Women in government, environment, and corruption
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2019.04.006
Abstract: Abstract A substantial body of research has identified a positive relationship between women and environmental concern and much of this research suggests that a greater percentage of women in positions of political power should enhance… read more here.
Keywords: corruption; political power; environmental outcomes; environment ... See more keywords
Democracy’s capital: Black political power in Washington, D.C. 1960s–1970s, by Lauren Pearlman
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DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2020.1797379
Abstract: In Washington, DC, there is often a before and after approach to history: before the 1968 uprisings following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and after. Before, historians, policym... read more here.
Keywords: power washington; political power; capital black; washington ... See more keywords
Rational choice and political power
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DOI: 10.1080/14782804.2019.1684744
Abstract: This volume was originally published in 1991 and now, 29 years and two extra chapters later we are invited to consider again the nature of power in the same somewhat dense and repetitive prose prod... read more here.
Keywords: rational choice; political power; choice political; power ... See more keywords
The Transformation of Communicative Power Into Political Power
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DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtz011
Abstract: This article examines Jürgen Habermas’ concept of communicative power and describes how it transforms into political power in actual decision-making. For this purpose, the article develops the use of Habermas’ typology of validity claims in… read more here.
Keywords: transformation communicative; political power; power; communicative power ... See more keywords
The Political Power of Large‐Scale Farmers and Land Inequality: Some Evidence from Poland
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DOI: 10.1111/soru.12229
Abstract: Given current political concerns with inequality and the sustainable management of natural resources, the issue of the distribution of productive assets in rural areas has become an increasingly important focus of research. Referring to both… read more here.
Keywords: inequality; political power; power large; land inequality ... See more keywords
Ethnic Politics, Hate Speech, and Access to Political Power in Nigeria
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DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.63.4.04
Abstract: As constitutional and other structural reforms are intensified to reduce ethnic politics in some sub-Saharan African countries, political elites are exploiting new ways of accessing and consolidating their hold on political power by manipulating ethnicity.… read more here.
Keywords: politics hate; hate speech; speech access; ethnic politics ... See more keywords