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Anti‐Astrotropik — Outer space, technology and resistance in the tropics
Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Volume 47, Issue 2, Page 289-316, May 2026.This paper traces an intellectual and geographical arc of thinking about outer space in the tropics, connecting Peter Redfield's Space in the Tropics: From Convicts to Rockets in French Guiana (2000), Sean T. Mitchell's Constellations of Inequality: Space, Race, and Utopia in Brazil (2017) and Asif Siddiqi's Cosmic Fragments: Dislocation and Discontent
Rob Krawczyk
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Contemporary Russian Identity between East and West [PDF]
, 2005 This is a review of recent English-language scholarship on the development of Russian identity since the collapse of the USSR in 1991. The first part examines literature on the economic and political changes in the Russian Federation, revealing how ...
Duncan, PJS
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Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Cuba is the oldest and most consolidated autocracy in the Americas. Its Revolution in 1959, the charisma of Fidel Castro, the single‐party system and the US embargo have made the island an exceptional case. However, recent developments such as popular protests, limited reforms, emigration or socio‐economic decline are bringing about some ...
Armando Chaguaceda, Susanne Gratius
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Kuchmagate's Collateral Damage [PDF]
, 2001 Dubois Patrick. VINOT (Joseph). In: , . Le dictionnaire de pédagogie et d'instruction primaire de Ferdinand Buisson : répertoire biographique des auteurs. Paris : Institut national de recherche pédagogique, 2002. p. 139.
Lynch, Tammy
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Ownership concentration in Russian industry [PDF]
Using a unique dataset built for the World Bank’s Country Economic Memorandum, we find that a relatively small number of tycoons ('oligarchs') control a substantial share of Russia’s economy.
Andrei Rachinsky, Sergei Guriev
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Zelenskiy: Anatomy of a success. OSW Commentary NUMBER 300 | 03.04.2019 [PDF]
, 2019 The political situation in Ukraine since the ‘revolution of dignity’ and the Russian aggression has created a specific social context in which the public’s perception of the traditional politicians has started to deteriorate dramatically.
Iwański, Tadeusz
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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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Gender, Marriage and the Elites in India
Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 4, April 2026.ABSTRACT Scholarship on Indian marriages is vast and interesting, with insights into structural practices and transformations, everyday realities, and maintenance of boundaries and hierarchies of groups. To understand these aspects, studies have focussed on specific caste groups, religious and regional communities, bourgeoning urban areas and emerging ...
Parul Bhandari
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Una congettura a Pseudo-Senofonte,'Ath. Pol.' 2.1 [PDF]
, 2016 This paper offers a new conjecture for a well-known crux of [Xen.] Ath. Pol. 2.1: together with a thorough examination of the whole passage, 'amelousi' is suggested as an alternative to Wilamowitz's 'oleizous' for 'meizous' present in all the ...
Gargiulo T
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Original Sin, Good Works, and Property Rights in Russia: Evidence From a Survey Experiment [PDF]
, 2005 Are property rights obtained through legally dubious means forever tainted with original sin or can rightholders make their ill-gotten gains legitimate by doing good works?2 This is a critical question for developing countries (and Russia in particular ...
Frye, Timothy
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