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Measuring Administrative Burden: Bringing the State “Back in” as a Reflexive Actor in Burden Reduction

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how governments measure administrative burdens in citizen–state interactions. Although scholarly interest in the burden framework has grown, little is known about how states themselves track and reduce these costs. A scoping review of 38 academic and gray sources, complemented by interviews with 11 experts, identifies six ...
Pierre‐Marc Daigneault, Marc Journeault, Laurent Lauzon‐Rhéaume, Lisa M. Birch   +3 more
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The Latvian Unit Named After Leons Paegle in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

Latvijas Universitātes Žurnāls. Vēsture
The unit named after Leons Paegle was one of the largest Latvian units formed within the International Brigades. However, its composition remained unclear even after recollections of some of the unit’s members were published during the Soviet occupation.
Ginta Ieva Bikše
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A Review of Hypertension and Diabetes Protocols for Medical Service Trips (MSTs) in Latin America and the Caribbean

Annals of Global Health, 2018
Background: Hypertension and diabetes are among the most common chronic conditions that may be managed on short-term, primary care medical service trips (MSTs) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), but the quality of patient care delivered remains ...
Christopher Dainton, Jenifer Truong, Charlene H. Chu   +2 more
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Islamic Feminism and Peacebuilding in Bangsamoro: Redefining Women's Empowerment Beyond Liberal Norms

Peace &Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines Islamic feminism as a culturally grounded framework for women's empowerment and peacebuilding in post‐conflict Bangsamoro, Philippines. Global empowerment frameworks tend to prioritize individual autonomy and universal gender equality but often overlook the sociocultural and religious contexts shaping women's lived ...
Haironesah Domado
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A Relational Perspective on Land in Armed Conflict: Analysing the Village Guard Mobilisation in Turkey

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Turkish state's Village Guard system, revived in the 1980s as part of its counterinsurgency strategy against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). While often framed as a defensive militia, the Village Guards became central to the state's exceptional governance in Kurdistan, both facilitating military control and ...
Francis O'Connor, Adnan Çelik, Ayhan Işık, Joost Jongerden   +3 more
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Diari e memorie degli emigranti italiani arruolati nella Legione straniera francese

Altre Modernità, 2009
Since the Seventies, Italian and international historiographies on Italian foreign migration have recourse to the subjective sources as letters, interviews, memoirs, diaries, literature and songs. The present writing relates to the memoirs of the Italian
Sandro Rinauro
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The Life of Events: Exception and Everyday Life in Acapulco, Mexico

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper focuses on the event of ‘Ingrid‐and‐Manuel’—a Hurricane and Tropical Storm that hit Acapulco, Mexico in 2013. It traces what this event was and how it remains for people in and beyond Acapulco. It does so in the context of a place where the lines between events and everyday life are often blurred, and yet the event was still named ...
Hector Becerril, Ben Anderson, Alejandro de Coss Corzo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Jewish volunteers, the international brigades and the Spanish Civil War [PDF]

, 2017
This book examines the participation of Jewish volunteers in the international brigades during the Spanish Civil War "--
openaire   +4 more sources

Experimental Analysis of Fire Behavior in Pine Forests and Agricultural Fields: Large‐Scale Tests Conducted Within the European TREEADS Project

Fire and Materials, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 193-203, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Two large‐scale experiments investigated fire spread mechanisms in vegetation ground fires in a pine forest and an agricultural field within the European TREEADS project. The tests, conducted in Saxony‐Anhalt and Brandenburg, targeted regions with dry, sandy soils and extensive pine stands and aim to improve suppression strategies and wildfire
Andrea Klippel, Anja Hofmann‐Böllinghaus, Kira Piechnik, Lukas Heydick, Hongyi Wu, Florian Köhler, Benjamin Klaffke   +6 more
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Aureliano Santini: una lunga marcia attraverso la guerra civile europea

Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2011
In October 1936 Aureliano Santini from Empoli, under the pseudonym of Silvio Morelli, arrived in Spain on board ship to enlist in the newly born International Brigades.
Enrico Acciai si è addottorato in storia dell’Europa contemporanea presso l’Università degli Studi della Tuscia, nel corso del 2010 ha svolto attività di ricerca grazie ad una borsa della Fondazione Luigi Salvatorelli. Già titolare di un assegno di ricerca presso il dipartimento per lo Studio delle Lingue e delle Civiltà Classiche e Moderne (CICLAMO) dell’Università degli Studi della Tuscia è attualmente ricercatore presso il departamento de Historia Moderna y Contemporanea della Universidad de Cantabria. Nel 2011 è inoltre risultato vincitore del premio annuale bandito dall’Associazione Casa Di Vittorio. Si è occupato di storia dell’anarchismo spagnolo e dell’antifascismo italiano; attualmente sta portando avanti un progetto di ricerca sui volontari italiani che presero parte alla guerra civile.
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