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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
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Eta Terrorism: Police Action, Political Measures And The Influence Of Violence On Economic Activity In The Basque Country [PDF]
, 2006 In the last 15 years or so, ETA activity has substantially decreased, but also changed. Whilst the type of killings has become more specialised (politicians, reporters, etc.), a new phenomenon based on urban guerrilla tactics, and called in Basque “kale ...
Barros, CP, Caporale, GM, Gil-Alana, LA
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Poachers, politicians, and the police: The Poaching Prevention Act of 1862
Rural HistoryAbstractThe period after 1850 is often assumed to have witnessed some amelioration in the operation of the game code. This article highlights the origins of a little-researched statute, the 1862 Poaching Prevention Act, which conversely augmented the existing game laws and, most significantly, bestowed new responsibilities and powers on the police to ...
John Archer +2 more
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study presents a strong framework for the detection and classification of Submerged Cultural Heritage Assets (SCHA) in shallow marine environments using the integration of multibeam echosounder and airborne LiDAR bathymetry with object‐based image analysis and fuzzy logic–based classification.
Łukasz Janowski +4 more
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We are all equal: politics of very important people blue light security in South Africa
Frontiers in Political ScienceSouth Africa is globally rated as the most unequal society, which does not conform to democratic principles. Inequality is perpetuated by uneven security provisions at the behest of the state, which entrenches elitism.
Mashimane Njabulo Maphumulo +1 more
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Faire ou non confiance aux gestionnaires du risque ?
Territoire en Mouvement, 2007 The confidence or trust that the people and institutions responsible for managing territorial risk inspire in the individuals subjected to this risk is an important factor in the analysis of territorial vulnerability because low confidence levels, or ...
Hervé Flanquart +2 more
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
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How to Subvert Democracy: Montesinos in Peru [PDF]
Which of the democratic checks and balances - opposition parties, the judiciary, a free press -is the most critical? Peru has the full set of democratic institutions.
John McMillan, Pablo Zoido
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Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies, 2019 The article applies a micro-sociological approach to investigate civil-military relations in a very concrete form: How do interactions between protesters and security forces shape the development of a conflict?
Isabel Bramsen
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