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A 2019 study of political imprisonment by the government of Saudi Arabia found that while incarceration tended to deter individual dissidents from further dissent, it strongly emboldened their social media followers, led to a sharp increase in calls for political reform, and resulted in an increase in online dissent and physical in-person ...
The "partisan political context" was given as a reason for the intensity of protests in the U.S. [414] Columbia's status as an Ivy League school, its proximity to New York City and national news media, and its large population of Jewish students were described as fueling increased media attention and political scrutiny that helped spread the ...
The distributive tendency is the propensity of the United States Congress to lean towards distributive politics, especially to gain political support and credit claim. [1] Through the distributive tendency, Congress’ bills evolve over the drafting process to become more broad and reaching with their benefits. [ 2 ]
As several fires spread across Southern California, President-elect Donald Trump urged California Gov. Gavin Newsom to send water down south from Northern California despite some local officials ...
Across the Atlantic, the Boston merchants and the activists in the Sons of Liberty initiated the opposition to the British that eventually lead to the Declaration of Independence in 1776. [ 5 ] The mentality behind these was spurred on by sovereignty within British politics through the Reformation and informed John Wilkes and his followers ...
The study, which used interviews and "tens of millions posts on seven different social media platforms during scores of elections, political crises, and national security incidents", found that in Russia, approximately 45% of Twitter accounts are bots and in Taiwan, a campaign against President Tsai Ing-wen involved thousands of accounts being ...
The Pew Research Center study reports that as of 2011, 82% of Muslims polled in Egypt and Pakistan, 70% in Jordan, and 56% in Nigeria support the stoning of people who commit adultery; 82% of Muslims polled in Pakistan, 77% in Egypt, 65% in Nigeria and 58% in Jordan support whippings and cutting off of hands for crimes like theft and robbery;
Comparative Politics is the systematic study and comparison of the diverse Political Systems in the world. Comparative Politics analyzes differences in political regimes, governance structures, electoral systems, policy outcomes, and public administration across countries, regions, or time periods.