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Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 2015 It has long been understood that political knowledge in the U.S. is very low. For those who care about the quality of American democracy, this is a big problem. In attempting to find a solution, many people often blame education.
Aaron Dusso, Sheila Suess Kennedy
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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Predictors and correlates of youth political knowledge in Serbia [PDF]
Psihologija, 2012 It is considered that political knowledge is one of the most prominent features of democratic citizenship, which makes its analysis especially relevant in a democratising society.
Pavlović Zoran
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang +3 more
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Widening or Closing the Knowledge Gap?
Nordicom Review, 2013 The public has gradually become more dependent on the mass media for their political information as alternative channels of political communication have been marginalized. Political knowledge is not equally distributed, and according to the knowledge gap
Jenssen Anders Todal
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Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, 2023 An essential part of the Western Allies’ plans for the democratisation of Austrian society was to provide Austrian youth with political knowledge in order to entrench democracy in the coming generations and thus ensure its longevity.
Florence Klauda
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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 +4 more
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Politics and GovernancePolitical knowledge is vital for democratic citizenship, yet many voters struggle to correctly identify party positions. This article investigates whether voting advice applications (VAAs) can increase party position knowledge (PPK) among young voters ...
Joke Matthieu +3 more
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Opinião Pública, 2012 O debate sobre o papel da socialização na aquisição de conhecimento, na formação das atitudes e no padrão de participação política do jovem nos lembra, constantemente, que a família e a escola são os ambientes definidores nesse processo.
Mario Fuks
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Experience, Knowledge, and Political Representation [PDF]
Politics & Gender, 2021 AbstractEvidence suggests that increasing the descriptive representation of groups improves their substantive representation. What underpins this link? Many scholars writing on the subject stop short of arguing explicitly that it is “shared experience” within groups.
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