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Democracy and Education through the Eyes of Kuwaiti Politicians: A Phenomenological Study
Education Sciences, 2019 Kuwait’s Constitution defines the small Arab Gulf nation as a constitutional democracy led by a hereditary emirate, although outside observers have questioned the degree to which it is indeed democratic.
Sara Alnufaishan, Alanoud Alrashidi
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Yearbook of Swiss Administrative Sciences, 2012 What motivates people to run (or run again) for political office? Politics is an ideology-based activity, but is the desire to serve the State and contribute to people’s well-being enough to motivate people?
Daniela Cristofoli, Paolo Crugnola
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Local politicians in the age of new media
Frontiers in Political Science, 2022 This paper discusses the impact of new media on local politics and politicians in a highly digitalised and advanced democracy. Through case studies and interviews of elite representatives in three Norwegian municipalities, the paper's ambition is to gain
Hilde Bjørnå +2 more
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Liberté de presse écrite au Maroc : L’évolution au regard de l’évaluation
L’Année du Maghreb, 2016 This article aims to examine the press freedom situation in Morocco and his evolution since 2011 with regard to evaluation on national and international levels.
Mohamed Naimi
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, 2009 We collect data on the rules and practices of financial and conflict disclosure by politicians in 175 countries. Although two thirds of the countries have some disclosure laws, less than a third make disclosures available to the public. Disclosure is more extensive in richer and more democratic countries.
Djankov, S. +3 more
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Why We Should Distinguish Between Mobilization and Participation When Investigating Social Media
Media and Communication, 2023 In the recent past, social media has become a central channel and means for political and societal mobilization. Mobilization refers to the process by which political parties, politicians, social movements, activists, and other political and social ...
Jörg Haßler +2 more
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Nordicom Review, 2015 While observers have focused on the political use of social media when exploring their democratic potential, we know little about users’ perceptions of these media.
Segaard Signe Bock
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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 +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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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.We show that emergence of castration‐resistant prostate (CRPC) is associated with significant upregulation of cyclins that positively regulate cyclin‐dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) and concomitant downregulation of CDK4 cyclins. This renders CRPC cells dependent on the high activity of CDK2, and CDK2 inhibitors synergistically sensitize CRPC cells to both ...
Joyeeta Chatterjee +3 more
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