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Blogging for the Sake of the President [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Many western researchers have hailed blogs of politicians as new, interactive, and ‘inherently democratic’ tools of political communication. Yet, as this chapter illustrates, blogs can be of comparatively even greater appeal to politicians in semi ...
Töpfl, Florian
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When the post-revolutionary state decentralizes: the reorganization of political structures and administration in Mozambique

open access: yesCadernos de Estudos Africanos, 2004
The authors of this article draw from an analyticalperspective which defines clientelism in Africa as a potential resource for political participation and accountability, in order to then discuss the logic of decentralization in Mozambique under the ...
Elísio Macamo, Dieter Neubert
doaj   +1 more source

What’s left of the political constitution? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper argues that we should move on from what has become a rather outdated contrast between the political constitution and the legal constitution.
Tomkins, A.
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

open access: yesApplied 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
wiley   +1 more source

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Theoretical Approaches to Political Stability: How Do Theories Interpret the Factors Influencing It?

open access: yesJournal of Political Science: Bulletin of Yerevan University
Political stability is a crucial concept within political science, yet its theoretical foundations and influencing factors are often dispersed across various perspectives.
Armen Mirzoyan
doaj   +1 more source

Public Administration and Social Culture [PDF]

open access: yesمدیریت بهره وری, 2007
This article aims to study the interplay between public culture and public administration from various angles. The public administration is evolved in the cultural breeding-ground on the one hand and the social culture is formed and developed with an eye
Ali Akbar Farhangi
doaj  

Political Parties of Thailand – Examination for Democratic Stability

open access: yesКонтуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, 2018
On the threshold of elections designed to be held in February 2019,  the first after the military junta seized power in 2014, it is important  to define the role of parties in the political process of Thailand, which  as other developing countries of ...
N. G. ROGOZHINA
doaj   +1 more source

Redrawing the body politic: federalism, regionalism and the creation of new states in India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
In 2000 the federal map of India was redrawn to create three new states, signifying a significant shift in the attitude of many of India's major political parties towards territorial reorganisation.
Mawdsley, Emma
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