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Ed Davey's Tory Removals: The Liberal Democrats and the 2024 General Election

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 83-90, January/March 2025.
Abstract The 2024 general election represented a remarkable comeback for the Liberal Democrats. Less than a decade on from the coalition and the 2015 election debacle, Sir Ed Davey's party reclaimed third‐party status in the House of Commons with seventy‐two MPs—the largest total for the Liberal Democrats or their Liberal Party predecessors since the ...
Peter Sloman
wiley   +1 more source

Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

ENVIRONMENTAL STATECRAFT AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: Chengdu's Ecological Preservation and Eco‐development

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of environmental statecraft to study changing urban environmental politics in China and beyond. Our review of existing conceptions reveals a growing need to account for temporal and geographical complexity. Neoliberal conceptions of eco‐state restructuring are increasingly strained by contemporary geopolitical
Handuo Deng, Fulong Wu, Fangzhu Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
wiley   +1 more source

STRATIFIED ADAPTATION: Infrastructure, Elevation, and Cascading Floods in the Urban Mekong Delta

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Flood‐prone cities in the global South are increasingly the target of infrastructure projects aimed at building climate ‘resilience’. At the same time, residents of these cities take adaptation to flooding into their own hands. In this article we examine the interrelationship between household‐scale and urban‐scale flood mitigation projects in
Lizzie Yarina   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Directional Peer Effects in Technology Adoption: Influence of Farmer Interactions in Sustaining Rice Production in Thailand

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) practices in Thailand are driven by directional social peer exposure and physical proximity. Analysing survey data from 1363 rice‐producing households across Thailand's Central and Northeastern regions, we construct a directed social network based on self‐reported information ...
Boyeong Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring Agricultural Wages Amidst Conflict: Evidence From Myanmar

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Violent conflict is globally on the rise, and an increasing body of literature analyses its impacts on agricultural production and food security. Yet the quality of data collected in conflict zones is sometimes questioned and remains underexplored. This paper addresses this gap by examining two types of reporting bias—recall and question order
Andrew Laitha   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Administrative district reforms, Land Transaction Permission System, and land market dynamics: Evidence from South Korea

open access: yesReal Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how administrative jurisdictional reform affects land market dynamics by analyzing the 2023 incorporation of Gunwi County into Daegu Metropolitan City, South Korea. We develop a supply‐and‐demand framework in which administrative reclassification raises expectations of future development and increases landowners ...
Youngjae Hwang, Hoyong Jung
wiley   +1 more source

Field validation of blow fly age estimation methods for determining time of placement of human remains in Tennessee, USA

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Forensic entomology currently represents one of the best approaches for estimating the minimum postmortem interval (PMIMIN) in medicolegal death investigations given certain parameters and assumptions are met. However, validation of standard estimation methods used in this field are few and far between.
Charity G. Owings   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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