Political Systems
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Stalkers and harassers of royalty: the role of mental illness and motivation.

30 Mar 2009 BACKGROUND: Public figures are at increased risk of attracting unwanted attention in the form of intrusions, stalking and, occasionally, attack. Whereas the potential threat to the British Royal Family from terrorists and organized groups is clearly ... Read more...

Wealth, intelligence, politics and global fertility differentials.

25 Mar 2009 Demographic trends in today's world are dominated by large fertility differentials between nations, with 'less developed' nations having higher fertility than the more advanced nations. The present study investigates whether these fertility ... Read more...

IQ and the values of nations.

21 Mar 2009 The origin of values and preferences is an unresolved theoretical question in behavioural and social sciences. The Savanna-IQ Interaction Hypothesis, derived from the Savanna Principle and a theory of the evolution of general intelligence, suggests ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Political Systems'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The cover. The court jester Stanczyk (1480-1560) receives news of the loss of Smolensk (1514), during a ball at Queen Bona's court. 19 Oct 2009
• Hope for health in Turkmenistan? 18 Jun 2009
• What does applying 'scientific values' mean in reality? 7 Apr 2009
• Stalkers and harassers of royalty: the role of mental illness and motivation. 30 Mar 2009
• HPCSA: a mess in the Health Department's pocket. 30 Mar 2009
• Crisis! Crisis! Crisis? 30 Mar 2009
• The transformation of sociogenic autistic defences in The Lives of Others. 30 Mar 2009
• Wealth, intelligence, politics and global fertility differentials. 25 Mar 2009
• IQ and the values of nations. 21 Mar 2009
• What we mean by social determinants of health. 27 Feb 2009
• Elaborating on systems thinking in health promotion practice. 27 Feb 2009
• Laughter and war in Berlin. 30 Dec 2008
• [Some aspects of suicide in the years 1980-1996] 30 Dec 2008
• "In pursuit of the Nazi mind?" The deployment of psychoanalysis in the Allied struggle against Germany. 30 Dec 2008
• For reasons of state: political executions, republicanism, and the Medici in Florence, 1480-1560. 30 Dec 2008
• More a plowshare than a sword: the legacy of US Cold War agricultural diplomacy. 30 Dec 2008
• Cold War competition and food production in China, 1957-1962. 30 Dec 2008
• "Agricultural Statecraft" in the Cold War: a case study of Poland and the West from 1945 to 1957. 30 Dec 2008
• Science and politics: Ramon y Cajal's intervention in Giuseppe Levi's 1934 liberation. 30 Dec 2008
• Analyzing differences in the magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in self-perceived health by countries of different political tradition in Europe. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Political Systems'

Definition: The units based on political theory and chosen by countries under which their governmental power is organized and administered to their citizens.

Descriptor UI: D011056

Alternative terms: Political Systems; Political System; System, Political; Systems, Political;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history;

Tree Number: I01.696;

History Note: 80; was NON MESH before 1980

Technical Notes: specify geog