Public primary schools were created by states to reinforce obedience among the masses and maintain social order, rather than serve as a tool for upward social mobility, suggests a study from the University of California San ...
Education
Apr 29, 2022
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A new study by UCL researchers shows how it's possible to phase out fossil fuels without sacrificing electoral popularity—even in coal mining regions.
Political science
Dec 6, 2023
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New experiments in group decision making show that having a seat at the table is very different than having a voice.
Social Sciences
Sep 18, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Election turnout among young people of color, including African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans, may drop by nearly 700,000 voters in states with new photo ID laws, a decline potentially impacting presidential ...
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2012
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Can Brazil's local governments run a federal income-supplement program without political interference? Yes, they can, says Natasha Borges Sugiyama, a UWM assistant professor of political science, who has been studying the ...
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2013
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With the U.S. Senate evenly split between the Republican and Democratic caucuses—something that's only happened three other times—two political science scholars at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences ...
Political science
Aug 5, 2021
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The loss of American jobs can cost incumbent presidents dearly at the ballot box – particularly if these jobs are shifted overseas.
Social Sciences
May 3, 2011
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Support for welfare policies goes up when economic difficulties strike higher up the social scale, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Jun 28, 2012
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More political candidates may be shifting primarily to social media to advertise rather than TV, according to a study of advertising trends from the 2018 campaign season. The study, published recently in American Political ...
Political science
Sep 14, 2020
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Low and uneven turnout is a serious problem for local democracy. However, simply moving off-cycle, local elections to be held on the same day as statewide and national contests doubles voter turnout and leads to an electorate ...
Political science
Aug 23, 2021
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