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Whose Diversity Counts? The Politics and Paradoxes of Modern Diversity [PDF]

open access: yesSustainability, 2013
Is “diversity” a modern concept, like indigeneity or biodiversity, which is conceived precisely at the time that it seems to be threatened and on the verge of disappearing? In the face of perceived threats to diversity, projects and policies have been crafted to protect, promote, or conserve diversity, but in doing so they have often demonstrated a ...
Lauren Baker   +6 more
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Imperial parliament for a hybrid empire: Representative experiments in the early 20th-century Russian Empire

open access: yesJournal of Eurasian Studies, 2020
This article argues that the history of Russian constitutional and parliamentary reform in the early 20th century can be cast in a new light in view of the global transformation of political life under the challenge of imperial diversity and mass ...
Alexander M. Semyonov
doaj   +1 more source

The Multilingual City: 'The cases of Helsinki and Barcelona'

open access: yesNordic Journal of Migration Research, 2011
Helsinki and Barcelona are particularly interesting cases for the study of the challenges associated with present-day multilingualism, due to their combining a well-entrenched endogenous patrimony of linguistic diversity, together with the politics this ...
Peter A. Kraus
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Politics of Memory, Heritage, and Diversity in Modern China

open access: yesJournal of Current Chinese Affairs, 2023
Interpretations and memorialisations of China's long history, in service of political aspirations of the present and towards the future, have long attracted scholarly attention.
Maximilian Mayer, Karolina Pawlik
doaj   +1 more source

The Diversity of Political Regimes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The topic of this book is political cleavages in 19 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The theoretical link between political stability and political cleavages is simple – the emergence of a stable party system and distinguishable and consistent voter preferences are typically seen as indicators of democratic consolidation (cf.
Joakim Ekman, Sten Berglund
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Media Diversity and the Politics of Criteria

open access: yesNordicom Review, 2006
Diversity and pluralism are foundational principles that seem to underlie much of the arguments in European communication and media policy. Consequently, the positive value associated with these concepts can be exploited in arguments for various and ...
Karppinen Kari
doaj   +1 more source

Call for Papers: “Space, language and identity politics in 21st century higher education”

open access: yesJournal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2017
Our first guest-edited issue for Vol. 6 (2018) will address itself to the politics of space, language and identity in higher education, in Africa and globally.
Thierry M Luescher
doaj   +1 more source

Is “Latino” useful? Diversity, commonality, and politics [PDF]

open access: yesSociology Compass, 2020
AbstractThe Latino classification is distinct from all other racial or ethnic classifications employed in the United States as it is not based on shared physical appearance or geographical origin, instead Latinos are those who hail from a portion of the territories that once belonged to the Spanish Empire regardless of their ancestry or physical ...
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Paradigmatic pragmatism and the politics of diversity

open access: yes, 2015
How migration and mobilizations of difference are accommodated at the local level is a burning question. Concepts adopted by local governments and the capacities of cities to formulate and implement these have received increasing attention, but often ...
M. Schiller
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Geographic variation in walking activity in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
This study examined whether there is geographic variation in field populations, focusing on the moving activity in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Results showed significant differences in moving activity among field populations but no correlation with latitude or meteorological factors.
Kentarou Matsumura
wiley   +1 more source

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