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exacerbated inequality with ambiguous effects on efficiency. Finally, we outline the potential for future reforms and conclude that political conditions are more likely to instigate major change than economic ... over fundamental reforms. Our discussion in this paper shows that this preference is often the result of political considerations rather than a thorough analysis of what may be good policy aimed to
scholarship and political science. The papers in this issue ask a range of research and policy questions about the way governments tax the rich. How can we measure the effective tax rates on the incomes and/or ... society as a whole, and which possible reforms in this area are feasible from an economic, political, and legal perspective. Demands to tax the rich (more) rest on the perception of rising inequality. In
This article analyses the core critiques on institutional change theories within the neoinstitutional research agenda in comparative political science. It offers an explanatory typology using ... macro-phenomena. Philosophy of Social Sciences 34 (2): 237-59. Morris, Irwin L., Joe A. Oppenheimer, and Karen E. Soltan. 2004. Politics from anarchy to democracy: Rational Choice in Political Science
With more individuals forcibly displaced than any time since the Second World War, forced displacement has emerged as one of the defining political and humanitarian issues of the twenty-first century ... leadership to elevate new capabilities and approaches, which has been difficult given institutional status quo. Lastly, establishing innovation units within large institutions has proven a political challenge
The aim of this paper is to present the results of research on the structures of social, political and academic capital that are able to demonstrate and explain the existence of power structures of
This paper discusses the issue of political representation, by arguing the necessity of re-envisioning it so as to consider non-electoral forms of representation. It claims that civil society ... both by political philosophy and practice. She argues that representation can neither be seen as pure authorization (as Hobbes would defend), nor as simple delegation. Such an idea is widely accepted
Paraná (UFPR), Brazil IIFederal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil Replicated from Brazilian Political Science Review (Online), Rio de Janeiro, v.4, n.1, 2010. ABSTRACT This article ... candidate in Brazil, in the elections that were analyzed. Keywords: Electoral success; Political institutionalization; Political recruitment; Elections; Political parties. Introduction In his
wealth can lead to a concentration of economic and political power. However, the externalities can also be positive if only the very wealthy have the means to undertake large and risky projects that are ... . Liquidity problems are the main reason why many durable goods, such as art and antiques, have historically been exempt from wealth taxation. Key to the economic and political feasibility of wealth taxes is
many motivations for (not) resettling refugees: humanitarian, economic, or political. The goal of an improved resettlement system is to obey the quotas set by countries, though there is a necessary ... smaller hosting capacities (either due to infrastructure or finance constraints or due to political willingness) than countries, so the refugee–community problem is best modelled as one of integer
The political ideology reflects a series of beliefs and behaviors that can be measured, being necessary the creation of a psychometric instrument. In this way, we used the scale constructed by ... Artículos Construcción de una escala de ideología política en el contexto costarricense a partir de un trabajo realizado en Córdoba, Argentina Construction of a scale of political
is that many political decisions, not least about tax policy and redistribution, are taken at the country level, and that there may be a feedback loop between within-country inequality and political ... decision-making. By the same argument, since the Swiss cantons have a large degree of political autonomy, studying the evolution and determinants of wealth inequality at the sub-national level is equally
imperatives, fading out the centrality of its political dimension. In the context of unequal societies, such an apolitical governance concept only contributes to the strengthening of existing power relations ... Brazilian Political Science Review (Online), Rio de Janeiro, v.2, n.2, July/Dec. 2008. ABSTRACT This article analyses the concept of "good governance" as promoted by the international development
sociology of political elites perspective, the article examines data concerning academic background, geographic circulation and the different professional experiences - legal, political and linked to the ... * Luciano Da Ros University of Illinois, Chicago Replicated from Brazilian Political Science Review (Online), Rio de Janeiro, v.4, n.1, 2010. ABSTRACT This article compares the career
In this article, I propose to examine the issue that at present most mobilizes the European states and public opinion within them: the modification of the institutional-political model, in the form ... states to twenty-five, and the transformation of the EU's political-institutional model, which in securing itself to a constitutional anchor modifies both symbolically and substantively the degrees of
means of logistic regression analyses based on data from the ESEB (Brazilian Electoral Study), a post-electoral survey conducted on a national sample of voters. In the models, taken as a whole, political ... Santa Catarina, Brazil Replicated from Brazilian Political Science Review (Online), Rio de Janeiro, v.1, 2007. ABSTRACT The article investigates some of the most relevant factors for the
This paper explores the differences and similarities between the electoral systems in Brazil and Colombia and how it affects Brazilian incumbent Federal Deputies' and Colombian Diputados' political ... systems that use open lists (OLPR) and those that use closed lists (CLPR). These systems provide altogether quite different incentives for the functioning of political parties, candidate nomination, the
The conventional perspective in Political Science expects a strong association between education and political behaviour favourable for democratic coexistence. This approach also infers that
The conventional perspective in Political Science expects a strong association between education and political behaviour favourable for democratic coexistence. This approach also infers that
upper houses,1 I see a relationship between their political strength and women's presence in them: when they are weak, the presence of female representatives tends to be larger; when they are strong ... of government (president or prime minister), 9% of UN ambassadors, 7% of ministers and 8% of mayors throughout the world. Since 1990, only 30 women have become their country's main political leader
Model of Reappraisal [Doctor of Philosophy]. University of North Texas. [ Links ] Griffin, B. J., Worthington, E. L., Lavelock, C. R., Wade, N. G., & Hoyt, W. T. (2015). Forgiveness and Mental Health ... (Vol. 74, Issue 5). [ Links ] Leder, G. (2017). Know Thyself? Questioning the Theoretical Foundations of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 8(2), 391-410. https
