Telling ‘Brutal Truths’ or the Art of Narrating Democracy in Leonard Woolf’s The Wise Virgins (1914)
This paper aims to investigate the influence of democratic thoughts on Leonard Woolf’s second novel The Wise Virgins (1914). Focusing on Nelly Wolf’s work on narrative democracy, I will examine the relationship between the novel as a democratic genre and
Leila Haghshenas
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The politics of historical economics: Wilhelm Roscher on democracy, socialism and Caesarism [PDF]
Wilhelm Friedrich Georg Roscher (1817-94) is generally remembered as a significant nineteenth-century German political economist and a contributor to the “German Historical School of Economics.” His work is usually placed in the context of a larger ...
McDaniel, Iain
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Mobilizing Documents: Identification, Bureaucracy, and Policing in Transnational Mobility
ABSTRACT This co‐authored essay builds on a growing anthropological literature that engages critically and creatively with idealized official and popular ideas about documents of/in migration regimes. Documents are often championed as a common and unquestionable good in transnational migration but they are intrinsically tied to inequalities and ...
Sahana Ghosh +5 more
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“We are not creating turmoil, but are looking for a happy way out of the difficult state of our Fatherland”: Zemstvo liberalism at the beginning of the 20th century (using the example of the Saratov Zemstvo) [PDF]
The publication is devoted to the features of zemstvo liberalism in the provinces at the beginning of the 20th century, when the Saratov Zemstvo with its liberal program was at the head of the Russian zemstvo liberal movement.
Morozova, Elena Nikolajevna
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ABSTRACT This study aimed to empirically reveal the effect of democracy on the partner country's developmental policy decisions using the uniquely established database of Korea's Knowledge Sharing Project (KSP) outcome and dispersion measures of democracy.
Jae Eun Shin, Suk‐Won Lee
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Localism in Hong Kong: Its Origins, Development and Prospect [PDF]
The paper firstly aims to analyse the changing political landscape after the Legislative Council election in September 2017. Secondly, the social political context in which localism emerged is delineated.
Yiu-chung Wong
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Universal Resident Suffrage: A Liberal Defense
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The prisoner's right to vote and civic responsibility: Reaffirming the social contract? [PDF]
Copyright © 2009 NAPOThis article considers the issue of the prisoner’s right to vote in the light of recent developments in law and policy. It critically reviews the purported justifications for disenfranchisement and argues that re-enfranchisement ...
Aristotle +14 more
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Policymakers' Perceptions of the Use of Deliberative Mini‐Publics to Support Sustainability Policies
ABSTRACT Deliberative mini‐publics (DMPs) have emerged as a novel method to deepen public participation in complex and contentious policy decisions, such as those related to sustainability transformations. Despite an increasing interest in applying DMPs in environmental governance, little is known about policymakers' expectations regarding their ...
Heli Saarikoski +7 more
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Tourism, Democracy and Economic Growth in Africa
ABSTRACT While numerous studies have explored the determinants of economic growth, research on the impact of tourism and democracy on economic growth remains debated in both developed and developing countries. Furthermore, studies examining the moderating role of democracy in the tourism–economic growth relationship are particularly scarce.
Toyo A. M. Dossou +3 more
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