Referendum Contingent Valuation Estimates: Sensitivity to the Assignment of Offered Values [PDF]
Trudy Ann Cameron, Daniel D. Huppert
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Rural but not radical right: The rural‐urban cleavage in Norway
Abstract Conventional wisdom claims that rural voters are politically mobilized by right‐wing and culturally conservative forces, while urban voters are left‐leaning and have progressive cultural views. Leveraging original survey data from Norway, our work challenges this dichotomy.
Kiran R. Auerbach+2 more
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LIBERTOPIA: An Intellectual Stroll in Berlin's Tempelhof Park
Abstract Berlin's Tempelhofer Feld, an old airport turned into a public park, stands as a unique urban space. What it is about this simple and massive open space in the heart of a large city that makes it a near‐utopian formation? This essay attempts to explore the meaning of this sociospatial entity, framing it in terms of a ‘libertopia’, to serve as ...
Asef Bayat
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Abstract The last decade has seen at least three still ongoing shocks impact strongly on rural Britain: Brexit, COVID‐19 and the Russia–Ukraine war. This paper introduces all three of these after setting the scene prior to the 2016 Brexit vote by first summarising the seeming shift across rural Britain from productivism to post‐productivism in the ...
Keith Halfacree
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ROURKE, John T., HISKES, Richard P., and ZIRAKZADEH, Cyrus Ernesto. Direct Democracy and International Politics. Deciding International Issues Through Referendums. Boulder (Col), Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1992,208 p. [PDF]
Rychard A. Brûlé
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The Ball That Failed to Curve: The 2023 “Populist Polarizing” Referendum in Poland
In October 2023, Poland’s illiberal right-wing government held a referendum modeled after the one held in Hungary one year earlier. Organized in conjunction with the parliamentary elections under the pretext of “saving costs,” the 2023 Polish referendum ...
Magdalena Musiał-Karg+1 more
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Abstract We analyze the development of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago as the product of a new kind of urban growth machine—a nonprofit‐led neoliberal growth machine. Building on studies of nonprofit‐led urban development as well as research on CBA‐driven opposition, we reconstruct how an Obama Foundation‐led growth machine was able to ...
Virginia Parks+2 more
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Principiul consultării cetăţenilor în soluţionarea problemelor locale de interes deosebit
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. This law presents the above mentioned principle as a principle applicable to
Melinda CENUŞE
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TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENTRIFICATION–RESISTANCE NEXUS: A Comparative Case Study
Abstract This article studies resistance to gentrification from a recognition theory perspective. It discusses two cases of gentrification: in the Tweebosbuurt in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and in the Quartier Maritime in Molenbeek, Belgium. Resistance to gentrification assumed different forms in these neighbourhoods.
Marijn Knieriem
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Determinants of the Public's Preference for a Referendum on Monetary Union [PDF]
Public support is crucial for the success of a monetary union. An aspect of the monetary unification process that could influence public support is how the decision to participate is made. This article analyzes the determinants of the public's preference
Steven Buigut
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