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Resumen Muestra la participación de las mujeres en el partido reformista durante la campaña electoral de 1923, para comprender mejor el accionar femenino en la redefinición de la política y la ciudadanía durante la década de 1920. Abstract The author analyzes female participation in the reformist party during the redefinition of politics and citizenship in the 1920´s.

Излагается мнение по одному из важных вопросов истории и современности государственного строительства России, касающемуся основных начал федеративной формы и содержания государственного устройства страны, их возникновения и развития. ; The author gives his opinion on one of the key historical and contemporary issues of the formation of Russia in terms of underlying principles of federative and governmental structure, their origin and development.

This article explores the benefits of using the case study method & including online research in the senior seminar or honors coursework. These include allowing students of different skills & backgrounds to conduct their own research & apply it to a classroom experience. The author describes his own experiences leading a senior seminar based on this method. 11 References. E. Miller

The official ideology of the PRC has been changing rapidly. Do new definitions of the "nation" imply a greater racial tinge? The author of The Tyranny of History looks at the long sweep of Chinese civilization, & asks whether the current period is seeing a shift away from the general tenor of that past. Adapted from the source document.

The author gives an overview of published research on how the election of women to US legislative bodies impacts public policy & outlines directions for future scholarship on this topic. She discusses the impact of women in state legislatures, the influence of women in the US Congress, & the relationship of elected female officials to legislative institutions. 54 References. A. Funderburg

In this article, Noelle-Neumann recalls her experiences with Paul Lazarsfeld in an academic & personal context. She discusses meeting him in Paris & the US & talking with him about the importance of founding an institute for empirical social research, which is not corporate sponsored, but university funded. The author discusses her opinion of Lazarsfeld's goal & work in the social research discipline. E. Miller

The author offers an overview of Japanese literature on women & politics, focusing on work in the area of equal employment legislation. She categorizes the existing literature, examines the shortcomings in the scholarship, & summarizes several articles that focus on political institutions & politics relative to Japanese women. She concludes by outlining some critical issues for future scholarship. 5 References. A. Funderburg

This short essay introduces a special journal issue on the work of Alexis de Tocqueville, the still-influential author of Democracy in America, first published in 1835. Topics include a brief review of each essay in the volume, followed by a brief commentary on Tocqueville in the various moods expressed in his work, identified as restless, melancholy, & practical. J. R. Callahan

Although not originally a Commonwealth man, Trudeau came to be a principal shaper of some of its innovations & evolution, most notably at the CHOGMs of 1971 & 1973. Ivan Head was an admirable aid to Trudeau & subsequently a confidante & co-author about Commonwealth matters. The Commonwealth came to fit in with Trudeau's concept & practice of globalism. Adapted from the source document.

AbstractThe author discusses and questions the settled approach relating to responsibility under international law for mixed agreements, i.e. agreements to which both the EC and all or some of its member states are parties. He concludes that the rosy picture prevailing in much of the literature may not be justified, and stresses the difficulties involved for third parties.

This essay examines the complexities involved with making the minimum wage a living wage for working families. The author contends that, since there are many ways by which businesses and corporations can maintain their profit margin, a simple change in legislation (i.e., merely raising the minimum wage) will not be sufficient for maintaining living wages for the working poor.

In this paper the author maintains that in Mexico we have lost completely the meaning of politics & forgotten what a good government is. He analyzes that which some of the most important political philosophers of all times have written about -- the good government -- & concludes with four functions that all good government has to fulfill. Adapted from the source document.

This article analyses recent debates about the Third Way in politics in Britain and the United States. It suggests that what is most significant is the emergence of a new politics of conduct that seeks to reconstruct citizens as moral subjects of responsible communities. The author considers the presuppositions of such a politics and its implications for technologies of government.