concepts are considered as the tools of political analysis, and without recognition of the concepts, particularly the concept of state, there is no possibility for us to have knowledge of the world of politics. parallel to the external developments, concepts are also growing fatter and more dynamic in modern age. this development may be explained through two approaches: approach of interpretive...

in the 2nd half of the 6th century a.h., when the isma'ili caliphate in egypt was in the worst political situation, a series of political sunni figures managed to reach the important position of vizara some times. they, who were sympathetic towards the sunni caliphate of abbasids in baghdad and eventually made the fatimid caliphate to fall, during their vizara for fatimid dynasty, had to h...

many theorists in the field of security, think, that iran country does not respect the logic of security equations in the region and the world and this political difficulties for countries in the region and even the country have been followed. this article adopt an analytical-explanatory approach intends to main components and performance levels of the islamic republic of iran on the agreed bar...

Political activism for healthcare workers is a crucial complement to clinical practice. Nurses are in a unique position to not only provide bedside care but also to advocate for change within the political arena and the community at large. Preparing professional nurses for community-based practice involving political activism and civic engagement requires developing and sustaining a philosophy ...

Is our moral cognition “coloured” by the language(s) that we speak? Despite the centrality of language to political life and agency, limited attempts were made thus far in contemporary political philosophy to consider this possibility. We therefore set out to explore the possible influence of linguistic relativity effects on political thinking in linguisticallydiverse societies. We begin by int...

Theory: Two theories about trends in left-right political orientations are juxtaposed: the persistence theory claiming that left-right orientations are highly resistant to change versus the irrelevance theory anticipating a move of mass publics towards the center of the left-right continuum. Hypotheses: The left-right ideological differences between the Dutch political parties have declined sin...

This paper develops a signaling model of corporate lobbying in democratic capitalist societies to analyze the conditions that lead to a powerful political position of business. Proceeding from the traditional dichotomy of structural economic determinants versus business’ political action, our model predicts the conditions under which elected political decisionmakers modify their policy pledges ...