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Linkage Between Electoral Cycle and the Discouragement of African Firms in the Credit Market

open access: yesInternational Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the linkage between the electoral cycle and the discouragement of SMEs in the credit market of 14 African countries. It focuses on 12,145 firms over the period 2006–2020. The results obtained from Probit estimates show elections are negatively linked with the discouragement of firms in the credit market.
Cherif Abdramane, Simplice A. Asongu
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Union Legitimacy and Identity in Shaping Strategic Choice

open access: yesIndustrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores how union legitimacy and identity shape union strategies. It highlights that while union identity is key to understanding strategic variation, legitimacy also plays a crucial role as unions must continuously earn and maintain it with various constituencies.
Geneviève Coderre‐LaPalme   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Review of Current Trends in Art Education Research in Mainland China: Epistemological Underpinnings, Methodological Practices and Contexts

open access: yesInternational Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Art education research in mainland China has evolved considerably over the past decade, influenced by its socio‐cultural, educational and political contexts. This study examined the current methodological trends in this field, using Crotty's scaffolding framework for social research to dissect and critique methodological choices.
Ning Luo
wiley   +1 more source

Consigning Injustice to History with Political Apologies

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Failures to remember the past properly can constitute a range of different wrongs. In this article, we identify a novel kind of wrong that often occurs through political apologies: consigning an injustice to history. Consigning acknowledges that a historical injustice took place but denies that it has any ongoing relevance for the present ...
Alfred Archer, Benjamin Matheson
wiley   +1 more source

Politicisation and Agricultural (Post‐)Exceptionalism in EU–Mercosur Association Agreement Negotiations

open access: yesJCMS: 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
wiley   +1 more source

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