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The Contradictions of the Modern Version of Russian Federalism: Instability of the System
RUDN Journal of Political Science, 2011 In the article there considered contradictions of the modern version of the Russian federalism, as a political and politological problem. The authors made an attempt to present the problem of federalism at conceptually-analytical level as a certain ...
S O Alekhnovich +2 more
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Politeja, 2016 Legitimization of the institutional system of the European Union as an international organization sui generis The legitimacy of political power is one of the most important theoretical and research problems related to power as a social phenomenon and ...
Tomasz Kubin
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
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The Malays in Singapore: Political Aspects of the "Malay Problem" [PDF]
, 1993 The social, economic, and cultural aspects of the "Malay problem" has received attention at the expense of political issues. There are glaring differences in perspectives on the sources of the Malay problem; however, the debate on the Malay problem has ...
Pung, Lynden
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Politeja, 2016 The aim of this article is to demonstrate the thesis that the stabilization of Nigeria’s complicated political situation is furthered by the functioning in that country of institutions based on two models of interethnic power‑sharing – consociationalism ...
Krzysztof Trzciński
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The influence of online problem-based learning on teachers' professional practice and identity [PDF]
, 2005 In this paper we describe the design of a managed learning environment called MTutor, which is used to teach an online Masters Module for teachers. In describing the design of MTutor pedagogic issues of problem-based learning, situated cognition and ill ...
Wheeler, Steve +5 more
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Assessing Government Subsidies for Reducing Pesticide Use: A Meta‐Analysis
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the efforts being made by governments to reduce pesticide use, subsidies are an important instrument to encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable practices. Yet, their effectiveness remains uncertain due to diverse designs and contexts.
Gaëlle Leduc +3 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rational actors constantly incorporate information into their decision‐making behavior. Since there is often a time lag between the announcement of a policy and its implementation, an important question arises: when do rational actors incorporate new information into their market behavior, at the announcement or at the implementation of a ...
Tim Ölkers, Oliver Mußhoff
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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone +5 more
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Edmund Burke and the German conservative political thought in the first half of the XX-th century
RUDN Journal of Political Science, 2009 The developments of conservatism in many respects are conditioned by political changes, descending in society. The main problem of conservatism is to correct these changes to not enable distribution of radical ideas and implementation of them in the ...
N F Zhirnov
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