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Drones and Support for the Use of Force utilizes experimental research to analyze the effects of combat drones on Americans’ support for the use of force. The authors develop expectations drawn from social science theory and then assess these conjectures using a series of survey experiments. Their findings—that drones have had important but nuanced effects on support for the use of force—have implications for democratic control of military action and civil-military relations, and provide insight into how the development and proliferation of current and future military technologies influence the domestic politics of foreign policy.

Political Science --- drones --- drone warfare --- public opinion

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"The topic of migration has become particularly contentious in national and international debates. Media have a discernable impact on overall societal attitudes towards this phenomenon. Polls show time and again that immigration is one of the most important issues occupying people’s minds. This book examines the dynamic interplay between media representations of migrants and refugees on the one hand and the governmental and societal (re)actions to these on the other. Largely focusing on Belgium and Sweden, this collection of interdisciplinary research essays attempts to unravel the determinants of people’s preferences regarding migration policy, expectations towards newcomers, and economic, humanitarian and cultural concerns about immigration’s effect on the majority population’s life. Whilst migrants and refugees remain voiceless and highly underrepresented in the legacy media, this volume allows their voices to be heard. Contributors: Leen d’Haenens (KU Leuven), Willem Joris (KU Leuven), Paul Puschmann (KU Leuven/Radboud University Nijmegen), Ebba Sundin (Halmstad University), David De Coninck (KU Leuven), Rozane De Cock (KU Leuven), Valériane Mistiaen (Université libre de Bruxelles), Lutgard Lams (KU Leuven), Stefan Mertens (KU Leuven), Olivier Standaert (UC Louvain), Hanne Vandenberghe (KU Leuven), Koen Matthijs (KU Leuven), Kevin Smets (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Jacinthe Mazzocchetti (UC Louvain), Lorraine Gerstmans (UC Louvain), Lien Mostmans (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), and François Heinderyckx (Université libre de Bruxelles)"

Migration --- Refugees --- Media Coverage --- Public Opinion --- Integration Policy --- Framing Effects

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The present volume contains a critical suvey of entries collected from periodicals – learned journals and entertaining weeklies which were published in Vienna during the 1st half of the 19th century concerning the field of investigation which is the historical region of present day Czech Republic back then part of the Habsburg Empire with Vienna as the capital. The material collected in the present volume does cover the fields “Religion”, “Law”, “Area studies”, “Political economy”, “Natural sciences and mathematics” thus completing the study with three parts already in print: part I (2011) “Literature and literary history”; part II (2013) “Linguistics”, “Philosophy, esthetics, rethorics”,“Historiography”, “Education”; part III (2014) “The Arts”. An index will be available online once the book is released, a general index in a print version will be provided in time.

Historical press research – Viennensia – Bohemica - history of Science, Religion, Law – Area studies – Communictions research - Public opinion --- Historische Zeitschriftenforschung – Viennensia – Bohemica – Wissenschaftsgeschichte – Landeskunde – Wirtschaftsgeschichte – Kommunikationsforschung

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Quel est le but de ce livre ? pour le dire en quelques mots, il s’agit de montrer qu’à côté des innombrables rencontres politiques officielles qui sont sans résultat notable depuis plus de quarante ans, des militants courageux et volontaires, aidés par le passage des générations, tentent d’agir sur l’opinion citoyenne, en rétablissant des relations personnelles entre les populations chypriotes, en développant, à côté de l’hellénisme et du turcisme, l’idée d’une nation chypriote. La première partie rappelle le fil de l’histoire : comment l’Empire ottoman, la domination britannique, la courte indépendance et le nationalisme surdimensionné des colonels grecs, encouragés par les États‑Unis, ont façonné la situation actuelle. La seconde, 1974‑2003, montre comment la situation s’enlise : d’un côté, les politiques locaux prennent des mesures qui solidifient et aggravent la partition de 1974, de l’autre, une première génération de militants développe le chypriotisme. Enfin la troisième partie montre comment depuis 2003, les contacts entre citoyens de Chypre se multiplient sans heurts, en exerçant indéniablement une influence sur les politiques locaux, même si les résultats sont encore limités. Les mentalités ne changent pas rapidement, et le sort de Chypre dépend, également et malheureusement, de facteurs extérieurs, la Grèce, la Turquie, la Grande-Bretagne, l’Union européenne, les États-Unis, la Russie, la situation au Proche-Orient...

inter-communities clashes --- Turkish settlers --- communities reconciliation --- Green Line --- public opinion --- victim’s discourse --- contemporary poetry --- role of non-governmental associations --- schoolbooks --- populations displacements --- Annan plan --- 1974 Turkish intervention --- “chypriotism”

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Public participation in forestry is a key issue in ensuring the democratization of decision-making processes, increasing the social acceptance of policies, and reducing conflicts between forest users. Public participation also provides an opportunity for the improvement of the quality of information, public debate, personal reflection, and professionalization, raising awareness. Participation in forestry implies the involvement of stakeholders (the interest group participation approach) and/or the involvement of people (the direct citizen participation approach) in the decision-making process. Since the UN Conference on Environment and Development (1992), new norms and perspectives have emerged encouraging a bottom-up approach in forest governance. Consequently, several participatory techniques, methods, and tools for stakeholder involvement in forest governance have been developed and applied. These different experiences allow us to learn from failures and successes and contribute to knowledge improvement. The future challenges of participatory forestry deal with adaptation to changes in ecological, social, and economic contexts.

community forestry --- forest history --- forest management practice --- traditional knowledge --- appraisal --- urban trees --- public opinion --- photography --- summer-winter --- climate change mitigation --- forest management --- forest carbon --- preferences --- deliberative-analytical process --- British Columbia --- participatory process --- forest governance --- diffusion --- social forestry --- stakeholder analysis --- public participation --- AI decision-making algorithms --- empathetic utility functions --- assessment of sustainability --- entrepreneurial education --- forestry training --- innovative training --- participatory process --- social network analysis --- stakeholder analysis --- social assessment --- forest multifunctionality --- stakeholders’ involvement --- forest planning --- questionnaire survey --- panarchy theory --- national forest policy framework --- stakeholders --- participatory forums --- interviews survey --- participation --- Natura 2000 --- management program --- stakeholders --- Slovenia --- participatory modeling --- role-playing games --- stakeholder engagement --- transdisciplinary research --- slash-and-burn agriculture --- deforestation --- forest degradation --- community-based forest management --- green space quality assessment --- user participation --- urban woodland management --- cocoa --- Ghana --- smallholder --- perceptions --- climate change --- REDD+ --- stakeholders --- participatory