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Pope John Paul II, the Assassination Attempt, and the Soviet Union

, 2007
“The attempt to murder the pope remains one of the century’s great mysteries,” wrote Carl Bernstein and Marco Politti in their 1996 biography of Pope John Paul II.
Scotto, Daniel C.
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Translation and ideology in post-war Italy : left-wing publishers and the Italian Communist Party [PDF]

, 2017
In the transition towards democracy after the war, Italy moved towards an apparently more open dialogue with other European and non-European countries, which was reflected by a growing publishing interest in translations.
Milani, Mila
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Evolving Attitudes to Ukrainian and Russian Minorities in Czechia During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Democrats Stay the Course

International Journal of Psychology, Volume 61, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This panel study examines changes in attitudes towards Ukrainian and Russian minorities in the Czech Republic and their links to disinformation beliefs and democratic commitment. The data were obtained from 490 respondents in a Czech quota sample (age 18–69; M = 46.09, SD = 13.40; 45.7% women).
Martina Klicperova‐Baker, Petr Kveton, Martin Jelinek, Vít Chlad   +3 more
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The Italian Stabilization of 1947: Domestic and International Factors [PDF]

The paper examines the 1947 monetary stabilization in Italy, tracing the domestic and international political dynamics that allowed ideas and theoretical concepts developed within the Bank of Italy to be applied in a successful action to subdue spiraling
Martinez Oliva, Juan Carlos
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Mexicans in Exile: Patterns of Exile and the Surveillance of Mexican Returnees During the 1970s and 1980s

Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT En esta investigación se propone explicar cómo fue el exilio de los mexicanos en los sexenios de Luis Echeverría Álvarez (1970–1976) y José López Portillo (1976–1982), cómo fueron los intentos de retornos y qué tensiones generaron. Se plantea que el exilio fue una experiencia de desactivación política favorable para el gobierno que dispuso de ...
Soledad Lastra
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Beyond Democratic Backsliding: Bureaucracy, Elite Dynamics and Administrative Change in Authoritarian Transitions

Governance, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how political and administrative elites shape regime transformations under authoritarian rule, proposing an elite‐centered analytical perspective that complements prevailing accounts of “democratic backsliding.” We show how embedding political–administrative relations within a broader elite‐theoretical framework clarifies ...
Kutsal Yesilkagit, Johan Christensen
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Winds of Change 1989: A Perspective from an Office for Religious Affairs Somewhere in Eastern Europe

, 2020
Under communism, in what used to be Eastern Europe, religion was neither outlawed nor favorably regarded either. In some cases, church and state had been at latent or open war as in Poland or in the former Yugoslavia.
Perica, Vjekoslav
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Nazionalità e lotta di classe. La Nuova Sinistra e i nazionalismi periferici

Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2012
The article aims to address the relationships between the Italian Marxism and the peripheral nationalisms, through the reading of a political history that has its roots in the Cologne Congress of the Communist Party of Italy, and that continued silently ...
Laureatosi in storia presso l’Università della Calabria con una tesi sui rapporti tra socialismo e nazionalismo nell’Irlanda di inizio Novecento, Paolo Perri è attualmente dottorando in Scienze storiche in età contemporanea presso l’Università degli Studi di Siena.
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Reflection of Political Struggle in Italy in Documents of Communist International (1919—1923)

Научный диалог
The article examines the events that unfolded in Italy between 1919 and 1923. Based on a large number of documents, archival sources, and literature, it explores the fierce struggle between socialists, communists, on one side, and fascists on the other ...
E. N. Emelyanova
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Inside the secret garden of political parties. Transformations and reactions to primary elections in Italy and France [PDF]

, 2014
Primary elections are becoming quite spread within no-US political context. Many political parties in different countries choose to adopt such inclusive methods to select their candidates for general elections.
Baloge, Martin, Bobba, Giuliano, De Luca, Marino, Seddone, Antonella   +3 more
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