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This paper asks how social movements against gender-based violence (GBV) spread on Twitter. To this end, I construct a novel dataset measuring 10 large social movements against GBV on Twitter. I show that these movements start suddenly and fade out quickly and that there is considerable...
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Experiences reveal that the monitoring costs of the foreclosure crisis may be nontrivial, and smaller governments may have more success at addressing potential negative externalities. One highly localized form of government is a homeowners association (HOA). HOAs could be well-suited for...
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Nazi Party entry in a cross-section of cities, and show that dense networks of civic associations such as bowling clubs … association density saw at least one-third faster entry. All types of associations - veteran associations and non-military clubs …, "bridging" and "bonding" associations - positively predict NS Party entry. Party membership, in turn, predicts electoral success …
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. When several firms jointly apply for a unique loan an association of firms is created. We identify the associations that … amount of credit both the firms and the associations obtained from each financial institution they used. We analyze the … associations, the impact of belonging to an association on the amount of credit firms' receive from banks, as well as the effect of …
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organizing they belong to (associations, cooperatives or producers groups), have established democratic rights. Agricultural …
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voluntary associations increases the probability of becoming a candidate in public elections. We apply a regression … participation research by showing that activities in associations increase political involvement. …
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