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The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict‐affected Settings

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Roadblocks, or checkpoints, are obligatory passage points that are erected by entities claiming authority over a given crossing. They are often the most common everyday interface between civilians and armed actors in conflict‐affected contexts, but are overlooked in studies on either trade or authority amidst conflict.
Peer Schouten   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Irony in Kurdish Short short Stories

open access: yesZanco Journal of Humanity Sciences, 2022
This article, entitled “Irony in Kurdish Short short Stories”, is basically a section of a doctoral dissertation, which has been selected for publication and consists of an introduction, a theme and several discussions, and finally the results, achieved
Sangar Nadhim Hussein   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stages of the Kurdish folk poetry in Kurdish criticism

open access: yesAcademic Journal of Nawroz University, 2018
The current research, entitled as "Stages of the Kurdish folk poetry in Kurdish criticism," aims at collecting and classifying Kurdish studies and writings – books and essays which have tackled and presented Kurdish prosody in order to clarify its general characteristics and the role of Kurdish writers and critics at each stage.
Mohammed Mohammed, Masood Rasheed
openaire   +2 more sources

Ethnic Conflicts, Civil War, and Economic Growth: Region‐Level Evidence From Former Yugoslavia

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper studies the long‐term effects of the Yugoslav civil war (1987–1995) on subnational economic growth across 78 regions in five former Yugoslav republics from 1950 to 2015. We construct counterfactual growth trajectories using a robust region‐level donor pool from 32 conflict‐free countries.
Aleksandar Kešeljević   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society

open access: yesMiddle 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
wiley   +1 more source

James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”

open access: yesThe Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
wiley   +1 more source

Kürtçe Şerh Literatüründe Hadis Yorumu: Tuhfetü’z-zâkirîn Üzerine Bir İnceleme

open access: yesŞırnak Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi
Hz. Peygamber’in söz ve fiillerini anlama çabaları, tarih boyunca yalnızca Arap dünyasıyla sınırlı kalmamış; farklı dil ve kültürlerde de özgün yorum gelenekleri ortaya çıkmıştır.
Rıdvan Kalaç, İsmail Atasoy
doaj   +1 more source

Exit and voice revisited: the challenge of migrant media [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper discusses the implications of transnational media production and diasporic networks for the cultural politics of migrant minorities. How are fields of cultural politics transformed if Hirschmann’s famous options ‘exit’ and ‘voice’ are no ...
Kosnick, Kira
core  

A Forced Union: Exploring the Consequences of India's Removal of Jammu and Kashmir's Special Status

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article adds to academic literature interested in two core questions: What happens to residents as a result of an annexation? And how do aggressor states maintain control over an annexed territory where there is a history of insurgency and mobilization for independence?
Serena Hussain
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining Variation in Support for Ethnic Group Rights: The Role of Forced Displacement and Conflict Proximity

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why do some members of an ethnic group support ethnic group rights while others do not? Drawing on social psychology, I argue that exposure to political violence shapes individual attitudes by deepening in‐group and out‐group distinctions and fostering expressive solidarity towards group rights. To test this argument, the study uses nationally
Oner Yigit
wiley   +1 more source

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