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Cognitive Engagement and Online Political Participation on Social Media among Youths in Malaysia: The Moderating role of Political Knowledge

SHS Web of Conferences, 2017
The role of political knowledge in engendering political participation among youths in a society cannot be overstated. Yet, there is scarcity of research in this area.
Abdulrauf Aishat Adebisi, binti Abdul Hamid Norsiah, bin Ishak Mohd Sobhi   +2 more
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Democratic Mobilisation in Immigrant Organisations

Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 2013
By analysing the interactions between political opportunity structures and immigrant organisations’ mobilising their members to political participation, this article suggests and applies a systematic classification comprising three forms of democratic ...
Marianne Takle
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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun, John Beghin, Fernando Maximiliano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing women political participation: The case of the SADC region

Cogent Social Sciences, 2019
This paper identifies the factors influencing women participation in politics in the SADC region. The paper drew from the fact that the 30% average woman participation rate is still only half way to the target of 50% women representation required by the ...
Courage Mlambo, Forget Kapingura
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Political Participation and Entrepreneurial Initial Public Offerings in China [PDF]

This paper examines the value of political participation by private entrepreneurs in China. Using a unique sample of all initial public offerings by entrepreneurial firms during 1994-2007 and political participation by the controlling entrepreneurs, we ...
Feng, Xunan, Johansson, Anders C., Zhang, Tianyu   +2 more
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Social representations and the politics of participation [PDF]

, 2014
Recent work has called for the integration of different perspectives into the field of political psychology (Haste, 2012). This chapter suggests that one possible direction that such efforts can take is studying the role that social representations ...
A Brah, A Gillespie, A Honneth, A Honwana, A Phillips, Advisory Group on Citizenship, B Anderson, C Campbell, C Campbell, C Campbell, C Campbell, C Howarth, C Howarth, C Howarth, C Howarth, C Howarth, C Howarth, C Howarth, C O’Connor, C Provencher, C Psaltis, C Psaltis, C Psaltis, C Purkhardt, C Staerklé, C Staerklé, C Stott, CJ Uhlaner, D Rose, DS Rose, E Andreouli, E Andreouli, E Durkheim, E Subašić, EF Isin, EF Isin, FM Moghaddam, G Duveen, G Duveen, G Duveen, G Elcheroth, G Jahoda, G Moloney, G Moloney, G Philogène, G Sammut, GH Mead, H Haste, H Haste, H Kohn, H Tajfel, HS Mirza, I Kadianaki, I Markova, I Marková, I Marková, J Dixon, J Phelps, J Potter, JB Thompson, JC Abric, JH Foster, JJ Mondak, JT Jost, JT Jost, JT Jost, K Gergen, K Nash, KM Blankenship, L Ali, LS Vygotsky, LW Milbrath, M Billig, M Billig, M Deutsch, M Wieviorka, MO Caughy, MW Bauer, MW Bauer, N Dogra, N Fraser, N Hopkins, N Mkhize, P Castro, P Castro, P Freire, P Holtz, PK Hatemi, PL Berger, R Barnes, R Farr, R Farr, R Jaspal, R O’Sullivan-Lago, S Batel, S Gibson, S Jovchelovitch, S Kessi, S Moscovici, S Moscovici, S Moscovici, S Moscovici, S Moscovici, S Moscovici, S Moscovici, S Scuzzarello, S Vertovec, T Eagleton, T Modood, T O’Toole, T O’Toole, TH Marshall, U Kothari, W Kymlicka, X Chryssochoou, X Chryssochoou, YN Soysal   +116 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Political Interest to Participation in EU-related Actions: The Mediating Role of European Identity and Political Efficacy

Ψυχολογία: το Περιοδικό της Ελληνικής Ψυχολογικής Εταιρείας, 2019
European youth’s civic engagement and political participation in EU-related issues is a timely imperative. Research findings on youth citizenship range from political apathy to alternative forms of participation, although theoretical evidence remains ...
Vassilis Pavlopoulos, Dimitra Kostoglou, Frosso Motti-Stefanidi   +2 more
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Local electoral rules and political participation [PDF]

The paper investigates the effect of local electoral rules on the political participation of the residents, as reflected in voter turnout. It focuses on Italy, where municipal voting schemes are differentiated by the size of the city: a single ballot ...
Guglielmo Barone, Guido De Blasio
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