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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to stimulate an urgent dialogue about the impact of automated opinion engines (“bots”) on the functioning of public institutions in democratic societies. While the use of political bots may or may not have influenced the recent US presidential election or...
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The relationship between democracy and civil and political rights is often assumed to be self‐evident. What is often … less obvious is that between democracy and economic and social rights. The emergence of China and India (two countries with … democracy and both human rights categories. This short article is thus an attempt at assessing the strength of these …
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, human rights, and democracy.  …
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Democracy, because of its complex structure and basic nature, is a challenge as the struggle for consensus and … life, exist continuously. Despite its vulnerabilities, democracy is also a promise for the values it upholds and promotes …, for its adaptability and for the freedoms it offers. However, each “democracy” needs to be custom made for a specific …
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case concerning environmental damage in Nigeria as a vehicle to discuss parent/subsidiary liability. Findings – The article …
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, Nigeria was not taken into consideration during the forced evictions that took place between 2003 and 2007. The aim of this …
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responsibility (CSR) through activism, and how oil companies in Nigeria are responding to this development. Design … vision of social change; Nigeria lacks legislation compelling oil companies to contribute to the development of their host …
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Purpose – This paper aims to examine the growing incidence of judicialisation of politics in Nigeria's democratisation … democracy and (re) instituting the rule of law. The formidable challenges derive in part from structural problems within the …
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-reported shocks to income across households and real consumption expenditure in Nigeria – a poor, risk-prone country – considering …
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, terrorism versus militarism and predicted overall impact. Design/methodology/approach – The authors measure the effects of the … versus militarism and predicted overall impact. This study presents many new results using these classifications.  …
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