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Adam Ferguson and the danger of books [PDF]
, 2006 Throughout his career Adam Ferguson made a series of conservative political pronouncements on contemporary events.This paper treats these pronouncements as having a solid basis in his social theory and examines his place in the conceptual development of ...
Smith, C.
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Symbolic-Cognitive Proceduralism: A Model of Deliberative Legitimacy
Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2015 Burkhalter et al.’s (2002) self-reinforcing model of democratic deliberation is well established, but lacks an account of legitimacy, which is a key element of most democratic-deliberative theories.
John Gastil, Robert C. Richards
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the official announcement effect of the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) and the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) on the corn and soybean futures market. Using a permutation test and a 2‐stage GLS model, we find no significant official announcement effect.
Zhining Sun +3 more
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Quantitative Comparison of Ad‐Valorem Equivalents for Non‐Tariff Trade Measures: WTO Versus TRAINS
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Non‐tariff measures (NTMs) play a growing role in trade policy. Economists quantify NTMs by calculating their Ad Valorem Equivalents (AVE), typically employing one of two global NTM datasets: TRAINS from UNCTAD or WTO notifications. While TRAINS data better measure NTMs, their limited coverage over countries and time is inadequate for many ...
Sionegael Ikeme +3 more
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Knowledge in development aid and healthcare: a comparative analysis [PDF]
, 2011 Effective delivery in the fields of development aid and healthcare relies on knowledge and its communication. Institutions, practitioners and the end-users are examined in these two fields as key actors in the production and communication of knowledge ...
Borda-Rodriguez, Alexander
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The instabilities of expertise: remaking knowledge, power and politics in unsettled times
, 2017 In this article, we explore the implications of contemporary populist challenges to established forms of expertise in the UK, USA and elsewhere. Drawing on a Foucauldian conception of knowledge and power as always articulated, we argue for a conjunctural
Clarke, John, Newman, Janet
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Controlling land they call their own: access and women's empowerment in Northern Tanzania [PDF]
, 2016 Formal rights to land are often promoted as an essential part of empowering women, particularly in the Global South. We look at two grassroots non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working on land rights and empowerment with Maasai communities in ...
Davis, Alicia +2 more
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich +3 more
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Quantifying the Diaspora of Knowledge in the Last Century [PDF]
, 2016 Academic research is driven by several factors causing different disciplines to act as "sources" or "sinks" of knowledge. However, how the flow of authors' research interests -- a proxy of human knowledge -- evolved across time is still poorly understood.
Arenas, Alex +2 more
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The Politics of Knowledge Production: Training and Practice of Archaeological Science in Africa [PDF]
, 2022 Thomas Panganayi Thondhlana +2 more
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