School Board Elections in England and Wales, 1870–1902: An Electoral Experiment?
History, EarlyView.Abstract The 1870 Elementary Education Act enabled the creation of school boards in England and Wales. Members were directly elected by the cumulative vote. This method gave each individual voter as many votes as there were seats on a school board, in some cases up to fifteen.
ED GREEN
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A Crowdsourcing Platform for Italian Linguistic Field Research [PDF]
, 2013 Bry, François +4 more
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The History of Religion: Ancient Rome Edition 1960–2026
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Celia E. Schultz
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Within classical sociological accounts of capitalism, families are curious remnants of the past. Contemporary elite sociology dismisses the family in a different way: by primarily focusing on individual men. When the family does appear within elite studies, scholars frequently follow a stratification framework, which focuses on the ...
Shamus Khan, Max Besbris, Estela Diaz
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The migration-related language barrier and professional interpreter use in primary health care in Switzerland. [PDF]
BMC Health Serv Res, 2019 Jaeger FN +3 more
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2000s have witnessed a significant, worldwide boom in new art museums founded by private, wealthy collectors. While the arts have long been a key arena for the remaking of elite distinction and the reproduction of inequalities, this surge in private museums has sparked much controversy.
Sara de Andrade Silva +2 more
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Bidialectalism and Bilingualism: Exploring the Role of Language Similarity as a Link Between Linguistic Ability and Executive Control. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2018 Oschwald J +3 more
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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
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The ERIES-BOLT project: Behaviour of Telecommunication Lattice Towers under Thunderstorm Winds. [PDF]
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Validating the Demand Control Support Questionnaire among white-collar employees in Switzerland and the United States. [PDF]
J Occup Med Toxicol, 2018 Mauss D +4 more
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