We Were Gasping for Air

Bilić, Bojan

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“…However, this is a statement about the ratio p bare (Λ c )/ρ bare (Λ c ) and not about the ratio of the corresponding renormalized quantities. 5 Similar comments hold for the discussion of the EOS in [18].…”

Section: B Comparison With Previous Workmentioning

confidence: 77%

“…The fact that it is impossible to reabsorb the divergences in eqs. (17) and (18) into a renormalization of Newton's constant (by means of a counter-term proportional to the Einstein-Hilbert term) is not a sign of a pathology. Instead, it is a direct consequence of the need for non-covariant counterterms to restore the symmetry after regularizing with a scheme that breaks general covariance.…”

Section: B Comparison With Previous Workmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Zero-point quantum fluctuations in cosmology

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We reexamine the classic problem of the renormalization of zero-point quantum fluctuations in a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker background. We discuss a number of issues that arise when regularizing the theory with a momentum-space cutoff, and show explicitly how introducing noncovariant counterterms allows to obtain covariant results for the renormalized vacuum energy-momentum tensor. We clarify some confusion in the literature concerning the equation of state of vacuum fluctuations. Further, we point out that the general structure of the effective action becomes richer if the theory contains a scalar field ϕ with mass m smaller than the Hubble parameter H(t). Such an ultralight particle cannot be integrated out completely to get the effective action. Apart from the volume term and the Einstein-Hilbert term, that are reabsorbed into renormalizations of the cosmological constant and Newton’s constant, the effective action in general also has a term proportional to F(ϕ)R, for some function F(ϕ). As a result, vacuum fluctuations of ultralight scalar fields naturally lead to models where the dark energy density has the form ρDE(t) =ρx(t) + ρz(t), where ρX is the component that accelerates the Hubble expansion at late times and ρz(t)is an extra contribution proportional to H2(t). We perform a detailed comparison of such models with CMB, SNIa and BAO dat

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Section: B Comparison With Previous Workmentioning

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Section: B Comparison With Previous Workmentioning

confidence: 97%

Zero-point quantum fluctuations in cosmology

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“…In addition, many organisations are melting into the sea of corruption. Adding to the image problems CSOs already have in many places, particularly those supported by foreign donors that are seen as part of an aid industry insufficiently connected to local constituencies and needs, these developments have made ordinary Yemenis highly sceptical of CS and its potential for peacebuilding 118 .…”

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“…NGOs are often accused of neo-colonialism 28 , while CS as a whole is equated with donor-supported organisations that operate 'in a small, confined space' and are 'unable to connect to larger parts of society' 29 . Some reject the concept altogether for promoting a Western agenda 30 . Khalaf (2015) 31 describes these dynamics in the case of Syria, stating that contact with international donors has led to a 'projectisation' of Syrian social movements, making them bureaucratic and fluent in donor lingo, and forcing them to take up donor priorities.…”

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Civil society during war: the case of Yemen

Elayah

Verkoren

2019

Peacebuilding

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Although important roles in peacebuilding are attributed to civil society (CS), few studies have so far analysed how CS actors fare amid ongoing war. Our empirical analysis of CS organisations in Yemen shows that their potential for peacebuilding is severely restrained not only by the security situation but also by political capture, corruption, and problems associated with foreign support. Our findings have implications for theories on CS and peacebuilding, which need to be adapted to messy realities in which boundaries between the state and non-state, civil and uncivil, and domestic and international domains are blurred. They also offer food for thought to peacebuilding donors, whose funds have inadvertently become encapsulated into a highly problematic political dynamic. However, the study shows that not all types of organisations are equally affected by political capture. Grassroots and new activist organisations, it argues, deserve more academic and policy attention as ways out of the Yemeni quagmire are sought.

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“…30 Most explicitly, Bilić rejects CS as a concept to explain activism because of its lack of purchase for the complexity of political and social interactions and its definitional elasticity in addition to its intimate connection to intervention. 31 The ongoing and active intervention exactly around the meaning of "civil society" and the evident resistance to the processes of CS strengthening as a political project call for adopting a critical perspective on the underlying power dynamics. Here, antonio gramsci's perspective is useful because it focuses on CS as a tool of domination.…”

Section: Civil Society As Ideational Dimension Of Hegemony-in the Foomentioning

confidence: 99%

Activism in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Struggles against Dual Hegemony and the Emergence of “Local First”

Puljek-Shank

Fritsch

2018

East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures

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The 2014 protests and plenums in Bosnia-Herzegovina were widely noted for their insertion of economic and social justice topics into the stale public discourse of ethnocracy. They also signified a potential to break with an anemic civil society shaped by international intervention, technocratic “project logic” and apolitical service provision. This article argues for treating these struggles in reference to the dual nature of the hegemony created by both local ethnonationalists and international liberal intervenors. It applies a Gramscian perspective to the processes by which hegemony is created and (re)produced via consensus in civil society. The challenge to dual hegemony can be seen in the central focus of contestation on social justice in economic arrangements as well as in the alternative logics of engagement and organizational forms in society. We describe the tensions arising from this dual challenge in terms of the degree to which they contest or reproduce the predominant anti-politics, a stance of distancing from dialogue or even contact with political actors and institutions. We conclude that the events during and since 2014 have strengthened the means to build an alternative third bloc via a “local first” approach, containing heterogeneous forms of local-scale action with explicitly political strategies.

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We Were Gasping for Air

Cited by 57 publications

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Zero-point quantum fluctuations in cosmology

Zero-point quantum fluctuations in cosmology

Civil society during war: the case of Yemen

Activism in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Struggles against Dual Hegemony and the Emergence of “Local First”

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