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Progressive bishops helped boost support for Brazil's Workers' Party
Analysis of how progressive Catholic bishops in Brazil facilitated Workers' Party electoral success by advocating redistribution, using papal transition as natural experiment.
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Agenda-setting research expanded through new methods and AI
Explore how agenda-setting research has evolved since McCombs and Shaw's 1972 framework, with focus on computational advances and AI-enabled methodologies transforming public policy analysis.
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Ming–Qing morality books linked animal ethics to karmic justice
Explore how Ming-Qing Chinese morality books integrated animal ethics, karma, and merit-demerit ledgers into a unified system of moral accountability and ecological consciousness.
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Beyond the green: Approaches and practices on the objectification of nature
Critical analysis of artistic practices objectifying nature through case studies of contemporary artists, examining ethical tensions and ideological frameworks within institutional art contexts.
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Aceh’s Tamiang memory of Gajah Mada differs from the Java version
Explore how Aceh's Tamiang people preserve and transform the Majapahit narrative of Patih Gajah Mada through oral tradition, challenging Javanese-centered historical accounts with locally grounded.
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The article argues Popper resembles civic republicanism
Exploring whether Karl Popper's political philosophy aligns with civic republicanism, examining his concepts of freedom, state institutions, and democracy against Italo-Atlantic republican theory.
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Sports journalism emphasizes interventionist and infotainment roles
Study of sports journalism across 36 countries tests the toy department thesis, analyzing four journalistic roles and finding stable patterns of opinion-driven coverage over accountability.
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European space institutions evolved through fragmentation and political compromise
Explore how political divisions fragmented European space institutions before the 1975 ESA merger, revealing how national interests continue to shape international organizational structures.
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Chinese political discourse evolved through five stages
Explore how Chinese political discourse evolved from the 1840s to present day, examining Western influences, socialist frameworks, and the development of a distinctive Chinese political linguaculture.
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Polish party manifestos targeted elites and enemies from 2001 to 2023
Study analyzing how Polish political parties construct elites and enemies in manifestos from 2001–2023, revealing anti-elitism and enemy construction as variable strategic dimensions across the.
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Ukraine’s victory-oriented strategy was deemed unlikely to succeed
Assesses structural feasibility of Ukraine's military victory strategy using frozen conflict analysis and counterfactual scenarios of Western military aid.
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Crayfish trade in Kenya links foodways, race, and ecology
Examines how Louisiana crayfish became valued food commodity among Chinese workers in Kenya, revealing intersections of ecology, race, and culinary politics at Lake Naivasha.
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Think Tank Diplomacy: A Critical Review of Non-State Influence in Romanian Foreign Policy Making
Examine how Romanian think tanks influence foreign policy through EU and NATO integration, analyzing funding, networks, and institutional capacity to determine policy impact.
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Neoliberal law is described as reconfiguring democratic conflict
Sociological analysis of how neoliberal law displaces political conflict from democratic arenas into juridical domains, fragmenting collective agency and neutralizing dissent through claims of.
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Financial reporting quality linked to wins in competitive Japanese tenders
Study examines how financial reporting quality and quantity affect Japanese government procurement success, revealing transparency benefits in competitive tenders and political connections as.
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Iranian boys’ names shifted from traditional Islamism
Analysis of Iranian boys' names from 1962-2021 reveals shifts from National Islamism toward Archaist Nationalism, with rising Modern Nationalism and declining Traditional Islamism.
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Congress remains policy productive despite polarization
Analysis of congressional problem-solving capacity demonstrates sustained legislative productivity and bipartisan support despite polarization, challenging prevailing assessments of dysfunction.
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Yasir Machmud’s victory was shaped by a multi-actor election network
Actor-Network Theory analysis of Yasir Machmud's 2024 legislative election victory in Bone Regency, examining how human and non-human actors form networks that produce electoral success.
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Women Empowerment and Gender Equality in Post Independence India: An Urban Rural Study
Comparative analysis of post-1947 India showing urban gains in education, employment, and autonomy versus persistent rural constraints from patriarchy, poverty, and limited resource access.
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Imperialism in the academy: the Royal Society, C.V. Raman and the Indian Academy of Sciences (1934–1970)
Archival study of C.V. Raman’s 1934 founding of the Indian Academy of Sciences and how imperial, personal, and institutional forces produced three enduring national science academies.