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#funnypoliticians: How Do Political Figures Use Humor on Twitter?
Social media has increased its popularity among politicians. If they wish to succeed in the political arena, politicians need to present themselves to citizens as attractive individuals through these platforms. This study ...
Peasants' Social Representation of Politicians in a Clientelist Rural Context
(Wiley, 2013-03)
In Latin America, political clientelism is one of the main obstacles to the process of sustaining truly democratic practices. Thus, this article proposes to study peasants from the Province of Formosa, Argentina's social ...
Entre o Direito e a política: a trajetória do ministro Nelson Jobim
(2015-06)
This paper aims to be positioned as a result of the research project 'História Oral do Supremo [1988-2013], conducted by a partnership between FGV Direito Rio, FGV Direito SP and CPDOC. During my participation in the ...
Gastropopulism: a sociosemiotic analysis of politicians posing as “the everyday man” via food posts on social media
(Taylor & FrancisGB, 2021)
Scholars have highlighted the bond between contemporary right-wing populism and social media. They have also shown how populist features such as anti-elitism, nationalism and people-centrism are manifested through the ...
Politicians and Pan
(Trinidad Guardian, 9-Sept-87)
Pan Trinbago has been awarded the highest national honour, the Trinity Cross. This award pays tribute, however imprecise, to the work of the sixteen year old organization, but it also signals another blessing benignly ...
The relationship between federal budget amendments and local electoral power
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2015-09)
The objectives of this paper are twofold. First, we investigate whether politicians use resources from the federal budget to maintain and expand their political capital. Second, we examine whether such strategy is rewarded ...
Decentralization, political competition and corruption
(North-holland, 2013-11)
We study the effect of decentralization on corruption in a political agency model from the perspective of a region. In a model where corruption opportunities are lower under centralization at each period of time, ...
Albert Maria Gomes
(Image digitized by the Digital Library Services Centre(DLSC), The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago., 2011-03-17)
Albert Maria Gomes was a journalist and politician who received his early education at Pamphylian High School and later studied at New York University. He entered politics by way of the trade unions and the Port of Spain ...