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Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
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From Kawa the Blacksmith to Ishtar the Goddess: Gender Constructions in Ideological-Political Discourses of the Kurdish Movement in post-1980 Turkey

European Journal of Turkish Studies, 2013
The Kurdish movement in post-1980 Turkey successfully mobilized Kurdish women. Themes related to gender equality have gained importance especially in late 1990s, when Kurdish women started to participate actively in the Kurdish movement.
Handan Çağlayan
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What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
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Nationalism and the Multinational State

American Journal of Islam and Society, 1992
We live in a world of nation-states where national cohesiveness constitutes the legitimizing ground for political unity. In such a world, multinational political units are considered to be peculiar entities whose existence is either taken as an exception
Louay Safi
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Rethinking Political Islam in Iran: Contestation, Authority, and Reform

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2026.
Abstract Political Islam in Iran is frequently portrayed in Western scholarship and policy discourse as a unified and rigid ideological system rooted in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. However, this article contends that it operates as a plural and internally contested field in which state‐directed, reformist‐clerical, and civic interpretations compete ...
Nagapushpa Devendra
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Pastoralité in eastern Turkey

Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2014
In this article, we will confront the pastoral practices of the Kurdish populations in eastern Turkey, which is a very ancient culture, to the heritage process in order to try to establish a pastoralité, a concept emerging in the French academic circles.
Michaël Thevenin
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Imagined Majorities: Perceived Group Size and Population Replacement Beliefs in Turkey

Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 6, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Population‐replacement beliefs are often treated as an intensified form of demographic misperception. This article instead argues that they comprise three distinct layers: perceptions of the current migrant population size, expectations of future growth and the attribution of deliberate political agency.
Evren Balta, Ezgi Elçi, Deniz Sert
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Beliefs about collective victimization in contexts of ongoing and historical oppression: A Q methodology study among Kurds from Turkey and Northern Kurdistan in Germany

Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract The scarce political and social psychological research on the Kurdish–Turkish context primarily addresses intergroup relations and general perceptions of the conflict. Conversely, Kurds' experiences of and beliefs about collective victimization in this context have not been examined much to date.
Helin Ünal, Johanna Ray Vollhardt
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Affective States of Academics: The Dissolving Fantasy of the ‘Good Academy’

Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Drawing on the affective trajectories of academics in social science and humanities departments, this article asks how they imagine a ‘good academy’ and how they navigate the tension between that imagination and the demands of contemporary university regulations.
Demet Gülçiçek, Emine Erdoğan
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Reflection of the Kurdish Issue in the American New York Times During the Period between (1961-1968)

Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences
The New York Times is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper has a great influence on its readers internationally. The first issue was published on September 18, 1851 as the New York Daily Times. Throughout its life, it has been one
Qaraman Haidar Rahman , Ismail Abdullah Ismail   +1 more
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