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Representing gender interests: between the ‘politics of ideas’ and the ‘politics of presence’
Sfera Politicii, 2014 In this article I address women’s political representation, predominantly as reflected in feminist political theories. I introduce several conceptual clarifications, between „gender interests” and „women’s political interests” and further explain their ...
Oana Băluţă
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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 +3 more
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Substantive and Descriptive Representation in Swiss Cantons
, 2010 Representation is crucial for democracy: good representation helps to increase responsiveness, foster electoral turnout, increase political interest and include minorities. However, what good representation should be is debated.
Schädel, Lisa +5 more
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
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, 2014 Despite the fact that the political and social stagnation across the Middle East and North Africa region in the past few decades has led to deteriorating levels of women’s overall participation in the political process, since the Arab Awakening, women ...
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török +6 more
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Light in the midst of chaos: COVID-19 and female political representation. [PDF]
World Dev, 2020 Piazza KS, Diaz G.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques +2 more
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Associative democracy and political representation
International Journal of Philosophy and Social Values, 2020 Luís Lóia
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Increases In Women's Political Representation Associated With Reductions In Child Mortality In Brazil. [PDF]
Health Aff (Millwood), 2020 Hessel P +4 more
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