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Child Protection Victims and the “Evil Institutions”

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2014
The Dutch child protection system has been the target of harsh criticism in recent decades. The legitimacy of child protection services seems to have eroded.
Carolus van Nijnatten   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

National ethos and its role in preserving trauma communities: Observations from the Palestinian uprising 2000 to 2005

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2022
This paper sticks to the assumption that conflicts become intractable when contradicting sets of national ethos exist. Therefore, it is essential to comprehend the traits of national ethos.
Gadi Hitman, Eyal Lewin
doaj   +1 more source

A comprehensive reparations system for custodial deaths

open access: yesKabarak Law Review, 2022
Death in police custody is one of the major social injustices in Kenyan society today. While many continue to call for the criminal prosecution of police officers involved in such extrajudicial deaths, less is said about the human rights remedies ...
Marion Jeluget Bomett
doaj   +1 more source

Victimhood Olympics

open access: yesRussia in Global Affairs, 2020
In January 2020, the Russian-language bimonthly “Russia in Global Affairs” published an article on “memory politics” and related conflicts, following a roundtable hosted by the magazine (Rossiya, 2020). To our amazement, the discussion caused a very keen reaction, especially in Europe.
Yuri Slezkine   +17 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Victimhood as political agency in the poetry of African poets from former Portuguese colonies

open access: yesSocial Sciences and Humanities Open
During the colonial period, Lusophone African writers wrote in Portuguese. They chose Portuguese, a transcontinental language, instead of local languages to increase their writings' projection and facilitate translation from one European language to ...
Balew Demissie Kebede
doaj   +1 more source

The relationship between self-esteem and personality formation of adolescents prone to victimizing behavior

open access: yesРазвитие образования, 2023
The article considers the results of the study of self-esteem of adolescents prone to victim behavior. The relevance of the study is due to the increasing number of cases of victim behavior in adolescence and the emergence of its new forms, which ...
Tatiana G. Bobchenko, Alla V. Nefedova
doaj   +1 more source

“Our Women Keep Our Skies from Falling”: Representation of Women’s Challenges and Resilience in Three Contemporary African Novels [PDF]

open access: yesHyperCultura, 2022
One of the major changes occurring on the African continent during the last 40 years is the feminist redefinition of gender roles. Yet, in a fast-changing context and despite all the critical advances in terms of women's conditions, a lot still needs to ...
Zoly RAKOTONIERA RAKOTONDRAVELO
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Gendered vulnerability and return migration [PDF]

open access: yesTemida, 2017
This article discusses gendered conceptions of vulnerability at play in destination states’ formulation and implementation of return policies. Based on qualitative interviews in Norway with asylum reception centre personnel, social workers who ...
Paasche Erlend, Skilbrei May-Len
doaj   +1 more source

From Victim to Avenger: Trump’s Performance of Strategic Victimhood and the Waging of Global Trade War

open access: yesJournalism and Media
This article examines the rhetorical affordances of political claims to victimhood by US president Donald Trump during his first and second terms in office.
Marianna Patrona
doaj   +1 more source

The Myth of Islamist Victimhood: Unpacking the Myths of Realities Behind the Narrative

open access: yesReligions
The enduring narrative of Islamist victimhood, particularly for those who call for a just governance system on behalf of devout Muslim society, which they claim has been systematically repressed and forced underground by the Kemalists, has been ...
Omer F. Erturk
doaj   +1 more source

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