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Politicians’ Facial Width-to-Height Ratio and their Electoral Success

Psychological Topics, 2020
Previous studies have shown that during the election process voters rely on different physical characteristics of political candidates. For example, politicians who are perceived as more competent have greater electoral success.
Irena Pavela Banai, Benjamin Banai, Mladen Mavar   +2 more
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Trust in government: What’s news media got to do with it?

Studies in Communication Sciences, 2018
In modern democracies, trust in government is a key indicator of political legitimacy and stability. Drawing from theories of media effects, we investigated whether using traditional media has a negative (media malaise hypothesis) or a positive (virtuous
Frank Marcinkowski, Christopher Starke
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Islamophobic Discourse of Czech Politicians and Political Parties on Twitter during the 2015 Migration Crisis [PDF]

, 2020
Zbyněk Vallo, Robert Jaworek, Vladimír Matlach   +2 more
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Understanding opposition: arguments for and against a meat tax in Sweden and their effect on policy attitudes

Environmental Research: Food Systems
Meat taxes could reduce emissions and improve health but risks facing opposition due to concerns about fairness, effectiveness, and autonomy. While policy-specific beliefs influence attitudes, less is known about how specific arguments in the public ...
E Ejelöv, J Larsson, S Matti, J Nässén   +3 more
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Mental health of high-level politicians: diagnostics, public discussion and treatment―a narrative review

Environmental and Occupational Health Practice, 2020
Objectives: To narratively review the presence and treatments of mental health problems among high-level political leaders. These questions have been noted in few epidemiologically sound studies and in the media.
Matti Isohanni
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Deliberative Political Leaders: The Role of Policy Input in Political Leadership

Politics and Governance, 2016
This article provides a fresh perspective on political leadership by demonstrating that government ministers take a deliberative approach to decision making.
Jennifer Lees-Marshment
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The Limits of Labor Legislation Reforms: Rigidity, Growth, and Employment in Brazil (1995–2010)

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2016
The literature addressing market dynamics typically assumes that reforming labor legislation has a direct impact on economic performance, the configuration of labor markets, and the strength of labor organizations.
Jean François Mayer
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Desire of the theater in the politician, desire of the politician in the theater and politician theater of desire

, 2020
O jogo de palavras que mobiliza os termos Teatro, Desejo e Político, propõe uma reflexão no campo da teoria e da prática, do texto e da cena, por meio de três formulações - desejo do teatro no político, desejo do político no teatro e político teatro do desejo – abrindo uma conversa com Guénoun (2003), Rancière (2012) e Benjamin (1994), respectivamente,
Vasconcelos, Gisele, Aires, Lauande
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Stalking, harassment, gendered abuse, and violence towards politicians in the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery era

Frontiers in Psychiatry
BackgroundHigh levels of harassment and threats against parliamentarians are being reported internationally, especially in the social media space. This is occurring alongside changes in our social landscape, with increasing political polarisation and the
Susanna Every-Palmer, Susanna Every-Palmer, Oliver Hansby, Oliver Hansby, Justin Barry-Walsh   +4 more
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Political Scandal Tests Trust in Politicians

Nordicom Review, 2014
Political scandals have been observed to be increasingly common everywhere. In April 2008, the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ilkka Kanerva, was compelled to resign because of the sensation arising from the enormous number of suggestive text ...
Isotalus Pekka, Almonkari Merja
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