‘Empty signifier’: The concept of ‘populism’ in the contemporary mainstream political science by L. G. Fishman

“…However, identical political movements, practices and rhetoric of the Western populists are usually portrayed as a deviation from the norm, from Modernity in general and the ideals of liberal democracy in particular. …”
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Examining priorities and investments made through the Global Financing Facility for maternal and newborn health: a sub-analysis on quality by Meghan Bruce Kumar, Mary Kinney, Joël Kiendrébéogo, Donat Shamba, Joy E. Lawn, Peter Waiswa

“…This study examines whether the rhetoric of increasing coverage together with quality has informed investment strategies in MNH through a secondary analysis of 25 GFF documents from 11 African countries. …”
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Eurasian Cooperation in Science and Higher Education: Prospects of Neofunctional «Spillovers» by V. M. Fatykhova

“…However, many projects are hold up due to the lack of popularization of the ideology of Eurasianism and nationalist rhetoric rooted in the partner countries of Russia. …”
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Euroscepticism in France: Past and Present by R. I. Blagoveshchenskii

“…They adopt certain Eurosceptic slogans and strident rhetoric against the EU. The author notes, that in doing so they follow the road travelled by the Conservative Party of Great Britain, which ended up in the European Union membership referendum. …”
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Peace through Institutions: Woodrow Wilson and the Paris Peace Conference by Burak Küntay

“…Using such overt idealistic rhetoric in the foreign policymaking decision process was novel at the time, but sounds all too familiar today. …”
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Is it Time to Recognize Political Anxiety as a Social Determinant of Health? by Brandon Ambrosino

“…Hostile political rhetoric risks tearing apart friends, families, and neighborhoods. …”
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PRESIDENT TRUMPS’ STRATEGY: CONTINUITY AND NEW APPROACHES by O. V. Prikhodko, P. Ye. Smirnov

“…Donald Trump’s policies in 2017 and the first half of 2018 show that his America First rhetoric, his assurances of not seeking to impose the American way of life on anyone, do not contravene the use of force in conflicts in the U.S. interests, or widening the U.S. military presence abroad if Washington sees a threat to its vital strategic interests. …”
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Alàgbà Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí as a Yorùbá Novelist by Lere Adeyemi

“…Every creative writer in Yorùbá society is admired and judged as competent or otherwise not only by writing in the medium of the language but by having captivating story line and on the basis of his/her use of ‘quality’ Yorùbá language (i.e. language full of proverbs and other rhetoric devices). An average Yorùbá reader of Fálétí’s novels, poetry, plays and viewer of his films usually responds with delight because of his powerful use of Yorùbá language and captivating story lines, plot construct, narrative techniques and thematic contents. …”
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Conservación neoliberal de la naturaleza en la Patagonia chilena: explorando nuevas modalidades ecoextractivistas y tensiones hidrosociales by Esteban Ortiz Robles, Robinson Torres Salinas, Alejandro Salazar-Burrows, Fabien Bourlon

“…The critique advanced in this article challenges the “green” facade of these conservation projects, arguing that they represent not genuine ecological awareness but rather a form of real estate speculation reliant on green rhetoric to legitimize and expand their scope.…”
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Securitization of China in the NATO discourse in the late 2010s— early 2020s: Towards a global collective identity by Yu. Yu. Melnikova

“…By the early 2020s, the NATO representatives have adopted an increasingly alarmist rhetoric regarding China’s strengthening positions in the international relations. …”
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Skeptic’s Comment: What Questions ‘Academic Writing’ Does Not Answer by Alevtina S. Robotova

“…The status of AW is discussed as if sidestepping the national achievements in investigating the language, speech, text (academic), discourse, linguistic and rhetoric conventions, and etc. The skepticism regarding the AW system can also be explained by the fact that the author does not agree with a number of statements denying the figural and publicistic images in an academic style, personal characteristics, opinions, emotional experiences and beliefs; negating the talent, literature expertise and imitation as assistants for academic writing; inferring the impossibility of learning academic writing independently. …”
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Analysis of the Criticism and Defense of Feminism in Social Discourse: A Case of Patriarchal Protection in Sports by Carolina Vázquez Rodríguez, Carmen Martínez Martínez, Inés Herás, Maite Martín-Aragón Gelabert, M.ª Carmen Terol Cantero

“…Results indicate that the comments reflect deep-rooted attitudes about gender and power, using ambivalent sexism and anti-feminist rhetoric to maintain the status quo, and how corporate sponsorship is presented as a justification mechanism. …”
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An Inconvenient Past of World War II in the Historical Policy of the Republic of Croatia by A. M. Ponamareva

“…While the experience of the recent Serbo-Croatian conflict is often glossed over, the landmark events of the 1940s are constantly invoked in the public rhetoric of the country’s leaders, turning into a ‘past that does not pass’. …”
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AR JACQUES DERRIDA - TRANSCENDENTALINIS FILOSOFAS? TRYS INTERPRETACIJOS by Jūratė Baranova

“…In this discussion, Neokantian Jürgen Habermas interpretes Derrida as a follower of Nietzsche's line and criticises him for prefering rhetoric instead of logic which is the main structuring modus of philosophical text. …”
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சிந்தனைத் தளத்தில் சுகுமாரனின் வண்டு குண்டு / Thoughts in Sukumaran's Vandu Kundu by முனைவர் ந. இரஞ்சன் / Dr. N. Ranjan

“…The rhetoric of children’s literature has evolved significantly over time by leading to its formal establishment as a distinct Tamil literary domain. …”
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Healthy body as a normative model in the perceptions of student youth by N. L. Antonova, S. B. Abramova, V. R. Lopatina

“…However, when using projective methods, the rhetoric of corporality shifted into the normative model of a healthy body. …”
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Africa between East and West: Searching for its own path. Book review of ‘La Russie face aux occidentaux en Afrique centrale: Pour un arrimage des Africains aux enjeux de puissance... by A. V. Nefedov

“…The author argues that despite seemingly friendly rhetoric, all global actors regard Central Africa as yet another arena of interstate rivalry, and suggests that the African countries should develop an independent foreign policy strategy, including, among other things, a force component. …”
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Specifics of Foreign Assistance Allocation under the Trump Administration: From Inauguration to ‘Ukrainegate’ by V. I. Bartenev

“…Adherence to this approach manifested itself in various forms — in the Predisent’s public statements, in the rhetoric of his administration’s key doctrinal documents and budget proposals, and also in the White House’s regular attempts (futile though) to cut aid to countries which did not provide anything in return, and to prepare the ground for rescinding the unobligated aid funds appropriated by the Congress. …”
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Public security in the pre-classical political and legal thought of ancient Greece by Y. O. Zahumenna

“…It is proved that the ancient political and legal doctrines, which comprehend public safety, have the following main features: its nationalization (elevation of the state and its institutions in guaranteeing this security), personalization (close dependence of personal security on public, sometimes even raising personal security over public), universalization (security as a phenomenon of the space world order, general Hellenic security), rationalization (discursive understanding of public security issues), legalization (transfer of public security issues to the plane of its legal support, which becomes imperative, mandatory compliance with polis laws, a system of severe penalties for offenses in the field of public safety, law and order in society and the state), indefiniteness of the actual state and public security (which was due to the polis nature of the state system), axiologization (security as a high human and social value, as a good, as an integral element of the polis worldview and ensuring the proper organization of polis life), polymorphism (breadth of spectrum of public security and specification of its “images” in philosophy, poetry, historiography, rhetoric, etc.). It is concluded that for the vast majority of ancient Greek thinkers, security issues were related to the phenomenon of harmony between the universe, society and humanity itself. …”
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PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS IN SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA by S. V. Rudenko, Y. A. Sobolievskyi

“…It contains myths about the Twins, ritual rhetoric, examples of dream interpretation practices and the practical wisdom of tribal chiefs. …”
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