“Welcome to France.” Can mandatory integration contracts foster immigrant integration?
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract European governments, struggling with incorporating diverse immigrant populations, introduced integration contracts. Through language training and compulsory civics courses, these contracts aim to induce new migrants to adopt the host society's culture, respect its values, and improve their labor market outcomes.
Mathilde Emeriau +3 more
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'The lie always rises to the surface like oil': toward a metafictional reading of Karol Irzykowski's Pałuba and Bruno Schulz's fiction [PDF]
, 2009 De Bruyn, Dieter
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Alliances are typically understood as agreements intended to deter aggression from enemy states. By signaling an ally's commitment to a protégé state, a shared enemy may be deterred from attacking. In light of this signaling logic, secret alliances are puzzling.
Peter Bils, Bradley C. Smith
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The first rodent behavioral study (1822) and the diffusion of human-bred albino rats and mice in the 19th century. [PDF]
Front Psychold'Isa R.
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Competitive diplomacy in bargaining and war
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract War is often viewed as a bargaining problem. However, prior to bargaining, countries can vie for leverage by expending effort on diplomacy. This article presents a dynamic model of conflict where agenda‐setting power is endogenous to pre‐bargaining diplomatic competition.
Joseph J. Ruggiero
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Why are some languages confused for others? Investigating data from the Great Language Game. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2017 Skirgård H, Roberts SG, Yencken L.
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How FDI reshapes host markets’ trade profile and politics
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract A fast‐growing literature indicates that firms’ engagement in foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade is key to understanding deepening global value chains and their political implications. However, existing studies have mainly focused on the ramifications for FDI home countries while often overlooking the firm‐product level interactions ...
In Song Kim, Steven Liao, Sayumi Miyano
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Network motifs for translator stylometry identification. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 El-Fiqi H, Petraki E, Abbass HA.
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Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
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Nutrient abatement potential and abatement costs of waste water treatment plants in the Baltic Sea region. [PDF]
Ambio, 2014 Hautakangas S +3 more
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