Political Conflict and Governance

This book offers insights into the roots of radicalism in the Global South, revealing the interplay of development challenges and socio-economic factors.

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The political disengagement of young people in Türkiye presents a complex challenge for democratic participation and political marketing, yet a culturally specific tool to measure this phenomenon remains absent. This study aims to develop and validate a multidimensional scale to assess the levels of political alienati…

Research shows that media coverage of civil protests routinely follows a pattern theorized as the “protest paradigm,” predominantly framing demonstrations negatively while favoring protest targets, who are often elite groups. This dominant pattern has drawn criticisms, calling for a redefinition of how protest reporti…

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ABSTRACT What motivated the Iraqi ruling elite to engage in the Baghdad Pact as a defensive alliance in the Middle East? Students of Iraqi politics often base Iraq's engagement in the pact on the provisions of the system structure, such as regional security needs against the USSR or willingness to use the pact as leve…

ABSTRACT This article examines why Sudan has struggled to construct an inclusive national identity in the postcolonial era. Drawing on original qualitative data from interviews with Sudanese intellectuals, activists, and professionals, it explores how ethnic marginalisation, uneven development, and authoritarian gover…

Political polarization poses major societal risks, yet a globally relevant, interdisciplinary understanding remains lacking, as nearly half of all studies focus on the United States. We argue for renewed effort to bring global equity to polarization research, highlighting insights robust across countries, those unique…

This study examines the role of the socio-ecology of honour in violence justification by focusing on the scarcity of resources and inadequate law enforcement at both national and personal levels. Using data from the WVS and adopting a multilevel approach (57 countries, N = 73,838), we found that greater personal exper…

Military coups and attempted coups represent some of the most significant obstacles to the development and consolidation of democratic systems. By their very nature, military coups constitute a direct challenge to established political authority. Historically, such interventions can be traced back to early forms of or…

Since 2011, the Syrian conflict has evolved from a domestic uprising into a fragmented and protracted civil war shaped by overlapping local, regional, and international interventions. The shifting patterns of territorial control, the proliferation of armed non-state actors, foreign military involvement, and inconclusi…