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Estimating the value of democracy relative to other institutional and economic outcomes among citizens in Brazil, France, and the United States.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A] 2023 Nov 28; Vol. 120 (48), pp. e2306168120. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 20.
Abstract: How much do citizens value democracy? How willing are they to sacrifice their liberties and voting rights for growth, equality, or other social outcomes? We design a conjoint experiment in nationally representative surveys in Brazil, France, and the Un...
Democracy, information, and communication technology infrastructure and environmental quality.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Environmental science and pollution research international [Environ Sci Pollut Res Int] 2023 Oct; Vol. 30 (48), pp. 105259-105274. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 15.
Abstract: Environmental degradation is an urgent global concern. While previous studies acknowledge the substantial effects of both democracy and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on environmental quality, their joint effects remain underexplored. A...
This hot AI summer will impact Brazil's democracy.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Nature human behaviour [Nat Hum Behav] 2023 Nov; Vol. 7 (11), pp. 1842-1844.
Champions of democracy or agents of professionalization? The extension era at the universities of Toronto, Queen's, and McMaster.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie [Can Rev Sociol] 2023 Nov; Vol. 60 (4), pp. 646-667. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 31.
Abstract: I narrate a historical sociology of extension work undertaken at Queen's University, McMaster University, and the University of Toronto from the late 1800s through the early 1960s. University administrators positioned extension work as dedicated to the...
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Publication Type: Editorial & Opinion
Source(s): Revue medicale suisse [Rev Med Suisse] 2023 Oct 25; Vol. 19 (847), pp. 2028.
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Energy justice, democracy and deforestation.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Journal of environmental management [J Environ Manage] 2023 Sep 01; Vol. 341, pp. 118012. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 05.
Abstract: This paper contributes to the debate on the determinants of deforestation, a menace that is posing threat to sustainable development particularly in tropical developing regions. Specifically, the paper focuses on the effect of energy justice and democr...
Electoral Democracy and Working-Age Mortality.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): The Milbank quarterly [Milbank Q] 2023 Sep; Vol. 101 (3), pp. 700-730. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 26.
Abstract: Policy Points The erosion of electoral democracy in the United States in recent decades may have contributed to the high and rising working-age mortality rates, which predate the COVID-19 pandemic. Eroding electoral democracy in a US state was associat...
The roles of renewable energy, globalization, population expansion and deliberative democracy on Sustainable Development in South Asia.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Environmental science and pollution research international [Environ Sci Pollut Res Int] 2023 Aug; Vol. 30 (38), pp. 88775-88788. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 13.
Abstract: South Asian region is extremely vulnerable to climate change which hampers its attainment of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). This study explores how sustainable development of South Asian nations is affected by the clean or renewable energy c...
The implications of listening during political conversations for democracy.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Current opinion in psychology [Curr Opin Psychol] 2023 Aug; Vol. 52, pp. 101595. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 20.
Abstract: There is a dearth of research on listening in the context of political conversation. Yet there is theoretical reason to believe that political listening could be an important pathway toward several democratically important outcomes including increased ...
Why voters who value democracy participate in democratic backsliding.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Nature human behaviour [Nat Hum Behav] 2023 Aug; Vol. 7 (8), pp. 1282-1293. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 22.
Abstract: Around the world, citizens are voting away the democracies they claim to cherish. Here we present evidence that this behaviour is driven in part by the belief that their opponents will undermine democracy first. In an observational study (N = 1,973), w...