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Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states (2005)
Journal Article
Hughes, C., & Pupavac, V. (2005). Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states. Third World Quarterly, 26(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/01436590500089232

The article examines the pathologisation of post-conflict societies through a comparison of the framing of the Cambodian and post-Yugoslav states. The notion of failed states fixes culpability for war on societies in question, rendering the domestic... Read More about Framing post-conflict societies: an analysis of the international pathologisation of Cambodia and the post-Yugoslav states.

Empowering women? An assessment of international gender policies in Bosnia (2005)
Journal Article
Pupavac, V. (2005). Empowering women? An assessment of international gender policies in Bosnia. International Peacekeeping, 12(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/13533310500074507

International policy-making promises to empower women in Bosnia through encouraging their participation in the political process, giving them voice in civil society and through providing enhanced opportunities for economic independence. This paper ch... Read More about Empowering women? An assessment of international gender policies in Bosnia.

Human security and the rise of global therapeutic governance (2005)
Journal Article
Pupavac, V. (2005). Human security and the rise of global therapeutic governance. Conflict, Security and Development, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/14678800500170076

This article discusses the emergence of global therapeutic governance or the influence of social psychology on international development policy. Therapeutic governance links psychosocial well-being and security, and seeks to foster personalities able... Read More about Human security and the rise of global therapeutic governance.

Multiculturalism and its discontents in SFR Yugoslavia and Bosnia: a critique of the multiculturalist rights model (2005)
Book Chapter
Pupavac, V. (2005). Multiculturalism and its discontents in SFR Yugoslavia and Bosnia: a critique of the multiculturalist rights model. In The UN, human rights and post-conflict situations. Manchester University Press

In this chapter I seek to contribute to debates over multiculturalism and highlight problems with ethnic rights strategies. I hope to facilitate understanding of the failures to overcome ethnic divisions in Bosnia, as well as to suggest how critiques... Read More about Multiculturalism and its discontents in SFR Yugoslavia and Bosnia: a critique of the multiculturalist rights model.

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.

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.

Politics and language rights: a case study of language politics in Croatia (2003)
Book Chapter
Pupavac, V. (2003). Politics and language rights: a case study of language politics in Croatia. In G. Hogan-Brun, & S. Wolff (Eds.), Minority languages in Europe: frameworks, status, prospects. Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter discusses language and national aspirations through a case study of language politics in Croatia. Not only is language crucially influenced by national politics, but language politics has played a significant role in national politics in... Read More about Politics and language rights: a case study of language politics in Croatia.

Pathologizing populations and colonizing minds: internatioinal psychosocial programmes in Kosovo (2002)
Journal Article
Pupavac, V. (2002). Pathologizing populations and colonizing minds: internatioinal psychosocial programmes in Kosovo. Alternatives, 27,

Through a case study of international responses in Kosovo, this article critically analyses how the international therapeutic model constructs war-affected populations as traumatised and subject to psychosocial dysfunctionalism. The international the... Read More about Pathologizing populations and colonizing minds: internatioinal psychosocial programmes in Kosovo.

Don’t expect me to vote for you just because I like you, even if you do make me feel warm inside: a comparison of the validity of non-ipsative measures of party support
Conference Proceeding
van der Eijk, C., & Marsh, M. Don’t expect me to vote for you just because I like you, even if you do make me feel warm inside: a comparison of the validity of non-ipsative measures of party support.

The inclusion of non-ipsative measures of party preference (in essence ratings for each of the parties of a political system) has become established practice in mass surveys conducted for election studies. They exist in different forms, known as the... Read More about Don’t expect me to vote for you just because I like you, even if you do make me feel warm inside: a comparison of the validity of non-ipsative measures of party support.

Integrity management and the public service ethos in the UK: patchwork quilt or threadbare blanket?
Conference Proceeding
Heywood, P. M. Integrity management and the public service ethos in the UK: patchwork quilt or threadbare blanket?.

This paper focuses on the nature of integrity management in contemporary UK public life. Despite traditionally high standards of integrity in the public service, it has recently been argued that the UK’s National Integrity System resembles a patchwor... Read More about Integrity management and the public service ethos in the UK: patchwork quilt or threadbare blanket?.

Bicameralism
Book Chapter
Testa, C. (2019). Bicameralism. In R. D. Congleton, B. N. Grofman, & S. Voight (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of public choice. Oxford University Press

In modern democracies, the legislative power is vested in parliaments with diverse organizational structures. Bicameral legislatures, requiring concurrent deliberation by two bodies, are present in about one-third of the world’s countries. Bicamerali... Read More about Bicameralism.

The cultural divide in Europe: migration, multiculturalism, and political trust
Journal Article
McLaren, L. M. (2012). The cultural divide in Europe: migration, multiculturalism, and political trust. World Politics,

One of the defining features of modern states is their incorporation of notions of political and social community based on shared language, history, and myths. However, large numbers of citizens in modern states have come to believe their national co... Read More about The cultural divide in Europe: migration, multiculturalism, and political trust.