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The origins of Italian human capital divides: new evidence from marriage signatures, ca. 1815

of the political unification (1861) originated after the Napoleonic period. Primary school centralization reforms might have helped women to rapidly improve literacy rates, leading to a first ... political unification (1861) makes it difficult to attribute the role of specific events to the origins of the Italian regional divides. Gathering evidence on the origins of the divides would also be

Measuring stock market integration during the Gold Standard

political crises as idiosyncratic shocks were more common than they are today. The results suggest that although overall integration rose during this period, it was low compared to more recent data. The ... during this period. Second, the pattern of integration in individual countries coincides with important historical events in these countries. In particular, large country-specific political upheavals

Starting high school? On the origins of secondary education in Spain, 1857–1901

financial muscle and political will to broaden access to secondary education, whereas the Church was searching for a niche from which to consolidate its position in the nascent liberal society. ... during the period of study. Political instability 8 In this regard, see Gispen (1989) on the intended role of secondary education on the training of engineers in nineteenth-century Germany. 9 Nelson and

Community-based Tourism Development as Gendered Political Space: A Feminist Geographical Perspective

Development Committee) within a State implemented community based rural tourism development program that aims at political empowerment of women and the marginalised. Building a theoretical framework located in ... is implemented in practice, top-down by the State, in the overall space of unequal gender and caste relations, the women’s experiences of political participation are unsurprisingly those which suggest

Women’s Political Participation and Grassroots Democratic Sustainability in Osun State, Nigeria (2010-2015)

counterparts and their representation in government. Therefore, this study explores women's political participation and grassroots democratic sustainability in Osun State, Nigeria from 1999 to 2015.This study ... , International and Area Studies Commons, Political Science Commons, and the Politics and Social Change Commons Recommended Citation Abidemi Abiola, Isola (2019) "Women's Political Participation and Grassroots

“Work What You Got”: Political Participation And HIV-Positive Black Women’s Work To Restore Themselves And Their Communities

the narratives of thirty HIV-positive Floridian Black women, I present HIV-positive Black women’s political participation around these emerging themes: 1) face-to-face activism 2) activist mothering ... of African American women’s activism. Black women for instance, have historically exerted the “Work what you got” philosophy as part and parcel of their political participation. During the period of

Dittmar, Kelly. Navigating Gendered Terrain: Stereotypes and Strategy in Political Campaigns

Gendered Terrain: Stereotypes and Strategy in Political - Article 7 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/jift Part of the Gender and Sexuality Commons Reviewed by Melissa ... research centers around two central questions, how candidates and campaign professionals navigate the gendered landscapes of political campaigns and how the decisions and behaviors of both the candidate and

Marching for Change: Intersectional Coalition Building, Counter Voices, and Collective Action at the U.S. Women’s March on Washington and Beyond

recognizing women’s rights as human rights. Drawing on the strength of collective resistance and coalition building across difference, the march created a space for galvanizing women to engage in political ... , religion, sex, gender, sexuality and ability. While words like solidarity have been hard to come by in recent political periods, the women and allies who marched on Washington embodied a palpable solidarity

Sicilian sulphur and mafia: resources, working conditions and the practice of violence

Marciante (2021) . Also, the increasing political integration of Sicily to the rest of the Kingdom offered the chance of participating in the electoral game to individuals connected with organized crime. The ... gangs of the mafia became a systemic instrument of political struggle, often by eliminating rivals and—following the convenience of the moment—contributing to fuel or soothe local revolts against the

CALL FOR PAPERS: "Women and Leadership: Economic, Political, and Cultural Aspects

The Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought invites contributions for its next issue: “Women and Leadership: Economic, Political, and Cultural Aspects.” At a recent gathering of youth at the ... manuscripts , electronically, to co-editors: Dr. Carol - et al.: CALL FOR PAPERS: Women and Leadership Call for Papers: DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: April 1, 2013 Women and Leadership: Economic, Political, and

Rebecca M. Callahan and Chandra Muller. Coming of political age: American schools and the civic development of immigrant youth

their roles in a democratic society. In Coming of Political Age: American Schools and the Civic Development of Immigrant Youth, researchers Rebecca Callahan and Chandra Muller argue that social science

Complex networks to understand the past: the case of roads in Bourbon Spain

of the country. These findings are in stark contrast with claims that the radial structure of the Bourbon roads was designed ex-novo with political or ideological objectives rather than economic ones ... political debate. In this area, the development of national road networks is one of the issues of greatest interest since they form the basis on which the other transport networks are implemented. The works

Osborn, Tracy L. How Women Represent Women: Political Parties, Gender, and Representation in the State Legislatures.

political party influences their positions on and approach to policy issues affecting women. She joins the field of impressive scholars who have explored the link between deliberative bodies and the outcome

The rise of public schooling in nineteenth-century Imperial Austria: Who gained and who paid?

limited impact on each other; that the popular demand for schooling was weak and that the push for school expansion came mainly from the top of the political hierarchy. ... of the political hierarchy. KeywordsPublic schooling Education Economic development Austria  JEL ClassificationN13 I25 I28  1 Introduction Across the industrialized world, economic

Prices, Investment and Political Economy in Electricity

generation investment; energy sector reforms; political economy; transaction costs.

Cliometrica after 10 years: definition and principles of cliometric research

with observed stylized facts or ‘‘laws’’ to understand and explain how a/the system worked. Cliometrics as biology? Yes. Evolutionary perspective. Cliometrics as political philosophy? Yes. Designing ... economic experience of the past and understanding the ways in which economic factors influence social and political developments, for an increased knowledge of the past, present, and future economic and

Path dependence in an evolving system: a modeling perspective

researchers began to use the concept to explain regional, technological, environmental, political, and organizational mechanisms and developments. Furthermore, the introduction of related concepts such as path ... represent other kinds of system characteristics, such as characteristics of institutions, organizations (e.g., structures within firms), or (some) political decisions. In principle, all characteristics of the

Competitive devaluations in the 1930s: myth or reality?

the big wave in 1936. trade sinks continuously, relatively to the total volume of world activity. Political, strategic and sentimental considerations add fuel to the fire, and the flames of economic ... political crisis related to the labour market when the decision about a new peg of the krone was declared on 31 January (Hoffmeyer 1968, p. 177) . It is difficult to find the significant circumstances that

Is economic history changing its nature? Evidence from top journals

models or to estimate parameters of interest for other economics subfields (e.g. labour economics, public finance and political economy). Nunn (2020) refers to the first category, often labelled ... . Section 7 concludes. 2 The evolution of economic history The Cliometric Revolution started in 1958 with an article by two economists on the efficiency of American slavery in the Journal of Political

Franchise extension and fiscal structure in the UK 1820–1913: a new test of the Redistribution Hypothesis

all political economy models of voting and public policy contain within them the Redistribution Hypothesis—the prediction that enlargement of the voting franchise to poorer citizens will lead to demands ... time series data covering the long nineteenth century using an alternative statistical method and in that way to provide new evidence about this fundamental question in political economy. The method