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History, EarlyView.Abstract In the summer of 1919, W. T. Goode, the Manchester Guardian’s special correspondent in Russia and the Baltic, was arrested in the Estonian capital Tallinn and briefly detained aboard a British warship. Goode's detention caused a furore, leading to accusations of kidnap, heated commentary in the press and questions in parliament.
Colin Storer
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The Role of Ideology Through the Lens of Primary Elections [PDF]
, 2020 This paper serves as an in-depth look at the role ideology plays in modern America, and uses the primary electoral system as a mechanism through which one can examine ideological shifts in politicians and the electorate.
Walsh, Mark P
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‘A Sort of Armed Argument’: Ireland's Civil War of Words
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article sets out to contribute to the study of the languages of European civil wars through outlining and analysing the deployment of language as a weapon by the opposing sides of the Irish independence movement that split over the terms of the Anglo‐Irish Treaty of December 1921.
DONAL Ó DRISCEOIL
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Why do Public Debates Escalate? Trigger Points and the Moral Dynamics of “Hot Politics”
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Escalating, emotionally charged, and moralized forms of controversy are a central feature of contemporary politics. Our study develops a framework for understanding how political debates between ordinary citizens become heated; why certain issues provoke particularly strong emotions; and how this affective potential is weaponized by ...
Linus Westheuser +2 more
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School education and political extremism [PDF]
Pedagogická Orientace, 2010 This article deals with role of school education in the context of policy againstpolitical extremism and with the description of various forms of pedagogic activities inthis field.
Miroslav Mareš, Josef Smolík
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Review of the monograph: “Extremism in the modern world”
Управленческое консультирование, 2018 The review of the unique monograph devoted to extremely relevant, but very difficult question — to extremism. Authors make a start from the fact that the problem of fight against extremism is insufficiently studied in the Russian and foreign social and ...
N. M. Mezhevich
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Economic Growth and the Rise of Political Extremism [PDF]
In many western democracies, political parties with extreme platforms challenge more moderate incumbents. This paper analyses the impact of economic growth on the support for extreme political platforms.
Hans Peter Gruner, Markus Bruckner
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From anti-conformism to extremism
, 2015 We here present a model of the dynamics of extremism based on opinion dynamics in order to understand the circumstances which favour its emergence and development in large fractions of the general public.
Weisbuch, Gérard
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The Devil's long tail: religious moderation and extremism on the Web [PDF]
, 2009 In this article, we examine Chris Anderson's theory of the long tail with regard not to an economic market, but rather to the competitive marketplace of ideas.
O'Hara, Kieron, Stevens, David
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, I explore how 36 Norwegian anti‐racist activists of colour negotiate emotions when engaging with the white majority population. Much recent research on racist ideology draws on Bonilla‐Silva's framework of colour‐blindness, arguing that the white majority nowadays is more likely to deny systemic racism.
Kine Marie Michelet
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