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Measuring Variance in Subnational Regimes: Results from an Expert-Based Operationalization of Democracy in the Argentine Provinces Midiendo la variación de los regímenes subnacionales: Resultados de una operacionalización basada en expertos de la democracia en las provincias argentinas

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2010
This paper presents an expert-based operationalization strategy to measure the degree of democracy in the Argentine provinces. Starting with a mainstream and “thick” definition of regime type, I assess each of its aspects using a subjective or perception-
Carlos Gervasoni
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Using customs data to understand overlooked trade in non‐CITES birds between Africa and Asia

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract The international trade in live birds poses risks to animals, people, and biodiversity. To effectively mitigate these risks, decision‐makers require information on the volume, dynamics, and direction of trade. Despite Africa once being the largest exporter of birds by region, very little data exist on recent trade in live birds not listed on ...
Alisa Davies, Astrid A. Andersson, Rowan O. Martin, Sam Inglis, Caroline Dingle   +4 more
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Panorama de la historiografía italiana contemporánea

Historia Regional, 2002
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Carlos Norberto Gómez
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Providing regular and frequent maps of losses and gains of farmland birds based on European monitoring data

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract Knowledge of species distributions is essential for informing policies on nature conservation and restoration. However, updating them on a regular basis and doing so in a harmonized manner at the international level is difficult. The European Bird Census Council integrated national monitoring data covering 5 years to update farmland bird ...
Sergi Herrando, Guillem Pocull, Sara Fraixedas, Anna Gamero, David Martí, Oriol Solà, Dani Villero, Verena Keller, Petr Voříšek, Alena Klvaňová, Gabriel Gargallo, Vitalie Ajder, Marc Anton, Ainars Aunins, Dawn Balmer, Mattia Brambilla, Tomasz Chodkiewicz, Przemysław Chylarecki, Cristi Domșa, Vlatka Dumbović Mazal, Virginia Escandell, Néstor Fernández, Ruud Foppen, Juan Gallego‐Zamorano, Carlos Godinho, Irene Guerrero, Christina Ieronymidou, Frédéric Jiguet, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Primož Kmecl, Peter Knaus, Lechosław Kuczyński, Åke Lindström, Qenan Maxhuni, Blas Molina, Jean‐Yves Paquet, Maria Luisa Paracchini, Danae Portolou, Draženko Z. Rajković, Dimitrije Radišić, Jiří Reif, Paul Shimmings, Henk Sierdsema, Jovica Sjeničić, Karel Šťastný, Bård G. Stokke, Nicolas Strebel, Zoltán D. Szabó, Tibor Szép, Norbert Teufelbauer, Nicolas Titeux, Sven Trautmann, Judit Veres‐Szászkac, Thomas Vikstrøm, Lluís Brotons   +54 more
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The Ideological “Coherence” of the Brazilian Party System, 1990-2009 A Coerência Ideológica do Sistema Partidário Brasileiro, 1990-2009

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2010
This paper contributes to the debate about the ideological coherence of the Brazilian party system. Using discriminant function analysis of 20 years of surveys of Brazilian legislators, we find that the party system now exhibits relatively little ...
Kevin Lucas, David Samuels
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From community care to corporate category: Platforms' discourse on digital trans‐affirming practices

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, August 2026.
Abstract Trans‐affirming community movements have interfaced with tech platforms in recent decades, leading to innovations in pronoun‐sharing online. As (mostly US‐based) platforms created online “pronouns fields,” they released supportive statements and help pages about the feature. However, with the recent roll‐back of LGBTQ+ support, such support is
Cedar Brown
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Knowing Left From Right: Ideological Identification in Brazil, 2002-2006 Diferenciando a Esquerda da Direita: Identificação Ideológica no Brasil, 2002-2006

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2010
Ideology, typically defined on a left-right spectrum, should provide a means of communication between elites and masses. After years of leftist party rule, have Brazilian voters internalized ideological divisions? Longitudinal surveys conducted from 2002
Barry Ames, Amy Erica Smith
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The Evolution of UAE's Africa Foreign Policy: Motivations, Strategies and Challenges

Politics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Recent studies on the foreign policies of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries attribute their increasing involvement in Africa to security and economic considerations. However, only a few studies have investigated the foreign policies of the individual GCC countries in more detail for confirmation. Hence, using a neorealist perspective on
Osman Antwi‐Boateng, Taha Yahya Abdulrahman   +1 more
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Neo-Patrimonialism and Subnational Authoritarianism in Mexico. The Case of Oaxaca Neopatrimonialismo y autoritarismo subnacional en México. El caso de Oaxaca

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2010
How do subnational authoritarian enclaves emerge (or survive) ina democratic transition at the federal level? How can they endure large-scalesocial protests, like the one that shook Oaxaca in 2006?
Julián Durazo Herrmann
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Corporate Quasi‐Sovereignty: Big Tech and the Politics of Sovereign Authority in the Digital Age

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT As private technology firms expand their control over critical infrastructures, questions of sovereignty and governance are increasingly displaced from states to corporate actors. Existing scholarship on sovereignty assumes that authority is either monopolized by states or shared through institutionalized public–private arrangements.
Chee Hae Chung, Bryce J. Dietrich
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