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Teaching Philosophy as a Pedagogic Practice-ing: Are you the type of person that says, “everything happens for a reason”?

my pedagogical approach in teaching philosophy to explain how affective encounters in communitas between teacher and learners can expand personal understandings and imagine new meaningful possibilities ... Ƭeaching Philosophy as a Pedagogic Practice-ing: Are y ou the Ty pe of Person that Sa y s, “Everything Happens for a Reason”? Valerie Oved Giovanini 0 0 Valerie Oved Giovanini, Ph.D., is an

Researching far right extremism—a transdisciplinary, lifeworld, and political culture perspective

adopting a transdisciplinary, lifeworld (Lebenswelt) and political culture perspective, social science can contribute to this task and also help to overcome the fragmentation of the research field. In this ... networks; c) Far right extremist discourses, (digital) media, and strategies in the public sphere; and d) political education, transfer, and implementation research regarding projects against far right

How procedural and economic performance shape political trust: Affective and cognitive foundations of the performance-trust nexus

In which ways and under what conditions do the procedural and economic performance of political systems matter for citizens’ political trust? While this question has been a recurring theme in

Women’s access to sexual and reproductive health services and information in Ismailia, Egypt

different cultural, political, and religious factors that have contributed significantly to how society views and treats women’s bodies and sexuality. As a result, it is difficult to provide solid data and ... affected by different aspects such as physical, hormonal, psychological, economic, social, cultural, religious, legal, political and ethical issues [ 1–3 ]. Reproductive health (RH), which is part of

Dysfunctional democracy and political polarisation: the case of Poland

political polarisation. Considering the fact that within a polarised society only one solution can be the leading one, the society and the state, both internally and externally, have become extremely divided ... this article is to analyse the dysfunctionalities of Polish democracy that has seen the stability of the power-opposition system disturbed; and society left suffering under the totality of political

Klaus von Beyme and his impact on German political science

. Voegelin’s religiously impregnated philosophy of history remained alien to him. Parsons’ structural-functionalism, on the other hand, had a lasting influence on his view of the functional equivalents of ... subject of the political scientist’s research. In 1965, for example, Klaus von Beyme wrote his doctoral thesis on the topic of “Political Sociology in Tsarist Russia”, which seems exotic today, and in 2016

Student-led replication studies in comparative politics: new findings by fresh eyes?

studies and contribute to ongoing efforts to promote replication initiatives in the education of future political scientists. ... , University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden 1 Daniel Korell Copenhagen Business School , Copenhagen , Denmark 2 Lars Lott Institute of Political Science, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Democratic patterns and party systems in the Western Balkans

The article explores the role of political parties in hybrid regimes in the Western Balkans. The Western Balkans have been marked by considerable variations in democracy ratings over the past decades ... region feature deeply entrenched political parties, that draw on either their socialist legacies, anti-communist profile, or the representation of a particular demographic, as well as their control over

Stories you cannot defeat! political myths as cultural integration and legitimation strategies of autocratic regimes

Given the worldwide stagnation or even regression of democratization processes, autocratic regimes continue to pose a challenge for political science. In this regard, the merit of an original ... . Blumenberg , Hans. 2006 . Arbeit am Mythos . Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. Bottici , Chiara. 2007 . A philosophy of political myth . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Brooker , Paul. 2014 . Non-democratic

Defense against small parties: electoral reforms and their impact on Tunisia’s electoral system since the Arab Spring

Tunisia’s political system suffers from recurrent problems with governability and proportionality. A volatile party landscape, frequent cabinet reshuffles, and political gridlocks repeatedly ... spectrum, coalitions with and against Ennahda are costly to all parties involved, worsening the overall quality of political representation. By analyzing the trajectory of major and minor electoral reforms

Cotta, Maurizio and Russo, Federico (2020). Research handbook on political representation

how should representatives represent citizens' varying and changing needs and preferences? These are three of many fundamental questions regarding political representation, which lies at the heart of ... contemporary models of democracy. The 27 contributions in Maurizio Cotta's and Federico Russo's edited “Research Handbook on Political Representation” provide answers to these questions-and to many, many more

Artizein_ Full Issue 2023

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Karen Keifer-Boyd, Professor of Art Education & Women’s Studies The Pennsylvania State University, United States Kristin Congdon, Professor Emerita, Philosophy ... Cueva & Carmiella Salzberg Zorzi Teaching Philosophy as a Pedagogic Practice-ing: Are you the Type of Person that Says, “Everything Happens for a Reason”? Valerie Oved Giovanini Harvesting a Blessing

Lived experiences of refugee women with vaginal fistula in Nakivale and Oruchinga refugee settlements, Isingiro District, Uganda

incorporating these models into public health practice interventions, researchers can better understand and address the complex interplay of biological, psychological, social, cultural, economic, and political ... conflict - meeting SDGs 3 and 16 . Confl Heal . 2019 ; 13 :2. https://doi.org/ 10.1186/s13031-019-0186-0. 13. Price J , Bohara A . Maternal health care amid political unrest: The effect of armed conflict on

Studying politics at the local level in Germany: a tale of missing data

What are the strategies of political parties in multi-level government systems and how do voters respond to these strategies? At the national and state level, many researchers have worked with data ... local level, these standard components of the political science toolbox are not available to researchers in many countries-including Germany. The absence of these data means that politics at the local

Opposing autocratization in Turkey: from exclusionary to inclusive discourse

and Development Party (AKP), which has been in power in Turkey for more than two decades, has brought about significant political, institutional, and social changes. In contrast to the first decade of ... been focused on the AKP’s role, in this article I approach the autocratization of Turkey’s political sphere by examining the role played by the opposition, focusing in particular on the main opposition

Human immunodeficiency virus epidemic scenery among brazilian women: a spatial analysis study

. Spatial analysis techniques are powerful tools for combating HIV allowing the association of the phenomenon with socioeconomic and political factors. Therefore, the main goal of this study was to spatially ... American continent and has a territorial area of 8,516,000 km2. It is divided into five political regions (North, Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and South), 26 states, one federal district, and 5,570

Downsian closeness hypothesis under investigation: a study on austrian direct mayoral elections

Does the expectation of a close race drive more people to vote? Despite increasingly intensified electoral competition and hardened fronts at all political levels over the last decades, a decline in ... political science ever since. Especially with the rise of democracy during the previous century (Huntington 1991) and again with the backlash trend to semi-democratic structures in some countries within the

Syrian refugee women’s access to family planning services and modern contraception during overlapping crises in Bekaa, Lebanon

Political, financial, and pandemic crises in Lebanon have affected both provision of reproductive health services including family planning and modern contraception methods as well as women’s ... financial crisis, the Lebanese government decided to impose a new tax on WhatsApp voice calls, which led to political turmoil that was manifested by protests and road blocks across the country [ 5 ]. The

Dysfunctional democracy(ies): characteristics, causes and consequences

Democratic systems are currently facing multiple challenges. A central component of this is the disintegrating relationship between citizens and political actors; citizens simply do not feel ... political actors; citizens simply do not feel represented by political actors any longer. As a result, we are seeing a decline in trust in politicians, increasing questioning of whether democracy is still the