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Abstract Oppression and inequality, as critical social and structural determinants of health, are key threats to public health. Democratic stability provides institutional measures to mitigate oppression and inequality. We investigate trends in democratic backsliding in the Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) nations, overall,
Charley E. Willison +3 more
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Portugal: Political Developments and Data in 2022
Abstract In this article, the main events of political life in Portugal are discussed. It includes a report on general elections in 2022, the formation of a new Socialist absolute majority government led by Prime Minister Antonio Costa, and major parliamentary decisions and debates.
JOSÉ M. MAGONE
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Publicize or Perish—Challenger party success through megaphones and locomotives
Abstract What makes some challenger parties succeed and others fail? Existing research on party‐level factors finds that it is essential for parties to close a representational gap. However, this condition cannot be sufficient. For each successful challenger, there are many others proclaiming a similar message but going unheard.
JAN FABIAN DOLLBAUM, JAN MATTI DOLLBAUM
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Abstract The conservation of long‐distance migratory birds requires coordination between the multiple countries connected by the movements of these species. The recent expansion of tracking studies is shedding new light on these movements, but much of this information is fragmented and inaccessible to conservation practitioners and policy makers.
João L. Guilherme +9 more
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Portugal: Political Developments and Data in 2021
Abstract In 2021, Portuguese politics was strongly affected by the Covid‐19 pandemic. In this constraining context, the Portuguese population went twice to the polls in presidential and local elections. Moreover, the Portuguese government was the holder of the presidency of the Council of the European Union.
JOSÉ M. MAGONE
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The influence of democracy, governance and government policies on the COVID‐19 pandemic mortality
Abstract The paper analyses the determinants of mortality during the Corona pandemic. In a first step, possible causes are subjected to a global comparison.The focus is on political, institutional, economic, demographic and health policy factors. It is shown that, contrary to the assumption, democratic countries have a higher Covid‐19 mortality.
Uwe Wagschal
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Abstract Even when subject to comparable exogenous constraints during the Eurozone crisis and in its immediate aftermath, governments in Southern Europe have pursued distinct labour market reform agendas. What room for manoeuvre did governments of crisis‐struck peripheral countries really have in shaping their labour market reform strategies, and how ...
FABIO BULFONE, ARIANNA TASSINARI
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The transition debate in Brazilian history: The bourgeois paradigm and its critique
Abstract The origins of capitalism in Brazil have been traditionally overlooked by the literature on its developmental trajectory, either considered as an outcome of colonial exploitation or described through a broad notion of ‘bourgeois revolution’.
Pedro Salgado
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Educational hazards? The politics of disaster risk education in Rio de Janeiro
Disaster education outcomes are highly dependent on the political context of that education. Based on a rich, in‐depth case study of the creation of community monitors in a landslide and flood‐prone city in southeast Brazil, this paper demonstrates how developmental and political environments add much additional nuance to existing theories of ...
Robert Coates
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La gestion démocratique des écoles: de l´autogouvernement à l’émergence d’une post-démocratie gestionnaire? [PDF]
O autor assinala três elementos básicos que têm sido historicamente associados à gestão democrática das escolas: eleição, colegialidade, participação na decisão.
ADRIÃO T. +31 more
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