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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In his influential book The road to somewhere David Goodhart claims that a split between a majority of people who are rooted in particular places or groups (the “Somewheres”) and a minority of people who are or can be at home anywhere in the world (the “Anywheres”) is at the heart of many contemporary political conflicts. According to him, the
Achim Hildebrandt +3 more
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The Scottish Independence Referendum : Constitutional and Political Implications
, 2016 The September 2014 Scottish independence referendum was an event of profound constitutional and political significance, not only for Scotland, but for the United Kingdom as a whole.
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Principiul consultării cetăţenilor în soluţionarea problemelor locale de interes deosebit
Revista Transilvană de Ştiinţe Administrative, 2013 The principle referring to the consultation of citizens for solving local problems of special interest is established in articles 2 and 3 of the local public administration law.
Melinda CENUŞE
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The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The transport sector is one of the largest contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions, making it a key priority for climate mitigation policies. In this context, renewable fuels represent a promising complementary pathway to transport electrification, particularly due to their compatibility with existing internal combustion engine ...
Kpanoga Kolombia
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Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article retraces the Woodward Commission on Aboriginal Land Rights in the Northern Territory, focusing on the question of mineral rights. Mineral rights were assumed in the Commission's terms of reference and expected by many Aboriginal people. Why, then, were they not recommended by the Commission?
Laura Rademaker
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The abrogative referendum. Limits and constraints of an instrument of political participation.
, 2022 reservedIl lavoro di tesi tratta del referendum abrogativo. Dopo aver ricostruito storicamente la nascita di tale strumento in Italia, vengono descritte quattro esperienze referendarie mettendo in luce limiti e criticità di tale strumento.
GRANDIS, CHIARA
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Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study traces how gambling in Australia changed from a simple form of leisure, enjoyed by all social classes in colonial times, to a billion‐dollar industry driven by political and economic imperatives. Using a case study, it links vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI), caused by changes to the state‐federal taxation structure, to the ...
Barbara Kinder, Michael B. Charles
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Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines, 2011 The revision procedure combines specific techniques of the representative democracy with those specific to direct democracy, both by enshrining popular constitutional initiative, and by giving the social corpus the possibility to ...
Ştefan Alexandru BĂIŞANU
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Significant Far‐Right Challenges to Australian Society? The XYZ and AustraliaOne
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Scholars who analyse the Australian far‐right from a criminological or security studies perspective propose that activists and groups pose ‘political’ challenges to Australian society. This paper examines the far‐right news website The XYZ and the AustraliaOne political party, and argues that claims that the far‐right may normalise ...
Timothy Lynch
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A second referendum is clearly possible [PDF]
, 2018 Two years on from the Brexit vote, the benefits of a second referendum are being hotly debated. In this post, Jess Sargeant, Alan Renwick and Meg Russell (Constitution Unit) identify seven questions that should be considered before parliament decides ...
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