Ideologies that justify political violence
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2020.01.004
Abstract: Abstract The present review identifies a variety of tactics that are often employed by ideologies to promote and/or justify political violence. The review builds on a social psychological framework that identifies important existential and epistemic… read more here.
Keywords: violence; political violence; ideologies justify; justify political ... See more keywords
Physical strength predicts political violence
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DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.03.006
Abstract: Abstract Research has revealed an association between individual physical strength and attitudinal support for modern war. Physical strength of one individual has an infinitesimal effect on the outcomes of state-level aggression involving large-scale armies and… read more here.
Keywords: strength predicts; aggression; strength; physical strength ... See more keywords
Fording differences? Conditions mitigating water insecurity in the Niger River Basin
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DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2016.10.002
Abstract: Abstract River basins are an extremely important source of freshwater for Africa and the impact of climate change on these communities constitutes an important question worth studying. Among these basins, the Niger River Basin is… read more here.
Keywords: water insecurity; political violence; niger river; river basin ... See more keywords
Droughts, state-citizen relations and support for political violence in Sub-Saharan Africa: A micro-level analysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.07.005
Abstract: Abstract Droughts are unlikely to influence support for political violence unless they coincide with unfavourable social and political conditions. In this article I suggest that support for violence in times of drought depends on people's… read more here.
Keywords: violence; political violence; support political; state citizen ... See more keywords
Salih Can Açıksöz. Sacrificial Limbs: Masculinity, Disability, and Political Violence in Turkey. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2020, xxiv + 246 pages.
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DOI: 10.1017/npt.2021.13
Abstract: future holds. Başcı adeptly demonstrates that cinema has the power to defy official narratives and disturb conventional accounts of identity and history while constructing a new public discourse through the depiction of the suppressed. Social… read more here.
Keywords: salih sacrificial; political violence; disability political; masculinity disability ... See more keywords
Current research overstates American support for political violence
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2116870119
Abstract: Significance Recent political events show that members of extreme political groups support partisan violence, and survey evidence supposedly shows widespread public support. We show, however, that, after accounting for survey-based measurement error, support for partisan… read more here.
Keywords: support political; support; partisan violence; current research ... See more keywords
A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2122593119
Abstract: Significance Following the 9/11 attacks, there were large increases in Islamist terrorism driven especially by al-Qaeda, ISIS, and their affiliates. More recently, we have seen an upsurge in right-wing political extremism in countries around the… read more here.
Keywords: left wing; political violence; islamist extremists; right wing ... See more keywords
Political violence and inaccurate metaperceptions
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2204045119
Abstract: The January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, which left five dead and hundreds injured, was a stark demonstration that political violence remains a clear and present threat to democratic institutions. Perhaps because… read more here.
Keywords: violence; support willingness; political violence; inaccurate metaperceptions ... See more keywords
Age structure and political violence: a re-assessment of the “youth bulge” hypothesis
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DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2019.1522310
Abstract: ABSTRACT A popular hypothesis in international studies states that a “youth bulge”––an age pyramid dominated by large cohorts between 15 and 29 years of age––increases the risk of political violence. However, empirical evidence on this… read more here.
Keywords: political violence; youth bulge; age; youth ... See more keywords
From Environmental Action to Ecoterrorism? Towards a Process Theory of Environmental and Animal Rights Oriented Political Violence
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DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2019.1581507
Abstract: For those studying terrorism and political violence, our attention is usually drawn to the deadliest and most current groups, like the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, the Provisional Irish Republican Army... read more here.
Keywords: violence; political violence; violence environmental; action ecoterrorism ... See more keywords
The Diffusion and Permeability of Political Violence in North and West Africa
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DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2019.1598388
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article explores the spatial and temporal diffusion of political violence in North and West Africa by endeavoring to represent a group leader's mental landscape as he contemplates strategic targeting. We assume that this… read more here.
Keywords: political violence; violence north; west africa; north west ... See more keywords