Individuals are not merely passive vessels of whatever beliefs and opinions they have been exposed to; rather, they are attracted to belief systems that resonate with their own psychological needs and interests, including epistemic, existential, and relational needs to attain certainty, security, and social belongingness. Jost, Glaser, Kruglanski, and Sulloway (2003) demonstrated that needs to ...

and universally replicable, it makes no distinction between rebellions, secession movements, or revolutions. In contrast, political theory is context dependent and there is no guarantee that results can be replicated. Hence, the review of theories of revolutions should highlight both data related to an operational frame and elements of an operational approach. Writing in 1979, Skocpol identifie...

This research study was carried out to investigate the cause of examination malpractice in Nigeria schools. The paper highlighted factors responsible for examination malpractice, students and their level of knowledge and skill acquisition, school facilities and environment, role of government agencies, supervisory role of school administration, political undertone and government insensitivity t...

Connecting scientific observations to stakeholder needs in sea ice social–environmental systems: the institutional geography of northern Alaska Amy Lauren Lovecraft a , Chanda Meek a & Hajo Eicken b a Department of Political Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 756420, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-6420, USA b Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA Published...

. MIQUELLE, D. G., ET AL. 1999a. A habitat protection plan for the Amur tiger: developing political and ecological criteria for a viable landuse plan. Pp. 273–295 in Riding the tiger: meeting the needs of people and wildlife in Asia (J. Seidensticker, S. Christie, and P. Jackson, eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United

SETH KAPLAN ABSTRACT Seth Kaplan describes how understanding the relationship between identities, institutions, social cohesion, and state legitimacy is vital to spurring economic and political development in fragile states. The international community needs to stop imposing inflexible formulas for development and to start helping weak countries build on their own people’s capacities for good g...

Children with inadequate or no parental care are at risk of being denied a caring and protective environment. The State has the main responsibility to ensure that appropriate legislative, political and financial measures are undertaken in order to provide adequate alternative care options “with priority to familyand communitybased solutions”. According to the particular needs of individual chil...

Despite political support for the baccalaureate degree as entry to practice, historical concerns over nursing education - the value of education versus service, professional versus vocational identity and theoretical versus practical knowledge - persist. The authors challenge the notion of a "two-tiered" nursing system and call for a nationwide curriculum review to help the profession adapt to ...

A fatal case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome was reported in Japan in 2013. The ensuing process of public communication offers lessons on how to balance public health needs with patient privacy and highlights the importance of multilateral collaborations between scientific and political communities.