A series of aggressive restrictive measures were adopted around the world in 2020–2022 to
attempt to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from spreading. However, it has become increasingly clear …

This book provides a solid, encompassing definition of Internet memes, exploring both the
common features of memes around the globe and their particular regional traits. It identifies …

Theories link threat with right-wing political beliefs. We use the World Values Survey (60,378
participants) to explore how six types of threat (eg, economic, violence, and surveillance) are …

Previous studies have shown that external threats, such as financial crises and natural
disasters, might fuel negative attitudes, emotions, and behaviors towards outgroup …

This paper is concerned with expressions of Argentine territorial nationalism with a specific
focus on the Malvinas/Falklands dispute. Billig's (1995) notion of banal nationalism has …

Fostering unity in diversity while ensuring spaces for disagreement is a key challenge for all
liberal democracies with ethnic and religious diversity. Increasing polarization, not least due …

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Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 61, no. 1, January–February 2014, pp. 30–40. © 2014 ME …

Diversionary war theory states that leaders may initiate an international conflict in order to
invoke internal cohesion and distract the public from domestic issues. Recent developments …

This chapter advances the idea that two potent political myths, one about Russia's
historically preordained great power status and the other about the frequent inhibitions to the …

States are security-seekers vis-a-vis 'significant others' who are cast as enemies in the
international system. Usually, the study of the enemy image is connected with relative …