Title:Family Policies and Children's School Achievement in Single- Versus Two-Parent Families
Author(s):DRONKERS, Jaap; PONG, Suet-ling; HAMPDEN-THOMPSON, GillianDate:2003Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We investigate the gap in math and science achievement of third- and fourth-graders who live with a single parent versus those who live with two parents in 11 countries. The United States and New Zealand rank last among ...
Title:Female Education and Marriage Dissolution: Is it a Selection Effect?
Author(s):BERNARDI, Fabrizio; MARTÍNEZ-PASTOR, Juan-IgnacioDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Various papers have shown that in countries and cohorts where the rate of divorce is low, women with higher education are more likely to get divorced. However, when divorce becomes more common, the relationship between ...
Title:Fighting for Local Control: Street Violence in the Basque Country
Author(s):DE LA CALLE, LuisDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Mainstream research on political violence has traditionally paid attention to the analysis of wars, guerrilla warfare, and terrorism techniques wherein the existence of organizations makes clear the causal path between ...
Title:The Firm as an Inspector: Private Ordering and Political Rules
Author(s):HERITIER, Adrienne; MUELLER-DEBUS, Anna Kristin; THAUER, Christian R.Date:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:With increasing fragmentation of worldwide production chains and the corresponding contracting relations between companies, the “firm as an inspector" has become a frequent phenomenon. Buyer firms deploy supervising ...
Title:Forum: rethinking the rules
Author(s):SøRENSEN, Georg; LANG, Jr., Anthony; RENGGER, Nicholas; WALKER, William; KLABBERS, Jan; KRATOCHWIL, Friedrich; BROWN, Chris; AGUILAR, Mario I.; SCHICK, Kate; IMBER, Mark; THIRKELL-WHITE, Ben; LAMPEL, Joseph; ALDRICH, Richard J.; GROVE, Eric; DANCHEV, Alex; SHEFFIELD, Gary; CRANG, Jeremy A.; FREEDMAN, LawrenceDate:2006Type of Publication:Article
Title:Frame Construction and Frame Promotion (Strategic Framing Choices)
Author(s):HÄNGGLI, Regula; KRIESI, HanspeterDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this article, the authors discuss the three most important strategic framing choices by political actors (“substantive emphasis choice,” “oppositional emphasis choice,” and “contest emphasis choice”) of direct-democratic ...
Title:Fresh Views on the Old Past: The postage stamps of the Mexican bicentennial
Author(s):HOYO, HenioDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The year 2010 in Mexico marked both the 200th anniversary of the start of its independence movement and the 100th anniversary of its revolution. Besides several public events, a number of items including commemorative ...