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A strike for democracy? Migration, the bigot's veto, and the electoral use of force
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Politicians and philosophers alike have warned that the spread of anti‐migrant bigotry in the Western world requires a tragic trade‐off regarding immigration policy: Although millions of asylum‐seekers might be owed admission to Western democracies, there are many cases where they nonetheless ought to be denied entry, because their admission ...
Shmuel Nili
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract How do legislators' occupational backgrounds shape their ability to advance policy? We argue that politicians with professional experience are perceived as more credible in their areas of expertise and can more effectively persuade voters and peers. We examine this argument in a series of experiments in three Western democracies.
Mia Costa, Miguel M. Pereira
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Revista da Seção Judiciária do Rio de Janeiro, 2012 É de grande interesse cientifico na atualidade o crescimento tangencial do mandado de injunção, o qual, por meio das constituições, fortaleceu-se pelo sistema jurídico da common law, que visa a cumprir ...
Paulo Junior Trindade dos Santos +1 more
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American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT According to anthropological theories of brokerage, brokers build bridges, close gaps, make connections, and construct shared norms. In this article, I argue that such structural‐functionalist approaches to brokerage do not prove adequate in addressing unsettled and unsettling scale‐making practices of refugee‐led support initiatives in ...
Lieke van der Veer
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La sentencia Marbury v. Madison
Revista de las Cortes Generales, 2011 SUMARIO: 1.- El supuesto de hecho desencadenante del caso. 2.- La argumentación jurídica de Charles Lee, el abogado de los demandantes. 3.- Los prolegómenos del juicio. 4.- El desarrollo de la vista. 5.- La sentencia Marbury v. Madison.
Francisco Fernández Segado
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Foreign Aid, Civil Society and Post‐colonial Statebuilding in the Thai‒Myanmar Borderworld
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Foreign aid is often used to promote good governance and to strengthen civil society, yet it can reproduce the uneven geographies of post‐colonial statebuilding. This article provides a relational and interpretivist analysis of foreign aid in southeast Myanmar between 2012 and 2021, when Western donors backed the country's democratic ...
Shona Loong
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The government–robber comparison: A long‐standing tradition beyond avowed libertarianism
Economic Affairs, EarlyView.Abstract A government differs from a robber, but they share the common feature of initiating coercion. This similarity has been noticed by libertarians as well as within a distinct scholarly tradition and as a recurring theme throughout Western philosophy.
Brian Mandeville
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Bring in the Sceptics: Using Science and Technology Studies in law
European Journal of Risk RegulationUnderstanding the interactions between law, technology and society writ large is a very important task for legal analysis. However, the relationship between these areas can be very complex, resulting in a complex web of interactions and feedbacks ...
Sam Wrigley +2 more
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Japan: Internal migration and population decline
The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.Short Abstract Examining the interdependencies between internal migration and national population decline in Japan, this paper begins by analysing the impacts of internal migration on national fertility decline, for example, through the early post‐World War II flows from high‐fertility countrysides to low‐fertility cities. It then focuses on the way in
Tony Fielding
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