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Asia-Pacific: a new agenda for the times ahead
(Université de Montréal. Centre d'études et de recherches internationales, 2015-05)
The rapid growth of the populous Asian economies provokes profound economic changes and a shift in the balance of power. On the economic front, Asian leaders are confronted with the need to preserve the stability that has ...
Career Officers and Political Appointees in American Diplomacy: Contending for Diplomatic Positions through Boundary Work
(Université de Montréal. Centre d'études et de recherches internationales, 2016-02)
American diplomacy has long included a larger contingent of non-career appointees than is found in many other countries' diplomatic corps. Since the 1950s, successive White Houses have allocated about 30% of ambassadorships ...
La modernisation navale chinoise : défense active, ambitions nouvelles et réalisme stratégique
(Université de Montréal. Centre d'études et de recherches internationales, 2016-02-24)
Beijing a engagé la Chine sur la voie de la modernisation navale. Pour preuves, les acquisitions de matériels, l’augmentation du budget alloué et surtout la mise en œuvre de la stratégie dite du collier de perles des mers ...
L’opinion des Canadiens et des Américains au sujet des changements climatiques: un écart important?
(Université de Montréal. Centre d'études et de recherches internationales, 2016-03-15)
L’opinion publique canadienne sur les changements climatiques et les politiques de contrôle des émissions de gaz à effet de serre
Résumé : Cette note présente les résultats de sondages menés en parallèle au Canada et ...
Age, Period and Cohort effects in the Decline of Party Identification in Germany
An Analysis of a Two Decade Panel Study in Germany (1992-2009)
(2012-04-27)
Party identification traditionally is seen as an important linkage mechanism, connecting voters to the party system. Previous analyses have suggested that the level of party identity is in decline in Germany, and in this ...
Party Members as an Electoral Linking Mechanism
An Election Forecasting Model for Political Parties in Belgium, 1981-2010
(2014)
While party membership figures are clearly in decline in several Western countries, different interpretations have been offered on the likely consequences of this trend. Some authors stress that members have lost most of ...
Positionality and Comparisons: Critical Views on Qualitative Research across Asia
(Université de Montréal. Centre d'études et de recherches internationales, 2016-03)
Ce cahier est basé sur la réflexion autobiographique de deux chercheuses ayant effectué des recherches qualitatives et ethnographiques, de 2008 à 2014, en Asie centrale et du Sud-‐Est. Les expériences sur le terrain ...
The Effects of Civic Education on Political Knowledge
A Two Year Panel Survey among Belgian Adolescents
(2011-09)
Traditionally political knowledge was regarded as an important potential outcome for civic education efforts. Most of the currently available research, however, tends to focus on non-cognitive goals, despite the fact that ...
Macroeconomics, economic crisis and electoral outcomes: A national European pool
(2014-10)
An abundance of comparative survey research argues the presence of economic voting as an individual force in European elections, thereby refuting a possible ecological fallacy. But the hypothesis of economic voting at the ...
The Relation Between Civic Education and Political Attitudes and Behavior
A Two-Year Panel Study Among Belgian Late Adolescents
(2012)
It is generally assumed that civic education efforts will have a positive effect on the political attitudes and behaviors of adolescents and young adults. There is less agreement, however, on the most effective forms of ...