In the United States, there has usually only been two main political parties. Since the 1860s, these two main parties have been the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party has the most seats in the House of Representatives while the Republicans and Democrats split the S...
In this evaluation these commonly used indicators are complemented by two factors that are not frequently employed鈥搕he percentage of women in managerial positions and the political ideology of parliamentary parties. This cross-national analysis reveals that the electoral sy...
Max Boot, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, also pointed out the U.S. Congress' "hysteria and alarmism" on China. "When the two parties agree on an issue, that doesn't necessarily mean they are right. It could mean they are falling prey to a collective delusion," he...
Ruedin adds to our understanding of political representation with an impressive comparative study of the gender and ethnic composition of national legislatures, two largely separate research fields; the representation of women and of ethnic groups. Alongside this he assembles relevant material from ...
It's the same fault zone along which the devastating 2010 earthquake occurred. And it's likely the source of three other big earthquakes in Haiti between 1751 and 1860, two of which destroyed Port-au-Prince. Earthquakes are the result of the tectonic plates slowly moving against each other ...
Japan's opposition parties are fragmented and in disarray, and calling an election sooner could prevent the cooperative opposition alliances formed in many areas during last year's upper house election. The LDP is worried about one group - the Japan Innovation Party - which,...
Based on the achievements of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in medicine, and the need for effective government interventions in support of business, some have advocated for the use of RCTs in the evaluation of business support programmes (BSPs). Not
presidents with approval ratings below 50% have seen their parties lose an average of 37 House seatsduring the midterm elections. If that's the case, Biden would lose the House and possibly the Senate too in the upcoming mid-term elections, which will worsen Washington's po...
No one knows for sure just how old kites are. 出自-2015年12月听力原文 So here's a suggestion offered by two researchers at the Rand Corporation: Why not take a lesson from alcohol control policies and apply them to where food is sold and how it's displayed? 出自-2013年6月阅读原文 Oh...
Imagine that an organization has subsidiaries with offices, employees, and customers in both Germany and France. There may be some data that can be shared between the two countries while complying with EU requirements, while other data may be restricted by German or French laws and must remain ...