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Urban design, ideology, and power: use of the central square in Tirana during one century of political transformations [PDF]
, 2014 This article recounts the history of urban design in the centre of Tirana, the capital of Albania, during five political periods (Ottoman Empire, Italian domination, communist regime, post-communist anarchy, and Western-style planning).
Pojani, Dorina
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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa
Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
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Liberal democracy as the result of an "aborted" communist revolution [PDF]
We propose a model of the transition from a ”big man” authoritarian regime to either a liberal democracy or a communist regime. An underground organization votes on whether to summon a mass event.
Antoni Calvo-Armengol +2 more
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The persistence of participatory budgeting (PB) in selected Chinese localities challenges the conventional wisdom that deliberative democratic practices can only take root in liberal political environments. Yet, existing literature has not sufficiently elucidated the factors underpinning the rise and sustained operation of PB in this seemingly
Yifei Yan +3 more
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Visioning ecologically diverse and harmonious futures of Korea in Good Anthropocene
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a buffer between North and South Korea, holds profound historical, cultural and ecological significance, as well as exceptional potential for conservation and transformation. This study explores ecologically diverse and peaceful futures for the Korean Peninsula by envisioning the DMZ as a landscape for ...
HyeJin Kim +24 more
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Considérations sur l’évolution de l’affiche communiste vers la standardisation [PDF]
Codrul Cosminului, 2010 Using poster to spread Marxist-Leninist ideology, but also to popularize “grand achievements of the popular regime” represented only one aspect of the phenomenon of propaganda in our country. For Romania's postwar history the poster is a genuine document,
Ioan Tomoiagă
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Missing social capital and the transition in Eastern Europe [PDF]
The transition of the »Old Communist« countries of East and Central Europe has been disappointingly slow given the amount of physical and human capital available at the start of the transition.
Paldam, Martin, Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard
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Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the Chinese kimchi industry, manufacturers employ product names, photographs, and logistical strategies to promote their kimchi's “Koreanness.” So, what makes their kimchi “Korean,” and how does its Koreanness formulate kimchi's commodity value?
Heangjin Park
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Access to Archives in Post-Communist Countries: The Victim’s Perspective
Baltic Journal of European studies, 2015 The collapse of the communist regime at the end of the twentieth century resulted in a wave of democratization in Central and Eastern Europe. While trying to establish democracy, many states in this region had to demonstrate their ability to protect ...
Gruodytė Edita, Gervienė Silvija
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