Electoral cycles in electricity losses in India

A third of electricity in India is lost each year, where losses refer to power that is supplied but not billed. Utilizing data from the power corporation of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, we study the politics of electricity losses. Examining annual data over four decades, we document that UP's electricity losses tend to increase in periods immediately prior to state assembly elections. Drawing upon geographically disaggregated data for the period 2000–09, we observe higher line losses just prior to the 2002 and 2007 state elections. Our analysis shows that the incumbent party was more likely to retain the assembly seat as line losses in the locality increased. We interpret these results as corroboration that political parties deliberately redirect electricity to flat rate and unbilled users in a context of chronically inadequate supply. Political factors appear to affect line losses in ways that technical and economic factors alone cannot explain.     

从政治视角理解和研究城市规划

城市规划不仅仅是一种专业活动,更是一种社会活动,掌握政治知识对城市规划专业实践和社会活动都有着重要的意义.政治知识应成为城市规划学科建设不容忽视的一部分.对城市规划政治的研究,可从城市规划的价值基础、城市规划事件过程和城市规划参与者三个方面展开.     

城市的足迹——非自然因素在中国古代都城选址中的重要作用

对中国不同历史时期都城选址具体情况的考察表明,对于一个大一统的国家（秦汉之后）而言,在决定都城选址的各种非自然因素中,军事因素一般是首要的,经济因素是相对次要的。     

Pornography-seeking behaviors following midterm political elections in the United States: A replication of the challenge hypothesis

The current study examined a prediction derived from the challenge hypothesis; individuals who viciously win a competition of rank order will seek out pornography relatively more often than individuals who viciously lose a competition. By examining Google keyword searches during the 2006 and 2010 midterm elections in the United States, the relative popularity of various pornography keyword searches was computed for each state and the District of Columbia the week after each midterm election. Consistent with previous research examining presidential elections and the challenge hypothesis, individuals located in traditionally Republican states tended to search for pornography keywords relatively more often after the 2010 midterm election (a Republican victory) than after the 2006 midterm election (a Democratic victory). Conversely, individuals located in traditionally Democratic states tended to search for pornography relatively less often following the 2010 midterm election than they did following the 2006 midterm election.     

Politics and scale: some implications for environmental governance

This essay explores themes related to differences of scale and the challenge of environmental governance. It argues that scale issues are always important in politics, but that the density of physical and social scales implicated in the constitution and resolution of environmental problems is particularly notable. It discusses recent changes in governmental approaches to managing environmental burdens in the developed countries, and considers the implications of scale-complexities for the future of environmental governance.     

新时期关于调动盐业科技人员积极性的探索

随着国家对科技体制改革的整体推进，盐业科研事业单位也即将改制为企业化管理。新时期如何做好盐业科研单位的改制工作，进一步理解和关心科技人员，提高科技人员待遇，为科技人员办实事，调动科技人员的积极性探索出一条新路。     

Reconceptualizing classroom-based research in computers and composition

In this article, Webb maps out three dominant forms of research that have been undertaken in the field of computers and composition—theoretical, case studies, and limited quantitative. She then identifies a fourth mode that has begun to appear—a multimodal approach. Arguing for ways in which this method could help us answer research questions that have been previously unanswerable by other research methods, she calls for the field to reconsider incorporating this multimodal approach more within our research studies.     

Third Natures: Incubators of Public Space

Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda , founders of the Madrid-based office AMID.cero9, shift the notion of the urban from the classic idea of the complete or ideal city, to one which engages with essential urban phenomena: the dynamics of confrontation, dispute and agreement between individuals, social groups and subcultures. In this way, public spaces are transformed from empty spaces into a real context for social interaction; and active involvement with social exchange becomes the main purpose of a project for a new architecture of the city.     

“数字电子技术”课程思政教学改革研究

落实立德树人,实现三全育人,将思政融入到《数字电子技术》这门专业课程中,培养学生专业知识的同时,引导学生树立良好的人生观和价值观。通过重构本校的数字电子技术课程内容,挖掘思政元素,并润物细无声般融入到数字电子技术的教学改革中,并通过实际的案例讲解具体融入过程。     

Intentions to participate in political crowdfunding- from the perspective of civic voluntarism model and theory of planned behavior

The study has integrated the civic voluntarism and planned behavior model to check the intentions of people towards political crowdfunding. Participation in politics is the civic duty of a citizen in a democratic country and exercising this right leads to government formation. Participation in the political process is behavior influenced by the intention to do so. The study examines the influence of the civic voluntarism model (CVM) and the theory of planned behavior (TPB) factors on the intention to participate in political crowdfunding. The study was done in India, the largest democracy in the world, taking a sample size of 374 respondents. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyze the data through SmartPLS-3.2. The results of this study revealed that resources - financial, time, and technological - are essential for participating in political crowdfunding. Political engagement, political interest, and political awareness are significantly associated with the intention to participate in crowdfunding. Online community engagement also shows a positive relationship with the intention. Among the three factors of TPB, attitude and subjective norms are significantly influencing the intention towards participation. The results of this study will help the political parties and candidates to identify factors that will help them to get maximum funding and support from the crowd through political crowdfunding. The theoretical implication is that political crowdfunding can come up as a distinct segment of crowdfunding to be studied.