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Assessing the Structural Prerequisites for an Efficient Russian Political Market [PDF]
, 2007 Applying the market metaphor the first part of the article outlines a conceptual model for assessing the efficiency of the Russian political system.
Olsson, M.-O.
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how the politicisation of EU trade policy – defined by heightened public salience, stakeholder polarisation and contestation – reshapes agricultural lobbying strategies, with a particular focus on the EU–Mercosur Association Agreement.
Emilio Del Pupo
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Contestation over a Profession's Memory: The UK Pharmacy Profession, 1880–1905
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract We draw on the historical case of the UK pharmacy industry from 1880–1905 to examine how, in the face of a competitive threat to their survival, lower status professionals seek to reinvigorate the memory of their role in providing community service in the public interest.
Graeme Currie, Andrew Wild, Andy Lockett
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Presidentialism and Executive-Legislative relations in Argentina (1983-2007)
Revista Colección, 2017 This work shows that Executive-Legislative dynamics in Argentina for the period 1983-2007, has been one of the causes of institutional instability in that country (and, therefore, of poor economic performance).
Javier Sabater
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Local News Deserts and Community Social Capital Erosion
Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The disappearance of local newspapers across the United States has sparked growing concern about its implications for community life in rural America. This study examines the societal consequences of local news deserts, focusing on three critical dimensions of community social capital: crime, civic engagement, and political polarization. Using
Tess Haddock +3 more
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The peril of parliamentarism? : executive–legislative relations and the transition to democracy from electoral authoritarian rule [PDF]
, 2016 Why do some electoral authoritarian regimes survive for decades while others become democracies? This article explores the impact of constitutional structures on democratic transitions from electoral authoritarianism.
HIGASHIJIMA, Masaaki, KASUYA, Yuko
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International Political Science ReviewThis article re-examines the relationship between democracy and semi-presidential regimes. While numerous scholars have traced the effects of semi-presidential regimes on democracy, few have addressed the risk of reverse causality, namely, that democracy influences the establishment of semi-presidential regimes.
Jenny Åberg, Thomas Denk
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Política y Sociedad, 2003 The scholarly literature on presidentialism and parliamentarism in modern comparative politics has argued that the combination of presidential government and a multiparty system is problematic. In multiparty systems, of course, the formation of coalition
Antonio Garrido
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Continuity in Finland as Sauli Niinistö is re-elected as President [PDF]
, 2018 On 28 January, Sauli Niinistö was re-elected as Finland's President in the first round of voting. Tapio Raunio explains that with voters clearly approving of Niinistö's track record in office, the other mainstream candidates found it extremely difficult ...
Raunio, Tapio
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Crowding Out the Market: State Religious Policy and Social Capital Among Religious Adherents
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How do governments’ policies toward religion impact the relationship between citizens and civil society? A large body of literature examines the effect of social capital on democratic governance. Studies of State Religious Policy, or SRP, however, have shown complex and potentially contradictory effects on different types of social capital ...
Brendan Szendrő
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