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The Position of Women in Political Development: The Content Analysis of Iran’s Fifth and Sixth Development Plans [PDF]
IntroductionPolitical development is a process that enhances the responsibility and accountability of the government in fulfilling its roles and duties. This involves not only increasing the number of political actors but also improving their quality.
Mostafa Kavakebyan, Azim Matin
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Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation
ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
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The Theory of Political Development
Now almost entirely forgotten, perhaps because replaced or superseded by democratization, the wealth of studies on political development contained quite a number of theoretical threads.
PASQUINO, GIANFRANCO
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Previous research indicates the importance of interpersonal communication in the political socialization process. Investigations of political talk have mostly been restricted to frequency, and the theorizing of its effects centered on cognitive outcomes ...
Östman, Johan,
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Pepper and bones: the secessionist impulse in Nevis
Describes the history of the recurring impulse for independence from the St. Kitts-Nevis state on the part of Nevis. Author examines the modern political history of the St. Kitts-Nevis state, in order to discern the motivations of the Nevisian people and
Douglas Midgett
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Identifying and Analyzing the Role of Celebrities in the Political Development of Iran (2019- 2024) [PDF]
IntroductionToday, with the rapid advancement of information and communication technologies, we are witnessing the widespread presence of social networks and media in various aspects of sociopolitical life.
Seyed Shamseddin Sadeghi +2 more
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The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities
ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan +8 more
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Toward a Carribean cultural political economy
[First paragraph] The Caribbean Postcolonial: Social Equality, Post-Nationalism and Cultural Hybridity. Shalini Puri. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. ix + 300 pp.
Mimi Sheller
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A Reflection on Political Development and the Necessity of Structural Disintegration (with an Emphasis on the Period of the Islamic Republic of Iran) [PDF]
Research problem The performance of governments in resolving individual and collective conflicts depends on their ability; in the modern era, unlike the pre-modern era, societies, affected by various developments, including the industrial revolution in ...
Farzad Kalateh, Faez Dinparast
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On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
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