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We present a simple theory of the quality (competence and honesty) of elected officials. Our theory offers three main insights. Low-quality citizens have a 'comparative advantage' in pursuing elective office, because their market wages are lower than those of high-quality citizens (competence), and/or because they reap higher returns from holding ...
Caselli, Francesco, Morelli, Massimo
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Prophet and politician dining around the same table: God’s message in conflict?
The research problem in this article is the modern prophets who rub shoulders with politicians. The focus is on the prophets found in New Prophetic Churches (NPCs).
Kelebogile T. Resane
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Overprotected Politicians [PDF]
This paper argues that politicians are overprotected. The costs of politicalnassassination differ systematically depending on whether a private or a public point of view is taken. A politician attributes a very high (if not infinite) cost to his or her survival.
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Metaphorical conceptualisations in the religious tweets of a Nigerian politician
Communicating with the masses is the life-blood of politicians and it is vital that politicians are adept at using language to win the masses over to themselves.
Mohd Kasim, Zalina +1 more
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L’homme politique comme figure paternelle dans les films français des années 2000
Since the end of the nineteenth century, the nation produces a long-lived imaginary of whom the illusion holds thanks to the a-historical dimension we confer to it, as if it existed from time immemorial.
Robin Hopquin
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Health professionals have often claimed that politicians do not listen to them. When given the opportunity to have their voices heard they do not always make the most of it. The Rhodes health forum, convened under the Greek presidency of the European Union last week, offered an opportunity for ministers of health and professionals to come together to ...
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The Persistence of the Emotional Lexicon in Political Discourse [PDF]
Several researchers argue that political discourse or, especially, political communication, is strategic interaction, because several actors participate in this communication, such as: a politician and the public, or a politician – a politician ...
Alina LOPATIUC
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THE DOCTOR AS A POLITICIAN. [PDF]
The doctor is virtually a political nonentity. In our legislative halls we are practically without representation, and the few that are engaged in politics are really not pursuing the practice of medicine. The rank and file of physicians are not, as a rule, particularly concerned in the solution of problems calculated to affect medicine politically. Is
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Don't blame me: A theory of politicians choosing policy advisors
We present a model in which an imperfectly informed politician chooses between appointing an independent expert, whose advice is revealed to voters, and a loyal expert whose advice can be concealed from voters and who can therefore be blamed for a bad ...
Arthur Fishman, Doron Klunover
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The image of an ideal politician in the minds of Russian youth
The image of a political leader through the eyes of modern youth is considered. The image of a politician is a reflection in the mass consciousness of an emotionally colored idea of politicians.
A. A. Komarova
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