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Russian Civic Criticism and the Idyllic Dream in Ivan Goncharov’s "Oblomov"
RUS (São Paulo), 2023 Nikolai Dobroliubov’s and Dmitrii Pisarev’s reviews of Ivan Goncharov’s novel Oblomov have gone into history as exemplars of Russian civic criticism.
Cassio de Oliveira
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper analyses differences in academic achievement associated with attendance at publicly funded private schools and public schools across 11 European countries. Using eight waves of PISA data (2000–2022), we apply OLS, IPW and IPWRA estimators to account for observed heterogeneity and mitigate selection bias.
Priya Maurya +2 more
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Smart Cities and Regional Development JournalGlobally, citizen-centric development has been widely advocated for a just, smart and sustainable transition of urban centers amid the rising urbanization and cities emerging as engines of growth.
Deepak KUMAR
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Leaving no one behind: Party clientelism in social welfare in Serbia [PDF]
Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u BeograduThis article analyzes the functioning of party patronage and clientelism in the centers for social work. Building on previous research, based on qualitative research conducted in 2023 in Serbia, we examine parasitic relations of informal and formal ...
Vuković Danilo, Stefanović Marija
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Competition, Cooperation, and Local Government [PDF]
, 2006 Inspired by the best-selling "Reinventing Government", governments at all levels have decentralized programs and services and introduced market-based competition into operations.
Mildred Warner
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the factors associated with persistent absenteeism (an absence rate of 10% or higher) and authorised and unauthorised absence among secondary school pupils in Scotland. Using linked administrative data, the analysis focuses on secondary school stages S1–S6 in three academic years.
Silvia Behrens +6 more
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International Journal of LibrarianshipAcademic libraries are vital to higher education, supporting critical thinking, information literacy, and lifelong learning. The mergers with Academic Learning Centers, tutoring services, or other departments have created confusion for students and ...
Jane Jiang
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Higher Education Exchange: 2009 [PDF]
, 2009 This annual publication serves as a forum for new ideas and dialogue between scholars and the larger public. Essays explore ways that students, administrators, and faculty can initiate and sustain an ongoing conversation about the public life they share ...
Dana Walker +7 more
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Civil society in the South Caucasus: kinship networks as obstacles to civil participation [PDF]
, 2014 The research to date on informal networks of the post-communist South Caucasus has tended to focus either on the informal institutions’ role in providing social safety nets for the population or on the networks’ economic functions.
Aliyev, Huseyn
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
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