Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage
ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
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Australian Royal Commissions Into Child Welfare, Abuse and Protection
ABSTRACT Both nationally and internationally, the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (RCIRCSA) is widely viewed as a remarkably successful public inquiry. Unlike many other commissions, it was stable, attracted little controversy, was highly regarded, and led to extensive legal, regulatory and policy reform ...
Shurlee Swain, Katie Wright
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What is (de)politicization and what is wrong with it?
Abstract This article attempts to clarify the meaning of (de)politicization. Politicization sometimes refers to the inappropriate intrusion of partisan loyalties in nonpolitical social domains (affective politicization). Politicization can also constitute an ideal of civic agency and energy (contestatory politicization).
Dimitrios Halikias
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Navigating work, family, and society: Challenges facing Jordanian female journalists. [PDF]
Al-Souob H, Assaf EA.
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Abstract Democracies often struggle to contain police violence, which undermines the rule of law and reproduces inequality by targeting marginalized citizens. Yet, scholars have shown that repressive policing enjoys considerable public support. Focusing on Brazil, we demonstrate that attitudes toward police violence mirror polarization between left ...
Yanilda María González, Natán Skigin
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Appraisal of Readability in Patient-Facing Resources for the Inspire Hypoglossal Nerve Implant. [PDF]
Abell BD +4 more
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Beyond the Dichotomy of Success and Failure: Making Activism Meaningful in South Korea and France
ABSTRACT First deployed in the 1970s, prefiguration has recently gained traction among ethnographers of political action as a descriptor for activist practices that foreground participatory democracy, horizontality, and direct action, as seen in social movements like Occupy Wall Street. Notably, ethnographers have come to understand these prefigurative‐
Guilherme Fians, Sera Yeong Seo Park
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The hidden cost of health misinformation: distrust, treatment refusal, and the burden on healthcare professionals. [PDF]
Catalan-Matamoros D +2 more
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Four Questions for Ethnographers Under Trumpian Authoritarianism
ABSTRACT This article examines evolving challenges and ethical dilemmas facing ethnographers working under intensifying authoritarianism in the United States. Because very little of what the United States is experiencing is new, my work here is primarily curatorial in nature, drawing upon the lessons offered by scholars across disciplines in the United
Elizabeth Hanna Rubio
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Research waste before research begins: the problem of research-priority mismatch in low- and middle-income countries. [PDF]
Habibzadeh F.
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