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Trends of centre-periphery polarization in Sverdlovsk region between 2008 and 2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The significant imbalances in the economic space of a region, particularly between the centre and the periphery, present a serious challenge for economists, politicians and policy makers. Which measures are to be taken to remedy this situation?
Dvoryadkina, E. B., Kaibicheva, E. I.
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How a 'top-performing' Asian school system formulates and implements policy: The case of Singapore [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article analyses the paradox inherent in the ‘top-performing’ yet tightly controlled Singapore education system. As government controls have increased in complexity, existing policymaking conceptual heuristics in accounting for centre-periphery ...
Dimmock, C, Tan, CY
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Medieval Novgorod in its Wider Context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Studies in centre/periphery ...
Brisbane, Mark, Makarov, N, Nosov, EN
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Cercando l’Europa. “Traduzioni” dell’Italia nella cultura estone di inizio Novecento

open access: yesLea, 2017
The beginning of the 20th century was a period of linguistic and literary renewal in Estonia, where Italian literature became a reference point for the young generation of local modernists.
Daniele Monticelli
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Territorial structure of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baltic States

open access: yesBaltic Region, 2023
This paper examines the transformation of the territorial structure of tourism in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The spatial and temporal organisation of tourism in these countries has undergone significant changes since they became independent and ...
Aleksandrova A. Y., Krasavtsev I. V.
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A Sketch on the Balkans as a “Centre of Peripheries”

open access: yesZeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie
Throughout its history, the Balkan Peninsula has been encompassed within various expansive cultural and historical spheres, as well as state-like political formations.
Raymond Detrez
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Le « centre » et la « périphérie » en question : deux concepts à revoir pour les diasporas

open access: yesPallas, 2012
This paper intends to reexamine two highly debatable notions in the current historiographical field. It would be interesting to question their pertinence for a world defined by a massive spreading in the Mediterranean and by abundant movements of ...
Madalina Dana
doaj   +1 more source

Linguistic commodification in tourism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Drawing on fieldwork conducted between 2002 and 2012 in Switzerland, Catalunya and different zones of francophone Canada in sites related to heritage and cultural tourism, we argue that tourism, especially i n multilingual peripheries, is a key site for ...
Duchêne, Alexandre   +2 more
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Regional integration and specialisation patterns in Spain [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The aim of this paper is to analyse how economic integration in Europe has affected industrial geographical concentration in Spain and explain what the driving forces behind industry location are.
Paluzie, Elisenda   +2 more
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Population change in the regional centres and internal periphery of the regions in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus over the period of 1990-2000s

open access: yesBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2015
The paper looks into the dynamics of the population size of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus after the census of 1989. Regions and cities of these countries were the focus of the research (territorial units level NUTS-3).
Karachurina Liliya, Mkrtchyan Nikita
doaj   +1 more source

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