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theories of preemption (ideology, political institutions, interest group involvement, demographics, and policy diffusion) using a time-series, cross-sectional approach. Using data on state legislative ... legislative activity from 1993 to 2018, we find that increasing legislative conservatism, and more unified political control of the state government, regardless of party, are associated with a higher risk of
By Mira Sickinger, Published on 04/22/22
American states differ in their protection of workers, acceptance of organized labor, dominant industrial cultures, and regarding labor unions’ capacity and political power. In this article, I ... article, I examine declining union membership in the states and analyze various laws that limit the political power of unions and assess the consequences of these developments. I also document and explain a
American federalism in 2022–2023 saw a continued escalation of the culture wars, with persistent battles fought between the heavily polarized political parties, different levels of government ... these battles with the private sector over cultural issues cross the political spectrum. Another area of conflict worth highlighting is the intensification of state–local conflicts. These intra-state
Invited to survey my work in Philosophy of Education related to the later philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, I first investigate how Wittgenstein became a significant thinker in this field. Affirming ... . Genealogy as perspicuous representation. In: HEYES, C. (Ed.). The grammar of politics. Wittgenstein and political philosophy. Ithica; London: Cornell University Press, 2003. [ Links ] PETERS, M. A
office due to felony disenfranchisement laws. Thus, habitual offender laws target a formally disenfranchised group—people with felony convictions. That creates an archetypal political process problem. As ... he should raise that concern in the political arena, not the courts, and cast his vote accordingly. The problem for Brooker, and the one that animates this Article, is that he cannot vote. Because of
could prevent hate crimes from occurring in the first place. Those measures potentially include educational initiatives, conflict resolution programs, political reforms, social services, or other ... , political reforms, social services, or other proactive efforts aimed at the root causes of hate crimes. Focusing on the public conversation around anti-Asian hate crimes, this Essay argues that very
awareness of this on the part of an important important sector of the teaching staff. It is urgent to defend education as an inclusive political project aimed at identifying and overcoming the obstacles that ... democratically in schools and be successful at school. This philosophy demands to be optimistic about the possibilities of education and to demand democratic educational policies that contribute to the formation
to facilitate the objectives of a merican domestic policy . This is a philosophy that dates back to Machiavelli, aptly summed up by Jackson and s ørensen: “The supreme political value is national ... background of the events, and understand how the u nited s tates, iran and other powers in the region perceived s oleimani’s political role . While those perceptions were often contradictory, one thing
This study assesses the socio-political values of colleges students (n = 605) Portugal/Brazil, employing a questionnaire on socio-political dimension Values. The results revealed significate ... empowers the implementation of programmes of education for citizenship in academic context. Keywords: Youth; Political Values; Social Injustice; Social Inequalities; Importance to Keywords
analysis. What political factors influence fiscal behaviour at the provincial level?” Studying subnational taxation in Spain offers a way of taking-up this suggestion. The Spanish territorial financing ... and political considerations. Second, this article expands the scope of inquiry into the fiscal behavior of sub-national units to include taxation policy. Research on the disciplining effects of
The article focuses on populism, a phenomenon topical in the socio-political life of many countries. While it has a significant influence on the politics of countries with relatively little ... institutions, populism is quite clearly visible also in the modern political space of old democracies . There is a distinct link between exacerbation of socio-economic problems and increasing attractiveness of
The present text discusses Wittgenstein’s later works. We attempt to establish the following: (A) Wittgenstein’s later philosophy was first understood by Morris Weitz as an opportunity to develop new ... aesthetics and philosophy of art, although Wittgenstein himself haven’t made those developments. (B) Weitz’s interpretation of Wittgenstein jumpstarts a debate concerned with definitional aspects within these
and governments’ crisis response, particularly in the case of COVID-19. It examines the political management of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects that different factors had on the responsiveness of ... Decentralization is defined as the allocation of political, administrative, and fiscal power at the level of subnational (i.e., local and regional) administrations (Benz 2011; Tselios 2021). According to the OECD
popular and political will to pass the reforms must extend beyond the passage of the law and must also create mechanisms to scrutinize, guide, and support the judiciary’s implementation of the law. ... . Although these reforms were democratic and popular, judges were not sufficiently incentivized to properly implement the changes. If reforms are to succeed, the popular and political will to pass the reforms
The objective of this study was to analyze and discuss permanence and ruptures in the identity of special education and the close relationship between the academic field and educational policies. The contributions of Pierre Bourdieu were used, specifically the concepts of language and field and as a methodology for the analysis of the narratives produced in publications of the...
Criminology by an authorized editor of Northwestern University School of Law Scholarly Commons - THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENTRAPMENT RICHARD H. MCADAMS* INTRODUCTION By the time she was eighteen, Amy ... consider and critique the literature that seeks to justify the defense based on retributive theory, utilitarian theory, and political/institutional concerns. In each case, I do not claim that there is no
The objective of this study is to enlighten two problems: the first regards the obstacles that oppose acknowledging the broadening of the concept of Philosophy, whereas the second concerns resuming ... , whereas the second concerns resuming the comprehension of the specific nature of philosophical activity. The concepts of humanity and philosophy are approached in a uni-versal perspective, as well as the
, INEQUALITY 247–48 (1993); G.A. Cohen, How to do Political Philosophy, in ON THE CURRENCY OF EGALITARIAN JUSTICE, AND OTHER ESSAYS IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 228–29 (Michael Otsuka ed., 2011). to be punished.162 ... grateful to participants at the Stanford Law and Philosophy workshop for feedback on an early draft of this paper. And I owe special thanks to Juliana Bidadanure, Jessica Eaglin, James Forman Jr., Aziz Huq