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The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
wiley   +1 more source

Different aspirations: medicine, activism and uterine vacuum aspiration technology in Spain (1960s-1980s). [PDF]

Med Hist
Mundi-López M, Ignaciuk A.
europepmc   +1 more source

What is (de)politicization and what is wrong with it?

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This article attempts to clarify the meaning of (de)politicization. Politicization sometimes refers to the inappropriate intrusion of partisan loyalties in nonpolitical social domains (affective politicization). Politicization can also constitute an ideal of civic agency and energy (contestatory politicization).
Dimitrios Halikias
wiley   +1 more source

Redefining social medicine from Latin America: Historical foundations and contemporary directions. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Ortega F, Abarca-Brown G.
europepmc   +1 more source

What exploitation is

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We experimentally elicit views of what exploitation is from over 2,000 subjects. Our experimental design does not test existing theories of exploitation. Rather, it focuses on more fundamental properties that are the building blocks for these theories.
Benjamin Ferguson, Peter Hans Matthews, David Ronayne, Roberto Veneziani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

Polarization and rule of law crisis-insights from Poland. [PDF]

Z Vgl Polit
Solska M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Milton and Rose Friedman's "Free to Choose" and its impact in the global movement toward free market policy: 1979-2003 [PDF]

Peter J. Boettke
core  

Beyond Bia Hơi? Distinction and Aspiration in Hanoi's Craft Beer Scene

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article we examine the emergence of Hanoi's craft beer scene as a window into shifting class identities, aspirational consumption, and local–global negotiations in contemporary Vietnam. We bring together Bourdieu's theorisation of taste as symbolic capital with Appadurai's concept of aspiration to analyse how consumption practices ...
Sarah Turner, Chính Trọng Nguyễn
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Law and Christianity-A Plank in the Eye? [PDF]

Oxf J Leg Stud
Husa J.
europepmc   +1 more source