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Open Journal of Political Science (OJPS) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in political science. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of p…
Gebhard Kirchgässner
This paper discusses several problems of direct popular decisions that are often overlooked in political and scientific debates. In the first part, we consider problems related to the functioning of direct democracy. As a political system, it only makes sense…
Peter Kotzian
Does popular ideology affect public policies enacted in a country? The baseline argument links popular ideology input to policy output. Either a population more often elects a party with its favored ideology into office, which then implements policies in line…
Paola Bordandini, Rosa Mulè
Why are some party governments suspended and replaced by technical governments? There are surprisingly few answers to this important question in the literature. This article contributes to the literature by analyzing the demographic profiles of the parties’ m…
Mohammad Ali Khosravi, Shohreh Shahsavari Fard
Whenever social actors find a gap between what there is and what should be, a plethora of problems happen to exist. In this regard, researchers in the field detect the problem and carry out a large number of studies to find the causes and facts related to suc…
Ankit Kumar Manoj, Dinesh Sridharan, Manoj Kulandaivel
The proposed research is about the people’s perception about “Politics as profession”. This paper examines multiple case studies of people’s opinion about making career in politics and further explains why most of the people are not interested in politics. By…
John G. Ikubaje, Nougbodohoue Samson Bel-Aube
This paper argues that effective public service delivery is fundamental to socio-economic transformation. It emphases the significance of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) in planning and management of public service and administration in Africa…
Yagya Prasad Subedi, Padam Simkhada, Bishwambher Pyakuryal
Background: Historically, the process of nutrition transition begins with changes in economic structures which move away from agrarian economies to successful industrialisation, with high economic growth, urbanisation and increased real per capita income. Obj…
Andreas Yfantidis
In the current essay, the writer will try to approach the cases of separatism and especially those of illegal separatism which are creating unrecognized or partially recognized states. It is true though that these cases, even of forced separatism, are matter…
Ángel Emilio Muñoz Cardona, María Patricia Mayor López
This research seeks to know how far communal organizations contribute to local development or if on the contrary, they serve to strengthen electoral political campaigns. The research is inductive, and mixed, using the methodology of Focus Group and taking wit…
Terri B. Davis
Conservative political thought in the United States has historically been rooted in a compact federalist interpretation of American constitutionalism. This article discusses how the rhetoric of former President Ronald Reagan significantly impact conservative…
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Open Journal of Political Science (OJPS) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in political science. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of p… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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