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The Sparta and the Athens Of Our Age At Daggers Drawn: Polities, Perceptions, and Peace (2004)
Journal Article
Rendall, M. (2004). The Sparta and the Athens Of Our Age At Daggers Drawn: Polities, Perceptions, and Peace. International Politics, 41(4),

While historically notions of democracy have varied widely, democratic peace theory has generally defined it in procedural terms. This article takes a close look at the Anglo-French confrontation of 1840. I show that while leaders on both sides were... Read More about The Sparta and the Athens Of Our Age At Daggers Drawn: Polities, Perceptions, and Peace.

Democracy in South Asia: Getting beyond the Structure-Agency Dichotomy (2004)
Journal Article
(2004). Democracy in South Asia: Getting beyond the Structure-Agency Dichotomy. Political Studies, 52(1), 1 - 8. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.2004.00461.x

With reference to South Asia, we argue that recourse to the conventional structuralist and transition accounts of democratisation sustains an unhelpful dichotomy. Those approaches tend towards either determinism or agent-driven contingency. In contra... Read More about Democracy in South Asia: Getting beyond the Structure-Agency Dichotomy.

Lasting lessons about intentional communitites (2004)
Book Chapter
Sargisson, L., & Sargent, L. T. (2004). Lasting lessons about intentional communitites. In Living in utopia: New Zealand's intentional communitites. Ashagte

This chapter considers lasting lessons about intentional communities drawn from a survey of over 60 utopian communities in New Zealand.

Psychosocial interventions and the demoralisation of humanitarianism (2004)
Journal Article
Pupavac, V. (2004). Psychosocial interventions and the demoralisation of humanitarianism. Journal of Biosocial Science, 36(4), 491-504. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932004006613

Summary: This paper critically analyses from a political sociology standpoint the international conceptualization of war-affected populations as traumatized and in need of therapeutic interventions. It argues for the importance of looking beyond the... Read More about Psychosocial interventions and the demoralisation of humanitarianism.

War on the couch: the emotionology of the new international security paradigm (2004)
Journal Article
Pupavac, V. (2004). War on the couch: the emotionology of the new international security paradigm. European Journal of Social Theory, 7(2), 149-170. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368431004041749

The emotional state of war-affected populations has become a central concern for international policy-makers over the last decade. Growing interest in war trauma is influenced by contemporary Anglo-American emotionology, or emotional norms, which ten... Read More about War on the couch: the emotionology of the new international security paradigm.