Academic Articles & Research Papers

Cultural Theory as Political Science

This is the first major European political science book to discuss the growing interdisciplinary field of 'cultural theory', proposing a coherent and viable alternative to mainstream political science. The authors argue that three elements ...

Political Theory and Political Science

The too-often unhappy 'marriage' of political theory and political science has long been a source of anguish for both partners. Should this troubled partnership be dissolved? Or might this marriage yet be saved? Ball answers the former ques...

What's Queer about Political Science?

Research Highlights and Abstract The study of gender, sexuality—and, in particular, queer theory—is central to the social sciences and humanities. Our analysis of citation practices shows that queer theorist Judith Butler is one of the most...

Experimental Political Science and the Study of Causality

Increasingly, political scientists use the term 'experiment' or 'experimental' to describe their empirical research. One of the primary reasons for doing so is the advantage of experiments in establishing causal inferences. In this book, Re...

Experimentation in Political Science

Abstract This article mentions that the number of experiments has increased dramatically in political science in the last thirty-five years because of their power for making causal inferences. It directly confronts the Achilles heel of expe...

Juegos y Cultura de Paz: estrategias de enseñanza para una Educación para la Ciudadanía Global

Este estudio explora cómo los juegos digitales pueden ser utilizados como estrategias de enseñanza para promover la Cultura de Paz y la Educación para la Ciudadanía Global. Utilizando un enfoque cualitativo basado en la revisión bibliográfi...

La partecipazione oscillante: il lavoro nell’impresa (The oscillating participation: the work in the factory)

This article is available on the website of the old publisher Franco Angeli ( http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/sommario.asp?IDRivista=152 )...

Serviço Pastoral dos Migrantes da Arquidiocese de Campo Grande - MS. Desafios, conquistas e perspectivas

Book review: Armed violence, forced conscription and sexual violence

Review of the book: Cohen, Dara Kay Rape during Civil War Cornell University Press, 2016 288 págs....

Aukštų pareigūnų skyrimas pusiau prezidentiniame modelyje: Lietuvos atvejis*

Aukštų pareigūnų skyrimo galią Lietuvos prezidento institucijai priskiria ir prezidentų galias tyrinėjantys akademikai, ir politikos praktikai. Straipsnyje nagrinėjama, kas lemia prezidento dekretų, kuriais Seimui teikiamos aukštų valstybės...

Deconsolidation of Liberal Democracy in the Baltic States. The Issue of Compliance with the EU Standards at Institutional and Value Levels

This article analyses compliance of the post-Soviet Baltic States with the EU liberal-democratic standards, at both institutional and value levels. The authors prove that fulfilment of the Copenhagen criteria for EU accession did not dete...

A arte de salvar vidas perante a religião: alma eterna em questão?

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İŞLETMELERİN AR-GE VE PAZARLAMA HARCAMALARININ PAY DEĞERİ ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ

Bilimsel gelişmenin ve buna paralel olarak teknolojideki gelişmelerin hızı, işletmelerin ar-geyatırımlarına daha fazla yönelmesine imkân tanımaktadır. Bununla birlikte yoğun küresel rekabet, işletmeleri başarılı olabilmek için farklı pazarl...

La nuit à Maboneng (Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud) : un front urbain entre sécurisation, marchandisation et contestation

Simultaneously feared and desired, night is a polemic field in Johannesburg in general and in Maboneng in particular. In this space which is undergoing a process of gentrification in the lower-class neighbourhood of Jeppestown, the nocturna...

The Promise and Pitfalls of Big Data and Computational Studies of Politics

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Reflexões sobre a crise dos regimes comunistas

Los Sistemas de Creencias en la política de drogas en Colombia 2000-2015. Un análisis desde el Marco de Coaliciones Promotoras

El fracaso de la lucha contra las drogas ilícitas en Colombia en las últimas décadas, el aumento en los índices de consumo y la relativa tendencia de algunos países a legalizar ciertas sustancias, hacen relevante retomar el análisis de las ...

Actores políticos, elecciones y sistemas de partidos. Una aproximación comparada desde la política subnacional en América Latina, de Carlos Varetto y Juan Pablo Milanese (eds.)

Un siglo de viajes y viajeros catalanes por tierras del norte de África y Próximo Oriente (1833- 1939): peregrinos, nostálgicos y colonialistas

Jihad as Reflected in Biḥār al-Anwār

Different views of Muslim scholars concerning jihad arises from, and is grounded in, the Quran and hadiths transmitted from the Prophet or Imams. In this paper, we study and analyze hadiths related to jihad as collected in Biḥār al-anwār. W...