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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…
Ed King
This paper argues that far from advocating fear of violence as a continuous source of civic provocation Machiavelli’s ideal ruler employs an aesthetic approach to civic violence; one that actually harms few citizens and moderates their fear with admiration th…
Peter Emerson
There are many instances when a group of people might want to choose a committee, a fixed number of individuals to undertake a particular collective function. At their AGM or annual conference, residents in a community group, shareholders of a limited company…
Ayhan Orhan
Energy will be the main determinant of the economic and political relations between the regions and na tions during the years to come. The need for energy and the consumption of energy related to this need continues increasingly. The fossil fuels which meet t…
Pascal Delwit
Over the past twenty years, the scientific community and politicians in consolidated democracies have been regularly alarmed by political and electoral participation, portrayed as undergoing a brutal and linear decline. Each election is now scrutinized in ter…
Tabitha M. Cale, Margaret A. Reams
While the United States has not established federal regulations for greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction tar gets, many US states have adopted their own standards and guidelines. In this study we examine state adoption of targets for GHG reductions during the ten-y…
Emmanuel Konde
This paper examines the role of Pierre Mendès France in the decision of the French National Assembly to reject the European Defense Community (EDC) proposed by René Pleven in October 1950 and signed by the [Antoine] Pinay government in 1952. Since the signing…
Roel Popping
In text analysis studies coders have to make qualitative decisions. These decisions are based on interpreta tions of the texts under study. In such situations it is very helpful to have coding rules. These do not only help as an aid to the coder, but are also…
Yaron Katz
The Disengagement Plan is the name assigned to the plan enacted in the summer of 2005 to evict all Israelis and military bases from Gaza Strip and four isolated settlements in northern Samaria and to withdraw unilaterally. The plan was controversial, yet it w…
Dana Lee Baker
Though ultimately beneficial to society, interactions between science and politics require careful tending. Because science is an exercise in trial and error, public policy development can be affected by both scien tific missteps and the length of time it tak…
Nadia Carboni
Health policy is basically Member States’ competence. However, the European Union has recently raised a number of key questions facing both (pharmaceutical) industries and public health interests. By applying the Advocacy Coalition Framework, the paper sheds…
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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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