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The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
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Migrating to stay or commuting to work? How fairness perceptions and exposure shape attitudes toward labor migration

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Existing literature posits that attitudes toward immigration are shaped by the impact of migrants on native workers' wages and employment, as well as by various other material, cultural, and social concerns. However, empirically disentangling these influences can be challenging.
Lena Maria Schaffer, Gabriele Spilker
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Nadia Urbinati on populism, representation, and rhetoric: some critical remarks

open access: yesFilosofický časopis
This paper examines Urbinati’s theory of populism, with the aim of bringing to the fore a lacuna in such theory. The lacuna concerns her appreciation of the role of rhetoric in populism and more generally in democracy. If Urbinati’s general understanding
Ballacci, Giuseppe
doaj   +1 more source

On account of doomsday

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years, Berlin has emerged as an epicenter of climate activism in Germany. There, a range of groups have mobilized in opposition to the role of the German state and the EU in accelerating the climate crisis. Many activists now see conventional political responses as exhausted and have turned to increasingly radical forms of civil ...
Max Jack
wiley   +1 more source

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