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Centripetalism in Consociational Democracy: The Multiple Proportional Vote and the Belgian Case
Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 108-130, June 2024.Abstract Belgium illustrates that using consociational institutions in divided societies may ensure a peaceful political environment, but it fails in reducing its centrifugal tendencies. As communitarian issues threaten to paralyse the political debate, preserving the efficiency of the state will require adding centripetal incentives to the ...
Laurent de Briey, Aurian de Briey
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The Spanish Transition Forty Years Later. Democracy, Devolution and Pluralism [PDF]
, 2017 El trabajo realiza un balance de los resultados de la transición española a la democracia cuarenta años después de su culminación. Las claves de un prestigio internacional que se ha visto relativamente eclipsado con el tiempo estriban en la incapacidad ...
Colom González, Francisco
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Academic Emergency Medicine, Volume 33, Issue 3, March 2026.
Rohit Gandhi +4 more
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Scandinavian Political Studies, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 72-96, March 2024.Abstract Although political self‐efficacy is one of the most important determinants of political participation, little is known about the factors that boost its development or reduce structural differences between different social groups. This study tests three perspectives—socioeconomic background, social capital and supporting school environment—to ...
Venla Hannuksela
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French & English in Dieppe, New-Brunswick [PDF]
, 2016 Le présent article décrit la situation linguistique à Dieppe. À la fois dernière ville francophone au sud-est de l'arc acadien et immédiate banlieue de la ville de Moncton, elle héberge une majorité de francophones en contact permanent avec la communauté
Gabay, Simon
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 80, Issue 3, Page 1084-1096, March 2024.Abstract Aims To explore the lived experiences of caregivers of people living in long‐term care (LTC) homes during the initial phases of the COVID‐19 pandemic and potential supports and resources needed to improve caregivers' quality of life. Background Carers (or care partners) of adults in LTC contribute substantially to the health and well‐being of ...
Sheila A. Boamah +5 more
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Language Rights - A Welfare-Economics Approach [PDF]
, 2015 Distributions of language rights in multilingual settings are analyzed from a normative viewpoint in this chapter. If the cost structure of providing rights is concave in the number of beneficiaries, then a critical-mass criterion for the determination ...
Wickström, Bengt-Arne
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Multilingualism in fiction [PDF]
, 2017 Multilingualism is a fact that has shaped and is shaping the linguistic set-up of our societies. Fictional texts also have a long tradition of drawing on polyglottal means, a fact that has been studied in many different disciplines. This chapter sketches
Locher, Miriam A.
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Qualitative data, cross‐language research and AI translation: Three icebergs
Medical Education, Volume 59, Issue 6, Page 566-568, June 2025.
Lorelei Lingard, Jennifer Klasen
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Laggards No More: The Changed Socioeconomic Status of Francophones in Quebec [PDF]
The economic returns to knowing French in the Quebec labour market have increased steadily since 1970, while the returns to knowing English have decreased.
Dominique Lemay +2 more
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