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How to stay wild in a highly domesticated landscape? Spatiotemporal behaviour of wolves in Germany
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Wild animals can adapt to the increasing presence of humans by either becoming accustomed to it or by avoiding humans by spatiotemporal separation. The return of the wolf to the German lowlands raised the opportunity to study wolf behaviour in one of the most densely populated and fragmented countries in Europe, in an area where topography offers no ...
Ilka Reinhardt +6 more
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Shifting responsibility for social services as enterprises privatize in Belarus [PDF]
In Belarus, divestiture of social assets, a misnomer for fringe benefits that comprise a part of wages, is needed to transform enterprises so they can function appropriately in a market economy.
Sewell, David
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The article examines post‐Stalinist Soviet expertise on girls’ education and upbringing, analysing texts for and about female adolescents created by specialists in pedagogical sciences, psychology, sociology, medicine as well as children's writers and journalists from different parts of the Union, including national republics. The text focuses
Ella Rossman
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The End Of The Myth of a brotherly Belarus? Russian soft power in Belarus after 2014: the background and its manifestations. OSW STUDIES 58 November 2016 [PDF]
, 2016 The Russian narrative on Belarus changed in 2014, when Russian expert circles and the government elite essentially redefined their perception of their Belarusian ally in the context of the conflict in Ukraine and the escalation of tensions between Moscow
Kłysinski, Kamil, Żochowski, Piotr
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Global Inequality of Opportunity in Education Decreased During the 20th Century
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We document changes in global inequality of opportunity in education for women and men born between 1941 and 1983, using individual‐level census and survey data on 46.7 million individuals from 95 countries, representing all major regions of the world.
Michael Grätz +2 more
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East Asian Cultural Elements in Modern Belarus as Instrument of “Soft Power”
, 2015 Subject of the article is elements of East Asian culture in Belarus as instruments of “soft power” policy. We defined spheres where East Asian culture is spreading in Belarus: Martial arts, Religion, Cuisine, Anime / Manga subculture, Language, Cultural ...
SAKUMA, SIARHEI; Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature Research Centre, Belarus National Science Academy
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Does Inequality Blur Class Lines? Meritocratic Attitudes in Comparative Perspective
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Scholars of inequality generally find that lower‐class individuals are more skeptical of meritocratic narratives that link economic success to individual work effort. However, past research has yielded inconclusive findings about how economic inequality affects meritocratic attitudes across different class groups.
Roshan K. Pandian, Ronald Kwon
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The Belarusian Case of Transition: Whither Financial Repression? [PDF]
The present paper examines the financial development of Belarus over the past decade with a particular focus on 1996-2002, when the financial sector was restrained through pervasive government controls in the form of interest rate ceilings, directed ...
Dr. Colin Lawson +1 more
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Beyond Manoeuvre Theory for European Defence
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article contributes to the debate about European defence in the light of the Russo‐Ukraine war and growing doubts about US commitment to Europe. It argues that Europeans need to fundamentally relearn the ability to imagine military strategy from a European viewpoint.
Lukas Mengelkamp, Sam Vincent
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Probing the Personal and Social Worries of Belarusians: A Mixed Methods Study
RUDN Journal of Psychology and PedagogicsThe purpose of this study is to identify the worries of Belarusian citizens in the context of economic, political, cultural, and global changes. Based on data obtained from semistructured interviews in December 2024 ( N = 43, including 29 women and 14 ...
Yauheni V. Balinski +2 more
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