Party system institutionalization and the quality of democracy in eastern Europe [PDF]
, 2009 Almost two decades have passed since the Third Wave of democratization brought an avalanche of new, relatively unstable democracies into being in Eastern Europe.
Casal B\ue9rtoa, Fernando
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Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2015 The burst in the use of social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook, Bebo and Friendster has brought many opportunities, changes and challenges into our world. The impact of this type of media can be social, psychological, and/or economic. For many
Yousuf Salim AlHinai +2 more
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The timing and aggressiveness of early government response to COVID-19: Political systems, societal culture, and more. [PDF]
World Dev, 2021 Nelson MA.
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The effect of new technologies on civic participation models [PDF]
, 2018 The development of new technologies will enable decentralization and freedom of communication for large numbers of people, by overcoming the barriers that once rendered direct participation of society unfeasible.
Holubiak, Nataliia
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The Lasting Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Support for Anti-Democratic Political Systems: A Six-Month Longitudinal Study. [PDF]
Soc Sci Q, 2021 Roccato M +3 more
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On the Political Economics of Tax Reforms [PDF]
There is often a gap between the prescriptions of an “optimal” tax system and actual tax systems, some of which can be neither efficient economically nor efficient at redistributing income.
Gaëtan J.A. Nicodème +2 more
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Runoff vs. plurality:the effects of the electoral system on local and central government behaviour [PDF]
, 2012 Plurality and runoff systems oer very different incentives to parties and coalition of voters, and demand different political strategies from potential candidates and chief executives.
Bracco, Emanuele, Brugnoli, Alberto
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Household crowding can have political effects: An empirical study on support for anti-democratic political systems during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy. [PDF]
J Environ Psychol, 2021 Cavazza N +3 more
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Roles of citizens or "civil society" and responsibility of state [PDF]
, 2012 Civil Society became an important theme in the recent discussion of political or social theory. Civil Society is playing a substantial role for the legislation process. We can find it especially in the activities of international NGO.
Ohno, Tatsuji
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Search Bias Quantification: Investigating Political Bias in Social Media and Web Search
, 2019 Users frequently use search systems on the Web as well as online social media to learn about ongoing events and public opinion on personalities. Prior studies have shown that the top-ranked results returned by these search engines can shape user opinion ...
Eslami, M. +6 more
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