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The role of African Union law in integrating Africa [PDF]

, 2015
This article traces how the development of regional law is linked to the state of regional integration in Africa. Given the prominent role European Union law plays in the functioning of the European Union, the question is posed whether there is similar ...
Olivier, Michele, Olivier, Michèle E.
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Common Pressures, Uneven Trajectories: The Variegated Europeanisation of Wage Regulation Institutions

British Journal of Industrial Relations, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 286-298, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The debate on whether national industrial relations (IR) are experiencing convergence is a long‐standing one. Recently, scholars argue that we are witnessing a neoliberal convergence of national IR, understood as an increase in employers’ discretion.
Vincenzo Maccarrone
wiley   +1 more source

Will the Rojava Revolution Survive? Theory, Practice, and the Future of Democratic Confederalism

Pacha. Revista de Estudios Contemporáneos del Sur Global, 2021
After the outbreak of the Syrian war, the armed resistance of the Kurds against the radical Islamists drew considerable attention from across the world. Although the Kurdish movement has a history of forty years of armed fight in the region, especially against Turkey, they gained global fame during the war in Syria.
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National Colonialism: Nation‐State, Colonialism and Colonisation of Kurdistan

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 414-425, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of ‘national colonialism’ to capture colonial relations in the nation‐state form. It does so through a critical appraisal of the concept of ‘internal colonialism’, which largely fails to explain the links between nationalism and colonial relations.
Behnam Amini
wiley   +1 more source

The strategic use of metaphors by political and media elites: the 2007-11 Belgian constitutional crisis [PDF]

, 2012
On 9 December 2011 a new Belgian government was sworn in after a record-breaking 541 days of negotiations between all democratic political forces with the aim to alter the constitution and provide more autonomy to the different regions that make up ...
Cammaerts, Bart
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Environmental Politics in North and East Syria/Rojava: A Scoping and Conceptual Literature Review

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 26, Issue 1, Page 74-89, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article presents a scoping and conceptual literature review on environmental politics in North and East Syria/Rojava. The review aims to synthesize existing academic research in English on the interplay between armed conflict and environmental change in the region, focusing on the Kurdish‐led socio‐political model known as the Autonomous ...
Pinar Dinc, Maria Andrea Nardi, Mo Hamza   +2 more
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Introduction - Exploring the Kurdish Movement: Power Relations, Historical Dynamics and Theoretical Perspectives

Partecipazione e Conflitto
This editorial positions Kurdish politics at a turning point initiated by the PKK's 2025 decision to dissolve its armed wing and by concomitant institutional realignments in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
Davide Grasso, Andrea Novellis
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Dialectics of struggle: challenges to the Kurdish women's movement [PDF]

, 2018
Our paper engages with the complex relationship between national liberation and women’s rights movements as an instance to recognise the significance of intersectional political struggles and claims.
Al-Ali, Nadje, Tas, Latif
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Woman-life-freedom. Women’s participation in the economic/ecological project of the Democratic Federation of Norther Syria-Rojava [PDF]

, 2019
Bajo los principios de la ecología social, el confederalismo democrático ha propiciado que las mujeres que participan en él consideren ineludible su adscripción al sistema de comunas y cooperativas a través de las cuales se está creando un modelo ...
Aguilar Silva, Erika S.
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Hydro‐Insurgency: Weaponization of Water Resources and Infrastructure in Northeast Syria

World Water Policy, Volume 11, Issue 4, Page 924-938, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines the strategic weaponization of water resources by Turkey‐backed armed groups in Northeast Syria (NES) within the broader context of the Syrian civil war. As the conflict evolved, water infrastructure—dams, rivers, and irrigation systems—became central to warfare, governance, and foreign agendas. The article introduces the
Farhad Hassan Abdullah Mamshai
wiley   +1 more source