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State Repression and Democratic Dispensation in Uganda 1996–2016
SAGE Open, 2021 State repression covers several and many aspects such as wrongful detention, harassment, intimidation, torture, beating, and killings within state boundaries.
Sultan Juma Kakuba
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
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Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
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Romanian presidential elections, November 2014 – a fierce struggle between left and right
Sfera Politicii, 2015 The article aims to analyze the presidential elections of Romania, which took place in November 2014 in two rounds. The presidential elections of 2014, represented the seventh cycle of the presidential election in the history of post-communist Romania ...
Adrian-Cosmin Canae
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Polarization of the Sri Lankan Polity: An Analysis of Presidential Elections (1982 – 2005) [PDF]
, 2008 Sri Lanka is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious developing country that has enjoyed continuous universal adult franchise since 1931. Under a new constitution enacted in 1978, Sri Lanka moved to a presidential system of government.
Warnapala, Yajni, Yehiya, Zufni
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
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Presidential elections and the manipulation of exam success rate in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
This paper investigates whether the exam success rate in Africa increases significantly in the months prior to the occurrence of the presidential elections.
Christian Ebeke, Mireille Ntsama Etoundi
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The Outcome of Presidential Elections in Afghanistan and the Future of Political Transit
Международная аналитика, 2015 This article is devoted to one of the most complicated issues of the regional politics in the Central and South Asia – the presidential elections in Afghanistan in 2014. The article studies the outcome and results of the presidential elections, political
I. Safranchuk
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Proximity, candidates, and presidential power: how directly elected presidents shape the legislative party system [PDF]
, 2014 The impact of presidential coattails on the legislative party system is a highly intuitive idea. The coattails effect is believed to depend on the number of presidential candidates and the size of the presidential prize. This article proposes a different
Bucur, Cristina +3 more
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The Owl, 2022 American democracy is a complex system that operates across multiple federated levels. This structure presents a challenge to the voting public: how should they judge the performance of elected officials?
Eli Mckown-Dawson
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