Contemporary left-wing feminist and queer politics finds itself in a double-bind between on the one hand neoliberal corporate embracement of gender equality sexual diversity, (neo)conservative anti-gender mobilization other. In discourse, is commonly seen to be backed up disseminated by global corporations. Thus, time when nationalist ultra-conservative movements are increasingly challenging he...

The literature on populism overwhelmingly deals with the factors behind rise of populism: supply factors, and economic political crises. However, there is a lack engagement in construction populist narratives especially relations between violence. This paper addresses these gaps. Based an empirically rich case study Turkey’s ruling Justice Development Party (AKP) its leader President Recep T. E...

Highlighting public-service actors’ deliberately tokenistic or self-serving efforts, existing literature has shown that public participation often involves the co-optation of sympathetic citizens. In contrast, our study demonstrates participatory advocates may discredit and marginalize critical voices despite their own inclusive, democratic ideals. We analyze entangled legitimacy claims partici...

Ecological diversification presents an enduring puzzle: how do novel ecological strategies evolve in organisms that are already adapted to their ecological niche? Most attempts to answer this question posit a primary role for genetic drift, which could carry populations through or around fitness "valleys" representing maladaptive intermediate phenotypes between alternative niches. Sexual select...