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Women’s representation in local politics: Evidence from The Philippines
Valente, Jordan; Moreno, Frede - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
throughout the city. The study concludes that women’s participation in politics at the barangay level is directly and inversely … promoting women’s equal representation with men in local politics and the efforts to improve the political landscape for women …Although at the beginning of the 21st century, over 95 percent of all countries in the world have granted women the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110237
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Political Structure as a Legacy of Indirect Colonial Rule: Bargaining between National Governments and Rural Elites in Africa
Mizuno, Nobuhiro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Alliances between national governments and rural elites are observed in post-colonial Africa. In such alliances, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109520
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THE IMPACT OF HIV/ AIDS ON POVERTY AND EDUCATION IN AFRICA
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This article deals with the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on poverty and education in Africa. It considers the scale …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836219
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Is Macroeconomics a Science?
Barnett, William A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper was written as the first draft of the invited Foreword for the book, Money and the Economy, by Apostolos Serletis. The paper provides a critical view of those areas in which methodology in economics deviates from that in the physical sciences, provides examples and illustrations of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836309
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Political orientation of government and stock market returns
Bialkowski, Jedrzej; Gottschalk, Katrin; Wisniewski, Tomasz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Prior research documented that U.S. stock prices tend to grow faster during Democratic administrations than during Republican administrations. This letter examines whether stock returns in other countries also depend on the political orientation of the incumbents. An analysis of 24 stock markets...
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The scientist and the church
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836969
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A cultural model of performance at the central government level
Talpos, Ioan; Dima, Bogdan; Mutascu, Mihai; Enache, Cosmin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The paper intends to draw a possible framework for evaluating the performance of the administration at the central government level. We propose a simple pool-data model in which we tried to make a connection between main macroeconomic variables that are in part the result of government actions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837532
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The Theory of Interhybridity: Socio-political Dimensions and Migration Experiences of Post-communist Western Balkan States
Aliu, Armando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The Western Balkans integration within the EU has started a legal process which is the rejection of former communist legal/political approaches and the transformation of former communist institutions. Indeed, the EU agenda has brought vertical/horizontal integration and Europeanization of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258369
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Imperial Politics in the East and West of the Romanian Space
Şipoş, Sorin; Brie, Mircea; Horga, Ioan; Şarov, Igor; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The volume brings together more than 30 papers grouped in five sections: 1. Empires, models and imperial politics …: issues and historiographies, 2. Politics, administration and society within the Empires from Middle Age, 3. Politics … century, 5. Consequences and echoes of imperial politics in recent history. Authors such as Emil Dragnev, Barbu Ştefănescu …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258825
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Building a New World: An Ecosystemic Approach for Global Change & Development Design
Pilon, André Francisco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
ecosystemic approach to education, culture, environment, health, politics, economics and quality of life should develop the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259206