This article develops the concept of “mimetic weaponization” for theory-building. Memes recurrently serve as identificatory markers affiliation across social media platforms, with ensuing controversies potentially proving newsworthy. Our elaboration weaponization refers to purposeful deployment memetic imagery disrupt, undermine, attack, resist or reappropriate discursive positions pertaining p...

The aim of the study is a political analysis relationship between sports and politics based on an institutional approach using SWOT analysis. author's hypothesis understanding that interpenetration in modern world becoming global comprehensive will increase: politicization as social institution entire sphere acquiring new normality. paper highlights basic trends main socio-political opportuniti...

This special issue focuses on the consequences of heightened conflict between member states and increased politicization European affairs for electoral politics in Union. In this introduction we begin by outlining three important developments that fuelled politicization: (a) common currency; (b) pushback EU’s open border policies; (c) inability EU to prevent democratic backsliding some countrie...