The representative system of the young Mexican democracy is systematically situated in a vulnerable position by several facts: the lack of transparency in the exercise of public administration, the embezzlement of state and municipal finances, the use representative positions in trenches defending particular interests and use of public resources for private purposes. Corruption, impunity, poor ...

Rusya Türklerinin ilk siyasi temsilcisi olarak bilinen gazeteci, yazar Abdürreşid İbrahim aynı zamanda son dönemin Evliya Çelebisi da tanınmaktadır. Amerika, Avustralya ve Güney Afrika ülkeleri hariç hemen bütün dünyayı gezen İbrahim, bu seyahatlere dair izlenimlerini çeşitli mecralarda kamuoyuyla paylaşmıştır. Âlem-i İslam Japonya’da İntişâr-ı İslâmiyet adlı meşhur seyahatnamesinin yanında ayr...

In this paper, we compare how two different types of political regimes—direct versus representative democracy—redistribute income towards the relatively poor segments of society after the introduction of universal and equal suffrage. Swedish local governments are used as a testing ground since this setting offers a number of attractive features for a credible impact evaluation. Most importantly...

women’s political representation has been for decades ahead of women’s rights movement. however, women presence in politics is not only limited to women political participation but their position in party politics as well. this paper aims to analyze the role of parties in empowering women at the uk parliament and tries to contribute towards the existing literature through presenting an interdis...

This study provides a comprehensive investigation of the relationship between Openness and political orientation and activism in Europe. Analyses were conducted on the 4 waves of the European Social Survey, including large representative samples in up to 26 European countries (total N > 175,000). In line with previous studies, a robust, positive relationship between Openness and left-wing polit...