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Racket sociality: investigating intimidation in North India

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 771-788, September 2025.
This article is an ethnographic investigation into acts of intimidation and threats. Theoretically, it dialogues with ‘racket’ – a key analytical term in the sociology of domination, state‐making, and mafias. The anthropology of power, violence, and crime has paid scant attention to the morphology of threats and the ways interpersonal intimidation ...
Lucia Michelutti
wiley   +1 more source

The Future of Professional Monopolies [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
Cet article est une analyse sociologique de la position des professions, plus précisément des occupations dont les membres ont le monopole de la production de certains biens et services, comme les médecins, les dentistes, les avocats, les comptables et ...
Dussault, Gilles
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Ethnicity and Elections: Electoral Context Affects Parties' Use of Ethnic References

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 533-556, September 2025.
Abstract Links to specific ethnic groups constitute a defining feature of ethnic parties. Yet, whether and how references to ethnic identities appear in ethnic parties' political communication often remains unstudied despite the promise it carries.
Frederik Gremler, Lea Haiges
wiley   +1 more source

Le militant du R.I.N. et son parti [PDF]

open access: yes, 1972
C'est au cours de son congrès national d'octobre 1968 que le Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale s'est sabordé. Né en septembre 1960 comme mouvement d'éducation politique et groupe de pression, le R.I.N.
Pelletier, Réjean
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Comment améliorer le télétravail dans le secteur public : leçons de la littérature en administration publique

open access: yesCanadian Public Administration, Volume 68, Issue 2, Page 182-206, June 2025.
Sommaire Le télétravail est une réalité omniprésente dans les organisations publiques, surtout depuis la COVID‐19. Toutefois, comme il s’agit d’une réalité complexe qui affecte à la fois l’employé, le gestionnaire, l’organisation et la société, il est intéressant de s’interroger sur la façon dont on peut améliorer sa mise en œuvre. Cet article poursuit
François Tremblay, Stéphanie Gagnon
wiley   +1 more source

Un historien dans son siècle. L’engagement politique de Jacques Pirenne durant l’Entre-deux-guerres en Belgique

open access: yes, 2020
Jacques Pirenne is a major figure with regard to the political commitment of Belgian historians during the interwar period. The second son of the famous historian Henri Pirenne was himself an historian and a fervent defender of the unity of the nation ...
Arrigoni, Quentin
core   +1 more source

The Impact of Institutional and Financial Constraints on Party Behaviour in Local Politics

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 287-306, June 2025.
Abstract Political parties are not free to choose which issues to focus on in parliament. At the national level, it is mostly economic and societal problem pressures which impact parties' issue attention. In this paper, we argue that at lower levels of multilevel governance systems, parties are additionally limited by institutional and financial ...
Martin Gross   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Party Politics at the Local Level: Introduction to the Special Issue

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 169-179, June 2025.
Abstract This Special Issue explores the evolving role of local party politics in Europe and beyond, emphasizing the increasing autonomy of local governments and their growing influence in public life. Despite its importance, local party competition remains underexplored, with much of the existing literature relying on case studies or subjective ...
Christina‐Marie Juen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Troubled Worker Militancy: Challenges Confronting Western Industrial Relations [PDF]

open access: yes, 1983
Les syndicats et les régimes de négociation collective dans les pays occidentaux au cours des années d'après-guerre ont connu un cycle d'activité croissante suivi d'une période d'adaptation aux difficultés engendrées par les revers économiques.
Barkin, Solomon
core   +1 more source

Which Factors Influence Issue Salience in Electoral Manifestos? New Insights From the Salience of Social Services in Dutch Local Elections

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 222-247, June 2025.
Abstract Issue salience – the attention a party devotes to an issue – in electoral manifestos remains understudied at the local level. This paper studies three potential determinants of issue salience: contextual responsiveness (parties emphasize topics important to voters), party‐issue associations (parties emphasize the same issues across time and ...
Joes Gordon de Natris
wiley   +1 more source

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