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A theory on political violence in hybrid regimes: insights from Colombia

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
IntroductionThis article presents a model of political competition in which political parties, through clientelism strategies, vie for control of legislative seats.
Andrés Cendales   +2 more
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Narrative and Belonging: The Politics of Ambiguity, The Jewish State, and the Thought of Edward Said and Hannah Arendt [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
At the core of this thesis, I examine the difficulties of giving an account of oneself in modern associational life. By integrating the theory and political activism of both Edward Said and Hannah Arendt, I follow the Zionist response to European ...
Bessen, Jacob, Bessen, Jacob A
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Islam and Political Violence

open access: yesReligions, 2015
The global threat of Al Qaeda post 9/11 and ISIL, increased Sunni-Shia conflicts, and violence in the Middle East and Pakistan dominate headlines and challenge governments in the region and globally.
John L Esposito
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Political Violence: A Typology

open access: yesKriminologijos studijos, 2018
[full article, abstract in English; only abstract in Lithuanian] This paper offers a typology of different forms of political violence, linking them in a continuum and in an interdependent field of forces. The forms identified are systemic violence,
Vincenzo Ruggiero
doaj   +1 more source

Social media censorship in times of political unrest: a social simulation experiment with the UK riots [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Following the 2011 wave of political unrest, extending from the Arab Spring to the UK riots, the formation of a large consensus around Internet censorship is underway.
Casilli, Antonio A., Tubaro, Paola
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Moçambique Para Todos (?) Mozambique and Political Violence The Opinions of the Opposition Youth

open access: yesAltre Modernità, 2016
This paper draws inspiration from a case of political violence in Mozambique to present the results of a six-month fieldwork research in the Mozambican capital city Maputo.
Michele Portatadino
doaj   +1 more source

How Do Tourists React to Political Violence?: An Empirical Analysis of Tourism in Egypt [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper uses a detailed database of political violence in Egypt to study European and US tourists' attitudes towards travelling to a conflict region.
Anja Shortland, David Fielding
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Politics beyond the State: forgetting the violence?

open access: yesRevista Española de Ciencia Política, 2012
This article deals with the relation between politics, the political and violence. Western political theory has historically tended to reduce politics to the State and to dissolve violence in political ends.
Javier Franzé
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Enrique Dussel and Liberation Theology: Violence or Dialogue? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
For centuries, several disciplines have tried to tackle the topic of how legitimate it is to use violence in order to solve social problems. One of the most recent interdisciplinary approaches (and one of the most successful in present-day Latin America)
Paz, Miguel Ángel Quintana
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Religion, culture and politics in the Philippines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This essay addresses two questions with regard to the contemporary Philippines: the question of political violence and the question of status and hierarchy or, as some would have it, class.
Tremlett, Paul-Francois
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