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“Punishing Violent Thoughts: Islamic Dissent and Thoreauvian Disobedience in post-9/11 America,” [PDF]
, 2017 American Muslims increasingly negotiate their relation to a government that is suspicious of Islam, yet which is legally obligated to recognize them as rights-bearing citizens.
Gould, Rebecca
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Educational Theory, EarlyView.Abstract The tendency to silence higher education teachers and students around the globe who express opinions that others regard as wrong is increasing. This lack of interest in listening to, and at times silencing, people with opposing views raises the question of what makes higher education unique and worth protecting.
Silvia Edling
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“No Baker’s dozen was her taste”: Rhode Island, Ratification, and Rhetoric in American Constitutional History [PDF]
, 2014 In 1787, Rhode Island refused to send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, becoming the only state to do so. From its early colonial beginnings, Rhode Island\u27s unique status gave its residents the opportunity to develop ...
Morroni, Lucy
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Education for Civil Disobedience in the Context of Democratic Decline
Educational Theory, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, I discuss the educational relevance of civil disobedience as a form of political dissent in contemporary democracies demonstrating signs of significant democratic decline. The article challenges the plausibility of the impactful Rawlsian understanding of civil disobedience in societies in a state of democratic backsliding.
Anniina Leiviskä
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Journal of Lusophone Studies, 2019 In this essay, I examine the uncanny in Mário de Sá-Carneiro's A confissão de Lúcio (1914). Drawing on Sigmund Freud, Julia Kristeva, and Homi Bhabha, I argue that the uncanny plays a crucial role in Sá-Carneiro's exploration of facets of both the queer ...
Fernando Beleza
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Vladimir Vysotskij e le sue canzoni: note sulla ricezione italiana [PDF]
IASPM Journal, 2014 From the beginning of the sixties to the end of the seventies, the singer-songwriter, poet and actor Vladimir Vysotsky (1938-1980) embodied an archetypical Soviet Russian dissident: while ostracized by the Brezhnev regime, he was very popular and beloved
Carlo Bianchi
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Striking for a Just Transition? North American Auto Unions and the Electric Vehicle Transition
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Decarbonization heightens risks for workers, but union strategies shape how these risks are managed and whether new jobs offer quality employment. This paper compares U.S. and Canadian auto unions during the 2023 Detroit Three bargaining, focusing on strategic capacities and internal politics to explain their divergent responses to the EV ...
Mathieu Dupuis, Ian Greer, Dongwoo Park
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External debt management in Romania [PDF]
, 2013 This paper approaches the evolution of Romania’s foreign debt in three periods of time: during Nicolae Ceausescu regime, in the transition period and the one which followed the adhesion to European Union.
Dumitriu, Ramona, Stefanescu, Razvan
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Norm Contestation in EU Foreign Policy: The Case of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The EU considers gender equality fundamental to its identity, with Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) playing a crucial role. This article delves into the contested aspects of EU foreign policy concerning SRHR from 1997 to 2021. Through document analysis and 18 semi‐structured interviews, it discerns three phases of contestation.
Diego Badell
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