Jale Ghaemmaghmi: An Outstanding Social- Political Poet in Contemporary Persian

Social Capital and Political Participation: Understanding the Dynamics of Young People's Political Disengagement in Contemporary Britain

Social Capital and Political Participation: Understanding the Dynamics of Young People’s Political Disengagement in Contemporary Britain M a t t H e n n ∗, M a r k W e i n s t e i n ∗∗ a n d S a r a h H o d g k i n s o n ∗∗∗ ∗Graduate School College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham E-mail: [email protected] ∗∗Graduate School College of Business, La...

An English Poet in Scotland :

Travelling is at the core of the romantic experience of life, as it implies a form of reaching out in quest of experience, which will then be, to quote famous words, “recollected in tranquillity”. The romantic poets travelled considerably, both physically and mentally, and I will try to address the two forms of journey in this paper, since I believe that imaginary excursions colour our view of ...

Contemporary research in ecological economics: Five outstanding issues

Analyzing Persian Social Networks: An Empirical Study

Analysis of data in social networks is very important for researchers, sociologists, and academics. Given the size and diversity of web data in a Web 2.0 environment, analyzing this data has been a challenge. Since data act as inputs in such projects, the accuracy of the output is directly related to the input. Good data allows for extraction of valuable knowledge. In this article, the authors ...

Why Are Contemporary Political Revolutions Leaderless? An Agent-Based Explanation

One of the main aspects of the recent wave of revolutions in the so-called Arab Spring is the absence of a strong political leadership, substituted by an intensive use of social network technologies as a mean to obtain mass mobilizations. This evidence is in sharp contrast with the previous historical experience: in fact, charismatic gures, like Robespierre, Lenin, Mao and Khomeini, have shaped...