led support initiatives in ...
Lieke van der Veer
wiley   +1 more source

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