The Reception of Refugees and the Reactions of the Local Population in Hungary
Peer reviewed
Nagasaki’s shadows: European citizens facing nuclear weapons
As Boris Johnson entered 10 Downing Street, he was required to write the so-called “letters of last resort” – his instructions should the United Kingdom be hit by a nuclear strike. At the same time, the 1987 INF Treaty, which banned an entire category of weapons, is now officially over, and the prospects of a failure of the 2020 NPT Review Conferen...
Farmland as a “Common”? Two Case Studies Regarding Sustainable Farming in Northern Italy
Published in EU agrarian Law
Eco-sustainable and ethical farming initiatives arising from civil society have had an increasing popularity all over the world in recent decades, and Italy is no exception to this trend. This contribution is aimed at presenting two significant case studies from this country concerning sustainable and ethical farming, one of which is a uniquely Ita...
MAX WEBER, HANNAH ARENDT, AND THE QUESTION OF CIVIL POWER
Abstract This article traces the concept of 'civil power' in Jeffrey Alexander's book The Civil Sphere. Doing so leads to an interpretation of the work as operating in the space between the different theories and definitions of power in the work of Max Weber and Hannah Arendt. Read in this way, The Civil Sphere becomes not only a Durkheimian argume...
PRACTICES OF CONVIVIALITY AND THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY OF CONVIVIALISM
ABSTRACT The article firstly discusses the Convivialist Manifesto which was published by a group of French academics in 2013. Secondly, the concepts of convivialism as a social and political theory and conviviality as a lived practice are compared. Finally, a normative model of modes of conviviality is developed.
The Bridging Activity of Multiracial Congregations
The growing diversity of U.S. communities has led scholars to explore how racial/ethnic diversity effects social capital, civic engagement, and social trust. Less is known about the relationship between diversity and the work of community-based organizations (CBOs). In this study, we examine how the racial/ethnic composition of one ubiquitous type ...
The Vote with the Wallet Game: Responsible Consumerism as a Multiplayer Prisoner’s Dilemma
s dilemma, outline equilibria and possible solutions to the related coordination failure problem in evolutionary games, apply our analysis to domains in which the vote with the wallet is empirically more relevant, and provide policy suggestions.
Un modèle économique et social pour la conservation de la biodiversité : des filières oléagineuses durables issues de pr...
Published in OCL
Cet article présente un modèle socioéconomique innovant mis en place en périphérie d’une zone à haute biodiversité : la Réserve de Faune du Dja (RFD), au Cameroun. Les produits forestiers non ligneux (PFNL) de la RFD sont depuis toujours utilisés par les populations locales pour des mets ou remèdes traditionnels. L’objectif de ce projet collaborati...
L’action publique locale au prisme du genre: Le cas de la région de Tver en Russie
National audience
Toward a Coherent Framework: A Typology and Conceptualization of CSO Regulatory Regimes
Published in Nonprofit Policy Forum
Scholarship and practitioners interested in civil society organizations (CSOs) around the world have drawn attention to the growing set of laws—both restrictive and permissive—governing CSO activities. To date, however, there have been limited efforts to typologize these regulations which hinders the ability to analyze their emergence and effects. ...
