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Do Citizens Vote Strategically (if they vote at all)? Evidence from U.S. National Elections [PDF]

open access: yes
Two prominent facts emerge from data on U.S. presidential and congressional elections. First, often people vote a split-ticket, that is, they vote for different parties' candidates for President and for Congress.
Antonio Merlo, Arianna Degan
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To protect and preserve? Explaining the gap between structural and superficial racial equality regimes in North Atlantic Rim universities

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how UK and US universities manage racial equality regimes through governance structures that prioritise institutional reputation over substantive racial justice reform. Drawing on Bourdieu's field, habitus and capital theory, the study demonstrates how universities neutralise racial justice efforts through bureaucratic ...
David Roberts
wiley   +1 more source

Youth activism in Poland: Perceptions, participation and diverging perspectives from young people and activists

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent years have seen a growing scholarly interest in youth activism (YA), a phenomenon often viewed as a positive development in response to declining civic and political engagement among young people. However, most of the research focuses on the activists themselves and gives less attention to how YA is perceived by the broader youth ...
Martyna Elerian   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning to ‘be’ an activist: Exploring the relationship between activism and informal education in a youth activism group case study

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people in the United States (and beyond) access spaces for activism in varied ways, including the out‐of‐school time sector, where youth activism (YA) groups draw on informal learning pedagogies to engage young people in collective action.
Laura Weiner
wiley   +1 more source

El Ejercicio del Voto de los Mexicanos en el Extranjero, a partir de 2014

open access: yesCiencias Administrativas Teoría y Praxis, 2018
The Exercise of the Vote of Mexicans abroad, beginning In 2014 Resumen Los fundamentos constitucionales, convencionales y legales, construyen el procedimiento para que los mexicanos residentes en el extranjero ejerzan su derecho fundamental de ...
Alejandro Sánchez-Sánchez   +1 more
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‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vote-Buying and Reciprocity [PDF]

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While vote-buying is common, little is known about how politicians determine who to target. We argue that vote-buying can be sustained by an internalized norm of reciprocity. Receiving money engenders feelings of obligation. Combining survey data on vote-
Finan, Frederico S., Schechter, Laura
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Do Voters Vote Sincerely? Second Version [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper we address the following question: To what extent is the hypothesis that voters vote sincerely testable or falsifiable? We show that using data only on how individuals vote in a single election, the hypothesis that voters vote sincerely is ...
Antonio Merlo, Arianna Degan
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Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parasites exist in every ecosystem, affecting nearly all organisms and playing a complex role in human societies. On the one hand, they contribute substantially to biodiversity and support ecosystem stability by performing essential ecological functions.
Cyril Hammoud   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Matemáticas electorales: Buscando la proporcionalidad

open access: yesRect@, 2016
The parliamentary systems of representation are the most extended method of government in the greater part of the countries. These systems are based in the proportionality principle: “One man, one vote”, such as they are organized using systems where a ...
Palencia González, Javier   +1 more
doaj  

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