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Understanding Fathers Engagement: Contextual Insights From Tajikistan and Azerbaijan

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on parental engagement often portrays fathers as less involved in their children's lives compared to mothers. This paper challenges such a perspective by examining fathers' engagement within the socio‐cultural contexts of Tajikistan and Azerbaijan.
Zarina Muminova, Sabina Savadova, Janet Goodall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reflections on Russia and Central Asia: paths that cross and move apart [PDF]

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2002
In the 1990’s, Moscow’s relations with the former Soviet republics of Central Asia developed, in part, in the context of the Community of Independent States (CIS).
Augusto Soto
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Soviet, Global and Local: Inclusion Policies in School Education in Azerbaijan And Russia [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Educação Especial
In this article, a specific picture of the formation of inclusive education in the countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is revealed, using the case of Azerbaijan and Russia.
Sergey KOSARETSKY, Ulviyya MIKAYILOVA, Ivan IVANOV   +2 more
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China's Belt and Road Initiative in Pakistan: Bureaucratic Coordination and Chinese State‐led Development Abroad

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines China's bureaucratic approach to international development cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, focusing on bureaucratically structured policy coordination as a core mechanism. It highlights the central role of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) — China's top economic planning agency — in ...
Hong Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

The government–robber comparison: A long‐standing tradition beyond avowed libertarianism

Economic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract A government differs from a robber, but they share the common feature of initiating coercion. This similarity has been noticed by libertarians as well as within a distinct scholarly tradition and as a recurring theme throughout Western philosophy.
Brian Mandeville
wiley   +1 more source

Shuttle Trading: Case Study From The Former Soviet Republic

Journal of Business Case Studies (JBCS), 2012
This case explores the experience of Mirlan Suyorov, one of thousands of entrepreneurs who started shuttle trading in Kyrgyzstan after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The goal is to show the effects of globalization in the lives of people in former Soviet republics since the 1990s.
A. Abdukadyrov, S. Daly
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Long‐lasting health effects of Soviet education

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract Education systems serve various purposes, including the enhancement of later‐life health, though effects can differ by sociopolitical regime. This paper examines the effect of communist education, which exposed children to a distinct curriculum and ideological content, on later‐life health.
Joan Costa‐Font, Anna Nicińska
wiley   +1 more source

Investment attractiveness of Ukraine

Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2017
The article is an analysis of investment attractiveness of Ukraine compared with countries – former Soviet republics – and study ways to improve it. Determining the investment climate based on an integrated approach to the interpretation of the essence ...
Galina Gritsaenko, Mykola Gritsaenko
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The United States and Central Asia: Strategic Interest and Engagement in the Post-Cold War Era

Malaysian Journal of International Relations, 2014
Central Asia, which comprises of five republics namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, were part of Soviet Central Asia during the Cold War era and achieved their independence after the disintegration of the Soviet Union ...
Roy Anthony Rogers
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source