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The Erosion of Constitutionalism via Constitutional Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Slovakia

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The 2023 Slovak general election resulted in an illiberal coalition keen to transform the political regime following its Hungarian neighbour's post‐2010 example. Using the Slovak case, this article shows the key role of political party leaders’ constitutional entrepreneurship in the erosion of constitutionalism. Constitutional entrepreneurship
Darina Malová, Max Steuer
wiley   +1 more source

Women rights from Islamic perspectives: navigating rights, challenges and contemporary perspectives. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Saifullin D, Okan S, Akimkhanov A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Closeness and disappointment in Jordanian friendships Proximité et déception en amitié en Jordanie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Western folk models of friendship assume that friends like one another, implying mutually positive feelings. However, accounts of friendship from across times and places suggest that disappointment goes along with friendship as often as mutual affection.
Susan MacDougall
wiley   +1 more source

Landscaping the behaviours, drivers and norms influencing the wellbeing of very young adolescents: an exploration of stakeholders' perspectives in Nigeria. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Nwala E, Oritogun I, Ohioghame J, Akinola A, Adenuga O, Oni O, George B, Adekanla N, Ibrahim M, Anwo S, Dirisu O.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

On the problem of continuity: a theory of culture beyond invention Le problème de la continuité : une théorie de la culture au‐delà de l'invention

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists, in common with social theorists more generally, have often understood social life as an emergent phenomenon grounded in practices of creativity and improvisation. Where stasis and continuity feature, these are often presented as illusory manifestations of underlying processes of ‘invention’, or as external impositions upon otherwise ...
Paolo Heywood, Thomas Yarrow
wiley   +1 more source

Child marriage in contexts of forced displacement: exploring drivers and decision-making in Jordan through a gender and generational lens. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Presler-Marshall E, Jones N, Baird S, Abu Hamad B, Alheiwidi S, Oakley E.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Serendipitous ritualization: dynamics of lay connectivity in Chinese Buddhist temples and beyond Ritualisation fortuite : dynamique de la connectivité des laïques dans les temples bouddhistes chinois et au‐delà

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
wiley   +1 more source

Discrepancies in Self-reporting of Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan : Concealment or misperception? [PDF]

Hum Nat
Halimbekh N, Campbell OLK, Xie Y, Erjan A, Dmitrieva A, Aisarieva A, Zhalieva Z, Toktorova D, Sooronbaeva CK, Mace R.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The choice to submit: freedom, gender, and the figure of God in Pentecostal Nigeria Le choix de se soumettre : liberté, genre et figure divine chez les Pentecôtistes du Nigeria

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Why do some women choose to submit to their husbands in marriage? In anthropology, the paradox of ‘chosen submission’ has famously been explored by Saba Mahmood. Her work amongst Egyptian women donning the veil in the Islamic da'wa movement spotlights the notion of ‘piety’ to explore how devotion to God can act as a powerful motivator of human ...
Naomi Richman
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in body mass index and waist circumference as predictors of incident prediabetes: the Aichi Workers' Cohort Study. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Nuamah HG, Song Z, Takada M, Nishio N, Endale BT, Paththamesthrige SEP, Hong YJ, Hamrah MH, Wang S, Luo W, Matsunaga M, Ota A, Tamakoshi K, Yatsuya H.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source