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The Manchester School, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the effects of financial development on banking risk using a panel of 125 countries (2000–2019), of which 92 are developing economies. However, financial development consists of advances in both financial institutions and financial markets, which may have distinct effects on banking risk.
Gabriel Caldas Montes +1 more
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Belarus. The two hidden mechanisms of media censorship
, 2016 The Freedom of the Press ranking recently published by Freedom House has found Belarus’ media environment to be Europe’s most restrictive. The ranking placed Belarus as 192nd out of 199 countries and territories within the “worst of the worst” category ...
Herasimenka, A.
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Oscillating Whiteness: A Conceptual Framework for Analysing Transnational Ethno‐Racial Privilege
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article advances oscillating whiteness as a conceptual framework for analysing ethno‐racial privilege across geopolitical settings. The framework theorizes whiteness as a dynamic resource governed by four mechanisms: recognition (how bodies are classified as white), performativity (how whiteness is enacted through cultural scripts ...
Reza Hasmath
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Tractor Testing; Drawbar; Belarus
, 1979 The Belarus 7100 was the largest Russian Tractor tested. Note the three-person operator enclosure (cab) with the operator inside. The tractor was manufactured at the Kirov plant.
Louis I. Leviticus +1 more
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Making Boundaries: Polish Memory, Identity and the Ukrainian Other
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Political elites use historical references abundantly when drawing national boundaries. Despite the prominence of such language, we know little about the ways in which ordinary citizens internalise historical narratives of the Other to construct their national identity.
Félix Krawatzek
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While many explain the crisis of the liberal international order through nationalism, its treatment by neorealist scholars remains frustrating. Untangling the nationalism–neorealism relationship would help explain the current crisis and enhance neorealism's explanatory power.
Dylan Motin
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Labor Market Trends and Institutions in Belarus [PDF]
In most countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, the transition to market led to the emergence of a private sector and open unemployment. The Belarusian labor market is characterized by low official unemployment,
Vera Volchok, Zuzana Brixiova
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Sun exposure and photoprotection: Habits, knowledge, and attitudes among elite beach soccer players
Photochemistry and Photobiology, EarlyView.Elite beach soccer players experience high ultraviolet radiation exposure and frequent sunburn episodes despite widespread sunscreen use. Deficiencies in sunscreen reapplication, shade‐seeking behaviors, and skin surveillance practices were identified. These findings highlight the need for targeted photoprotection interventions in beach sports athletes.
Guillermo De Castro‐Maqueda +3 more
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Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.The Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) is the rarest songbird of continental Europe and a fen mire specialist. The systematic drainage in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries resulted in the loss of almost all fen mires in the breeding range. In our conservative and cautious estimate, we assume that the total historical population was around ...
Franziska Tanneberger +1 more
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