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Contesting Nationalism: Global Citizenship and Chinese Identity in Hong Kong
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Global citizenship highlights that one's identity transcends national borders, whereas nationalism prioritises individuals' identification with a specific nation‐state. In the context of nation‐building, tension could arise between global citizenship and national identity.
Shen Yang
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The survival of witchcraft prosecutions and witch belief in South West Scotland [PDF]
, 2006 During the era of the Scottish witch-hunts, Dumfries and Galloway was one of the last regions to initiate witch prosecutions, but it was also one of the most reluctant to completely surrender all belief in witches until a comparatively late date.
Andrew Agnew A +4 more
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Public Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Automation in public administration is often seen as a recent, purely digital phenomenon that transforms decision‐making and governance. This article challenges that view by elucidating a historical continuum in the automation of administrative decision‐making.
Aleksander Heikkinen +2 more
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Institute of Historical Research Newsletter, Spring Term 2006 [PDF]
, 2006 The IHR produces a termly newsletter, which gives details of seminars and conferences and other historical news.
Institute of Historical Research
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‘There Has Been a Scandal’: Cultural Performers and the Strangers’ Churches of London
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite what one might assume to have been a rigid line between London's refugee community—with its strict brand of Protestantism—and the city's performance cultures—often the target of strict Protestants' ire—historical records reveal a number of overlaps between those domains.
Matteo Pangallo
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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
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Annals of Human BiologyBackground Inbreeding, arising from consanguinity between related parents, has been observed to impact the health of individuals, typically attributed to biological factors.
Erling Häggström Gunfridsson +1 more
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St. Mary\u27s Parish House: Reuse and Rehabilitaion Feasibility Report [PDF]
, 2013 Most windows in the structure are historic and in fair condition, consisting of double-hung, six-over-six, divided-light windows throughout most of the building and 12-over-8 divided- light windows in the gymnasium.
DeBlock, Elizabeth +4 more
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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 +3 more
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Vienna Yearbook of Population ResearchClimate conditions, such as ambient temperatures, play a crucial role in infants' vulnerability to infectious diseases. However, little is known about how climate conditions, such as temperatures and seasonality, affect infectious disease ...
Johan Junkka, Maria Hiltunen
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