Introduction: Emile Durkheim differentiated between two types of wars: National and Civil Wars in terms of effect on suicide mortality. This study investigates Durkheim’s assertion by examining the effect of Irish Civil War on the 1882-1928 suicide ...
Mugtaba Osman +2 more
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Assessing Capability Complexity Using Enterprise Architecture Framework
ABSTRACT This study proposes a structured and quantitative methodology to evaluate the holistic complexity of system‐of‐systems (SoSs), employing the Zachman Architecture Framework (ZAF) as its foundational analytical tool. A five‐phase analytical procedure is developed and empirically validated, encompassing: (1) refinement of complexity measures, (2)
Javad Bakhshi, Mahmoud Efatmaneshnik
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Greed versus Grievance in Contemporary Civil Wars in Africa
Civil wars, as intrastate conflicts, play a significant role in contemporary debates within peace and conflict studies. The end of the Cold War marked a notable increase in the prevalence of these wars, particularly in the global south.
Mohamed Alieu Bah, Foday Justice Jalloh
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With a Great Story Comes Great Responsibility: Role of Narrative in Leadership Development
ABSTRACT Comic books reside uniquely within American culture. Historians have contended comics are more than just sequential artwork mixed with engaging stories, but rather, a framework by which the generations make sense of who they are. These stories are a reflection of cultural conscience; a lens through which we can view the world and a mirror ...
Sean Connable
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The Canary Down the Coalmine: Dagenham, London and Labour Politics
Abstract The history of Dagenham offers unique insights into both the changing composition of the working class and the forces that have reshaped domestic politics throughout the last 100 years, particularly the politics of the British labour movement.
Jon Cruddas
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Closeness and disappointment in Jordanian friendships Proximité et déception en amitié en Jordanie
Western folk models of friendship assume that friends like one another, implying mutually positive feelings. However, accounts of friendship from across times and places suggest that disappointment goes along with friendship as often as mutual affection.
Susan MacDougall
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War and Peace: Ogawa Takemitsu's Theological Engagement with State and Religion
The Manchurian Incident of 1931 marked a pivotal moment in the rise of Japanese fascism. During the period from this incident until the Pacific War's defeat, dissent from the state's control was not tolerated, leading to coercive measures in religious communities. The Christian community, rather than devising theological reasoning to resist the state's
Eun‐Young Park, Do‐Hyung Kim
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Strangers on the ladder of the party‐state: Women in teaching in Nationalist Taiwan, 1940s–1980s
Abstract As the ruling party of a party‐state in China and Taiwan, the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang/Guomindang) built a close relationship with the teaching profession. Many teachers joined the party and there was a well‐trodden pathway from teaching into local representative politics and civil service.
Joseph Lawson
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Indirect Interventions in Civil Wars: The Use of States as Proxies in Military Interventions
Current research on motivational sources of military interventions in civil wars frequently assumes that states intervene due to direct interests in the civil war country.
Klosek, Kamil
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Legalization of Civil Wars: The Legal Institutionalization of Non-International Armed Conflicts [PDF]
This article is concerned with the legal challenges of regulating civil wars in international humanitarian law. Civil war is not a term used in international law; it falls however, withing the context of the legal term 'armed conflicts not of an ...
Kenneth Øhlenschlæger Buhl
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