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Laboratory Experiments in Political Economy [PDF]

open access: yes
Most of the laboratory research in political science follows the style that was pioneered in experimental economics a half-century ago by Vernon Smith. The connection between this style of political science experimentation and economics experimentation ...
Thomas R. Palfrey
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Could the chemical industry mitigate rapid global cooling from a catastrophic volcanic eruption?

open access: yesAIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Estimates based on historical data place the probability of a catastrophic volcanic eruption in the next 100 years at around one in six. Large volcanic eruptions can lead to significant global cooling for 2–4 years, with potentially devastating impacts on global agriculture.
David S. Sholl
wiley   +1 more source

Nationhood and Constitutionalism in the Dutch Republic: An Examination of Grotius' Antiquity of the Batavian Republic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The emphasis in contemporary democratic theory and in the history of political thought on the ‘natural rights’ theory of popular sovereignty of Locke, precursors of which are found in the work of Hugo Grotius and others, obscures
Alexander-Davey, Ethan
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Grass functional traits reflect the long history of fire and grazers in the savannas of Texas

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Understanding relationships among grass traits, fire, and herbivores may help improve conservation strategies for savannas that are threatened by novel disturbance regimes. Emerging theory, developed in Africa, emphasizes that functional traits of savanna grasses reflect the distinct ways that fire and grazers consume biomass ...
Ashish N. Nerlekar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Civic engagement among adolescents: Spanish adaptation and validation of the civic engagement scale

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The aim of this research was to adapt and validate the Civic Engagement Scale (CES) developed by Doolittle & Faul for the Spanish adolescent population while providing empirical support for its psychometric properties. After administering the instruments to 965 adolescents from high schools, confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to ...
Patricia Ayllón‐Salas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting radical healing to facilitate community capacity building among formerly incarcerated Black and Latino men with substance use disorders

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study reports on a qualitative thematic analysis of secondary data from group session recordings collected as part of the Community Wise Optimization Trial. Community Wise is a multilevel behavioral intervention designed to increase critical consciousness and reduce substance use among formerly incarcerated men living in predominantly ...
Richmond E. Hayes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Path Not Taken: Hans Kelsen\u27s Pure Theory of Law in the Land of Legal Realists [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This Essay is a contribution to a volume on the influence of Hans Kelsen’s legal theory in over a dozen countries. The Essay offers four explanations for the failure of Kelsen’s pure theory of law to take hold in the United States.
Telman, D. A. Jeremy
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