By Januarius Asongu, PhD
Several recent political science articles explore how cultural identity, migration, and conflict shape contemporary political behavior and social stability.
The first article examines political attitudes among African immigrants in the United States:
Sexual Conservatism as Supreme Cultural Interest: Anti-LGBTQ Sentiment, Citizenship Insulation, and Support for Donald Trump among African Immigrants in the United States
Read the article:
https://www.opastpublishers.com/journal/journal-of-democracy-research/articles-in-press
The study argues that cultural values surrounding sexuality and family can strongly influence political alignment within immigrant communities. In some cases, moral conservatism becomes a defining political identity marker that shapes attitudes toward American electoral politics.
Another article examines the internal tensions within the Ambazonian nationalist movement:
Nationhood Deferred: Dignity, Consent, and the Normative Crisis of Ambazonian Nationalism at Home and in the Diaspora
Read the article:
https://www.opastpublishers.com/journal/political-science-international/articles-in-press
The article argues that the movement faces a deep normative crisis involving questions of leadership legitimacy, diaspora activism, and the relationship between political strategy and the welfare of local populations.
A third study examines the devastating consequences of the Anglophone conflict for education:
The Pedagogy of Destruction: School Boycotts as Societal Warfare and the Manufacture of Human Capital Catastrophe in Cameroon’s Ambazonia Conflict
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https://www.opastpublishers.com/journal/journal-of-research-and-education/articles-in-press
The systematic disruption of schooling threatens to produce long-term human capital losses affecting an entire generation.
Together these studies highlight a central theme: the fragility of political community in an age of cultural polarization, diaspora politics, and violent conflict.
Social Media Summary
New political science research examining:
• African diaspora politics in the United States
• The Ambazonia conflict in Cameroon
• The impact of school boycotts on human capital
Read the studies:
https://www.opastpublishers.com/journal/journal-of-democracy-research/articles-in-press
https://www.opastpublishers.com/journal/political-science-international/articles-in-press
https://www.opastpublishers.com/journal/journal-of-research-and-education/articles-in-press
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