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The political communication of mandate elections
Elections are the major apparatus of democracy. Appropriately, elections are a prime topic
of research for political scientists and political communication scholars, with most studies
focusing on electoral behavior and election campaigns. Thus, we know much about how
the vote is structured and what enters voters’ calculus, how election campaigns are
devised, and how they affect voters. Read more here.- Article Count:
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What were the elections about
Elections are a prime topic of research for political scientists, given that they are the
major apparatus of democracy. However the bulk of the studies focus on voting
behavior and election campaigns. Thus, we know much about how the vote is
structured and what enters voters’ calculus, how election campaigns are devised and
how they affect voters. We know much less about what the elections mean, how the
meaning of election outcomes is constructed, whether the public sees them in the
same way as the political community, what affects election interpretations, what
produces mandate election interpretations, and what impact the ‘conventional wisdom’
about the election has on politics.. Read more here.- Article Count:
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The counter-hegemonic role of civil society
The counter-hegemonic role of civil society: Palestinian-Arab NGOs in Israel
This paper deals with the causes and impact of the rise in the number of Palestinian–Arab
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Israel in the last two decades. It provides a
multi-level model that combines economic, political and cultural factors to explain the
shifts in Palestinian-Arab political mobilization in Israel and as a result to the rise of a
complex network of Arab NGOs. Read more here.- Article Count:
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Democratization
Democratizing state-religion relations: a comparative study of Turkey, Egypt and Israel
This article examines the complex relationship between state, religion and
democratization in Turkey, Egypt and Israel. It demonstrates that binary and
static models of separation and integration between state and religion are not
sufficient to understanding the complex relationship between them and
chances of democratization. Read more here.- Article Count:
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Media, Culture & Society
Media culture as counter-hegemonic strategy: the communicative action of the Arab minority in Israel
This article argues that media globalization has a major impact on modes of
social and political resistance of minorities against cultural and political control
of nationalizing states. Read more here.- Article Count:
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