From Sochi - 2014 to FIFA - 2018: a Fading Sovereignty? [PDF]
, 2017 In this article, we uncover the dynamics and the evolution of Russian discourses of sovereignty before and after the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games using some elements of Foucauldian methodology and constructivist reading of sovereignty as an institution.
Makarychev, Andrey, Yatsyk, Alexandra
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Time indeterminacy and spatio-temporal building transformations: an approach for architectural heritage understanding [PDF]
, 2009 Nowadays most digital reconstructions in architecture and archeology describe buildings heritage as awhole of static and unchangeable entities. However, historical sites can have a rich and complex history, sometimes full of evolutions, sometimes only ...
DE LUCA, Livio +2 more
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Border Wars: Tax Revenues, Annexation, and Urban Growth in Phoenix [PDF]
Phoenix and neighboring municipalities, like many in the South and West, pursued a growth strategy based on annexation in the decades after World War II. This paper explores the link between annexation and competition for tax revenues.
Carol E. Heim
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Community Response Strategies for Environmental Problems of Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal in Fairbanks, Alaska [PDF]
, 1975 This report examines the history of the response strategies of the Fairbanks, Alaska, community to problems of water supply and wastewater disposal.
Pearson, Roger W., Smith, Daniel W.
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Death of a kingdom: Montenegro and Yufoglavia in WWI [PDF]
, 2016 The role of Montenegro in the First World ...
Vagnini, Alessandro
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AN OVERVIEW OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE SIZE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT [PDF]
This paper reviews many factors affecting the size of local government. These factors include: current demographic trends and changes in alternative service delivery arrangements, theoretical schools of thought, evidence on economies of size, whether ...
Honadle, Beth Walter +1 more
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The Shaping of a Policy Framework for the Wider Europe. CEPS Policy Brief No. 39, September 2003 [PDF]
, 2003 [From the Introduction]. With the enlargement of the EU from 15 to 25, the new Wider Europe debate – interpreted in the broad sense as in this paper – rises high up on the EU agenda, complementing the draft Constitution prepared by the European ...
Emerson, Michael.
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Growth Management Policies for Exurban and Suburban Development: Theory and an Application to Sonoma County, California [PDF]
This study examines the effectiveness of growth management policies on influencing future patterns of exurban and suburban development. We initially estimate a spatially explicit model of residential development with parcel data in Sonoma County ...
Berck, Peter, Newburn, David A.
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The economic impact of sanctions on the Russian economy [PDF]
, 2016 This paper assesses the impact of the EU and NATO sanctions on the Russian economy. An examination of the data revealed that the sanctions have directly impacted on various sectors of the Russian economy.
Bojang, I., Okrah, J.
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