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Are Less Affluent People Less Likely to Run for Political Office?

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In almost all democracies, elected officials are better off than most of the citizens they represent. Recent research has shown that this descriptive misrepresentation is partly due to voter and party bias against less well‐off candidates. In this paper, we explore a third possible explanation: Are less affluent people less likely to run for ...
Pirmin Bundi, Reto Wüest
wiley   +1 more source

Everyday Discrimination as a Driver of Political Protest Among the Lower Social Class: Evidence from Germany

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This research note investigates how discriminatory experiences shape political protest behaviour among lower social class citizens. While prior studies show that discrimination mobilises ethnic and racial minorities toward protest, the political consequences of class‐based discrimination remain underexplored.
Manuel Diaz Garcia, Sabrina J. Mayer, Magdalena Riedl   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nested Claims, Cross‐Segmental Issues, and Elite Competition in Powersharing

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Powersharing systems rely on descriptive representation, where elected elites ‘stand in’ for their segment's voters, incentivising intransigence and penalising cross‐segmental cooperation. Yet powersharing politics regularly witness cross‐segmental appeals, voting patterns and party formation.
Timofey Agarin
wiley   +1 more source

Pollution and Haunted Eco‐Histories: Silent Hill and Silent Horrors in Centralia, Pennsylvania

Popular Culture Review, Volume 37, Issue 2, December 2026.
ABSTRACT Centralia is a former mining town and borough in Northeastern Pennsylvania, whose population has been steadily declining since the Mine Fire of 1962—a fire that still burns today. The “horrors” of living in Centralia are reflected in horror media set in postindustrial mining towns like Silent Hill.
Maz Jardon
wiley   +1 more source

“The Land's Been Queer Longer Than the Colonizers Have Been Here. Hiy Hiy.” Impacts of Anti‐Queer and Trans Policies and Resistance Through Art, Queer Joy, and Worldmaking Among Youth

Sexuality, Gender &Policy, Volume 9, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This study explores how 2SLGBTQ+ youth in Alberta, Canada—the country's most Conservative province—mobilize queer joy as a form of resistance amid rising anti‐queer and anti‐trans policies under a settler colonial, cisheteropatriarchal regime. Drawing from youth‐produced collages, we demonstrate that this visual arts‐based participatory method
JJ Wright, Gillian Robinson
wiley   +1 more source

A importância do MERCOSUL para o comércio exterior brasileiro [PDF]

, 2014
TCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro Sócio-Econômico. Economia.O presente trabalho apresenta análise do Comércio Exterior Brasileiro, dando importância para o MERCOSUL nesses últimos anos.
Fernandes, Herlon
core  

The Making of the Right to Food: Tracing Food Policy Conflict and Negotiated Outcomes in Colombia

World Food Policy, Volume 12, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT The 2016 Peace Agreement between the Colombian Government and the FARC guerrilla group marked a historic step toward ending more than five decades of armed conflict. It also reshaped national food policy with lasting implications. During the negotiations, deep ideological divisions emerged between food sovereignty and food security, and these ...
Felipe Roa‐Clavijo
wiley   +1 more source

Does the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties Boost Productivity in Ghana? The Role of Technology, Management, and Structural Gaps

World Food Policy, Volume 12, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Agricultural development initiatives in sub‐Saharan Africa have emphasized improved crop varieties as a pathway to food security, resilience, and rural poverty reduction. However, empirical evidence often focuses narrowly on plot‐level outcomes and overlooks whole‐farm effects and the substantial heterogeneity in farmers' management practices,
Kodjo Kondo, Renato A. Villano, Oscar Cacho, Omphile Temoso, Stephen Prah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Human Rights Into Food Systems Policy to Progress the Fulfillment of the Right to Adequate Food—Enablers, Barriers, and Windows of Opportunity

World Food Policy, Volume 12, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Prevailing levels of hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity—driven by conflict, global economic crises, and ecological destruction—are threatening fulfillment of the right to adequate food. The integration of human rights in food systems policies can address these challenges; however, progress in the adoption of human rights–based ...
Ellen Johnson, Jody Harris, Nick Nisbett, Sophie Chao, Anne Marie Thow   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

La difíciles relaciones de España con Cuba. El caso de España en la Posición Común de la Unión Europea

Tiempo Devorado, 2018
Nuestro objetivo en este trabajo es analizar la política exterior española hacia Cuba, haciendo hincapié en un aspecto concreto: el de la influencia española en la evolución de la Posición Común que la Unión Europea (UE) establecía en sus relaciones con
Adela María Alija Garabito
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