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Expected Benefits of Voting and Voter Turnout [PDF]
This empirical study seeks to identify key aggregate-level economic and non-economic determinants of the expected benefits from voting and hence aggregate voter turnout.
Garey C. Durden, Richard J. Cebula
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Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
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Turnout Decline in Romanian National Elections: Is it that Big?
Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Sociologia, 2015 According to official data, Romanian voter turnout decreased by half for the period 1990-2012. Gaps between official and self-reported turnout are larger than those from similar countries.
Comşa Mircea
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the gap in number skills between socioeconomically disadvantaged and non‐disadvantaged children in the first year of compulsory schooling in England. Past research mostly relies on statutory assessment data collected towards the end of the first year of school and does not show the attainment gap associated with ...
Martin Culliney, Joanne Robson
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Vote Centers as a Strategy to Control Election Administration Costs
SAGE Open, 2014 The rising costs of election administration in an era of fiscal stress have motivated some local officials to test the feasibility of ideas for reducing election costs while enhancing voter convenience and perhaps even increasing voter turnout.
David H. Folz
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Trying to Turn up the Turnout: Youth Wings and the Youth Vote in the 2015 General Election
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2015 The political participation of 18 to 24-year-olds in British general elections is substantially lower than for other age groups. As a result, young people are frequently labelled in the media as being disaffected with traditional politics.
Sarah Pickard
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How Black Candidates Affect Voter Turnout [PDF]
Both Black and White voter turnout increases 2-3 percentage points with each Black Democrat on the ballot. Given the groups' representations in the population, the White response is numerically greater.
Ebonya Washington
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Bringing Government Back to the People? The Impact of Political Decentralization on Voter Engagement in Western Europe [PDF]
, 2007 This paper examines how political decentralization affects levels of voter engagement. Political actors have often justified processes of political decentralization as means to “bring government back to the people.” While these claims are consistent with
Meguid, Bonnie M.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall +2 more
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Decentralization, local government elections and voter turnout in Pakistan: [PDF]
"Decentralization has the potential to improve the accountability of government and lead to a more efficient provision of public services. However, accountability requires broad groups of people to participate in local government.
Akramov, Kamiljon T. +3 more
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