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To be(long) or not to be(long): Literature and community

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Over several decades, the modern world's intensified mobility has prompted a broad interest in community studies in the social sciences, which address in new ways the topics of place, belonging, and identity formation. Such topics being salient to literature and literary studies as well, the overall aim of the article is to extract a selection
Svend Erik Larsen
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Beyond Groups? Consociational Culture and the Representation of Cross‐Segmental Interests

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In deeply divided societies, consociational power‐sharing ensures representation for ethnonational groups but raises questions about cross‐segmental interests. This paper explores “consociational culture,” arguing that consociational systems create a form of political culture which incentivises the use of group‐based categories and identities ...
Patrizia John
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Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
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The “Communal College:” Cross‐Ethnic Voting Rules and Census Requirements for Dyadic Consociational Democracies

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Electoral systems in deeply divided societies are pivotal for peace and stability among ethno‐national groups. Consociationalism and centripetalism are the most widespread approaches from which derive the major incentives for electoral systems in deeply divided, dyadic societies.
Ivan Pepić
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Le manque d’équité dans le partage du pouvoir à l’origine des conflits. Analyse et perspectives [PDF]

Revue de l'UKA
Cet article propose la façon dont les responsabilités politiques doivent être partagées et cela dans le respect équitable de la géopolitique ou représentativité afin d’éviter les conflits inutiles ou du moins les minimiser.
Jean-Claude MUZEMBE MUFUNGU
doaj  

Nested Claims, Cross‐Segmental Issues, and Elite Competition in Powersharing

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Powersharing systems rely on descriptive representation, where elected elites ‘stand in’ for their segment's voters, incentivising intransigence and penalising cross‐segmental cooperation. Yet powersharing politics regularly witness cross‐segmental appeals, voting patterns and party formation.
Timofey Agarin
wiley   +1 more source

Tourisme, terrorisme et mondialisation : Au-delà des analyses géopolitiques

Téoros, 2004
Si l’essor des attentats terroristes est d’abord dû à la fin de la guerre froide, cet événement ne répond pas à des questions fondamentales : pourquoi les attentats terroristes sont-ils dirigés contre l’Occident ? Pourquoi cette violence et le terrorisme 
Stéphane La Branche
doaj  

Trans-signifiance : signes efficaces et pouvoir du discours

Actes Sémiotiques
Cette contribution vise à réfléchir sur les valeurs performatives du signe, des dynamiques et des forces du sens dans la médiation entre sémantique et pragmatique.
Mirco Vannoni
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Recentering Resource‐Based Livelihoods: Prosperity Beyond Extractivism and Pastoralism

Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 63, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This research note, informed by qualitative fieldwork with resource harvesters in Nova Scotia, explores the effect of economic change and ecological crisis, the outcomes of rural development strategies, and demographic shifts that have shaped the province's rural areas in recent years.
Evan Curley
wiley   +1 more source

Assujettissement et résistance féminine dans Les co-épouses de Fatima Gallaire [PDF]

Akofena
Résumé : Se référant à la notion butlerienne de l’assujettissement au pouvoir, cet article se propose d’analyser Les Co-épouses de Fatima Gallaire. Le corpus choisi est représentatif des liens entre genre et pouvoir.
Salima YAKOUBI & Najate NERCI
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