Who supports secession? The determinants of secessionist attitudes among Turkey's Kurds

Who supports secession in a multiethnic country? What factors lead to secessionist or separatist attitudes? Despite the substantial interest in secessionist movements, the micro‐level factors and dynamics behind mass support for secession have been understudied. Using original and comprehensive data derived from two public opinion surveys, conducted in 2011 and 2013 with nationwide, representative samples, this study investigates the determinants of separatist attitudes among Turkey's Kurds. The empirical results show that perceptions of discrimination, ideological factors (i.e. a left‐right division and partisanship), region and religious sect do affect support for secession. Our findings provide strong support for the grievance theory and, further, show that ideology is an important factor. However, the results call into question arguments drawing attention to the role of modernisation (i.e. socio‐economic status) and of religiosity. The study also discusses some practical implications of the empirical findings.     

Drei versionen von carions chronica in dänemark‐norwegen 1554–1606

Johannes Carion's Chronica was first published in German in Wittenberg in 1532. It is a short world‐chronicle which continues the Christian tradition of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. It encompasses the period from the Creation to AD 1532 and builds on the idea of four world‐monarchies and a well‐defined period of the existence of the world. History is interpreted as a collection of ethical illustrations and as the concrete proof of the truth of the Biblical prophecies. Philip Melanchthon and Caspar Peucer later rearranged the Chronica, and their whole work was published in Latin in 1572. Both the 1532 and the 1572 editions became extremely popular throughout Europe and were translated into several languages. In Denmark‐Norway alone they gave rise to two translations into Danish and a versified Latin version in the 16th century.     

Norwegian Neo‐Latin Material 1519–1898

The present article is a survey of registered Norwegian Neo‐Latin material from the period 1519–1898. It should be read as a Norwegian supplement to Zeeberg and Mortensen: “The Database of Nordic Neo‐Latin Literature on the World Wide Web”;, SO 72, 1997, 185–189. The material also comprises the approx. 170 documents from the period 1519–1650 (both years included) which are already registered in the common Nordic Database. The article falls into two halves: A. Registration of Norwegian Neo‐Latin Material, and B. Statistics.