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The Importance of Parties and Party System Institutionalization in New Democracies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper discusses the importance of parties and party systems in new democracies. Scholars have long touted the importance of political parties and stable party system for new democracies, which are in the process of consolidating their regimes ...
Ezrow, N
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Exploring Ethnocracy and the Possibilities of Coexistence in Beirut [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In response to James Anderson’s article “Ethnocracy: Exploring and extending the concept”, this article revisits some of the extensive discussions of Lebanon’s political sectarianism through the prism of ethnocracy to the extent that it contributes to an
Kastrissianakis, Konstantin
core   +3 more sources

Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Valuation of Meat Alternatives and Labeling Policies: A Comparative Perspective

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates and compares US consumer perceptions and the impact of environmental, human health, and animal welfare information related to conventional meat on preferences for meat alternatives and labeling policies. Using the best–worst scaling method across 10 different burger alternatives, our results show that the meat burger is
Daniele Asioli   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deontic powers and reasons to act independently of desire

open access: yesRevista Internacional de Pensamiento Político
This article analyses Searle’s thesis which states that all political power represents a deontic power related to rights, duties, obligations, authorizations, permissions, authority, etc.
Isabel Victoria Lucena Cid
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

CIVILIZATION FACTOR IN POLITICAL SYSTEM FORMATION OF THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION FOUNDERS

open access: yesJuvenis Scientia, 2019
The article is dedicated to the civilization basis of the political system of the Eurasian Economic Union founders, its genesis and realization on different historical stages.
B.V. Grachev
doaj   +1 more source

Hybrid Power-Sharing in Indonesia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The aim of this study is to demonstrate the validity of the thesis that in Indonesia one can find institutions that characterize two power-sharing models which are considered opposites of one another in political theory – centripetalism and ...
Trzcinski, Krzysztof
core   +2 more sources

Temperature Sensitivity and Adaptation of Cereal Yields: Empirical Evidence From Italy

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the evolving temperature sensitivity and climate adaptation of cereal yields in Italy from 1952 to 2023, using province‐level data for maize, common wheat, and durum wheat. Employing panel data econometric methods, we estimate yield responses to heat exposure, changes in sensitivity over time, and adaptation to climate ...
Paolo Nota   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Italian Public Policy Against the Mafia [PDF]

open access: yesСовременная Европа
The Mafia phenomenon in Italy starting the 19th century has managed to penetrate into many spheres of life in Italian society, such as politics, economics, culture and even sports.
Maria Shibkova, Daria Nedelnichenko
doaj   +1 more source

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