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Democrats and moderate Republicans voted against the Agriculture and Nutrition Act 2018 because it contained measures they oppose to tighten welfare entitlements, specifically…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB234038
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Australian water security and agribusiness.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB235250
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Rajasthan thereby became the first Indian state to make access to healthcare a legal entitlement for residents. The legislation encountered resistance from several groups…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278871
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This followed Abu Dhabi's decision in June 2016 to boost mandatory insurance premiums for expatriates' basic healthcare entitlements. Nationals must also now make a co-payment…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217390
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As the era of high oil revenues comes to an end, the two states are planning for different economies -- with profound impacts on state-society relations and the social contract…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275555
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COVID-19 and the surveillance state.
Some hard-right members of the Republican congressional caucus argue that allowing federal spending to lapse and threatening a government shutdown could force legislators to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB223977
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Demographic pressures from an ageing society weigh less heavily on the United States than many other economies but they are now placing stress on a Social Security system that…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276284
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President-elect Donald Trump plans to expand military spending as part of his "America First" foreign policy but has so far offered few details of how this expansion will be…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217332
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Prime Minister Theresa May has committed herself to triggering Article 50 by the end of March 2017. No member state has made use of Article 50 and there is thus much uncertainty…