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Networks of coercion: Military ties and civilian leadership challenges in China
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Civilian‐led coups are one of the most common routes to losing power in autocracies. How do authoritarian leaders secure themselves from civilian leadership challenges? We argue that autocrats differentiate civilian rivals in part by their social ties to the military.
Tyler Jost, Daniel Mattingly
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Becoming legal: feminism and abortion law in 1970s Italy
Journal of Law and Society, EarlyView.Abstract Conventional top‐down approaches to legal reform tend to overlook the contributions of social movements in legal change, often resulting in a gender‐blind analysis. In response, I advance ‘becoming legal’ as an analytical framework to rethink legal change in terms of a bottom‐up process encompassing informal proceedings as well as formal ...
ELENA CARUSO
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Prevention, control and monitoring of fires in the Brazilian cerrado
Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2020 The Brazilian Cerrado covers 24% of the national territory. It is home of a diversity of phytophysiognomies that shelters about 5% of the world's biodiversity.
Lara Steil +3 more
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War as a Phenomenon of Inquiry in Management Studies
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract We argue that war as a phenomenon deserves more focused attention in management. First, we highlight why war is an important and relevant area of inquiry for management scholars. We then integrate scattered conversations on war in management studies into a framework structured around three building blocks – (a) the nature of war from an ...
Fabrice Lumineau, Arne Keller
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Small and light arms violence reduction as a public health measure: the case of Libya
Conflict and Health, 2018 The conflict environment in Libya is characterized by continued pervasive insecurity amidst the widespread availability of small arms and light weapons (SALW).
Gemma Bowsher +4 more
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Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society
Middle East Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
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Jewish Volunteers, the International Brigades and the Spanish Civil War
QUEST Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, 2018 The title of Gerben Zaagsma’s new book Jewish Volunteers, the International Brigades and the Spanish Civil War hardly does justice to the scope of this work.
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Cahiers d’histoire, 2019 Hundreds of women from all over the world came to Spain between 1936 and 1938 to defend the Republic as volunteers. For a long time their commitment was almost forgotten, and historical research focused solely on the "Spanienkämpfer", the male foreigners
Renée Lugschitz
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How are online discourses in subissues within counternationalist movements constructed? This study better understands what comprises digital counternationalist dissent against right‐wing nationalism, finding that right‐wing nationalism's success can also be explained through limitations in counternationalist discourse.
Mohammad Amaan Siddiqui
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