Contentious politics

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21Politics / Deliberative opinion poll / Democracy / James S. Fishkin / Capital punishment / Opinion poll / Jury / Public sphere / Committee / Political philosophy / Public opinion / Sociology

Deliberative Polling Challenge: Some public issues are so contentious that even the naming of them suggests to some an ideological bias. Early in 2010, a Kansas legislative committee considered and tabled, proposed chang

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Source URL: icdd.k-state.edu

Language: English - Date: 2011-04-05 15:07:19
22Right to Information Act / Freedom of information / Central Information Commission / New York state public-benefit corporations / Law / Accountability / Attacks on RTI Activist in India / NDTV RTI awards / Politics of India / Freedom of information legislation / India

Who is a Public Authority under the Right to Information Act, 2005? Introduction The definition of ‘public authorities’ under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (“RTI Act”) has been an extremely contentious issue

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Source URL: www.accountabilityindia.in

Language: English - Date: 2013-09-18 06:22:17
23Social movements / Community building / Social philosophy / Protest / Resource mobilization / Charles Tilly / Contentious politics / Civil disobedience / Sociology / Activism

State-Directed Political Protest in US Capital Cities: [removed]By Bayliss J. Camp and Matthew Kaliner, The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations and The Kennedy School of Government Harvard University

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Source URL: www.hks.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2013-09-13 14:10:53
24Tibet / United Methodists / George W. Bush / Prairie Chapel Ranch / George H. W. Bush / Ellen Johnson Sirleaf / Angela Merkel / Tony Blair / 14th Dalai Lama / Government / Bush family / Politics

Personal Diplomacy “I placed a high priority on personal diplomacy. Getting to know a fellow world leader’s personality, character, and concerns made it easier to find common ground and deal with contentious issues.

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Source URL: www.bushcenter.org

Language: English - Date: 2014-04-04 11:55:17
25Direct democracy / United States / Same-sex marriage in the United States / LGBT rights in California / Doe v. Reed / Washington Referendum 71 / California Proposition 8 / Referendum / Independent expenditure / Elections / Politics of the United States / Politics

Doe v. Reed and the Future of Disclosure Requirements Steve Simpson* Introduction In Doe v. Reed, the Supreme Court waded into the contentious politics of gay marriage to decide whether government-mandated

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Source URL: object.cato.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-12-10 20:57:43
26Civil disobedience / Contentious politics / Political activism / Political communication / Social movement / Framing / Mechanism / Charles Tilly / Sociology / Politics / Activism

Appendix A Concepts and Methods Box A.1 identifies the book’s main descriptive concepts: governments, political actors, political identities, contentious performances, and more. The concepts in box A.1 supply the majo

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Source URL: essays.ssrc.org

Language: English - Date: 2010-10-22 19:30:12
27Charles Tilly / Year of birth missing / Sidney Tarrow / Historical sociology / Contentious politics / Louise A. Tilly / Doug McAdam / Social movement / Randall Collins / Education in the United States / Sociology / Academia

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: CHARLES TILLY MARCH 2008 SUMMARY. After teaching at Delaware, Harvard, Toronto, Michigan, and the New School for Social Research as well as holding many shorter term research and teaching appoi

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Source URL: essays.ssrc.org

Language: English - Date: 2010-10-22 19:30:24
28Social philosophy / Community building / Politics / Contentious politics / Political communication / Public opinion / Protest / Occupy movement / Social movement / Civil disobedience / Sociology / Activism

MOVEOUT Voters, protest and policies: Bridging public opinion, social movement outcomes and policy responsiveness research 16-17th June 2014, University of Leicester

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Source URL: www.responsivegov.eu

Language: English - Date: 2014-03-25 12:26:04
29Contentious politics / Social movement / Sociology / Activism / Charles Tilly / Politics / Sidney Tarrow

Appendix B Streams, Episodes, Mechanisms, and Processes This appendix identifies the major streams of contention, sets of contentious episodes, causal mechanisms, and causal processes that appear in

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Source URL: essays.ssrc.org

Language: English - Date: 2010-10-22 19:30:13
30Sidney Tarrow / Social change / Politics / Protest / Donatella della Porta / Social history / Contentious politics / Civil disobedience / Activism / Social movements

Protest, Culture & Society General Editors Kathrin Fahlenbrach, Institute for Media and Communication, University of Hamburg, Germany Martin Klimke, New York University Abu Dhabi,

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Source URL: www.protest-publications.org

Language: English - Date: 2014-04-28 10:57:22
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