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What are the effects of Brazilian participatory budgeting? Most studies answer this question using selected case studies. This paper proposes an empirical analysis of the political and fiscal effects of participatory budgeting. Focusing on all the cities that have a population greater than 50000...
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This study examines the relationship between civic education and participation in extracurricular activities and the …. Participation in political and service extracurriculars activities is also related to a general sense of civic duty and voting …
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physiological tendencies are predictive of participation in politics and perhaps of involvement in other higher-order activities …
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compensate for social inequalities of politicization, which we know largely feed participation gaps? Beyond this, should we make …
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The paper presents a critical assessment of the conception of democracy in regimes that have formerly passed through … democratization process and the new role played by military and police.The literature on Democracy assert that must regimes in Latin … America have returned or built a new democracy, notwithstanding the fact that Rule of Law is still not implemented. The main …
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empirical analysis employs data on transitions to democracy from non-democracy to examine how aid and oil affect democratization …
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development and democracy. Low-income democracies are at least as conflict-prone as low-income non-democracies, but high …
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This paper develops a model of electoral targeting in multi-party systems. Seat-share maximizing parties can use policy transfers to win votes by 1) converting undecided voters, 2) mobilizing loyal supporters, or 3) lowering the turn-out of voters loyal to other parties. The model allows for the...
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