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The Commission Knocked Out Cold: Laura Serrano and the End of the Mexico City Prohibition of Women's Boxing in the 1990s

Gender &History, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 1135-1152, October 2023., 2023
Abstract This article examines the conflict over the legalisation of women's boxing in Mexico City in the 1990s. In 1995, Laura Serrano's Women's International Boxing Federation world boxing title put pressure on the legal system that had banned women from professional boxing in the Mexican capital since 1946.
Marjolein Van Bavel
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In search of a substitution model for coca in Colombia: Buffalo, cocoa, and coffee in Peasant Reserve Zones

Latin American Policy, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 388-407, September 2023., 2023
Abstract For years Colombia has been the world's largest coca producer. Its public management of crops for illicit use has swung between eradication, substitution, and, recently legalization. Forced eradication has been shown to be ineffective, and legalization is an incipient option, so the Peace Agreement puts forward substitution as the path to ...
Mª Josep Cascant‐Sempere, Celia Dávila, Susana Vesga   +2 more
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‘Heroes to anonymous pensioners’: Francisco Franco's ‘mutilated gentlemen’ and the erosion of veteran privilege in Spain's transition to democracy

History, Volume 107, Issue 377, Page 765-788, September 2022., 2022
Abstract This article explores how during Spain's transition to democracy in the 1970s and 1980s, Francoist disabled veterans of the Spanish Civil War navigated the disappearance of formerly hegemonic historical narratives which had hitherto defined their relationship with the state.
Stephanie Wright
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Catholic Dressing in the Spanish Franco Dictatorship (1939–1975): Normative Femininity and Its Sartorial Embodiment

Journal of Religious History, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 582-602, December 2021., 2021
The Francoist state, in collusion with the Church, tried to domesticate women's bodies and encode dressing patterns in accordance with Catholic moral doctrine. This article interrogates the normative notion of femininity in Francoism, focusing on ecclesiastical discourse and Catholic dress code. The Church dictated dressing norms, and the Franco regime
Uxía Otero‐González
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Catholic Housewives in Transition: The Centres for the Promotion of Women between the Franco Dictatorship and Democracy in Spain (1960–1980)

Journal of Religious History, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 623-643, December 2021., 2021
This article aims to study the history of the Centres for the Promotion of Women in relation to the changing religious and gender identities of Spanish women. The first centre was founded by the lay organisation Catholic Action Women in 1959 and similar centres quickly spread across the country, giving access to basic education to many women from a ...
Eider de Dios‐Fernández, Raúl Mínguez‐Blasco   +1 more
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Chilean and Transnational Performances of Disobedience: LasTesis and the Phenomenon of Un violador en tu camino

Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 712-729, November 2021., 2021
This article analyses the performance Un violador en tu camino created by Chilean feminist theatre collective LasTesis, shared by millions and re‐staged across the globe. It explores the relationship between the original piece and theorist Rita Segato's insights on rape culture, and how it counters aspects of this culture.
Deborah Martin, Deborah Shaw
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Narrative plots for regulatory, distributive, and redistributive policies

European Policy Analysis, Volume 7, Issue S2, Page 276-302, Summer 2021., 2021
Abstract The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has ignited a remarkably active research community, one of its main contributions being distinct narrative elements—including settings, characters, and plots. Yet, while the plot constitutes a core element of narrativity, it has received less attention vis‐à‐vis other narrative components.
Johanna Kuhlmann, Sonja Blum
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The Effects of Digital Media Images on Political Participation Online: Results of an Eye‐Tracking Experiment Integrating Individual Perceptions of “Photo News Factors”

Policy &Internet, Volume 13, Issue 1, Page 54-85, March 2021., 2021
Research in communication and political science has underlined the relevance of participation offline and online for the performance and stability of democratic societies, and shown that media has a substantial impact on people's willingness to participate in political discourses.
Stephanie Geise, Axel Heck, Diana Panke
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Función de la prensa en los orígenes del liberalismo peruano: La opinión pública ante la independencia

Revista de Indias, 1985
Valoración de la prensa política peruana durante el proceso de independencia. El trabajo muestra cómo a través de ella puede seguirse la evolución del pensamiento político de un sector minoritario -el grupo dominante peruano-, que utiliza la prensa para ...
Ascensión Martínez Riaza
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Elecciones de México en la prensa estadounidense

Chasqui, 2014
Este texto es el resultado de un proyecto de investigación sobre los medios de comunicación y la política en los EEUU. Da cuenta de las noticias de prensa estadounidense difundidas sobre el proceso electoral mexicano, pese a que la prensa estadounidense ...
Sergio Inestrosa
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