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Federalism, Subsidiarity, and the Role of Local Governments in an Age of Global Multilevel Governance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article argues that current legal and political systems are incapable of dealing with human conflicts on multiple spheres (federal, state, local) simultaneously.
Blank, Yishai
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Political Autonomy and Independence: Theory and Experimental Evidence [PDF]

open access: yes
We study the process by which subordinated regions of a country can obtain a more favourable political status. In our theoretical model a dominant and a dominated region first interact through a voting process that can lead to different degrees of ...
Jordi Brandts, Klaus Abbink
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The Effect of Women in Government on Government Effectiveness

open access: yes, 2015
A critical factor of gender and development is the political empowerment of women. Beyond this equality, however, what are the effects of women in government?
Tootell, Abigail L.
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How politicians make decisions under risk: a political choice experiment [PDF]

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We report on an experimental study with real-world politicians. These political experts face political choice problems under risk and probability. Thus, we test the frequently observed violations of rational choice theory -the reference point effect ...
Enrique Fatás   +2 more
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