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Beyond Democratic Backsliding: Bureaucracy, Elite Dynamics and Administrative Change in Authoritarian Transitions

open access: yesGovernance, 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
wiley   +1 more source

New Zealand Geological Timescale 2025

open access: yesNew Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Volume 69, Issue 1, March 2026.
New Zealand Geological Timescale 2025 (NZGT 2025) is the first comprehensive update and revision of the New Zealand Geological Timescale in a decade. The criteria used to establish age ranges of New Zealand Stages within the NZGT have been reviewed, calibrated, and revised where required against the 2023/04 International Chronostratigraphic Chart and ...
Christopher D. Clowes   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hired Childcare and Changing Maternal Perceptions Among the Urban Poor: Baby Farming in the Western Lands of Late Imperial Russia

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 158-171, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores baby farming in the western regions of late imperial Russia, framing it as a childcare practice of the lower‐classes – a form of crèche for working mothers. The article delves into the public discourse surrounding baby farming among the educated strata and contrasts it with how this practice was viewed by the lower ...
Ekaterina Oleshkevich
wiley   +1 more source

Z polsko-wschodniosłowiańskich kontaktów językowych: szyk przydawek klasyfikujących w polskojęzycznej prasie wydawanej w Ukrainie przed II wojną oraz współcześnie

open access: yesActa Baltico-Slavica
Celem artykułu jest analiza rezultatów oddziaływania języka rosyjskiego i ukraińskiego na szyk przydawek klasyfikujących w gazetach i czasopismach wydawanych w języku polskim na terenie Ukrainy w dwóch okresach: przed II wojną oraz współcześnie ...
Ewa Dzięgiel, Alla Kravchuk
doaj   +1 more source

Churchill and Germany: A ‘Special’ Relationship

open access: yesHistory, Volume 111, Issue 395, Page 237-254, March 2026.
Abstract No other country defined the trajectory of Churchill's political career more than Germany, a country of which he had little direct knowledge but which he either sought to emulate, accommodate or oppose throughout his time in politics. This article traces Churchill's relationship with Germany from his entry into politics at the beginning of the
T. G. Otte
wiley   +1 more source

Lysenko affair and Polish botany [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This article describes the slight impact of Lysenkoism upon Polish botany. I begin with an account of the development of plant genetics in Poland, as well as the attitude of scientists and the Polish intelligentsia toward Marxist philosophy prior to the ...
Köhler, Piotr
core   +1 more source

PREAMBULAR HISTORY: THE VIEW OF THE PAST IN KEY HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS

open access: yesHistory and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-31, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article claims that the preambles of foundational human rights instruments, taken together, articulate a consistent view of the past. This view is firmly rooted in historical processes, embedded in metaphysical truths, and enacted in service of the future. Part 1 assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the “preambular approach to history”
Antoon De Baets
wiley   +1 more source

ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MERCHANT NAVIES IN THE BALTIC COUNTRIES. THE YEARS 1918–1939

open access: yesStudia Maritima, 2011
W latach 1918–1939 pojawiły się nowe bandery – polska, gdańska, litewska, łotewska, estońska, radziecka i fi ńska. Największe fl oty miały Dania, Szwecja i ZSRR (całe państwo). Szybkiej odbudowie fl oty niemieckiej towarzyszył spadek tonażu niemieckiej
Andrzej Mielcarek
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