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A THEORY OF THE CORRUPT KEYNESIAN [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
We evaluate the impact of real business cycle shocks on corruption and economic policy in a model of entry regulation in a representative democracy. We find that corruption is pro-cyclical and regulation policy is counter-cyclical.
Aidt, TS, Dutta, J
core   +1 more source

Employing Adult Learning Principles for Faculty Development of Equity Focused Teaching: Critical Reflections

open access: yesNew Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This manuscript describes the intentional use of adult learning principles in creating three faculty development initiatives centering on equity‐based teaching. The authors reflected on the design and development process, facilitation and the perceived benefits and challenges.
Kayon Murray‐Johnson   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anything but Representative Democracy: Explaining Conspiracy Believers’ Support for Direct Democracy and Technocracy

open access: yesPolitics and Governance
Conspiracy theories gained considerable attention during the Covid-19 pandemic. Although studies have extensively explored their (mostly) negative impacts on various political and social aspects, like participation, health-related behavior, and violence,
Anne Küppers
doaj   +1 more source

GLOBALIZAÇÃO E O DÉFICIT DEMOCRÁTICO DAS INSTITUIÇÕES REPRESENTATIVAS BRASILEIRAS / GLOBALIZATION AND THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT OF BRAZILIAN REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONS

open access: yesRevista da Faculdade de Direito UFPR, 2015
Due to globalization, the state lost its monopoly on political mediation. For example, it began to share decisions with multiple stakeholders, internal and external, and is not able to control several variables that interfere in national life.
Murilo Gaspardo
doaj   +1 more source

Capital Taxation and Electoral Accountability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
In a representative democracy, voters can use elections to protect their property by holding politicians accountable for the tax policies they implement while in office. This paper demonstrates that performance voting can - partly or wholly - solve the
Aidt, Toke S., Magris, Francesco
core   +2 more sources

The Comparative Effectiveness and Tolerability of Sphingosine‐1‐Phosphate Receptor Modulators in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: A Network Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sphingosine‐1‐phosphate receptor modulators (S1PRM) are used to treat relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). Each drug has a different S1PR‐subtype selectivity. They target the G‐protein coupled S1P receptors and exert significant immunomodulatory effects, such as preventing the formation of new CNS lesions and the reactivation of pre ...
Faizan Shahzad   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Populism as a narrative and the crisis of representative democracy

open access: yesRevista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2018
In this article a critical analysis is made of some of the most influential approaches to contemporary populism and an alternative hypothesis is proposed.
Camil Ungureanu, Ivan Serrano
doaj   +1 more source

The sources of protectionist drift in representative democracies [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Economic Review, 2001
We analyze a two country-two good model of international trade in which citizens in each country differ by their specific factor endowments. The trade policy in each country is set by the politician who has been elected by the citizens in a previous stage.
Laussel, Didier, Riezman, Raymond
openaire   +6 more sources

Digital Activity Markers in Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the utility of smartwatch and smartphone‐based activity metrics for assessing disease severity and quality of life in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Methods In the electronic monitoring of disease activity in patients with CIDP (EMDA‐CIDP) trial, we performed a prospective ...
Lars Masanneck   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Poliarquia em 3D

open access: yesDados: Revista de Ciências Sociais, 1998
The article takes issue with positions that reduce representative systems to democratic linearity, considering how the latter is restricted to variations in forms of government and electoral systems that do not correspond to the growing complexity of ...
Santos Wanderley Guilherme dos
doaj  

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