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In the article, based on a hermeneutic analysis of published sources, presented in numerous journalistic works of the founders of the ideology of the Siberian regionalism N. M. Yadrintsev and G.N. Potanin, the genesis of political discourse in this system of views is reconstructed. The author focuses on the early period of the formation of the political thought of regionalism, which came to a close. 1860s – early. 1870s It is shown that at that time an extensive discussion about the essence, nature and structure of the state unfolded. It has been established that decentralization, autonomy, federation built on the "bottom-up" principle and the concept of equality in relations between the center and the provinces are the paradigms that have acquired the level of political and philosophical generalizations in the works of the leaders of Siberian regionalism. Free self-government, the principle of legal equality of all parts of the state, taking into account the interests of the outskirts for the regionals were integral principles for building the state as an institution of joint and equal community of people. The article also notes that one of the first political science developments of the classics of regionalism was a sharp criticism of the state penitentiary policy of the Russian Empire. In particular, the political and economic vegetation of the Siberian region N. M. Yadrintsev associated with the miscalculations of the country's criminal policy.

Just as even the most personal of our narratives can ultimately be traced back to our communal pasts, so they are worked up, told, and retold through complex chains of sharing: Situated utterances, partial hearings, and fractured representations circulate meanings and interpretations through relays of retelling as social agents listen to and tell their own and each other's stories. Narrative political psychologists explore how the storied lives of political actors are both shaped by their historical and structured circumstances and reproduce their ongoing political agency. In such contexts, how do narrative political psychologists assess truth claims? Guided by a critical‐realist theoretical approach, the article sets out a series of considerations for the assessment of truth and facts. Three interrelated characteristics underpin the search for truth and meaning in political storytelling: responsibility, recognition, and representation, applied to the scientific community, research participants, and the broader polity, respectively. The article explores the ethical and practical implications of the three characteristics in the evaluation of truth claims across political narratives, highlighting both the quest for verifiable facts and the complexity and indeterminacy of the historical and cultural contexts in which truths emerge and are contested. Reference is made throughout to an empirical study of the narratives of members of a declining fraternal organization.

Although narrative has become an important concept in political analysis, the empirical focus has largely been limited to narrative as text. This article puts equal emphasis on narration as act. Drawing on tools and techniques associated with performativity, I analyse how actors perform a critical counternarrative on obesity as a policy issue across democratic settings in Australia and the United Kingdom. I show that this political narrative is watered down, muted and confused the closer it gets to formal governing institutions; this avowedly 'cohesive narrative' becomes fuzzy, inconsistent and overlapping, such that the ticking 'fat bomb' described in open public debate fizzles out before it even approaches these institutions. In concluding, I argue that these findings add considerable nuance to our understanding of how and to what effect narrative manifests in political affairs.

This article examines the background of 'irregular' adoptions in Chile and the recent dispute process of political narratives about this topic, in the context of Chilean adoption policies and practices. Special focus is on how the adoption policies and practices have caused serious human rights violations in particular to the child's rights to know one's origins. The article discusses the design and implementation of recognition, justice and reparation policies, for the prevention of future risks associated with these irregular practices.

The article examines the messages and political expression of the EZLN in Mexico, focussing on the political writings, declarations, letters, interviews and prose produced y the Zapatistas. The movement has created an important mediatic presence which has no precedent in the history of guerrilla movements and ethnic conflict elsewhere. The author analyses the principal ideological tenets of the EZLN and its political message in the context of this particular and exceptional form of political dissemination through discourse analysis. ; El presente artículo examina los mensajes y las expresiones políticas generadas por el Movimiento Zapatista, utilizando como unidades de análisis los escritos, declaraciones, cartas, entrevistas y la prosa aparecida en los cuentos literarios. Este movimiento ha logrado ocupar un espacio mediático sin precedentes en la historia de las guerrillas y de los conflictos étnicos mundiales. En este sentido, la autora reflexiona sobre los principales bagajes ideológicos del EZLN y sus mensajes políticos a partir de la particularidad y excepcionalidad de su conformación y composición.

The article examines the messages and political expression of the EZLN in Mexico, focussing on the political writings, declarations, letters, interviews and prose produced y the Zapatistas. The movement has created an important mediatic presence which has no precedent in the history of guerrilla movements and ethnic conflict elsewhere. The author analyses the principal ideological tenets of the EZLN and its political message in the context of this particular and exceptional form of political dissemination through discourse analysis. ; El presente artículo examina los mensajes y las expresiones políticas generadas por el Movimiento Zapatista, utilizando como unidades de análisis los escritos, declaraciones, cartas, entrevistas y la prosa aparecida en los cuentos literarios. Este movimiento ha logrado ocupar un espacio mediático sin precedentes en la historia de las guerrillas y de los conflictos étnicos mundiales. En este sentido, la autora reflexiona sobre los principales bagajes ideológicos del EZLN y sus mensajes políticos a partir de la particularidad y excepcionalidad de su conformación y composición.

As China and India evolve into superpowers, what is the reaction of Singapore? The thoughts of three strategic thinkers are compared: Michael Leifer, Kishore Mabhubani and Tommy Koh. Though differing in their perspectives, they concur that Singapore's long-term survival is dependent on its being a proactive and sociable member of a regional order, be it with a core that is accomodationist, civilisationally-oriented or idealistically pragmatic. (CIJ/GIGA)