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Citizenship, community, and counter-terrorism : UK security discourse, 2001-2011 [PDF]
, 2013 This paper analyses a corpus of UK policy documents which sets out national security policy as an exemplar of the contemporary discourse of counter-terrorism in Europe, the USA and worldwide. A corpus of 148 documents (c. 2.8 million words) was assembled
John P. O'Regan +9 more
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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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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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Iustinianus Primus Law Review, 2017 Violent extremism continues to be a serious threat on a global scale, affecting people in underdeveloped, developing and developed societies. Radicalisation, the process towards violent extremism, is a global phenomenon and no society seems to be free ...
Zoran Ilievski, Ivana Popchev
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Five Principles for a New Economic Consensus
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper puts forward five principles for a new economic consensus, which could serve as a modern alternative to the Washington Consensus of 35 years ago. They are built on new ideas that have gained currency in economics over the past three decades. We also provide examples of the policies that could follow from these principles.
Timothy Besley, Andrés Velasco
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The choice argument for proportional representation
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract What electoral system should a democracy choose? I argue for proportional representation (PR). My main empirical premise is Duverger's law: Under PR there are more viable candidates in district‐level elections than there are under single‐member plurality (SMP) systems.
Adam Lovett
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Electoral responses to economic crises
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract How do voters respond to economic crises: Do they turn against the incumbent, reward a certain political camp, polarize to the extremes, or perhaps continue to vote much like before? Analyzing extensive data on electorates, parties, and individuals in 24 countries for over half a century, we document a systematic pattern whereby economic ...
Yotam Margalit, Omer Solodoch
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Countering Violent Extremism: From Defence to Attack
, 2016 While efforts directed at countering violent extremism have increased globally, the rates of radicalisation continue to grow, which suggests that alternative change approaches warrant consideration if we are to combat terrorism.
Anibaldi, Renata, Rundle-Thiele, Sharyn
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Rebuilding trust in national police: The case of the UN mission in Mali
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract International interventions often aim to reinforce both capacity as well as perceived legitimacy of national security forces. However, how peacekeeping operations manage to improve trust in the national police has received limited attention. In this article, we evaluate whether and how UN missions can (re‐)build trust in the national police ...
Nadine Ansorg +2 more
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American Ethnologist, EarlyView.Abstract The world of Colombian gaited horses, or cultura caballista (horse‐riding culture), is often linked with uribismo, the right‐wing identity associated with former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Ethnographic fieldwork in conflict‐torn Antioquia reveals how horse‐human practices of training, breeding, and competition cultivate orientations toward ...
Gwen Burnyeat
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