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Women’s Political Participation in Jordan
RUDN Journal of Public Administration, 2020 Jordanian womens participation in public policy dates back to 1950s. However, political activism came to a halt in the period between 1956 and 1992. In 1992, the new Political Parties Law granted women the right to participate in political parties. Since
Mazen Hussien Faleh Hawamdeh +1 more
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Age-group identity and political participation
Research & Politics, 2023 In many ways, American democracy seems to work better for older citizens than younger citizens, and one explanation is that young adults vote at much lower rates than their older counterparts.
Samuel Trachtman +2 more
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Geography and Political Participation
, 2022 Abstract Abstract: This chapter examines the various ways in which the concerns of academic geography help illuminate understandings of political participation. Features of the physical environment, from weather conditions to the distance potential participants may have to travel to take part in political action, have some effect on ...
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How Internal Political Efficacy Translates Political Knowledge Into Political Participation
Europe's Journal of Psychology, 2016 This study presents evidence for the mediation effect of political knowledge through political self-efficacy (i.e. internal political efficacy) in the prediction of political participation. It employs an action theoretic approach—by and large grounded on
Frank Reichert
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Social Media Content Preferences and Political Participation among Nigerian Youths
Romanian Journal of Communications and Public Relations, 2022 This study examines the influence of social media content preferences on political participation in Nigeria’s relatively nascent democracy. Due to mixed conclusions on the influence of news and entertainment preferences on political participation, we ...
Mande Ande Mande +4 more
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Political Participation in Latin America
Anuario de Derechos Humanos, 2012 In this symposium, the following issues are analyzed: 1. Theoretical grounds for participation 2. Participation mechanisms 3. Deficits in participation and social demonstrations 4. Participation at the local, national and international level.
Alberto J. Olvera +4 more
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“Fake news” may have limited effects beyond increasing beliefs in false claims
Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, 2020 Since 2016, there has been an explosion of interest in misinformation and its role in elections. Research by news outlets, government agencies, and academics alike has shown that millions of Americans have been exposed to dubious political news online ...
Andrew M. Guess +5 more
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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 +3 more
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Violencia política contra las mujeres en México y Ecuador (2016-2019)
Colombia Internacional, 2021 Objective/Context: The article analyzes ten cases of political violence against women, both elected and candidates for positions in the executive and legislative branches in Mexico and Ecuador, from their connecting link to a hierarchical gender order ...
Liudmila Morales Alfonso +1 more
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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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