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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Youth activism in Poland: Perceptions, participation and diverging perspectives from young people and activists

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent years have seen a growing scholarly interest in youth activism (YA), a phenomenon often viewed as a positive development in response to declining civic and political engagement among young people. However, most of the research focuses on the activists themselves and gives less attention to how YA is perceived by the broader youth ...
Martyna Elerian   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Documents from Stasys Žakevičius (Žymantas) archive

open access: yesGenocidas ir Rezistencija, 2012
In 2009, the Museum of Genocide Victims of the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania received documents from the archive of Stasys Žakevičius (who was called Žymantas since 1945), a social activist, lawyer, and participant of the anti ...
Darius Juodis
doaj   +1 more source

Susceptibility to Disinformation: A Data-Driven Typology Based on COVID-19 Hoaxes and Pro-Russian Propaganda. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Psychol
ABSTRACT An original dataset based on a national quota sample in the Czech Republic (n = 490, M = 46.09 y/o, 45.7% women) was used to assess susceptibility to medical (COVID‐19) and political (Russian invasion of Ukraine) disinformation. Susceptibility to disinformation was assessed using 30 items addressing contemporary topics.
Klicperova-Baker M, Jelinek M, Kveton P.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Induced abortion in the world: 2. Present views on pregnancy termination

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Abortion was practiced in most cultures for millennia, but was often disapproved and banned. The 20th century witnessed a progressive conditional legalization, often with limitations for the duration of pregnancy. Legalizing abortion was driven by multiple factors, including a desire to limit population growth, the emergence of movements that ...
Giuseppe Benagiano   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between the young catholic movement and the soviet regime from 1940 to 1941

open access: yesGenocidas ir Rezistencija, 2010
This article explores the relationship between the Young Catholic Movement (hereinafter—YCM), which began operating in Lithuania in the second half of the thirties and included public and cultural figures of the intellectual Catholic elite (Pranas ...
Ramūnas Labanauskas
doaj   +1 more source

Castoriadis and social theory:from marginalization to canonization to re-radicalization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This chapter examines Cornelius Castoriadis's trajectory from obscurity and the margins of post-war French intellectual and political milieu to the misappropriation and canonization of his thought after the 1970s and argues for a re-radicalization of his
Memos, Christos
core   +2 more sources

Islamic Public Administration in Practice: The Taliban's “Gender Apartheid” Governance in Afghanistan

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the Taliban's post‐2021 governance model through the Islamic Public Administration (IPA) framework, focusing on justice, equality, and women's inclusion. It asks: (1) How does the Taliban's governance align with core IPA principles?
Parwiz Mosamim   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technology and Biological Weapons: Future Threats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
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Davison, N., Millett, P., Nixdorff, K.
core  

Contemporary Russian Identity between East and West [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This is a review of recent English-language scholarship on the development of Russian identity since the collapse of the USSR in 1991. The first part examines literature on the economic and political changes in the Russian Federation, revealing how ...
Duncan, PJS
core   +1 more source

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