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“Why can't they put us to sleep if we are suffering?”: La Nada and the desire for euthanasia among institutionalized older adults in Peru

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I examine how institutionalized older adults in Peru articulate suffering through the idiom of la nada—“nothingness”—and how this shapes desires for euthanasia. Moving from close ethnography of bodies in space and time to structural and ethical discourses on euthanasia, I argue that calls for euthanasia arise not only from ...
Magdalena Zegarra Chiappori
wiley   +1 more source

Unpacking Populist Secessionism: Elite Discourse and Mass Attitudes in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While political leaders increasingly combine populist and secessionist appeals, systematic evidence remains lacking regarding their effectiveness in mobilizing public support. Drawing on original survey data from Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where leader Milorad Dodik employs populist‐secessionist rhetoric, this study finds that
Semir Dzebo
wiley   +1 more source

Stigma and Rawlsian Liberalism

Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Euan Allison
wiley   +1 more source

Why Do Voters Vote for ‘the Other Side’? Instrumental and Expressive Motives for Cross‐Ethnolinguistic Voting in Brussels

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While electoral support in deeply divided societies is expected to follow segmental lines, parties often attract substantial backing from outside their core constituencies. This article examines why voters in Belgium's Brussels‐Capital Region—a consociational system designed to enable the peaceful cohabitation of the French and Dutch language ...
Benjamin Blanckaert, Silvia Erzeel, Didier Caluwaerts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Democratic Legitimacy of the Micro‐Deliberative Shortcut: A Defense of Randomly Selecting Legislators

Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Eric Shoemaker
wiley   +1 more source

The Sixth Scroll: The Ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence (2011–2025) as part of broader efforts by Israeli Jewish renewal organizations to craft a national counter‐narrative. It argues that reframing the Declaration as a quasi‐sacred text—situated within the Jewish traditional corpus and recited with Biblical ...
Adi Sherzer
wiley   +1 more source

Does Non‐Idealism Entail Particularism?

Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
John Lawless
wiley   +1 more source

Words After the Storm: Elite Rhetoric and the Limits of De‐Escalation in Postreferendum Catalonia

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When does a secessionist crisis end? What drives political elites to shift from hostility to moderation? This article examines the prospects of rhetorical de‐escalation in the aftermath of a secessionist dispute through the paradigmatic case of Catalonia.
Daniel Cetrà, Diego Muro, Mariola Tàrrega, Harrison Parpillon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fighting Organizational Degeneration Through a Right to Strike in Democratic Corporations

Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Philipp Stehr
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural and Economic Grievances and the Political Salience of Secessionism

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why does secessionism become politically salient at some times but recede at others? Existing work highlights how cultural and economic grievances can shape secessionism, but it explains less well when these claims elevate the salience of secessionism and why similar grievances matter in some contexts but not others.
Kevin Gatter
wiley   +1 more source