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The politics of policy resistance: reconstructing higher education in Kosovo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This article considers attempts to incorporate lessons and transfer policies from Britain in the reconstruction of Higher Education in Kosovo after 1999.
Bache, I., Taylor, A.
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The Quality of Government and Educational Performance Across Countries

open access: yesEconomics &Politics, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 183-198, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Using a new indicator of government quality, two different indicators of educational performance and two different datasets covering up to 120 countries, this study finds robust evidence that a higher quality of government improves educational performance.
Horst Feldmann
wiley   +1 more source

Treatment Effect Heterogeneity of Farmers Participating in Cooperatives

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 94-106, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Despite the many studies providing evidence of the benefits of cooperatives, most small farms and farm households, particularly in transition economies, do not participate in them. This study analyses the effect of cooperative activity on farm performance using a large‐scale farm survey conducted in Armenia. In addition, it addresses the issue
Drini Imami   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Penal Modernization in the Western Balkans: Continuities and Changes since the Nineteenth Century

open access: yesHistory, Volume 111, Issue 394, Page 66-89, January 2026.
Abstract Influential sociologists of social control, including Émile Durkheim, Max Weber and others, conceived of the modern state as progressively moving towards the humanization of its penal programme. This article highlights developments that do not easily fit this progressivist model, drawing attention to the region that today is often referred to ...
Olga Kantokoski
wiley   +1 more source

Legal Aspects on the Audit of the Albanian Olympic Community by the International Organisations

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2018
One of the main factors influencing the determination of the degree of democratization of a country and its economic development is the transparency of decision-making bodies and its free exercise without being influenced by political factors and other related elements.
Ismail Varoshi, Saimir Shatku
openaire   +1 more source

State of the Field: The History of Masculinities

open access: yesHistory, Volume 111, Issue 394, Page 5-29, January 2026.
Abstract This State of the Field article discusses how, when and why the history of masculinities has emerged since the 1980s, and why it continues to be an important research field today. The article begins with the field's multiple origin stories and then discusses its expansion in chronology, geography and theme, as well as newer directions for ...
ERICA L. FRASER
wiley   +1 more source

Yugoslavia is dead: long live the Yugosphere good news from the Western Balkans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper by Tim Judah, a journalist and writer who has covered the former Yugoslavia and the Balkans for many years and whose knowledge of the region is second to none, is the first in the LSEE Papers series.

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East European migrant women in Greece: intergenerational cultural knowledge transfer and adaptation in a context of crisis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper draws on a larger oral history project entitled ‘Gendered Histories of Resilience and Resistance: Eastern European Women’s Narratives of Mobility and Survival’, a narrative ethnography of Albanian, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Polish immigrant ...
Christou, Anastasia, Michail, Domna
core   +1 more source

Securitised Exit and Passport Regimes in South Korea: Law, Politics and Jurisdiction

open access: yesInternational Migration, Volume 64, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT By tracing the development of South Korea's legal‐passport regimes within the historical and geopolitical settings, this paper examines how exit restrictions have been securitised through their interplay with inter‐Korean dynamics and state relations.
Jeewon Min
wiley   +1 more source

From Collective Norms to Personal Responsibility: Integrating TPB and SDT to Explain Green Banking Behaviors in a Transitional Society

open access: yesBusiness Strategy &Development, Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how environmental concern translates into green banking behavior by distinguishing three behavioral mechanisms: cost‐sensitive (instrumental—via perceived benefits and adoption intention), loyalty‐based, and sacrifice‐based (affective—via trust).
Krisdela Kaçani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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