The Drama al-Sulṭân al-Ha’ir, authored by the renowned Arabic dramatist Tawfiq al-Hakim and published in 1960; diffuses introspection on the horrendous milieu prevailed in the countries during the period after the second world war; while the executive heads of the major world states fell in dilemma in matters of conducting political machinery. In fact, the playwright was inspired by the great t...

This article explores how the party-defined dimensionality of political competition relates to the number of parties competing in legislative elections. It demonstrates that a mathematical relationship between the number of electoral parties and the literature’s concept of dimensionality follows from the variables’ definitions; conversely, it argues that exploring the relationship between the n...

As state and local officials struggle with the challenge of organizing and implementing solid waste management programs, they are faced with choices laden with emotional, political, scientific and economic influences. Trash-to­ energy, an important part of many states' disposal options, brings with it policy issues reflective of its unique processes. Recycling, emissions levels, and ash managem...

News media in Malaysia and Singapore are often said to be constrained in covering political and public issues, in comparison with plural democratic states such as Australia. However, commentary also suggests that online communications are allowing more independent speech. This article investigates whether such restrictions and changes online can be seen. Through analyzing media content, it illu...

This paper explores the influence of online political advertising in the form of digital videos posted on YouTube. We focus on the various campaigns for U.S. Senate in 2010. Using data on the content of online ads, television spots, survey data and coding of media coverage, we examine several indirect measure of YouTube‘s influence on election outcomes. Our findings indicate that online adverti...

women’s political representation has been for decades ahead of women’s rights movement. however, women presence in politics is not only limited to women political participation but their position in party politics as well. this paper aims to analyze the role of parties in empowering women at the uk parliament and tries to contribute towards the existing literature through presenting an interdis...

Global Oral Health suffers from a lack of political attention, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This paper analyses the reasons for this political neglect through the lens of four areas of political power: the power of the ideas, the power of the issue, the power of the actors, and the power of the political context (using a modified Political Power Framework by Shiffman and Sm...

While research has provided useful insights into political party use of Twitter, comparably few efforts have focused on the arguably more popular Facebook service. This paper takes both platforms into account, detailing similar functionalities and providing analyses of the social media activities undertaken by Swedish political parties during the 2014 elections. Moreover, the types of feedback ...

In emerging economies, political institutions (i.e., government and its agencies), act as a major force in defining and mobilizing resources. IT entrepreneurial firms endeavor to obtain resources from political institutions, named as political institutional resources (PIRs), to overcome insurmountable handicap of resource deficiency. However, how PIRs matter remains unclear. Acknowledging this ...