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A Thin Blue Democratic Line? Organization, Interest, and Ethical Compatibility as Foundations of External Accountability Credibility

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the context of rising authoritarian and populist political movements, scholars have increasingly identified external agency as a bulwark for liberal values. However, its capacity to protect such values may be contingent upon its acceptance within the profession—specifically, upon attitudes we conceptualize as “accountability credibility ...
Sebastian Roché   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Views on American Foreign Policy - The Atlanticism of Political Parties in Central and Eastern Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
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Re‐Imagining Regulatory Governance

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper invites the readers to rethink regulatory governance by examining how trust‐based and rule‐based governance interact. To do this, it uses analytical narratives of three fictional polities: “Trustland”, “Regland”, and “Concordia”. Each polity represents a stylized model of governance: Trustland is anchored in trust‐based governance ...
David Levi‐Faur
wiley   +1 more source

Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
wiley   +1 more source

Does the Threat of Killing Gays Deter Foreign Aid: The Case of Uganda's 2014 Anti‐Homosexuality Act

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much attention has been drawn on Uganda in recent years due to the strengthening of its anti‐LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric. Our study explores the aid‐deterring effect of anti‐LGBTQ legislation in an experimental setting using the Synthetic Control Method.
Elissaios Papyrakis, Luca Tasciotti
wiley   +1 more source

Transposing Citizenship: Acts of Belonging and Locality Among the Non‐Citizen Population of the Arabian Peninsula

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how non‐citizens born and raised in Kuwait develop a sense of belonging despite restrictive nationality laws and the Kafala sponsorship system that deny them legal pathways to citizenship. Drawing on qualitative ethnographic research, I introduce the concept of ‘acts of belonging’ to capture how these individuals assert ...
Abdullah al‐Khonaini
wiley   +1 more source

Democracy in Poland 2005-07 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Jacek, Jaros\u142aw   +2 more
core  

From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
wiley   +1 more source

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