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Engineered Identity: Albanian Nationalism and the Limits of Established Nationalism Theories

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyses the development of Albanian nationalism as a test case for assessing the explanatory reach of three major approaches to the study of nationalism: modernist, constructivist and historical‐comparative. Rather than privileging a single theoretical framework, the article places these approaches in dialogue, treating them as ...
Alda Kushi
wiley   +1 more source

The Formosan Black Bear and Taiwanese Nationalism

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that situates nations and nationalism within colonial relations, this article examines nationalism in settler‐colonial Taiwan amid China's colonial claim to sovereignty. Drawing on interviews, conservation documents and popular representations, we show how the Formosan black bear became a national symbol of resistance ...
Yung‐Ying Chang, John Chung‐En Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Subnational Border Reforms and Economic Activity in Africa

open access: yesOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using GIS methods, we identify territories in Africa affected by subnational border reforms between 1992 and 2013. Descriptive statistics reveal that these territories differed from other African regions across several key dimensions. For example, these territories were more populous and exhibited greater ethnic diversity.
Thushyanthan Baskaran, Sebastian Blesse
wiley   +1 more source

Brexit - the EU membership crisis that wasn't? [PDF]

open access: yesWest Eur Polit
Schelkle W   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

AI in Public Decision‐Making: A Philosophical and Practical Framework for Assessing and Weighing Harm and Benefit

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in public decision‐making; yet existing governance tools often lack clear definitions of harm and benefit, practical methods for weighing competing values, and guidance for resolving value conflicts.
Karl de Fine Licht, Anna Folland
wiley   +1 more source

From Discretion to Calculation: How Analog Automation Shaped Digitalization of Finnish Social Assistance

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Automation in public administration is often seen as a recent, purely digital phenomenon that transforms decision‐making and governance. This article challenges that view by elucidating a historical continuum in the automation of administrative decision‐making.
Aleksander Heikkinen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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