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ObjectivesThe aim of our study is to examine the association between knowledge about the World War II (WWII)-related traumatic experiences of their ancestors and subjective well-being (SWB) of young adults, i.e., descendants of Polish survivors of WWII ...
Marcin Rzeszutek +8 more
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A Commander’s Power, A Civilian’s Reason: Justice Jackson’s Korematsu Dissent [PDF]
Barrett examines the dissent opinion of Supreme Court Justice Robert Houghwout Jackson in Korematsu v. United States, which centered on the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.
Barrett, John Q.
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ABSTRACT This paper examined the critical challenges facing the international monetary system, arguing that they have created conditions for a shift from a neoliberal framework to a pluralist multipolar financial order. Using an interdisciplinary approach that blends international law and international relations, the paper provides an analysis of the ...
Jiangyu Wang
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Watching the Watchers: Enemy Combatants in the Internment Shadow [PDF]
In the past, the government has avoided accountability for the atrocity of allowing the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. Kang examines whether the federal judiciary is again shying away from its responsibilities of holding the other branches
Kang, Jerry
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Abstract This study examines the adaptive market hypothesis in the prewar and wartime Japanese stock market using a new market capitalization‐weighted price index. First, we find that the degree of market efficiency varies over time and with major historical events. This implies that the hypothesis is supported in this market.
Kenichi Hirayama, Akihiko Noda
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The Transnational Constitution of Europe’s Social Market Economies: A Question of Constitutional Imbalances? [PDF]
Throughout its history the European integration process has not undermined but rather strengthened the autonomy of Member States vis-à-vis wider societal interests in relation to political economy, labour markets and social provisions.
Kjaer, Poul F.
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The choice argument for proportional representation
Abstract What electoral system should a democracy choose? I argue for proportional representation (PR). My main empirical premise is Duverger's law: Under PR there are more viable candidates in district‐level elections than there are under single‐member plurality (SMP) systems.
Adam Lovett
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Electoral responses to economic crises
Abstract How do voters respond to economic crises: Do they turn against the incumbent, reward a certain political camp, polarize to the extremes, or perhaps continue to vote much like before? Analyzing extensive data on electorates, parties, and individuals in 24 countries for over half a century, we document a systematic pattern whereby economic ...
Yotam Margalit, Omer Solodoch
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“Yet the Problem Remains”: Why Genetic Determinism Still Haunts Biomedical Research
ABSTRACT After the horrors of the Holocaust and its connections to eugenics were revealed to the world, many post‐war population geneticists sought to establish rhetorical distance from the Nazi's state‐led campaigns, without abandoning their belief that actively shaping the population's genetics would produce a prosperous society.
Christopher R. Donohue, Ian A. Myles
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THE FORMATION OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD EVENTS OF THE XX CENTURY
The article retrospectively considers oil development history starting from the first use of the «black gold» in prehistoric times, first oil well drilling and ending with the oil industry development on the international level In the XX century.
Mokrova E.M.
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