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ABSTRACT This article argues that China's 2026 Business Mediation Ordinance represents neither progress toward rule of law nor retreat from it. I propose instead that we are witnessing something I call “calibrated autonomy”—the strategic construction of spaces for private ordering that remain tethered to Party‐State oversight through multiple ...
M. Francis Cao
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THE PUBLISHING RELATIONS WITH LITHUANIAN COMMUNISTS IN THE USA IN 1920–1940 [PDF]
The connection between the Lithuanian Communist Party (LCP) and their partners in the USA were quite widely researched before 1990, but for different reasons it wasn’t objective. The same thing can be said about publishing relations.
Misiunas, Remigijus
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Breadth at the Helm: Generalist CEOs and Corporate ESG Performance‐Evidence From China
ABSTRACT Drawing on the Upper Echelons Theory and the Imprinting Theory, this study conjectures that generalist CEOs may have a stronger tendency to pursue environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. We perform multiple regression analyses with observations of Shanghai and Shenzhen A‐share listed companies from 2010 to 2023 in order to explore ...
Shanmei Luo +4 more
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ABSTRACT Cosmetics production and consumption, which have been growing steadily in recent years, are associated with a number of negative environmental, moral, and health impacts. This study examines the influence of cosmetics producers' corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication on the formation of purchase intention among Czech consumers ...
Libena Tetrevova +4 more
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Ethnical nationalism and opening the question of nationality in ex-Yugoslavia [PDF]
In a context of waves of ethnical nationalism who was inflawed the industrial societies, Yugoslav communists with the discussion about 'yugoslavianism', and with the rejecting of nonscientific theories about 'vanishing of the state' on them VIII ...
Šutović Milojica
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Socialists and communists and the Catalan national question: From 1888 until recent times
During the first third of the twentieth century, the socialists did not have a positive stance towards the Catalan demand for autonomy, and the dependence on the socialist leadership in Madrid hindered their expansion in Catalonia, where anarcho ...
Albert Balcells
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Critical expansion points: Mechanical signs of surrounding rock instability
This study proposes the Rock Bearing‐Expansion Model (RockBEM) with critical expansion points (CEPs) to quantify post‐peak damage stages in deep‐buried rock masses via plane strain compression test (PSCT). CEP hysteresis&interval ratios reveal bearing performance dynamics and failure severity, advancing mechanistic insights into deep underground rock ...
Jiaqi Wen +4 more
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The Purge of Civil Servants in Soviet Occupied Lithuania between June–December 1940
Soviet occupation succeeded by annexation and the accession of the Lithuanian communists to power, the task of whom was to form a puppet Government and carry out the plans of the country's sovietisation, brought about the purge of civil servants.
Nijolė Maslauskienė
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ABSTRACT China's environmental governance transition combines intensified vertical accountability and performance‐based management with expanding calls for public participation. However, despite growing demand for civic engagement, there remains limited understanding of how participatory environmental initiatives are structured and governed in practice.
Linjun Xie, Mengqi Shao, Gaohan Deng
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ABSTRACT This study uses the policy regime framework to examine how background conditions, institutions, and actor configurations shaped hunting rights within the forest–wildlife policy domain during Slovenia's postsocialist transformation. Drawing on media analysis, in‐depth interviews with policymakers, and legislative documents, it conducts a ...
Milan Šinko, Brina Malnar
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