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Lifeboats and their problems: On the downsides of an influential metaphor in political theory [PDF]

Global Constitutionalism
Abstract Boat-based metaphors, which portray individual societies or even humanity as a whole as cast adrift on a sea of challenges, have resonated within political theory since the time of Plato, and they continue to frame how we understand and respond to key political choices.
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Choice experiments on land managers' participation in environmental programs: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of estimate validity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Discrete choice experiments are increasingly being used to estimate land managers' willingness to accept participation in incentive‐based environmental programs. This is a specific application of discrete choice experiments: the estimation of willingness to accept for a private good (program participation) where respondents have to make trade ...
Anastasio J. Villanueva, Angel Perni, Jesus Barreiro‐Hurle   +2 more
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The Political Economy of Sub-Saharan Africa Land Policies

, 2006
The quest for African poverty alleviation has become a global issue and governments of rich nations have registered their commitment to the task both through the Millennium Development Goals and other international programs.
Hammond, Felix Nikoi, Proverbs, David G., Antwi, Adarkwah   +2 more
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Broadening the “Problem-Space” of Political Theory

The Review of Politics
Pineda's book is an original and imaginative reconstruction of activist strategy and political theory, upending the orthodox account of civil disobedience during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Against liberal and democratic theorists who domesticate civil disobedience in the United States, with the aim of legitimizing the nation's ...
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The Herfindahl neutral point: A firm‐level threshold for managing market concentration with evidence from US hog packing

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper derives a firm‐level threshold, the Herfindahl Neutral Point, from the standard concentration index used in merger review. At this threshold, a marginal expansion leaves the index unchanged. Firms below the threshold reduce concentration when they expand; firms above it increase concentration.
Andrew J. Keller, Krishna P. Paudel
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The thesis of the initial stage of socialism

RUDN Journal of Political Science, 2009
The article is devoted to the actual problem of political modernization of China. The key role in this process plays the Communist party of China, developing and consequently implementing the doctrine of special model of socialism in China.
A V Kuteleva
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Pragmatic Elements of Rawls’s Theory of Justice [PDF]

Religious Inquiries, 2016
In this article, in order to demonstrate the pragmatic elements of Rawls’s viewpoint, the developmental path of his A Theory of Justice shall first be investigated. This development has two phases: In the first phase, justice has an ethical-philosophical
Shahla Eslami
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Intuitions in political theory: problems and alternatives

Politica
How can we answer normative questions in political theory? A common answer in analytical political theory is by seeking a reflective equilibrium based on normative intuitions (or “considered judgements”). Is this a good method? This paper presents an established objection to the intuitionism that characterizes this method: It is hard to reconcile the ...
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
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Civil society and democratisation theory : an inter-regional comparison [PDF]

, 1998
This thesis constitutes an inquiry into the relationship between civil society theory and democratic theory. It revolves around an investigation into, and comparison between, recent discourses on civil society originating from within diverse political ...
Baker, Gideon B.
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