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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Abstract Towards the end of their Introduction, the editors of this special issue suggest that a principal challenge in ethnographic description is ‘how to measure the measures of others’. It is their own measure of persons, say, or of transactions, on which anthropologists frequently draw in adjudicating social phenomena, not least when characterizing
Marilyn Strathern
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Journal for Deradicalization, 2018 Much of the rhetoric spread by jihadist organisations seems to indicate a strong commitment towards a set of religious and political ideas. But does cognitive extremism really lead to violent extremism?
Jakob Guhl
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A Continuous Opinion Dynamics Model Based on the Principle of Meta-Contrast [PDF]
We propose a new continuous opinion dynamics model inspired by social psychology. It is based on a central assumption of self-categorization theory called principle of meta-contrast.
Laurent Salzarulo
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History, EarlyView.Abstract In the summer of 1919, W. T. Goode, the Manchester Guardian’s special correspondent in Russia and the Baltic, was arrested in the Estonian capital Tallinn and briefly detained aboard a British warship. Goode's detention caused a furore, leading to accusations of kidnap, heated commentary in the press and questions in parliament.
Colin Storer
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020 Community engagement and connectedness are identified as potential mitigating factors for those at risk of engaging in violent extremism. Police have a critical role in promoting social inclusion and social connectedness and thereby preventing violent ...
Lorraine Mazerolle +5 more
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‘A Sort of Armed Argument’: Ireland's Civil War of Words
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article sets out to contribute to the study of the languages of European civil wars through outlining and analysing the deployment of language as a weapon by the opposing sides of the Irish independence movement that split over the terms of the Anglo‐Irish Treaty of December 1921.
DONAL Ó DRISCEOIL
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Issues of counteraction to crimes associated with religious and political extremism
Известия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Общественные науки, 2023 Background. The high pace of life, due to scientific and technological progress, causes in modern conditions a significant complication of social, economic, technical, and environmental processes.
Olesya A. Timoshkina
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Understanding the Roots of Radicalisation on Twitter [PDF]
, 2018 In an increasingly digital world, identifying signs of online extremism sits at the top of the priority list for counter-extremist agencies. Researchers and governments are investing in the creation of advanced information technologies to identify and ...
Borum Randy +5 more
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Constructive Approximation, 2017 Let $E= A - iB$ be a Hermite-Biehler entire function of exponential type $ /2$ where $A$ and $B$ are real entire, and consider $d (x) = dx/|E(x)|^2$. We show that the sign of the product $A B$ is an extremal signature for the space of functions of exponential type $ $ with respect to the norm of $L^1( )$.
Littmann, Friedrich, Spanier, Mark
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Winston Churchill and South Africa: An Enduring, yet Debatable Connection, 1899–1955
History, EarlyView.Abstract The article traces Churchill's engagement with South Africa, from his time as a newspaper correspondent during the Anglo‐Boer War to his services in both Liberal and Conservative cabinets as well as, ultimately, his premiership. The discussion highlights three phases in this relationship.
LUVUYO WOTSHELA
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