Memories of old conflicts often shape domestic politics long after these end. Contemporary debates about past civil wars and/or repressive regimes in different parts the world suggest that are sensitive topics might increase political polarization, particularly when transitional justice policies implemented and parties mobilize discontentment with such policies. One policy recently debated Spai...

Physiological research suggests that social attitudes, such as political beliefs, may be partly hard-wired in the brain. Conservatives have heightened sensitivity for detecting emotional faces and use emotion more effectively when campaigning. As the left face displays emotion more prominently, we examined 1538 official photographs of conservative and liberal politicians from Australia, Canada,...

This article analyses the origins, development and comparative success centre-right in the Czech Republic. It focuses principally on the the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) of Václav Klaus, but also discusses a number of smaller Christian Democratic, liberal and anti-communist groupings, insofar as they sought to provide right-wing alternatives to Klaus’s party. In comparative terms, the article s...

Case Description-An adult golden eagle with a wound on its right wing caused by gunshot was presented to the University of Tabriz, Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Clinical Finding-Clinical examination and radiographs, revealed compound fracture in distal third of humerus, severe soft tissue compromise and irreparable loss of blood supply. Anemia and leukocy...

Insects of the order Orthoptera are well-known for their acoustic communication. The structures used for this purpose show a high diversity which obviously relates to differences in song parameters and to the physics of sound production. Here we describe song and morphology of the sound producing organs of a tropical bush-cricket, Ectomoptera nepicauda, from East Africa. It has a very unusual c...

Prior research shows that public opinion on climate politics sorts along partisan lines. However, they leave open the question of whether and other politically salient issues exhibit tendencies for issue alignment, which political polarization literature identifies as among most deleterious aspects polarization. Using a network approach social media data from Twitter platform, we study toward t...

Previous research has neglected media audiences’ and citizens’ opinions on how the should be organized, they function in society what individual, corporate state responsibilities regard to these questions. In an attempt understand relationship between broader political attitudes their media-related politics responsibilities, this study uses a survey (n = 2003) of adult Swedish population invest...

This article examines young Muslim women’s dissident mentalities, practices, and subjectivities that confront the epistemological conditions whereby right-wing populist (RWP) gender politics operates in Turkey. Relying on frame theory social movement research Foucauldian approach to resistance, dissent, protest, it explores feminist critique of RWP discourse mainly with a focus following issues...