Do term limits encourage legislators to ignore constituents? Research brief
2013 research overview on the effects of term limits on the positions that politicians take, by Jennifer Hayes Clark and Robert Lucas Williams, University of Houston.
Politics & Government
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of politics, elections, and local and national governments
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Public opinion on biomedical research: The interplay of partisanship and beliefs about science
2014 study by American University and Columbia on the factors influencing public opinion on research, including partisanship, ideology, education and attitudes toward science.
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Costs of and benefits resulting from public library e-government services
2013 study in First Monday on how public libraries are increasingly playing a role, largely unfunded, in helping citizens navigate government services.
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China’s high-speed-rail network and the development of second-tier cities
2013 study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on how the introduction of bullet trains is associated with rising real-estate prices in China’s secondary cities.
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May we have your attention please? Human rights NGOs and global communication
2014 study in The International Journal of Press/Politics on how smaller NGOs tend to struggle to communicate on the Internet.
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Gender and development in Africa: Roundup of recent research
2014 review of research and data on gender and African women, including four new papers in the Journal of African Economies.
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Urban adaptation can roll back warming of emerging megapolitan regions
2014 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) exploring the potential of urban adaptation strategies to counteract the effects of long-term global climate change.
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The effect of CCTV on public safety: Research roundup
Updated in 2014, this review of literature on the effectiveness of surveillance cameras against crime includes a 2009 meta-analysis by Northeastern and the University of Cambridge.
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American economic power in decline? Rethinking the data in the context of globalization
December 2013 study in International Studies Quarterly with a new view on the persistence of American power, supported by new data analysis.
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Opposition to Muslims and the Muslim headscarf in Western Europe
2014 study by the WZB Berlin Social Science Center on attitudes towards Muslims and headscarf legislation in Western Europe.
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