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Franchises Lost and Gained: Post-Coloniality and the Development of Women’s Rights in Canada
Perspectives on Federalism, 2017 The Canadian constitution is to some extent characterised by its focus on equality, and in particular gender equality. This development of women’s rights in Canada and the greater engagement of women as political actors is often presented as a steady ...
Skeet Charlotte Helen
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract After the Second World War, family allowances became a cornerstone of social spending in western Europe. Whilst religion is often highlighted as a driver of this policy, the role of political Catholicism remains contested, particularly in southern Europe.
Guillem Verd‐Llabrés
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Revisioning Democracy and Women’s Suffrage [PDF]
This anthology addresses the current understanding of democracy from a feminist, intersectional and transnational perspective with a particular focus on the relevance of women’s suffrage in Switzerland since 1971, and analyses challenges for women’s ...
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Welsh Women Teachers and the Women’s Movement in South Wales (1870-1928)
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2023 For centuries, Wales was subjected to an Anglo-centric narrative, its own history being merged with that of England. Women across Wales have equally been the object of this neglect.
Joelle Gorno
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines trust in women's organizations as a gendered and contextually embedded dimension of institutional trust, drawing on data from 90,192 respondents across 60 countries using the 2017–2022 World Values Survey, the World Bank, and Varieties of Democracy.
Ruby Amanda Oboro‐Offerie
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The Decentralization of Liquor Policies in Texas During the Post‐Prohibition Era
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the decentralization of liquor policies in Texas during the Post‐Prohibition era using newly collected historical legislative roll call data. By combining these data with local referendum vote shares, we analyze both legislators' and constituents' preferences on liquor policy.
Andrew Arnold, Holger Sieg
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A growing body of scholarship argues that collective memories of historical environmental change—formed and transmitted through museums, movies, novels, activist performances and other cultural texts and practices—can help nurture proenvironmentalism.
Olli Hellmann
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Getting Your Collection Ready for the Centennial Anniversaries of the 19th Amendment
Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 2019 The centennial anniversaries of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution are coming up. The authors are recipients of the 2018 American Library Association Carnegie Whitney Grant to create a centennial ...
Marilyn K. Harhai, Janice Krueger
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Leading the Charge: The Role of Women in Municipal Budgeting
Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gender inclusion and diversity have become increasingly important in local governance as a tool to improve equitable public decision‐making. Despite these efforts, the representation of women in leadership roles, particularly those heading initiatives such as social equity budgeting (SEB), varies greatly by municipality.
Saman Afshan
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Social Equity Practices in Public Financial Management: A Conceptual Review and Proposed Reforms
Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Equity has been at the core of public finance going at least as far back as 1776 when Adam Smith included it as one of four canons of a good tax in his classic An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Tax Project Institute 2025).
John R. Bartle +2 more
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