« Enlever les casquettes politiques ». Rhétorique gestionnaire et euphémisation du politique chez les élus locaux du Front des forces socialistes algérien by Layla Baamara

“…To understand them, we postulate that it is necessary to analyze how the integration of the FFS into the local institutional political space goes hand in hand with a euphemization of the oppositional register, and more broadly of the partisan register, in favor of the adoption of a managerial rhetoric. The article contributes, on the one hand, to understand the conceptions and the practices of the role of local elected officials in Algeria. …”
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Official and Public Dialogue in Lithuania-Russia Relationships: in Search of Communicative Solutions by N. A. Ivanova

“…Abstract: Actual Lithuania-Russia relations are characterized as tension. The official rhetoric is strongly negative. The opportunities to maintain public dialogue are restricted, ideas to promote positive cooperation are being criticized by elites and government. …”
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A room of our own? How integrity administrators inhabit and collaborate across third space by Greer Murphy, Emily Perkins

“… Academic honesty and integrity (AH/AI) are claimed to be a fundamental set of values and practices that can facilitate students’ success in higher education and that remains essential to the development of ethical citizenship after graduation. Despite broad rhetoric about integrity being critical to higher education’s mission, not much is known about where this work resides within institutions or who, specifically, carries it out. …”
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How polarization, populist attitudes, and cultural backlash affect citizens’ support for democracy: Evidence from Spain by Irene Palacios Brihuega, Antonio Garrido Rubia, Antonia Martínez Rodríguez

“…We discuss the implications that socialization in democratic environments marked by frequent populist rhetoric and rising polarization might have on younger generations’ democratic commitment. …”
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Colonial approaches in Canadian national food policy development by Mary Coulas, Gabriel Maracle

“… The Government of Canada has claimed that the relationship with Indigenous peoples, that of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people, is their most important relationship. The rhetoric around reconciliation and Indigenous-Crown relationships are a major directive within federal policy. …”
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Game as a Way to Enhance Students’ Cognitive Activity by E. F. Gladkaya

“…The article deals with the description and analysis of the teaching experience of enhanc-ing students’ cognitive activity through intellectual games-competitions (games in pairs, teamwork) in the framework of Humanities “Russian language and speech culture” and “Rhetoric” at technical University. Special attention is paid to the description of the technology of games, pedagogical nuances that must be considered by a teacher to achieve maximum results of educational and gaming activities. …”
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Conditions spatiales de la démocratie participative. « Meetings » à Vosloorus (Ekurhuleni, Afrique du Sud) by Philippe Gervais-Lambony

“…To what extent this form of neighbourhood participation is merely a democratic façade, a pretext to incite residents to formulate what is expected, that is a set of predictable requests, neither controversial nor outrageous, but rather tame and placid thus conforming to the rhetoric of consultation? Many writers have commented on this dubious process and some suggest contrasting these official meetings with more spontaneous ones that spring up from people’s own initiative. …”
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Plaider la « bonne gouvernance sécuritaire » au Maroc : Domestiquer les savoirs de réforme en régime de contrainte consensuelle by Irene Lizzola

“…The regime, in search of relegitimization, endorses the rhetoric of co-production of public policies, to be guaranteed by the involvement of the “civil society”.The confrontation between the actors is based on a consensus which results in common alignment on the legalistic and managerial treatment of security reform. …”
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Pandemic Fictions: Covid-19 and the Cultures of Dystopia by Sean Mark

“…They have fuelled panic buying and conspiracy theories, and have informed public discourse and government rhetoric. Dystopian works like 1984, The Eyes of Darkness, The Matrix and Black Mirror have been lauded for their foresight, while former health secretary, Matt Hancock, has stated that watching Contagion affected his planning of the vaccine rollout. …”
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Sulla (ri)articolazione della “marocchinità” nel Marocco contemporaneo, tra festivalizzazione del dissenso giovanile e revival sufi by Michela Buonvino

“…This article aims to provide the reader with a general overview of the dynamics that characterize cultural festivalization in contemporary Morocco, examining the processes of rearticulation of rhetoric and policies related to national identity and culture implemented by the Moroccan state since Independence (1956). …”
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Women’s Role in Violence and UN Women, Peace, and Security Agenda by Çağlayan Başer

“…These reasons encompass assessing: 1) women’s contributions to armed organizations, 2) their exclusion from post-conflict rehabilitation programs, 3) the limited visibility of human rights violations by women and the underrepresentation of male civilians as victims, and 4) “saving vulnerable women” rhetoric as a justification for Western power involvement. …”
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Crisis of the EU Eastern Policy by I. V. Bolgova

“…The most visible trends analysed here are the extreme differentiation of bilateral relations within the EaP project alongside with the growing symbolism of official rhetoric and program practices of the European Union. …”
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Kommunikasie·aantekeninge oor die Suid-Afrikaanse verkiesing by IMLLEM DE KLERK

“…The election campaign is discussed from the perspective of policy communication, political rhetoric, propaganda techniques, the advertising campaign and the way in which the media handled the election. …”
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BALTIC ETHNOCRACIES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE EU: IN SEARCH OF CONSENSUS UNDER CONDITIONS OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS by V. V. Vorotnikov

“…The attitude to this problem became crucial during recent political crisis in Latvia, whereas in Lithuania and Estonia it led to changing rhetoric on foreign political issues by opposition parties. …”
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Soft Power: Political Use of A Scientific Concept by M. V. Kharkevich

“…The article discusses the use and transformation of the American scientific concept "soft power" in official Russian and US foreign policy rhetoric with the methodological help of Habermas' communicative action theory and its adoption to IR by T. …”
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Speaking of users: on user discourses in the field of public libraries by Ase Hedemark, Jenny Hedman, Olof Sundin

“…</b> The discourses hold both levels of idealizing and experience related rhetoric. The dominant general education discourse is based on a tradition of fostering and refining as well as educating the general public and thereby reproduces inequality between the user and the library.…”
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Creative tourism special issue - foreword by João Filipe Marques, Alexandra Rodrigues Gonçalves, Sónia Moreira Cabeça, Mirian Tavares

“…The second trend is cultural changes that have been designated as ‘the creative turn’ (e.g. an insistence on the ‘rhetoric of creativity’). Cities must be creative in order to attract not only tourists but also ‘creative industries’ (Tavares, 2014, 2015) and ‘creative classes’ (Cruz, 2016; Florida, 2003). …”
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Freedom of Expression: what lessons should we learn from US experience? by Ronaldo Porto Macedo Junior

“…Court decisions based on balancing rhetoric is becoming dominant in Brazilian Constitutional court and usually try to avoid some epistemological issues concerning objectivity and moral justification. …”
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I Can Only Imagine: The Aborted Korean Ministry (1566–1571) of Father Gaspar Vilela, as Recounted by His Letter of 3 November 1571—An Illustration of Jesuit Attitudes on Notions of... by Hayoung Wong

“…The 1571 Vilela letter captured the aspirational rhetoric of the Jesuits who dreamed about Korea, but these missionaries had not yet faced the adversities that would ultimately extinguish the missionary order’s already fragile hopes for a Korean ministry. …”
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THE REPRESENTATION OF INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN MEDIA: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS by Trisnowati Tanto, Jeanyfer Tanusy

“…In the microstructure analysis, three linguistics tools are employed, namely actor description, level of description, and rhetoric. The research applies the descriptive qualitative method as well as the library research method. …”
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