AN ASSESSMENT OF STATE AND CRISIS OF LEGITIMACY IN DEMOCRACY: A FOCUS ON THE FOURTH REPUBLIC by Lambe Emmanuel Oyewole

“…The paper concluded that the political heist by the elite few has caused the state to neglect the interest of the populace in favour of the few elite. …”
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Is Securitisation a Natural and Useful Response to Existential Threats? Introducing the Idea of Peacification by Timo Kivimäki

“…This finding is highly significant for challenging the naturalness of mainstream security framing, which, due to the very grammar of “security,” is premised on political othering. After all, security is a property of an agent, while security issues traditionally arise from threats posed by another agent. …”
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Soğuk Savaş Döneminde Türk Dış Politikasının Kimliği: İdeolojinin Sonu mu? by Fulya ÖZKAN

“…The article will make an evaluation of this difference and suggest that Cold War politics played a role because especially following the Second World War, different political ideologies started following a similar trend in their foreign policy visions. …”
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Corporate storytelling and the idea of Latin America by Mariana I. Paludi, Jean Helms Mills, Albert J. Mills

“…Based on the three themes of politics, economics, and culture, we present three grand narratives, or official stories, that we argue summaries PAA storytelling about Latin America between 1927 and 1960. …”
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Western Experience in Strategic Planning for National Security by V. P. Nazarov

“…The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the best Western practices in strategic planning with the view to improve the effectiveness of the Russian Federation national security policy in the face of new challenges and threats.Having analyzed Western approaches to ensuring national security, the article concludes that the political and governance practice needs to include more of strategic planning elements, such as strategic forecasting, monitoring, and national security assessment. …”
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A «new society will come»: C.L.R. James in American Civilisation by Matteo Battistini

“…Although the manuscript was never completed, its historical meaning remains intact for its pervasive vision of the United States and its way of translating Marxian thought into the US culture and politics. While historiography has taken the manuscript into account for its contribution to cultural studies, the essay considers it as his “political manifesto” for the United States. …”
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The Dialogical, The Ecological and Beyond by Jon Goodbun, Ben Sweeting

“…Using examples from their own research and teaching work, they point towards models where an alternative approach to communication that critically acknowledges the complications related to “asignifying signs” can help designers grapple with the ecological crisis in the contexts of politics, research, and education.…”
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Église et scandales : Trollope ou la condamnation de l’excès by Hervé Picton

“…Trollope, by his own account a « conservative Liberal », was in reality a moderate who could not suffer excess — in religion as well as in politics. Until the end of his life he relentlessly inveighed against the abuses of the « high and dry, » that worldly type of clergy he satirized mercilessly, and denounced corruption, idleness and nepotism, along with the shameless exploitation of poor curates. …”
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The World Order Crisis and the Threats for Russia and the World by D. B. Ryurikov

“…Crises in global finance and economy, the threat of wars and tension in world relations, the degradation of the non-material bases of civilization, i.e. morality, law, politics, and culture, do not bother a group of influential financial and political figures of the West : they believe that after a sequence of crises and wars, a "new world order", the NWO, will be established. …”
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Enterprise cost drivers by Anđelić Slavica, Rastić Amer, Mahmutović Meliha

“…The significance of this paper is to highlight costs as a stimulant and a factor crucial to business success, business politics and business development. The aim of this study is the importance of systematization and classification costs, which occur in economic theory and business practice. …”
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Las voces del pueblo ecuatoriano: construcción del pueblo en el fenómeno populista de Rafael Correa by Ingrid Ríos-Rivera

“…Conclusions: This study provides insights into Ecuadorians’ imaginaries regarding politics and populism, and it also enabled an understanding of the collective from the individual perspective, as well as how the homogeneity of the Ecuadorian people emerges from the individuals who make it up. …”
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Oak Tree, Gum Tree by Catherine Gough-Brady, Christine Rogers

“…Works cited Aston, J and Odorico, S. (2018). The Poetics and Politics of Polyphony: Towards a Research Method for Interactive Documentary, Aphaville issue 15, Summer …”
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On the all-inclusive society, or how to leave no one behind by Jannick Friis Christensen, Emil Falster, Barbara Carreras, Sofie Skoubo

“…In discussing themes of social inclusion, individualisation, methodology, representation, identity politics, normal space, disruption, and change; the panelists share their reflections on critical concepts such as neoliberal ableism, the super cripple, and equity tourism. …”
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Philosophical Dogmas or Questions? A Defense of Philosophical Questioning as a Way of Life by Hélder Telo

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À quel(s) public(s) s’adresse Darwin ? L’Origine des Espèces, entre ouvrage scientifique, œuvre littéraire, et texte de vulgarisation by Camille Debras

“…The links between science, religion, moral and politics are so intricate in Victorian England that Darwin needs to convince public opinion as well as the scientific community. …”
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‘Poor little princess’: Queen Victoria’s Court as a Site of Imperial Conquest by Chandrica Barua

“…Through an analysis of the recorded and recollected interactions between the Queen and her Indian ward, this essay charts out the emergence of a maternal politics—care and conquest—that wielded a specific epistemological, ontological power and an insidious psychic conquest of personhood.…”
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Gendered Species of Yoruba Plants: An Ecofeminist Perspective by Adeola Adijat Faleye

“…In addition, evidence reveals that within the Yorùbá belief system, some cultural practices are evident in support of the ecofeminist thought spanning various contexts in politics, warfare, or conflict resolutions, as well as Yorùbá Òrìṣà cults. …”
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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…With her engagement, Thunberg inspired thousands of youth activists to join her in her efforts and has thus put not only climate change on the political agenda but also the political participation and representation of the young. …”
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East Asian Welfare Regimes 東アジア福祉制度 by Joseph Wong, Andrew DeWit, Ito Peng

“…Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have been evolving inclusive social insurance schemes that are driven by politics, nationalism and demographic challenges and strive to reinforce social solidarity, universality and redistribution. …”
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Imagined Libya: geopolitics of the margins by Luca Raineri

“…Scholars of history and international politics have expanded the framework to apprehend the processes of state (de/)formation underpinning Libya’s fragilities beyond the problematic “failed state” paradigm to accommodate longue-durée and multi-scalar perspectives. …”
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