Cultural representation, soft power, and tourism futures in Vision 2030: Saudi Arabia's path toward the 2034 FIFA World Cup. [PDF]
Front SociolAlsharif S.
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Transhumance as a Prism. Toward a Planetary Rural Geography of Mountain Space
Geography Compass, Volume 20, Issue 10, October 2026.ABSTRACT Transhumance is a marginal—yet crucial—practice within mountain and rural geographies at a global scale. The term refers to a wide range of extensive grazing systems characterized by the seasonal movement of herds and flocks between different altitudes, within diverse governance systems.
Francesca Sabatini, Giacomo Pettenati
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The soft power forcefield that protects the junk food industry. [PDF]
Future Healthc JBethell LJN.
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On Cruelty and Failure: The Elusive Futures of Transnational Startup Success
Global Networks, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2026.ABSTRACT This article unravels the emergence of new migration pathways which I call ‘startup migration’ and their framing as desired and ‘highly‐skilled’. Basing its arguments on qualitative data from migrant startup founders and stakeholders of Singapore and Tokyo's startup ecosystems, the article connects anthropological conceptualisations of global ...
Helena Hof
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Strategic soft power for developing poultry production competencies and empowering the next generation of industry professionals. [PDF]
Poult SciNassar FS.
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Higher Education Quarterly, Volume 80, Issue 4, October 2026.ABSTRACT This paper responds to two politically charged reactions to my scholarship on peace and global citizenship education (GCE): the censorship of a UNESCO Beijing conference presentation in Seoul (August 2025) and a confrontational exchange with a Chinese postgraduate student in New Zealand.
Kevin Kester
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Retraction Note: Applications of complex picture fuzzy soft power aggregation operators in multi-attribute decision making. [PDF]
Sci RepMahmood T, Ali Z, Aslam M.
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Legitimacy and Employment Relations Research: A Review and Research Agenda
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Volume 65, Issue 4, Page 399-413, October 2026.ABSTRACT This article provides a comprehensive review of existing research and develops an agenda for analyzing legitimacy in employment relations. It argues that legitimacy should be understood as a dynamic and contested process through which actors, institutions and policy ideas are legitimated, delegitimated and reworked.
Andy Hodder +4 more
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Political Fictionality: Vladislav Surkov and the Rise of the Authorial State
The Russian Review, Volume 85, Issue 4, Page 495-512, October 2026.Abstract This article introduces the concept of political fictionality as a theoretical framework for analyzing the convergence of literary authorship and political power in Russia during the Putin era, using Vladislav Surkov—a longtime presidential advisor and ideologue as well as fiction writer under the pseudonym Natan Dubovitskii—as its principal ...
Ekaterina Vassilieva
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