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Publicism by P. Struve in the Journal “Osvobozhdenie”

Известия Южного федерального университета: Филологические науки, 2019
Peter Struve (1870–1944) is one of the most prominent Russian political figures, publicists and editors of the early XX century. The article is devoted to his journalistic activities at the post of his foreign opposition liberal journal «Osvobozhdenie ...
Evgeny V. Akhmadulin
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Power Balance Between the State and Society and Its Role in Reducing Unjustified Inequalities in Iran’s Political Economy (2005–2021) [PDF]

فصلنامه پژوهش‌های اقتصادی ایران
The issue of underdevelopment in Iran has long been marked by a paradoxical situation. On the one hand, there is broad consensus on the necessity of development to achieve social welfare; on the other hand, there is no clear theoretical or political ...
Mahsa Karimi, Hossein Raghfar
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Migration, Repression and Homosexual Sociability in Francoist Spain: An Analysis of the Case Files of the Special Courts of Barcelona (1965–1975)

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Spain, under General Franco's regime, homosexuality was regarded as an antisocial and dangerous behaviour. It was thus pursued both by the police and judicial courts. The Law on Vagrants and Crooks (1954) and, subsequently, the Law on Dangerousness and Social Rehabilitation (1970) constituted the legal mechanisms used by the dictatorship to
Jordi Mas Grau, Rafael Cáceres‐Feria
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Unpacking China's Digital Ascent in the Global South: The Case of Huawei in North Africa

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite frequent concerns in Western policy and media circles about the risks of using Chinese telecommunications suppliers, firms like Huawei have encountered little resistance from governments or citizens in the Global South. Empirical research explaining this acceptance remains limited.
Tin Hinane El Kadi
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Human capital and corruption: a microeconomic model of the bribes market with democratic contestability [PDF]

To overcome market failures society creates common laws that stimulate or penalize individual actions, the enforcement of which depends on the actions of public authorities who may be susceptible to corruption.
Aurora A.C. Teixeira, Pedro Cosme Costa Vieira   +1 more
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Tales of Cyberspace and Artificial Intelligence: Diverging Stakeholderships?

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article traces the evolution of the Internet from the 1990s to the 2020s and compares it with the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly following the public launch of ChatGPT in late 2022. It identifies both parallels and divergencies between these two overlapping technological domains, focusing on the growing ...
Johan Eriksson, Giampiero Giacomello
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Anatomy of the Protests of Political Exiles in Western Siberia in the 1880s

RUDN Journal of Russian History, 2020
Using the methods of regional history, the present paper studies some little-known pages of the history of the political exile life in Western Siberia. The present case gives us a new perspective on the institution of political exile, and insights into ...
Oleg A. Milevsky
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Endogenous opposition: Identity and ideology in Kuwaiti electoral politics

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract How do opposition elites succeed in authoritarian elections? Existing theories of authoritarian politics suggest a pivotal role for elections in enhancing the survival of incumbent dictators. Yet, in many contexts, opposition elites attract considerable support and constrain the policymaking authorities of these dictators.
Daniel L. Tavana
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Networks of coercion: Military ties and civilian leadership challenges in China

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Civilian‐led coups are one of the most common routes to losing power in autocracies. How do authoritarian leaders secure themselves from civilian leadership challenges? We argue that autocrats differentiate civilian rivals in part by their social ties to the military.
Tyler Jost, Daniel Mattingly
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The figure of the impostor to the throne in Russian political culture: Between sacralization and mimesis

Sign Systems Studies, 2017
Proceeding from materials relating to the “Time of Troubles”, this article examines the phenomenon of imposture (samozvanchestvo) as one of the symbols of Russian political history from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
Ilya Kalinin
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