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Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of US politics?
Disrupting the Party: A Case Study of Ahora Madrid and Its Participatory Innovations
On June 13, 2015, Manuela Carmena—a former judge and novice politician—stood in the ornate neo-gothic surroundings of Madrid’s Cibeles Palace.
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This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995).
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Lynching and Local Justice: Legitimacy and Accountability in Weak States
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JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956
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U.S. presidential campaigns spend hundreds of millions of dollars each election cycle to maximize their chance of electoral victory.
Accountability for the Economy at All Levels of Government in United States Elections
Retrospective voting is a crucial component of democratic accountability.
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