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The choice argument for proportional representation

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What electoral system should a democracy choose? I argue for proportional representation (PR). My main empirical premise is Duverger's law: Under PR there are more viable candidates in district‐level elections than there are under single‐member plurality (SMP) systems.
Adam Lovett
wiley   +1 more source

The Attitudes Toward Extremism Among University Students Baghdad

مجلة كلية التربية للبنات, 2019
The Present study aims to investigate the attitude toward extremism of the university student and to find differences with three variables, gender field of study ,grade), For the purposes of the study on(3) level scale of the attitude towards extremism ,
Iman Sadeq Abdul Kareem, Sawsan Hassan Ghali Al Dulami   +1 more
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Electoral responses to economic crises

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How do voters respond to economic crises: Do they turn against the incumbent, reward a certain political camp, polarize to the extremes, or perhaps continue to vote much like before? Analyzing extensive data on electorates, parties, and individuals in 24 countries for over half a century, we document a systematic pattern whereby economic ...
Yotam Margalit, Omer Solodoch
wiley   +1 more source

Extreme moderates: Understanding low levels of violent extremism in Bosnia-Herzegovina [PDF]

Journal of Regional Security
How can low levels of violent extremism in enabling environments be explained? The post-war history of Bosnia-Herzegovina has been marked by prolonged political crises, economic instability, and precarious security for citizens.
Pehlivanović Šejla
doaj   +1 more source

Muslim Publics Divided on Hamas and Hezbollah [PDF]

, 2010
Presents results of a spring 2010 Pew Global Attitudes Project survey conducted in Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey on views of Hamas, Hezbollah, and al Qaeda and the role of Islam in politics by respondent's ...

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A drag on the ticket? Estimating top‐of‐the‐ticket effects on down‐ballot races

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Campaign staff, journalists, and political scientists commonly attribute the poor performances of a party's down‐ballot candidates to low‐quality or extreme top‐of‐the‐ticket candidates, but empirical evidence on this conventional wisdom is scant. We estimate the effect of candidate quality and ideology in gubernatorial and U.S.
Kevin DeLuca, Daniel J. Moskowitz, Benjamin Schneer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Networks of securitisation in the academy: The role of friendship, solidarity and radical geographies

Area, EarlyView.
Abstract This intervention has three aims: (1) to consider how solidarities are being policed in the academy; (2) how friendships and solidarities emerge in practices of resistance; and (3) what a radical geography which embraces a decolonial pedagogy can offer us in these unsettling times.
Shereen Fernandez
wiley   +1 more source

The Nexus Of Politics, Religion, and Violent Extremism in Malawi

African Theological Journal for Church and Society
This article explores the intersection of politics, religion, and violent extremism in Malawi. The aim is to interrogate the influence of politics and religion on violent extremism in Malawi from 1891 to 2003.
JONES HAMBURU MAWERENGA
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Effects of political identity activation and inaccurate metaperceptions on attitudes toward wolves

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Polarization between groups can undermine durable conservation outcomes. Activating group identities (i.e., an individual's sense of self derived from membership in a group) can exacerbate differences, especially when people hold inaccurate perceptions of their peers and rivals.
Alexander L. Metcalf, Justin W. Angle
wiley   +1 more source

From Unremembered to Overremembered. Gender in the Holocaust Museums of Hungary and Slovakia

Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In museums, the history of the Holocaust is told through various means of exhibition construction, including architecture/space, texts, artifacts, photographs, and digital technologies. The article focuses on the gendered history of the Holocaust in museums as institutions in Central Europe after the illiberal turn and evaluates how (and if ...
Andrea Petö, Borbála Klacsmann
wiley   +1 more source