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Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 3, July 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines how the Venezuelan government defended the gradual transformation of the country's political system from democracy to authoritarianism in an international forum. Building on the concept of international legitimation strategies, we qualitatively analyse Venezuelan government speeches at the United Nations General Assembly (
Felipe Jaramillo Ruiz, Osmel Osuna
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Political and Institutional Development in England
The Manchester School, Volume 94, Issue 4, Page 438-449, July 2026.ABSTRACT This paper revisits the political and institutional development of England from the Magna Carta to the Glorious Revolution. I argue that institutional change in this period is best understood through the lens of coalition formation. Political elites had heterogeneous preferences over first two, and then three, recurring axes of disagreement ...
Mark Koyama
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 412-433, June 2026.This article analyses a new wealth tax (the IGF) in Bolivia against the backdrop of the 2019 ousting of former president Evo Morales. In doing so, it engages calls for ‘a return to politics’ in anthropology by proposing the notion of a ‘fiscal grievance politics’ as animating elite opposition to the tax in lowland Santa Cruz department. I show that the
Charles Dolph
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History and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 203-236, June 2026.ABSTRACT In 1955, Hisayuki Miyakawa published an article that sought to introduce American and European scholars to the work of the Japanese Sinologist Naitō Konan (1866–1934). Miyakawa drew particular attention to what he called the “Naitō hypothesis”—that is, Naitō’s argument that China became modern during the Song dynasty (960–1279).
CHRISTIAN DE PEE
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From Athens to Atlantis: Democratic Mythmaking in Classical Greece
, 2013 This paper is concerned with political myth and the process of political mythmaking in Classical Athens (5th-4th centuries B.C.E.), and by extension, in other democracies as well.
Stegman, Casey Edward
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Interpreting the text of Pseudo-Xenophon [PDF]
, 2017 In the author’s opinion, the main paradox of the Athenaion Politeia (‘The Constitution of the Athenians’) consists in the fact that its author endeavoured to соmbine two opposite positions: those of а critic and apologist of Athenian democracy. Firstly,
Tumans, Harijs
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From Populism to Fascism? On Our Present‐Time Political Categories
Sociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 240-248, June 2026.ABSTRACT With the global rise of far‐right governments, two categories are available to describe this aspect of our current times: populism and fascism. This raises a twofold question: analytically, which is the most accurate to describe these authoritarian governments?
Federico Tarragoni
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The Leaner, Meaner State—And What It Means for Society
Sociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 277-288, June 2026.ABSTRACT Populism is an old phenomenon but one which appears to once again be in ascendance globally. Attributing a nation's problems to a wicked elite, populists seek to dismantle the old order and either remove or repurpose its institutions. This paper explores how populism changes economic governance and particularly, how its emphasis on fighting ...
Christopher A. Hartwell
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Revisiting Capital and Class in the Ecological Crisis: Toward an Expanded and Historical Approach
Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2026.ABSTRACT This article offers a critical review of recent literature examining the entanglement of ecological crisis, capitalism, and class struggle, and proposes the incorporation of an expanded and historical perspective on class. First, we offer an introductory conceptual mapping of the anticapitalist ecology and some of its most significant ...
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