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UN Peacekeeping Economies and Local Sex Industries: Connections and Implications [PDF]

open access: yes
“Peacekeeping economies” have not been subject to much analysis of either their economic or socio-cultural and political impacts. This paper uses a gendered lens to explore some ramifications and lasting implications of peacekeeping economies, drawing on
Kathleen M. Jennings   +1 more
core  

Gendered Barriers and Dressing Rituals: The Role of the Uniform in Becoming Women Prison Officers in Men's Prisons

open access: yesJournal of Community &Applied Social Psychology, Volume 36, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Men's prisons can be particularly challenging workplaces for women, who often experience barriers to belonging. While uniforms are recognised as important for professional identity in military and policing contexts, how they shape women's identity practices in prison work has not been widely examined.
Claudia Walker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visioning ecologically diverse and harmonious futures of Korea in Good Anthropocene

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1379-1402, May 2026.
Abstract The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a buffer between North and South Korea, holds profound historical, cultural and ecological significance, as well as exceptional potential for conservation and transformation. This study explores ecologically diverse and peaceful futures for the Korean Peninsula by envisioning the DMZ as a landscape for ...
HyeJin Kim   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN POLICY APPROACHES: CHINEESE PARTICIPATION IN THE UN PEACEKEEPING OPERAIONS (1981–2012)

open access: yesСравнительная политика, 2015
Chinese approach towards peacekeeping evolved significantly through out the last few decades. Previous total denial in the 1980s transformed into acceptance of peacekeeping as valuable instrument of global governance.
I. A. Zarodov
doaj   +1 more source

Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy: The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 757-780, May 2026.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptualization of UN Peacekeeping as an International Regime

open access: yesObrana a Strategie, 2012
It is widely recognized that UN peacekeeping operations are an undertheorized topic. In this respect, scholars call to devote more attention to the incorporation of the study of UN peacekeeping operations into the framework of international relations ...
Jana Urbanovská
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The role of civil-military cooperation in contemporary United Nations peacekeeping operations: a case study of UNIFIL

open access: yesBulletin of "Carol I" National Defense University
The paper explores the place and role of civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) in contemporary United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations. The author’s starting point is that civil-military cooperation is important for the success of a peacekeeping ...
Slobodan M. RADOJEVIC
doaj   +1 more source

How Does State Fragility Drive Environmental Degradation? A Multidimensional Analysis of Governance and Socio‐Economic Vulnerabilities

open access: yesKyklos, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 399-428, May 2026.
ABSTRACT The growing crises in the environmental sector worldwide have increased the call for better comprehension of the linkage among governance, socio‐economic stability, and environmental degradation. In this respect, state fragility—a term covering governance gaps, political instability, and economic turmoil—has emerged as a vital and rather ...
Cristian Barra   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracking Public Support for Japan\u27s Remilitarization Policies: An Examination of Elitist and Pluralist Governance

open access: yes, 2018
Has Japan’s post-Second World War transformation into one of the most militarily capable nations been the result of 60 years of truly representative government?
Madison, Cory S.
core   +1 more source

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