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Local Leaflets: Constituency Issue Messaging at the 2024 General Election

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 111-119, January/March 2025.
Abstract The 2024 general election brought about a significant change in the parliamentary balance of power. There has already been much attention devoted to the issues that dominated the national campaign. Using original leaflet data from the OpenElections project, this study extends the focus to explore the issues emphasised in local electoral ...
Alan Duggan, Caitlin Milazzo, Siim Trumm
wiley   +1 more source

‘Whitby Woman’, ‘Waitrose Woman’: Gender and Voting Behaviour at the 2024 UK General Election

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 74-82, January/March 2025.
Abstract Women were identified as key targets in the 2024 British general election. There was much speculation as to whether ‘Whitby’ or ‘Waitrose’ women would swing the result for Labour. This interest in women voters stemmed, at least partially, from the fact that the 2017 and 2019 British general elections were the first where a modern gender gap—a ...
Rosie Campbell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Rise of Bank Prosecutions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Before 2008, prosecutions of banks had been quite rare in the federal courts, and the criminal liability of banks and bankers was not a topic that received much public or scholarly attention.
Garrett, Brandon L.
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How Can Labour Tackle Poverty in London?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the challenges that London faces in garnering attention for its problems associated with inequality from the Labour government. A combination of a shortage of resources and the growing threat of Reform UK makes focusing specifically on tackling poverty in London a difficult political challenge for Labour. Initial attempts
Graeme Atherton
wiley   +1 more source

Views of Vidigal: negotiating opportunities and risks in a gentrifying favela in Rio de Janeiro Favela avec vue : négocier opportunités et risques dans un quartier en voie de gentrification à Rio de Janeiro

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The contested dynamics of slum gentrification in Rio de Janeiro came into focus during the brief period of relative peace brought by the pacification policy leading up to the 2016 Olympics. In this unprecedented moment, Rio's South Zone favela residents experienced a respite from the daily confrontations with police operations and drug trade violence ...
Angela Torresan
wiley   +1 more source

Pretext not to Commence Criminal Charge Against Tax Crime

open access: yesVestnik Omskoj Ûridičeskoj Akademii, 2014
The article deals with consequences of legislative restriction of the opportunity to undertake prosecution against tax crime due to the introduction of “defensive” pretext for this decision ...
Ragozina I. G.
doaj   +2 more sources

Improvement of the organizational support of prevention and counteraction of corruption in the bodies of State Fiscal Service of Ukraine

open access: yesAspekti Publìčnogo Upravlìnnâ, 2014
The article analyses directions of perfection of organizational support of prevention and counteraction of corruption in the bodies of State fiscal service of Ukraine.
S. M. Ivasenko
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The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

PENAL AND CRIMINAL REGULATIONS OF BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL TAX LEGISLATURE

open access: yesPravo, 2011
This paper analyses the question of measures that should be taken by the state to establish the efficient tax system and organise it in an effective way, to ensure timely quality assets necessary for the realisation of state functions without any ...
Borislav Bojić
doaj  

The Social Impact of Casinos: Literature Review and Cost Estimates [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This research discusses the social impacts of casinos. The most direct impacts are those associated with increases in gambling problems, which are double for a person living within 50 miles of a casino. We estimate that when a casino is built in Columbus,

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