Birol Akkuş, Tom Postmes & Katherine Stroebe \\\ Culture shapes individuals, but the measurement of cultural differences has proven a challenge. Traditional measures of cultural values focus on individual perceptions. We suggest that values are established and maintained within social communities of proximate others, such as the family and its Continue Reading
Understanding Pegida: fear for cultural change as political drive
The reaction in Germany to the rise of Pegida (Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes) was predominantly one of shock and shame. How could Germans, of all people, after their bitter history, fall for xenophobia? The indignation was prominent across the board, and everyone seemed to condemn this new Continue Reading
Turkey Elections 2015: the last elections, the elections after the last elections or the first?
You might think it’s quite late to give a prediction, just two days before the elections. That might be the case, but that doesn’t make it easy or even more accurate on beforehand. Sure, the general trends are clear: AKP will lose some, CHP and MHP will gain some, and Continue Reading