The first stream of research – which we describe as strategic decoupling – focuses on how Chinese decision-makers deal with legitimacy-related pressures when they have to appease the conflicting and competing demands of diverse institutional actors.
Agonistic displays are those which are intended to confront or drive off or, alternatively, appease and avoid conflict with other individuals.
There have also been no moves to ban the local chapter of Hizb-ut-Tahrir, a radical group that, although it does not preach violence, does call for the downfall of the Indonesian state and its replacement with a caliphate.Mr Yudhoyono may believe that he is avoiding conflict by appeasing the country's vociferous but unrepresentative radical Islamist fringe.
These practitioners were likely to have a moderate attitude towards dental consultations in general practice and prescribed antibiotics in these situations to appease the patient and avoid conflict.
The reformer, in this case, will introduce and implement just enough reform to appease the peasants and contain the conflict.
Krusty immediately visited the camp in hopes of ending the conflict and managed to appease Bart.
The underlying assumption is that hard decisions to improve economy give dividends only in the long run and are bound to be in direct conflict with measures that can appease ordinary people and produce immediate electoral gains.
Namely, we do not inherently think of diversity in a racist frame, but ourselves trigger conflict in our efforts to appease it without paying attention to the versatility our audience has.
But the idea illustrates a disturbing truth: Mexicans are far too comfortable choosing the route that avoids conflict, even when it results in appeasing forces that shouldn't be appeased.
Lebanon's government will tread a fine line between appeasing the Shias and preventing a new conflict with Israel.Hamas, too, is in trouble.
But his fudge on Melisandre – neither punished to appease Ser Davos nor kept at his side for the conflict ahead – doesn't bode well for his chances of keeping Littlefinger at bay.
