Ishkanian, Armine

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  • Ishkanian, Armine, Ooms, Tahnee, van Paassen, Barbara, Kurt-Dickson, Aygen, Puri, Ishita, Spector, Branwen (2026). Hierarchies of knowers and knowledges: exploring the potential of academic practitioner collaborations in tackling knowledge inequalities. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 29(1), 15 - 30. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2025.2455967 picture_as_pdf
  • Ooms, Tahnee, Klaser, Klaudijo, Ishkanian, Armine (2023). The role of academia practice partnerships in the well-being economy: retracing synergies between health and social sciences using bibliometric analysis. Health Policy, 138, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104936 picture_as_pdf
  • Ishkanian, Armine, Khalatyan, Mariam, Manusyan, Arpy, Margaryan, Nvard (2023). Why ideas matter: exploring the potential and limits of local civil society agency in peacebuilding. Journal of Civil Society, 19(2), 193 - 211. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2023.2206156 picture_as_pdf
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2022). Social movements and social policy: new research horizons. Journal of Social Policy, 51(3), 582 - 595. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279421001008 picture_as_pdf
  • Shutes, Isabel, Ishkanian, Armine (2022). Transnational welfare within and beyond the nation-state: civil society responses to the migration crisis in Greece. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48(3), 524 - 541. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2021.1892479 picture_as_pdf
  • Ishkanian, Armine, Shutes, Isabel (2021). Who needs the experts? The politics and practices of alternative humanitarianism in Greece and its relationship to NGOs. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-021-00354-6 picture_as_pdf
  • Ishkanian, Armine, Peña Saavedra, Anita (2019). The politics and practices of intersectional prefiguration in social movements: the case of Sisters Uncut. Sociological Review, 67(5), 985 - 1001. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026118822974 picture_as_pdf
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2019). Social movements, Brexit, and social policy. Social Policy and Society, 18(1), 147-159. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746418000404
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2018). Armenia’s unfinished revolution. Current History, 117(801), 271-276.
  • Ishkanian, Armine, Glasius, Marlies (2018). Resisting neoliberalism? Movements against austerity and for democracy in Cairo, Athens and London. Critical Social Policy, 38(3), 527-546. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018318762452
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2017). From consensus to dissensus: the politics of anti-austerity activism in London and its relationship to voluntary organisations. Journal of Civil Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2017.1389843
  • Ishkanian, Armine, Glasius, Marlies (2017). What does democracy mean? Activist views and practices in Athens, Cairo, London and Moscow. Democratization, 24(6), 1006 - 1024. https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2016.1256874
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2017). Book review: Փոփոխության Որոնումներ (Quest for Change), Socioscope NGO by Anna Zhamakochyan, Zhanna Andreasyan, Sona Manusyan, and Arpy Manusyan (2016). Caucasus Analytical Digest, 91, 11-13.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2016). From civil disobedience to armed violence: political developments in Armenia. openDemocracy,
  • Glasius, Marlies, Ishkanian, Armine (2015). Surreptitious symbiosis: engagement between activists and NGOs. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 26(6), 2620-2644. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9531-5
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2015). Self-determined citizens? New forms of civic activism and citizenship in Armenia. Europe-Asia Studies, 67(8), 1203 - 1227. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2015.1074981
  • Glasius, Marlies, Ishkanian, Armine (2015). Surreptitious symbiosis: the relationship between NGO’s and movement activists. openDemocracy,
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2015). Self-determined citizens? A new wave of civic activism in Armenia. openDemocracy,
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2015). Book review: Linda Milbourne voluntary sector in transition: hard times or new opportunities? Critical Social Policy, 35(1), 158-160. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018314553545c
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2014). Neoliberalism and violence: the Big Society and the changing politics of domestic violence in England. Critical Social Policy, 34(3), 333-353. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018313515973
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2011). Liberation technology: dreams, politics, history. Open Democracy,
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2009). (Re)claiming the emancipatory potential of civil society: a critical examination of civil society and democracy building programs in Armenia since 1991. Armenian Review, 51(1-4), 9-34.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2008). Democracy contested: Armenia’s fifth presidential elections. Open Democracy,
  • Howell, Jude, Ishkanian, Armine, Obadare, Ebenezer, Seckinelgin, Hakan, Glasius, Marlies (2008). The backlash against civil society in the wake of the Long War on Terror. Development in Practice, 18(1), 82-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520701778884
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2007). En-gendering civil society and democracy building: the anti-domestic violence campaign in Armenia. Social Politics, 14(4), 488-525. https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxm020
  • Ishkanian, Armine, Lewis, Jane (2007). Gender, civil society and participation: introduction to the special issue of Social Politics. Social Politics, 14(4), 407-414.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2006). From inclusion to exclusion: Armenian NGOs participation in the PRSP. Journal of International Development, 18(5), 729-740. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1301
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2006). Social policy and development in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Central Asian Survey, 25(4), 373-385. https://doi.org/10.1080/02634930701210492
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2006). Social policy in Central Asia: special issue. Central Asian Survey, 25(4).
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2005). Book review: Chechnya: life in a war-torn society. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 11(2), 378-379. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2005.00241.x
  • Hasanov, Avaz, Ishkanian, Armine (2005). Bridging divides: civil society peacebuilding initiatives. Accord: an International Review of Peace Initiatives, 17, 44-47.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2004). Home-comings and goings. Diaspora: a Journal of Transnational Studies, 13(1).
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2003). Gendered transitions: the impact of the post-Soviet transition on women in central Asia and the Caucasus. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 2(3-4), 475- 496. https://doi.org/10.1163/156915003322986361
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2003). Importing civil society? The emergence of Armenia's NGO sector and the impact of Western aid on its development. Armenian Forum: a Journal of Contemporary Affairs, 3(1), 7-36.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2003). Promoting local approaches to global problems: a reply to my interlocutors. Armenian Forum: a Journal of Contemporary Affairs, 3(1), 69-75.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2002). Mobile motherhood: Armenian women's labor migration in the post-Soviet period. Diaspora, 11(3), 383-415.
    • Audio/visual resource
  • Flinders, Matthew, Ishkanian, Armine, Lawson, George, Mollett, Amy, Brumley, Cheryl (2012). Democracy and its discontents. audio_file
    • Book
  • Ishkanian, Armine, Szreter, Simon (Eds.) (2012). The big society debate: a new agenda for social welfare? Edward Elgar.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2012). Democracy building and civil society in post-soviet Armenia. Routledge.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2008). Democracy building and civil society in post-soviet Armenia. Routledge.
    • Chapter
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2018). The square and beyond: trajectories and implications of the square occupations. In Peeren, E., Celikates, R., de Kloet, J. & Poell, T. (Eds.), Global cultures of contestation: mobility, sustainability, aesthetics & connectivity (pp. 27-48). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63982-6 picture_as_pdf
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2016). Challenging the gospel of neoliberalism?: civil society opposition to mining in Armenia. In Coy, P. G. (Ed.), Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change (pp. 107-136). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-786X20160000039005
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2016). Ինքնորուշված Քաղաքացիներ. քաղակացիական ակտիվիզմի նոր ալիքը Հայաստանում (Ink’nowrowšvaç K’aġak’ac’iner. k’aġakac’iakan aktivizmi nor alik’ë Hayastanowm). In Zhamakochyan, A., Manusyan, A., Andreasyan, Z. & Manusyan, S. (Eds.), Պայքարի Փորձեր (Payk’ari P’orjer) (pp. 65-77). Socioscope.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2014). Engineered civil society: the impact of 20 years of democracy promotion on civil society development in the former Soviet countries. In Beichelt, T., Hahn, I. & Schimmelfennig, F. (Eds.), Civil society and democracy promotion (pp. 150-170). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Szreter, Simon, Ishkanian, Armine (2012). What is Big Society?: contemporary social policy in an historical and comparative perspective. In Ishkanian, A. & Szreter, S. (Eds.), The Big Society Debate: a New Agenda for Social Welfare? (pp. 1-24). Edward Elgar.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2012). From 'shock therapy' to the 'Big Society': lessons from the post-socialist transitions. In Ishkanian, A. & Szreter, S. (Eds.), The Big Society Debate: a New Agenda for Social Welfare? (pp. 168-178). Edward Elgar.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2012). From shock therapy to big society: lessons from the post-socialist transitions. In Ishkanian, A. & Szreter, S. (Eds.), The Big Society Debate: a New Agenda for Social Welfare? (pp. 168-178). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781002070.00023
  • Szreter, Simon, Ishkanian, Armine (2012). Introduction: what is big society? Contemporary social policy in a historical and comparative perspective. In Szreter, S. & Ishkanian, A. (Eds.), The Big Society Debate: a New Agenda for Social Welfare? (pp. 1-24). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781002070.00007
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2009). Local solutions for global problems: the challenges encountered by the anti-domestic violence campaign in Armenia. In Shirwadkar, S. (Ed.), Family Violence in India : Human Rights, Issues, Actions, and International Comparisons (pp. 441-468). Rawat Books.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2009). Nonprofit organizations, comparative perspectives. In Anheier, H. K. & Toepler, S. (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Civil Society (pp. 1091-1095). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2009). Nonprofit sector and poverty reduction. In Anheier, H. K. & Toepler, S. (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Civil Society (pp. 1099-1103). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2007). Democracy promotion and civil society. In Albrow, M., Glasius, M., Anheier, H. K. & Kaldor, M. (Eds.), Global Civil Society 2007/8 : Communicative Power and Democracy (pp. 58-85). Sage Publications Ltd..
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2007). Gender mainstreaming in the context of Europe, Central Asia and the CIS: regional challenges. In Dolata, N. (Ed.), Gender Mainstreaming in Practice: a Toolkit (pp. 13-20). UNDP.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2005). Diaspora and global civil society: the impact of transnational diasporic activism on Armenia's post-Soviet transition. In Atabaki, T. & Mehendale, S. (Eds.), Central Asia and the Caucasus: Transnationalism and Diaspora (pp. 113-139). Routledge.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2004). Armenians. In Ember, C. R. & Ember, M. (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures (pp. 265-273). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2004). Gendered transitions: the impact of the post-Soviet transition on women in central Asia and the Caucasus. In Amineh, M. P. & Houweling, H. (Eds.), Central Eurasia in Global Politics: Conflict, Security and Development (pp. 161-184). Brill Academic Publishers.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2004). Working at the local-global intersection: the challenges facing women in Armenia's NGO sector. In Kuehnast, K. & Nechemias, C. (Eds.), Post-Soviet Women Encountering Transition: Nation-Building, Economic Survival, and Civic Activism (pp. 262-287). Johns Hopkins University. Press.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2003). Women in Armenia. In Walter, L. (Ed.), The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide: Europe (pp. 33-44). Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc..
    • Conference or Workshop Item
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2003-01-01) Training of trainers: the impact of Western experts on local NGO activism in Armenia [Paper]. American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, CAN.
    • Report
  • Ishkanian, Armine, Gyulkhandanyan, Evelina, Manusyan, Sona, Manusyan, Arpy (2013). Civil society, development and environmental activism in Armenia. City Print House.
  • Ishkanian, Armine, Glasius, Marlies, Ali, Irum S. (2013). Reclaiming democracy in the square? Interpreting the movements of 2011-12. Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science.
    • Online resource
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2018). The Brexit vote was driven by the losers of globalisation, but that's hardly the whole story. picture_as_pdf
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2018). A revolution of values: freedom, responsibility, and courage in the Armenian Velvet Revolution.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2017). Armenia’s election: the status quo wins at the expense of democracy.
  • Ishkanian, Armine, Bechler, Rosemary (2015). The Squares and Beyond.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2014). Book review: rediscovering voluntary action: the beat of adifferent drum by Colin Rochester.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2013). Reclaiming democracy in the square: two years on from Occupy London.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2012). Book review: Citizens’ initiatives in Europe: procedures and consequences of agenda-setting by citizens.
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2012). Book review: how much impact are protests across Europe really having on re-setting the political agenda?
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2012). To dream the impossible dream.
    • Working paper
  • Howell, Jude, Ishkanian, Armine, Obadare, Ebenezer, Seckinelgin, Hakan, Glasius, Marlies (2006). The backlash against civil society in the wake of the long war on terror. (Civil Society Working Paper series 26). Centre for Civil Society (London School of Economics and Political Science).
  • Ishkanian, Armine (2003). Is the personal political? The development of Armenia's NGO sector during the post-soviet period. (Berkeley program in Soviet and post-Soviet studies working paper series 2003 03-ishk). Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, University of California at Berkeley.
    • Blog post
  • Ishkanian, Armine (6 March 2025) Academic practitioner collaborations can tackle persistent knowledge inequalities, but they need recognition. Impact of Social Sciences Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Ishkanian, Armine (8 May 2024) It's not rocket science: the politics of inequality. LSE Inequalities. picture_as_pdf
  • Ishkanian, Armine (8 October 2020) Why peace looks a long way off in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Ishkanian, Armine (6 February 2017) Answering the age-old question what does democracy mean to those who protest for it? British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
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