Northern Ireland—poetic sectarianism

The Evolutionary Foundations of Sectarianism

The tendency of humans to cooperate for reasons other than self-interest has long intrigued social scientists, leading to the development of a substantial body of literature. However, this question has a complement that has received little to no attention in this literature: What is the motivation for individuals to resist cooperation even in cases that are beneficial at the individual and grou...

A robust methodology for investigating Old Firm related sectarianism online

This paper discusses a methodology for investigating sectarianism on the internet as evidenced primarily through the support of two football clubs, Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers, better known as the Old Firm. The historical background to sectarianism and theoretical background to online hate are discussed, and a robust methodology for investigation is proposed.

Iron City Blues Fundamentalism, Sectarianism, and Revolution: the Jacobin Dimension

Pittsburgh, the Iron City, gives me the blues. Cleaner and quieter than when tall smokestacks filled its valleys with yellow-brown haze, the city now stands as a nostalgic reminder of salty politicians, tough tycoons, rough mill workers, and fixed capital. Such heavy industrial cities of another age inspired the bottom-up social history of my youth, with its reductive assignment of interests, o...

Sectarianism and the Ambiguities of Welfare in Lebanon

BRICKS AND MORTAR CLIENTELISM: Sectarianism and the Logics of Welfare Allocation in Lebanon.