Measuring ethnocentrism: Comparing political science and psychological perspectives
Seminar
Since its introduction into the social sciences by Gumplowicz in the 1870s, ethnocentrism has been a fundamental concept that has captured the attention of many social scientists, including sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, anthropologists, economists, and political scientists. The first…
In the new world disorder, what role for dialogue as a tool for ending conflict?
Seminar
Geopolitics have come roaring back, placing immense strain on an already fractured international system. Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine has challenged the fortitude of core norms of international law that had been assumed fixed. Some of the consequences are beyond prediction, but certainly…
States of Subsistence: Methodological Reflections from the Bakery (José Ciro Martínez, York)
Seminar
On any given day in Jordan, more than nine million residents eat approximately ten million loaves of khubz 'arabi—the slightly leavened flatbread known to many as pita. Some rely on this bread to avoid starvation; for others it is a customary pleasure. Yet despite its ubiquity in accounts of Middle…
Government Participation and Voters' Attitudes Towards Democratic Representation
Seminar
Through free and fair elections, democracies enable citizens to decide who represents their interests in parliament. However, the outcome of an election creates `winners' and `losers' depending on which parties become part of the government. As a large corpus of literature demonstrates, belonging…
Imagining a United Nations Fit for Purpose
Seminar
The world needs a UN 3.0. The extent and severity of global crises are such that business as usual provides no solution. The United Nations as Leviathan describes the necessary next version of the United Nations. It is a confident, competent, and independent organisation that incorporates the world…
Explaining Election Violence: A Meta-analysis
Seminar
The literature on election violence lacks a consistent set of core predictors for why certain elections are violent and others are not. Between 2010 and 2022 ninety-seven scholars published sixty-five peer-reviewed journal articles on this topic using quantitative research designs involving over…
Decolonising minority citizenship: promises of an ethnographic sensibility (Sagnik Dutta, OP Jindal Global University)
Seminar
Who is a minority? The answer to this seemingly innocuous question is not obvious. Colonial constructions of the minority were shaped by racialised assumptions about the cultural other. The minority as the cultural other has seeped into nationalist imaginaries of postcolonial nation-states.…