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Marriage has long been a legacy of overseas deployment for Australian servicemen. In the case of the war in Vietnam, Australian men often interacted with local women on base, in civilian spaces, or in passing. Occasionally, couples would form private relationships and, in some cases, marry and return to Australia at the end of deployment.
Anna Wilkinson
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On the Shoulders of Generations: Philanthropy in the Indian American Community of Silicon Valley [PDF]
Based on interviews, examines traditions, trends, and values in philanthropy among immigrants from India in Silicon Valley, including the shift from personal and private charity to institutionalized giving among the Indian ...
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The economic consequences of ‘brain drain’ of the best and brightest: Microeconomic evidence from five countries [PDF]
Brain drain has long been a common concern for migrant-sending countries, particularly for small countries where high-skilled emigration rates are highest.
Gibson, John, McKenzie, David
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The role of literary prizes in celebrating minority literature: The case of Sámi
Abstract In studies on the theory and history of literary prizes, national and global perspectives are emphasized. In this contribution, I will adopt this perspective to investigate how literary prizes and cultural transfer play a role in the visibility and celebration of Sámi literature in Northern Europe.
Petra Broomans
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Abstract During the International Women's Year (IWY) of 1975, United Nations bodies made concerted efforts to ensure global awareness and understanding of the IWY aims of equality, peace and development, via the mass media. In this article, we engage with these strategies of global information distribution from the vantage point of Ghana, West Africa ...
Kate Skinner +2 more
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Phylogenetic analysis of Koeleriinae clades A and B yielded mostly congruent topologies in nuclear and plastid trees. However, several lineages resolved in strikingly incongruent positions in trees from different data sets, suggesting a reticulate origin for these taxa.
Patricia Barberá +6 more
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What Trina Taught Me: Reflections on Mediation, Inequality, Teaching and Life [PDF]
Trina Grillo and I trained together as mediators, met together as law teachers, commiserated together as women and civil rights activists, and laughed and cried together as friends.
Menkel-Meadow, Carrie
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PLANNING A EUROPEAN RACIAL CITY: Dealing (with) Dread in Twenty‐first‐century Berlin
Abstract In this article I examine a participatory planning initiative in contemporary Berlin to propose a theoretical reflection on the entanglements between race and urban futures in the German capital. The promoters of the planning initiative aimed to solve the problem of drug dealing in an inner‐city park.
Giovanni Picker
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Universal Jurisdiction: Law out of Context
Universal jurisdiction enables the prosecution of international crimes by domestic courts in the absence of any nexus between the prosecuting state and the crime charged. While the temptation is for domestic judges to proceed with ‘business as usual’ in the conduct of such trials, difficulties in the practice of universal jurisdiction reflect the ...
Devika Hovell, Mara Malagodi
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