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The Boundaries of Consensus: The Political Logic and Practical Efficacy of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's Multifaceted Dispute Resolution Mechanism——A Corpus-Based Empirical Study of 2,245 Case Texts

This corpus-based empirical study of 2,245 case texts analyzes the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's distinctive, non-judicial dispute resolution mechanism, revealing its consensus-driven operational logic, specific application patterns across five dispute typologies, and the structural tension between its political efficacy and procedural limitations.

Qiang Yue2026-09-18
📄 social science

Digital Altars of the Nation: Christian Nationalism, Trumpist Populism and the Online Re-Making of American National Identity

This mixed-methods study examines how Christian nationalism and Trumpist populism converge on social media platforms to function as "digital altars," utilizing specific discourse formations and platform logics to reshape contemporary American national identity through rituals of belonging, sacrifice, and exclusion.

Bahram Kazemian, Shafigeh Mohammadian2026-09-18
📄 social science

WITHDRAWN: Impact of Online Learning, Distance Education, and E-Learning on Learning Effectiveness in Indonesian Higher Education: Quantitative Analysis

This paper, which was intended to analyze the quantitative impact of online learning, distance education, and e-learning on learning effectiveness in Indonesian higher education, has been withdrawn by the authors due to a lack of full consent from all contributors and should not be cited.

Torang Siregar, Mhel Cedric D. Bendo2026-09-18
📄 social science

Arctic exceptionalism as institutionalised quarantine: a historical institutionalist reinterpretation of Arctic governance

This article reinterprets Arctic exceptionalism not as a natural feature of the region's security environment but as a product of "institutionalised quarantine"—a deliberate governance design that historically excluded military-security issues from the Arctic Council's mandate, explaining both the resilience of cooperation during past crises and the current post-2022 rupture as a crisis of legitimacy rather than the collapse of the institution itself.

Elif Gürdal Limon, Onur Limon2026-09-17
📄 social science

They are Too Dumb to Know They are in a Bad School: A Critical Perspective of Anti- Black Racism and Devaluation of Student Voice in Educational Governance

Grounded in Critical Race Theory, deficit frameworks, and Whiteness Studies, this paper analyzes a 2026 incident where a professor's racist remark dismissing a Black student's testimony as "too dumb" to recognize school failure, to illustrate how anti-Black racism and the devaluation of student voice are embedded in educational governance and perpetuate racial hierarchies.

Sheldon D.A. Sucre2026-09-17
📄 social science

The Influence of University Psychological Intervention Strategies on the Learning Anxiety Level of College Students in Zhejiang, China

Based on a survey of 380 university students in Zhejiang, China, this study finds that stress management, mindfulness training, peer support, and cognitive behavioral therapy all significantly reduce learning anxiety, with stress management demonstrating the most substantial impact.

Wang Mengwen, Kanwal Zahra, Rahat Bashir, Khalid Ahmed, Ahmed Basyoni, Ruqia Saba Ashraf, Zaheril Zainudin2026-09-17