Being gay

Article Abstract:

The tensions between minority and universal logics, between gay and queer, between identity and non-identity, between assimilation and transgression, and between discipline and freedom are elucidated. The demise of being gay is a premature announcement, but the dynamic character of identity ensures that becoming gay will remain a more accurate description of the experience of identity in future.

Social aspects, Gays, Self identity

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Captives no longer, but servants still? Contract parliamentarism and the new minority governance in Sweden and New Zealand

Article Abstract:

Contract parliamentarism, or a contract minority government is one in which the cabinet has an explicit written contract with one or more parties that remain outside the cabinet. A study argues for the institutionalization of contract parliamentarism and examines why New Zealand and Sweden have minority governments existing by virtue of having written contracts with opposition parties.

Public Finance Activities, Sweden, Management dynamics, New Zealand, Public Administration-Total Govt, Public Administration, Management, Political aspects, Company business management, Minority governments

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From Fujimori to Toledo: The 2001 elections and the vicissitudes of democratic government in Peru

Article Abstract:

The political developments in post-Alberto Fujimori Peru is assessed and to what extent has Peru discarded the authoritarianism of the Fujimori era is presented. Fujimori's demise left Peru's democracy in disastrous straits, parliament and the judiciary had lost substantial autonomy from executive domination.

Peru, Political activity, Elections, Fujimori, Alberto, 2001 AD, Democratization

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