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Structural conflict and democratic self-sabotage in Africa: a decolonial-conceptual statement

Frontiers in Political Science
This article is a conceptual intervention in the debate on the so-called democratic backsliding in Africa, and challenges the dominant narratives for overlooking more fundamental structural questions.
Muhammad Dan Suleiman
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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag, Janina A. Hoffmann, Tim Rogers, Christian A. Yates   +3 more
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Santri Community, Charisma, and the Contrast Political Agency

Ascarya
The phenomenon of the santri community and the choice of regional head candidates in local politics in Indonesia displays heterogeneous dynamics across regions. In the 2024 regional elections, Gus Barra, son of KH.
Agus Machfud Fauzi Fauzi, Novi Fitia Maliha, Pambudi Handoyo, Eufrasia Kartika Hanindraputri, Suyatno Ladiqi   +4 more
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Who are we as teachers today?” Polish teachers and the question of political agency

Colloquium
This paper examines the evolving perceptions of Polish teachers regarding their roles within the contemporary educational landscape and the broader socio-political context.
Monika Popow
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Accounting for Substitution: Improving Estimates of GHG Reductions From Cattle‐Based Product Demand Shifts

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden, Sara Gardner Hedgecock, Lawton L. Nalley, Alvaro Durand‐Morat, Aaron Shew, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr   +5 more
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The Feminisation of Indonesia’s Political Parties: Toward Feminised Parties?

JSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik
The political representation of women in the Indonesian parliament has increased since the implementation of the affirmation policy through quotas, although the number has not yet reached 30%. In addition, the percentage of women placed in the management
Esty Ekawati, Sri Budi Eko Wardani, Lili Romli, Nur Iman Subono   +3 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
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The absence of political constitutionalism in the EU: three models for enhancing constitutional agency

, 2014
This article argues that EU constitutionalization has taken place in the absence of political constitutionalism. This concept is defined as the ability of citizens and member states to act as ongoing constitutional agents in determining the evolution of ...
Glencross, Andrew
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Critically Contextualising a Mega-Event: Nordic Sports Commentaries During the 2022 World Cup in Football

Media and Communication
Prior to the FIFA 2022 World Cup, Nordic news media emphasised their ambitions of persistently covering problematic aspects of this mega-event to be hosted in Qatar, a country subjected to severe criticism of its human rights breaches in the build-up to ...
Harald Hornmoen, Anders Graver Knudsen
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