The increasingly popular design technique called ‘personas’ provides a natural way to introduce issues of diversity and power relationships in software development. Persona development is a powerful technique that must be used carefully. It may be the most effective way to introduce participative approaches into mass market software development. This is of broader significance because it is inc...

In 2019, Pope Francis, leader of the global Catholic Church, celebrated an outdoor Mass at Our Lady Csíksomlyó Hungarian national shrine in Romania. When Franciscan Order that runs published renovation plans for altar where pope would appear, Facebook post received over 800 outraged comments, including one man who asked, “How can such a beautiful symbol, so perfectly integrated into landscape, ...

Genetic ancestry is seen as an alternative to the problematic concept of race and positioned against abusive racist nationalist perspectives. The genetic nevertheless not free racial categorizations. Increasingly, it becoming integral part identity politics. promoted a way give visibility marginalized groups but also rejected form biocolonialism. In xenophobic discourses right-wing groups, has ...

Drawing upon problems of interpretation in political sociological research, this article questions the common practice of lumping together moral traditionalism and authoritarianism. First, it is demonstrated that of the two only moral traditionalism relates to religious orthodoxy. Second, the well-established strong correlation between both value orientations proves to be caused, in the case at...

This article investigates Western European right-wing populists’ ambiguous relationship with religion and secularism using the example of French Rassemblement National (RN). Drawing on social cleavage theory, survey data elite interviews RN leaders, mainstream politicians Church authorities, it finds that employs Catholicism laïcité as cultural identity markers against Islam to mobilise voters ...

This article explores how political parties and individual politicians in Sweden communicate strategically an online environment where the close relationship between news journalistic institutions no longer can be taken for granted. We define adoption adaption of conventions communication as a particular style, conceptualized “parasitic news”. The presents analytical framework that explicates r...

To explain women's underrepresentation in politics, supply-side factors receive much empirical support, emphasizing the low numbers of women on ballot. Whether demand from voters also contributes to problem is less clear, however, as both observational and experimental research shows that average are not likely vote for candidates. We argue actually do play a role, although all an equal extent....

after islamic revolution of 1979, the left wing had a new sphere to act in political eras, and overcastted on the other groups, but as soon as possible, the unreligious left leaved the political scene of iran after revolution. it seems the religious groups –as the only legal political actors- are integrated under “islamic republic party” but so soon, we saw the distinction between them all. jus...

The Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil was widely affected by politics and the population’s consumption of information is fundamental to understanding situation. This study aimed at relationship between political-ideological markers, information, preventive practices during pandemic. We conducted an online survey with 1,328 Brazilians who answered a questionnaire about authoritarianism, conservatism, ...

The Danish Social Democrats have been through a lengthy period of ideological change and transformation, whose effects become particularly manifest in recent times. This chapter argues that these developments are to be seen the light particular political context developments, already prefigured at dawn century. Notably, populist anti-immigration right Denmark which quickly made use opportunitie...