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A Thin Blue Democratic Line? Organization, Interest, and Ethical Compatibility as Foundations of External Accountability Credibility

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the context of rising authoritarian and populist political movements, scholars have increasingly identified external agency as a bulwark for liberal values. However, its capacity to protect such values may be contingent upon its acceptance within the profession—specifically, upon attitudes we conceptualize as “accountability credibility ...
Sebastian Roché, Jacques de Maillard, Julien Noble   +2 more
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Does the Threat of Killing Gays Deter Foreign Aid: The Case of Uganda's 2014 Anti‐Homosexuality Act

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much attention has been drawn on Uganda in recent years due to the strengthening of its anti‐LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric. Our study explores the aid‐deterring effect of anti‐LGBTQ legislation in an experimental setting using the Synthetic Control Method.
Elissaios Papyrakis, Luca Tasciotti
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“I Wish I Had Better Answers”: Organizational Ignorance in US Criminal Courts

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems of monetary sanctions in US criminal courts present an opportunity for furthering the sociological understanding of complex and consequential organizations. We examine whether and how court actors across eight states understand the organizational processes supporting the fiscal logic of legal financial obligations (LFOs).
Sarah K. S. Shannon, Gabriela Kirk‐Werner, Beth Huebner, Lacey Byram Moore   +3 more
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Animal Segregation: The Biopolitics of Concentrated Pig Farming

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the possibility to think through the concept of animal segregation to understand the more‐than‐human geographies of livestock animals. By redirecting the analytical tools for studying the spatial separation of humans to the segregation of animals, this paper contributes to understanding the geographical processes of ...
Willem Rogier Boterman
wiley   +1 more source

Gendered Barriers and Dressing Rituals: The Role of the Uniform in Becoming Women Prison Officers in Men's Prisons

Journal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 36, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Men's prisons can be particularly challenging workplaces for women, who often experience barriers to belonging. While uniforms are recognised as important for professional identity in military and policing contexts, how they shape women's identity practices in prison work has not been widely examined.
Claudia Walker, Alice Beban, Sarah Riley, Christine Stephens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visualising an abolitionist real utopia: principles, policy and praxis [PDF]

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A Callinicos, A Giddens, A Giddens, AA Vass, BA Hudson, CR Dodge, CW Mills, D Scott, D Scott, D Scott, D Scott, D Scott, E Durkheim, EO Wright, FH Knopp, GJ Slump, H Bianchi, H Steinert, I Loader, J Sim, J Sim, L Dronfield, L Hulsman, L Hulsman, M Barker, M Fitzgerald, M Fitzgerald, M Foucault, M Ryan, N Christie, N Christie, N Christie, P Carlen, R Coleman, R Swaaningen van, R Swaaningen van, Radical Alternatives to Prison (RAP), Radical Alternatives to Prison (RAP), RK Hanson, S Brown, S Cohen, S Cohen, S Cohen, S Cohen, S Cohen, S Cohen, S Stanley, T Lappi-Seppala, T Mathiesen, T Mathiesen, T Mathiesen, UV Bondeson, V Ruggiero, W Haan de   +53 more
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Induced abortion in the world: 2. Present views on pregnancy termination

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 173, Issue 2, Page 668-673, May 2026.
Abstract Abortion was practiced in most cultures for millennia, but was often disapproved and banned. The 20th century witnessed a progressive conditional legalization, often with limitations for the duration of pregnancy. Legalizing abortion was driven by multiple factors, including a desire to limit population growth, the emergence of movements that ...
Giuseppe Benagiano, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Marwan Habiba, Salvatore Mancuso, Shantha Shantha‐Kumari   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The correlation between sanction adjustments and drunk‐driving violations and related outcomes in Taiwan: A nationwide interrupted time series analysis

Addiction, Volume 121, Issue 5, Page 1166-1178, May 2026.
Abstract Background and aims Drunk‐driving accounts for a significant portion of traffic crashes in Taiwan. From 2008 to 2013, both the Taiwan Legislative Yuan and the federal administrative agencies collaborated to increase drunk‐driving penalties.
Ling‐Wei Kuo, Chien‐An Liao, Chi‐Tung Cheng, Chien‐Hung Liao, Chih‐Po Hsu, Chih‐Yuan Fu, Shih‐Ching Kang, Brett Olin, Chun‐Shiang Yang, Jen‐Fu Huang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the Ethiopian policy landscape on abortion services using a health policy triangle framework. [PDF]

Int J Equity Health
Wakgari N, Bekele D, Watson SJ, Wondafrash M, Bradfield Z, Tessema GA.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Right‐Wing Populist Turn in the Conservative Party of Canada? Continuities and Ruptures Under the Leadership of Pierre Poilievre (2022–2025)

Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 63, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Since his election as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) in 2022, Pierre Poilievre has been associated with populism in media and political discourse, with implicit and explicit comparisons to Donald Trump. This article investigates the validity of such assessments by applying “complex” theories of populism, which conceptualize ...
Efe Peker, Emily Laxer, Rémi Vivès
wiley   +1 more source