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The article deals with the reconstruction of the information control model in the USSR as a systemic element of ensuring state security. The study analyzes the multilevel structure of information censorship, including ideological, institutional ...
Lyudmila A. Gritsai
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“Touching the Tarmac”: Conjuring the Urban Frontier on a Remote Periphery
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Anthropologists have demonstrated how the creation of land markets as “frontiers” for global capital requires practices of “conjuring”—the narrative construction of place as desirable for large‐scale investment. This article emphasizes the contingency of this conjuring process in an urbanizing Kenya where land‐selling companies have emerged to
Peter Lockwood
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Flexural behavior of precast prestressed slabs with embedded building service systems
Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract Dry‐assembled precast concrete construction is rapidly spreading in many parts of the world due to the several advantages offered by industrialized construction. In order to speed up not only the assemblage of the structure, but also the full integrated building process, engineering systems (mechanical–electrical–plumbing) may be prefabricated
Bruno Dal Lago, Aleksei Abramov
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Formation of Distance‐Based Orientation: Political Identity through Relational Positioning in Israel
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Distance‐based orientation describes how pejorative labels may serve as anchor points for political identity. Existing research on political labeling has largely emphasized stigmatization, overlooking how labels may acquire durability and orienting capacity without losing pejorative force. Drawing on publicly circulating discourse, we trace positioning
Tammar Friedman, Asaf Saadon
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, 2017 The question of the reasons for the creation, functioning and causes of the collapse of the USSR is considered. Particular attention is paid to national issues.
Ogonovskaya, I. +1 more
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Identity Entanglement: Rethinking Marginality through the Intersectional, Liminal, and Antithetical
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.While identity research has given sustained attention to marginality, intersectionality, and the effects of power on identity, the formal interactional dynamics through which identities are constituted remain limited. I present identity entanglement as a useful framework for better understanding and articulating the relational complexities of identity.
Jules Vivid
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Before entering the river look at the stones under the water…
Новые исследования Тувы, 2016 Author, a well-known politician and public figure of Tuva, shares his memoirs about the events of summer 1990, which gave way to the aggravation of interethnic relations in Tuva just before the collapse of the USSR and against which members of the Tuva ...
Chimit-Dorzhu B. Ondar
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Transcript 04 44' 14'' Lithuania and the collapse of USSR. Ediz. inglese e lituana
, 2019 On March 11, 1990, Lithuania became the first of the three Baltic states to declare independence, initiating the collapse of the Soviet Union. Lithuanian-American director and artist Jonas Mekas used his video camera to film the newscasts and TV footage ...
Mekas, Jona +3 more
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how online tutoring platforms (OTPs) have facilitated new forms of (im)mobility—and discourses of (im)mobility—among online English tutors. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with online tutors, the article critically interrogates OTPs' primary selling point: that online tutors can work “anytime, anywhere.” While OTPs ...
Nate Ming Curran
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Do Financialization and Innovation Enhance Environmental Sustainability in Sub‐Saharan Africa?
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study addresses the perception of Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) as a region with limited financial capabilities and technological advancement to enhance environmental sustainability. Conducted across 24 SSA countries from 2000 to 2021, the research employs instrumental IV and panel quantile regressions.
Emmanuel Kwaku Manu +2 more
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