, 2013 We investigate the sources of betting constructions, and specifically their predicates. The notion of risking something of value on an outcome is a complex one. Culturally, some degree of disposability of property is required. The concept is nevertheless
Hollmann, Willem +2 more
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The Evolution of Talysh Ethnic Identity: From Soviet Manipulation to Contemporary Reality
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The article delves into the historical and contemporary aspects of the Talysh people's ethnic identity, tracing its evolution from the Russian Empire, through the Soviet Union's nationality policies, to the current situation in independent Azerbaijan.
Petr Kokaisl
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Editorial of Special Issue of National Identities: Alevism as an ethno-religious identity: Contested boundaries [PDF]
, 2018 No abstract for editorial but this is the opening paragraph: This special issue on Alevism and trans/national Alevi identity critically engages with the relationship between religion, ethnicity and national identity. The core issues are as follows: • how
Akdemir A. +34 more
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National Colonialism: Nation‐State, Colonialism and Colonisation of Kurdistan
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of ‘national colonialism’ to capture colonial relations in the nation‐state form. It does so through a critical appraisal of the concept of ‘internal colonialism’, which largely fails to explain the links between nationalism and colonial relations.
Behnam Amini
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The Slavic-Orthodox community in Azerbaijan: the identity and social position of a once-dominant minority [PDF]
, 2016 Based on recent empirical findings and field observations, this article examines the Slavic-Orthodox community in Azerbaijan. Nowadays numbering about one and a half percent of the population, the main threat to its continuity is not persecution nor ...
De Cordier, Bruno
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A Forced Union: Exploring the Consequences of India's Removal of Jammu and Kashmir's Special Status
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article adds to academic literature interested in two core questions: What happens to residents as a result of an annexation? And how do aggressor states maintain control over an annexed territory where there is a history of insurgency and mobilization for independence?
Serena Hussain
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The shifting borders of conflict, difference, and oppression: Kurdish folklore revisited [PDF]
, 2016 This is the author accepted manuscript. Available in this repository by permission of the publisher.
Allison, FC
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The Ethnic Groups Military Recruitment Data
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Military conscription affects how countries expand political rights and fight wars, as well as their citizens' view of the state and socioeconomic outcomes. Until recently, conscription was studied in a simplified fashion, missing cases where it only applies to specific societal groups. We introduce the Ethnic Military Recruitment (EGMR) data,
Markéta Odlová, Marius Mehrl
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Metarepresentation, tense, aspect and narratives: the case of Behdini-Kurdish and Estonian [PDF]
, 2003 This paper looks at three sets of data, two from Behdini-Kurdish and one from Estonian, where a metarepresentational use analysis enhances the linguistic analysis of certain linguistic forms.
Unger, Christoph
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The Feature in Radio – the Elusiveness of the Genre’s Determinants. Notes on the Prix Europa Festival in the Years 2012 and 2013 in the Context of Literary Genetics [PDF]
, 2016 The goal of the article is to answer the question: what do radio broadcasters in the West understand to be a ‘feature’? A lack of clarity in terminology in this respect was especially visible during the Prix Europa 2012 and 2013 festivals.
Bachura-Wojtasik, Joanna +1 more
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