Category: Social Sciences
Shaolin in Zambia emerges as a collaborative cultural assemblage
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Study challenges state-centric views of Chinese cultural engagement by analyzing the Zambia Shaolin Cultural Center as a collaborative assemblage where diverse actors negotiate and adapt practices.
Third spaces supported women educational leaders’ reflection and leadership
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Comparative study of how third spaces support women K-12 educational leaders in critical identity reflection and antiracist leadership practice across diverse contexts.
Japan’s defense buildup coexists with strong pacifist attitudes
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Sociological study examining how Japan reconciles increased defense spending with persistent pacifism through war frames, public attitudes, and civil society voices following Russia’s 2022 invasion.
Pandemic shifts reshaped urban housing preferences in China
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Study tracking how pandemic reshaped residential location preferences among Chinese urban residents, revealing divergent priorities for convenience versus flexibility across income and household.
Article proposes adding emotion to coalition theory
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Integrating emotional mechanisms into the Advocacy Coalition Framework to explain policy subsystem dynamics, coalition stability, and membership persistence.
Academic expert involvement varies across policymaking arenas
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Study reveals how academic experts gain access to policy-making across parliament, government, and media in Belgium, with persistent overrepresentation of senior male scholars from social sciences.
Youth-oriented voting advice tool improved party position knowledge
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Experimental study shows youth-oriented voting advice application significantly improved party position knowledge among Belgian voters aged 16–30, while generic version had no effect.
Journalists’ responses helped mainstream the far right in Germany
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Study of German journalists reveals institutional pressures and structural constraints that undermine cordons sanitaires against far-right parties, contributing to far-right mainstreaming.
Wartime Ukraine cancer care largely recovered near pre-war levels
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Study examines Ukrainian oncology system’s resilience during Russian invasion, documenting rapid recovery mechanisms, international partnerships and persistent barriers to equitable care access.
Village heads used government aid to sustain political power
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Study of how Indonesian village heads use government assistance to maintain power and influence elections during the country’s democratic transition period.
