The United Nations released its 2008 State of the World’s Cities report, which in past years has been an excellent source about demographic shifts around the world. Unfortunately, the United Nations decides to charge people a ridiculous amount ($44) for the report rather than making it available at an affordable (or even free) rate.
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I have posted the PowerPoint file Nils Ringe and I presented in New Orleans at the 2007 Southern Political Science Association conference. The presentation–titled Refining and Redefining the Second-Order Election Model: Protest or Pure Preference Voting in Central and Eastern Europe–may be difficult to follow, especially if you are not familiar with the second-order election [...]
Also tagged electoral analysis, EP, EU, Europe, Jason Koepke, NR, political science, projects, second-order election modelRecently, a study was released reporting that woman are kicking men’s butts in education and college more specifically. Thinking this out, if women are doing awesome and then are hired proportionately, does this mean men will be more likely to be unemployed? And if finding a job, because men are unqualified or less skilled than [...]
Also taggedI have more than a passive interest in North Korea, although my interest is hardly dedicated or a research one. In any event, I have read and watched a few interesting North Korea-related items lately.
Also tagged Bloomberg Markets, Bradley K Martin, Channel 4 (UK), economics, finance, Four Seasons of Pyongyang, North Korea, Undercover in the Secret StateI started this post when the article was originally published. Now, however, I have forgotten what additional points I wanted to make. The article, despite it’s confusing writing, is interesting and worth reading, especially for fans of contentious politics and/or architecture, which is why I am posting the article and my intro to it.
In the [...]