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Process and text: teaching students to review the literature [PDF]

, 2006
Examiners of dissertations regularly have to endure “literature reviews” that consist of extended lists of mini-summaries of books. Indeed, quite often “dissertations” amount to little more than a list of book-summaries masquerading as an argument. While
McMenamin, Iain
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From maps to mandates: Multitemporal vegetation cover analysis as a tool to evaluate environmental judicial decisions

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the use of multitemporal vegetation cover analysis as a tool to assess the ecological effectiveness of judicial decisions that recognize the rights of nature, using Colombia's 2016 T‐622 decision on the Atrato River as a case study.
Juan Camilo Ríos‐Orjuela, Ana María Medina‐Sánchez, William Gonzalez‐Daza, Francisco Villa‐Rojas, Mauricio Madrigal‐Pérez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Presidentialization of Political Parties Due to Presidentialized Systems of Government: Theoretical  nsights with Reference to the Fifth French Republic

Teoria Polityki
The presidentialization of political parties is part of a broader phenomenon called the presidentialization of politics.
Łukasz Jakubiak
doaj   +1 more source

From Ministries of Food to National Food System Committees: A Global Mapping and Typology of Multisectoral Food System Governance Institutions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transforming the ways food systems are governed is key to achieving better social, environmental, and economic outcomes, all crucial to sustainable development. Strong multisectoral governance is critical to achieving this, but there is little evidence on the structure and function of governance mechanisms in this context.
Dori Patay, Holly Rippin, Gastón Ares, Erica Reeve, Carolina Venegas Hargous, Penny Farrell, Belinda Reeve, Jose‐Luis Vivero‐Pol, Anne Marie Thow   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elections in Cape Verde, 1991-2016: Testing the second-order election model in a consolidated semi-presidential African democracy

Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, 2019
In this article, we analyse patterns of turnout and electoral choices of Cape Verde’s citizens in different types of elections, looking at all legislative, presidential and local elections held between 1991 and 2016, and testing four hypotheses derived ...
José Santana Pereira, Susana Rogeiro Nina, Danielton Delgado   +2 more
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Kosovo - An Atypical Parliamentary Republic [PDF]

, 2016
The topic of this comparative study is the republican character of the system of governance in Kosovo. In the public discourse and political communication, as well as in academic discourse Kosovo is considered a Parliamentary Republic, based on the ...
Jashari, Murat, Selimi, Behar
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“Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia”: Managing Stigma and Threats in the Wake of False Criminal Accusations

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. election, the boundary between activism and extremism blurred, with election officials reporting violent threats and false accusations of election fraud. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, these attacks provide a unique lens for examining the consequences of being falsely labeled a criminal.
Steven Windisch
wiley   +1 more source

The Parliamentary Genesis of the French Semi-Presidentialism against the Background of the Process of Presidentialisation of the Fifth Republic

Politeja, 2018
The paper deals with the dynamics of the transformation of the semi‑presidential system of government established under the constitution of the Fifth Republic of France.
Łukasz Jakubiak
doaj   +1 more source

Opportunities for the Labour Party: Football, Class and Community Renewal

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that football represents an underutilised opportunity for the Labour Party to anchor a wider programme of civic renewal. In many working‐class communities, the decline of trade unions, working men's clubs and other associational spaces has eroded collective life, leaving football clubs as rare institutions where dignity ...
Sam Taylor Hill
wiley   +1 more source

Divided executives and democratisation [PDF]

, 2006
This article examines the effect of a divided executive on democratisation in mixed systems where presidents are directly elected and prime ministers are responsible to the legislature.
Elgie, Robert, McMenamin, Iain
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