Élection

Mandate politics

by Grossback, Lawrence James, Peterson, David A. M., Stimson, James A.

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This work examines how elections get called mandates, how elected officials respond to these claims, and how public policy changes as a result. Whether or not an election really does carry a message from the electorate, the media and the Washington community sometimes declare an…

This research evaluated the security aspects of voting systems, how they adapted to security threats, and whether or not the changes made were appropriately considered and implemented in a way that increased voting security, focusing on events in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Th…

For the first time in American History, we have had six female candidates competing for their party’s nomination for the Presidency—six female candidates navigating the same news cycles, answering the same questions, and accountable to the same political process. This creates an…

Conversations concerning the missional posture of 1 Peter have been dictated largely by the now (in)famous debate between David Balch’s assimilationist position over and against John Elliott’s more sectarian position. More recent work has sought to bridge the gap between Balch a…

According to some, God chose who would be saved and where they would spend eternity before the world's foundations were laid. Some theologians accept these concepts, known as Election and Predestination, while others reject them. A variety of groups, including Five-point Calvini…

The guiding theological question for Chosen From Among the Animals is "What does it mean for human beings to be created in the 'image and likeness of God'"? In both popular opinion and the minds of many scientists and academics, the idea of human uniqueness and human superiority…

In this study, I attempt to reconstruct Paul's pre-epistolary exegesis of Genesis that I hypothesize lies beneath Rom 9. This exegesis goes beyond the discussion of the patriarchs in Rom 9:6–13 and supports the reconfiguration of God's family in Rom 9:24–29. It enables Paul to v…

Using fixed effects estimation, this study assesses the relationship between the provincial election results of 2002 and 2011 in Turkey's 81 provinces, and provincial socio-economic development level. To operationalize the socio-economic development level; urbanization rate, edu…

This research explores how hip hop as a revolutionary medium can influence political and social issues. The analysis focuses on the role of the Y'en a Marre movement during the 2012 Senegalese presidential election. A historical background of the Senegalese political arena and p…

In 2 Corinthians 11:16–12:10 and Philippians 3:1–11, membership in Israel, the elect people of God, is under discussion as a possible ground for confidence, namely that one is qualified as a minister and that one is right with God. Paul's response is brutal: this confidence amou…

With the reported growth per day of 100,000 blog sites as of January 2006, web logs---frequent, reverse-order chronological online publications---have become an important communication medium to millions of Americans. During the 2004 presidential campaign, many interested citize…

This study interprets the theme of election in the book of Sirach. A central problem in the interpretation of Sirach concerns the relation of Wisdom and Torah. Many scholars interpret Ben Sira's correlation of the universal Wisdom tradition with Israel's particular traditions of…

Comparing democracies: elections and voting in a changing world

by Norris, Pippa, LeDuc, Lawrence, Niemi, Richard G.

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Taking a global, comparative look at voting and elections, this Fourth Edition has new chapters on authoritarian elections and regime change, electoral integrity, and voting behaviour. This book provides you with a theoretical and comparative understanding of the major topics r…

The Pseudo-Democrat's Dilemma

by Hyde, Susan D

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Cowinner of the International Studies Association?s Chadwick F. Alger Prize, Winner of the American Political Science Association?s Comparative Democratization Section Best Book Award, and Cowinner of the Yale University MacMillan Center?s Gustav Ranis International Book Prize. …