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Trust in scientists on climate change and vaccines [PDF]
On climate change and other topics, conservatives have taken positions at odds with a strong scientific consensus. Claims that this indicates a broad conservative distrust of science have been countered by assertions that while conservatives might oppose
Hamilton, Lawrence C. +2 more
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Who Do European Parties Represent? How Western European Parties Represent the Policy Preferences of Opinion Leaders [PDF]
Several recent studies explore how American politicians represent the policy views of subconstituencies within the electorate. We extend this perspective to 12 West European democracies over the period 1973- 2002 to examine how mainstream parties ...
Adams, James, Ezrow, Lawrence
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The domestic political impact of foreign aid: recalibrating the research agenda [PDF]
The recent concentration of attention by some political scientists on evaluating the effectiveness of democracy assistance, drawing on the transient policy concerns of major donors, is a welcome innovation to a research agenda traditionally biased ...
Burnell, Peter J.
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25 Years of Politology of Religion
The increasing influence of religion in politics - a fact which was suddenly noticed after the Iranian Islamic revolution, the role of religion in the downfall of the Warsaw Pact and socialist regimes in Eastern Europe, the resurgence of Hinduism by ...
Miroljub Jevtić
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Vaunting the independent amateur: Scientific American and the representation of lay scientists [PDF]
This paper traces how media representations encouraged enthusiasts, youth and skilled volunteers to participate actively in science and technology during the twentieth century.
Johnston, Sean F.
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THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND CURRENT TRENDS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AS A FIELD OF STUDY IN NIGERIA
This study provides an overview of the historical development and current trends of political science as a field of study in Nigeria. It examines how political science emerged and evolved as a distinct academic discipline in Nigeria after its ...
Toye Manuwa
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A Look at Postmodernism's Political Decision-Making [PDF]
When George Lycaf published the paper on social science in neuroscience and argued for some reason that argument is a subject of neurology, a new look has been made into other aspects of sociology, including political science.
Sayed Hamid Hosseini +3 more
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Out of all the departments of political sciences in Russia - the Department at MGIMO-University is probably the oldest one. In fact it is very young. While MGIMO-University is celebrating its 70th anniversary the Department of Political Sciences turns 15.
A. D. Voskresensky
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Between the lifeworld and academia: Defining political issues in social science education
Highlights: • We identified four aspects for defining political issues. • Political issues are collective. • Political issues are conflictual in nature. • Political issues are contemporary issues. • Issues are political due to contextual factors.
Nora Elise Hesby Mathé, Johan Sandahl
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Public Choice: an Overview [PDF]
Public Choice begins with the observation that in politics, as in economics, individuals and institutions compete for scarce resources and that, therefore, the same methods of analyses used by economists to explain the behaviour of consumers and ...
Borooah, Vani
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