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Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.Abstract Electoral systems in deeply divided societies are pivotal for peace and stability among ethno‐national groups. Consociationalism and centripetalism are the most widespread approaches from which derive the major incentives for electoral systems in deeply divided, dyadic societies.
Ivan Pepić
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The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Nickel extraction and processing have profoundly shaped Kanaky New Caledonia's social, political and colonial/decolonial trajectory over the past 150 years. This activity has transformed material and mental landscapes while generating intermediary officers whose roles evolved over time.
Séverine Bouard +2 more
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Brokerage in Oceania reconsidered: Positionality, agency, morality in a (dis)ordered world
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This paper introduces a special issue examining brokerage in Oceania amid intensifying geopolitical competition, resource extraction, labour mobility and shifting development regimes. Building on renewed global interest in brokerage as a set of practices, we argue that brokers in Oceania operate within—and actively reshape—conditions of ...
Monica Minnegal
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Bangla news article dataset. [PDF]
Data BriefSaad AM, Mahi UN, Salim MS, Hossain SI.
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Local Tests of English in Global Contexts: A Malaysian Case Study
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Global tests of English are usually used globally and local tests locally. However, this global–local dichotomy has been challenged by test localisation, globalisation and glocalisation. An emerging critical question in this regard is whether local tests of English can be used locally and globally at the same time.
M. Obaidul Hamid, Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob
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Sustainable strategic nation branding through sports: leveraging soft power via mega-event hosting. [PDF]
Front SociolEl-Dabt L +4 more
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American Imperialism and Environmental Concerns in Syed Waliullah's The Ugly Asian
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Bangladeshi bilingual writer Syed Waliullah's novel in English, The Ugly Asian (2013), written during the 1960s but published posthumously in 2013, highlights the struggles of a fictional postcolonial nation in Asia in the face of American imperialism.
Rakibul Hasan Khan
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