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Good and Bad Political Compromises

open access: yesRatio, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Political compromises are common. Parties that seek to influence society must inevitably make them. Populists often criticize such compromises, as compromising implies that an ideal outcome will not be achieved. In general, political compromises evoke strong emotions, particularly when they are perceived as problematic—morally or otherwise. In
Juha Räikkä
wiley   +1 more source

The Resilience of Authoritarian Rule in Syria under Hafez and Bashar Al-Asad [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper seeks an explanation for the resilience of the Syrian authoritarian regime under Hafez and Bashar Al-Asad. It will be argued that this resilience is to a relevant extent caused by the fact that the regime’s “material” as well as “ideational ...
Annette Büchs
core  

There’s More That Binds Us Together Than Separates Us : Exploring the Role of Prison-University Partnerships in Promoting Democratic Dialogue, Transformative Learning Opportunities and Social Citizenship [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In this paper we argue that education – particularly higher education (HE) - has the potential to offer socially, economically and culturally transformative learning opportunities–cornerstones of social citizenship. Yet, for prisoners, the opportunity to
Hamilton, Paul, Dr.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Drivers of Noncompliance With Vaccine Mandates—The Interplay Between Distrust, Rationality, Morality, and Social Motivation

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT COVID‐19 amplified the issue of public resistance to government vaccination programs. Little attention has focused on people's moral reasons for noncompliance, which differ from—but often build upon—the epistemic claims they make about vaccine safety and efficacy, disease severity, and the trustworthiness of government. This study explores the
Katie Attwell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamics of partisan journalism: journalist-source relations in the context of a local newspaper's anti-paedophile housing agenda [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This article explores the influence of partisanship on the framing of a local news agenda. Using a case study approach, it explores how one local newspaper in the East Midlands of England, the Nottingham-based Evening Post, reacted with hostility to ...
Cross, S, Lockyer, S
core  

Skill‐Biased Policy Change: Governing the Transition to the Knowledge Economy in Germany, Sweden and Britain

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How have advanced capitalist democracies transitioned from a Fordist to a post‐Fordist, knowledge‐based economy? And why have they followed seemingly similar policy trajectories despite different economic models and sectoral specializations? We develop the notion of skill‐biased policy change to answer these questions. Drawing on a distinction
Sebastian Diessner   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Out of sight out of mind: Psychological distance and opinion about the age of penal majority. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Psychol, 2022
Caldas IFR   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

When Business Breaks the Rules: The Value of a Criminology‐Informed “Organizational” Perspective for the Regulation of White‐Collar and Corporate Crimes

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that if the aspiration is to enhance regulatory and governance responses to white‐collar and corporate crimes, consideration of the organization of these offending behaviors must be central to the scholarly, practice, and policy discussion.
Nicholas Lord, Michael Levi
wiley   +1 more source

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