Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):Public Choice. Jul2022, Vol. 192 Issue 1/2, p169-188. 20p. 1 Diagram.

Abstract:Politics, like any social system, involves selection mechanisms. This paper presents a model of politics as an evolutionary process. Our model yields three main results. First, the political process selects for efficient policies in the long run. We ca...

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell). May2022, Vol. 103 Issue 3, p649-669. 21p. 6 Charts, 4 Graphs.

Abstract:Objective: Over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, steps made toward full enfranchisement of African Americans, competitive elections, and representative democracy in the former Confederate States collapsed. White "Redeemers" establi...

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):Philosophy & Social Criticism. Jul2022, Vol. 48 Issue 6, p882-903. 22p.

Abstract:Indigenous conservation through patrimonialization is the product of political and legal decisions made by a non-indigenous agent: the liberal state, using the law to retain a form of bios. We propose that patrimonialization is the device by which libe...

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):Journal of Politics. Jul2022, Vol. 84 Issue 3, p1652-1666. 15p.

Abstract:The current literature standardly conceives of voting power in terms of decisiveness: the ability to change the voting outcome by unilaterally changing one's vote. I argue that this classic conception of voting power, which fails to account for partial...

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):BMC Public Health. 7/14/2022, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p1-10. 10p.

Abstract:Background: Local government has become a key constituent for addressing health inequalities and influencing the health of individuals and communities in England. Lauded as an effective approach to tackle the multiple determinants of health, there are ...

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):Emory Law Journal. 2022, Vol. 71 Issue 7, p1397-1433. 37p.

Abstract:The article explores law professor Michael Perry's justification of the role of religious reasons. Topics discussed are importance of ecumenical political dialogue, moderate exclusionism or exclusion of religious faith or reasons in American politics, ...

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):Forum Scientiae Oeconomia. 2022, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p97-116. 20p.

Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to find out the drivers of and barriers to Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) within the scope of sustainability considerations in order to add new knowledge to the scientific discussion. The sustainability of FDI deserves at...

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):Science Journal of Volgograd State University. History. Area Studies. International Relations / Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 4, Istoriâ, Regionovedenie, Mezdunarodnye Otnošeniâ. 2022, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p67-80. 14p.

Abstract:В статье рассматривается реакция американских дипломатических, политических и обще- ственных кругов, причастных к выработке внешнеполитического курса страны и формированию массовых настроений, на политический кризис, произошедший в Чехословакии в февра...

Publication Type:Academic Journal

Source(s):Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung. 2020, Vol. 69 Issue 4, p495-518. 24p.

Abstract:The following article is a case study on the relationship between expertise and political decision-making in the "Eastern Bloc." It focuses on the attempt to reform state socialism, which took place in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. This effort was linke...

Publication Type:Conference

Source(s):AIP Conference Proceedings. 2021, Vol. 2442 Issue 1, p1-5. 5p.

Abstract:The digital economy is a relatively new and extremely important phenomenon, the magnitude of which is expressed in double-digit annual growth rates in the global economy, especially in the countries of the global South]. The motivating reasons for this...