this essay is a studying the structure of the social mentality of the iranian society in establishment situation of political islam discourse. after the event of the islamic revolution in iran, political islam as the central ideology of the new political system gained a dominant and almost incontestable position. political disputes constituted in the following years led to the genesis of partic...

This paper looks at how recent military involvement in political disputes raises instability Brazil. Ahead of the presidential election October 2022, this research sheds light on President Bolsonaro abuses Armed Forces` prestige and power as an instrument intimidation pressure. includes encouraging followers to call for intervention against Congress Supreme Court. To analyse scenario initiated ...

this article is a sociological analysis of students political participation and the data are collected through questionnaires from 379 students of university of tehran. this article has used the theories of huntington, geol, milbrath, lipset and political socialization theories. the theoretical framework of the study is eclectic and emphasizes on political socialization. the results of the anal...

Introduction Interstate water disputes are an increasingly common occurrence throughout the United States, as the demands on transboundary water resources continue to increase in magnitude and diversity. These disputes can involve a variety of water-related issues. In the arid and semi-arid West, the interstate allocation-or "apportionment"-is normally the central and often only concern. In the...

In this paper, I argue that various disputes in ontology have important ramifications and so are worth taking seriously. I employ a criterion according to which whether a dispute matters depends on how integrated it is with the rest of our theoretical projects. Disputes that arise from previous tensions in our theorizing and have additional implications for other issues matter, while insular di...

Are democracies better at winning wars and militarized disputes? Is there an advantage associated with initiating a war or dispute? Noting that pairwise contest data are the norm in applied research, we motivate a straightforward Bradley–Terry statistical model for these problems from first principles, which will allow for a closer integration of theoretical and statistical practice for scholar...

This article proposes Stephen Jay Gould’s concepts of time’s arrow and cycle as a conceptual tool to analyse NATO’s burden-sharing disputes. It argues that the controversies on in NATO can be assessed terms their cyclic or kind nature, rendering some disputes more likely recur than others providing different kinds starting points for forecasting. The study identifies four categories which has t...

is a series of distinguished essays on political economy and public policy. The Cato Institute takes its name from an earlier series of Cato's Letters, essays on political liberty written by John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon in the 18th century, which were widely read in the American colonies and played a major role in laying the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution. Additional c...

Can democracy be taught? Are individuals more likely to embrace democratic values, to learn basic knowledge about political processes, and to engage the political process more effectively as a result of their exposure to donor-sponsored civic education programmes in emerging democracies? After more than a decade of evaluations of civic education programmes, it is a good time to take stock of wh...