Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19 in Delaware. Why wasn’t she the presidential nominee? Strategic discrimination by primary voters may explain.
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Regina Bateson, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Why are women and people of colour under-represented in politics? Part of the problem is strategic discrimination, or concern about other people’s biases.
Dance troupe Diversity’s Black Lives Matter performance has received a lot of complaints.
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Complaints stated that family shows like Britain’s Got Talent shouldn’t be political. However, the problem is much more complex and sinister than simple politics
Trump supporters fight Black Lives Matter protestors at an anti-racism rally in Tujunga, California, Aug. 14, 2020.
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Americans are mad – fist-fighting, protesting mad. And that’s just how politicians want voters in election season. But the popular anger stoked by candidates doesn’t just dissipate after the campaign.
Protestors hold anti-mask signs at a protest in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Jennifer Curtin, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau and Lara Greaves, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Politicians argue conventional campaigning is still important ahead of NZ’s rescheduled 17 October election. But voter behaviour has moved on since the days of door-knocking and kissing babies.
Being ‘Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition" during a pandemic is challenging, and the risks of getting it wrong are very high.
Then Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti during a 2016 tour of the USS New Orleans in the Java Sea.
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Fabio Scarpello, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
My research explores how fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti was left out of Jokowi’s new cabinet. Her harsh managerial style alienated many parties and a coalition rose to oust her from office.
Two researchers viewed all the television series featuring a woman presidential figure, and a remarkably consistent pattern emerged: ambitious fictional female politicians ended up being bad leaders.
Amid the global work-from-home phenomenon, what a presenter says carries more weight than ever.
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As workplace meetings move from offices to living rooms in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, what people say – absent nonverbal communication – is more important than ever.
Stephen King famously called Jim Thompson’s Sheriff Lou Ford ‘the Great American Sociopath.’
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