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Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices, 2023 This article proposes to look at the theory of translanguaging from the angle of its universality/non-universality, bringing into discussion a new empirical case - speech strategies and practices of highly educated multilingual migrants from the former ...
Erzhen V. Khilkhanova +1 more
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Microeconomic Aspects of Economic Growth in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, 1950-2000 [PDF]
, 2000 The theme of this paper is the microeconomics of economic growth in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Newly Independent States (NIS) over the period 1950-2000.
Guriev, Sergei, Ickes, Barry W.
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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
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Why are Lorino and Sireniki so different? Exploring communities through festivals, language use, and subsistence practices in contemporary Chukotka [PDF]
, 2013 Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2013Based on research in Chukotka, Russian Far East, this thesis focuses on the contemporary predicaments of native sports, public festivals, language practices, and marine mammal subsistence in the ...
Yashchenko, Oxana +1 more
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National Identity Meaning and Attitudes Toward War, Peace, and the Future of Ukraine
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The link between attitudes and social identity is complex, influencing perceptions, motivations, and actions. Social psychological research mainly focused on the role of attitude in identity formation, particularly in the contexts of social movements and collective action.
Karina V. Korostelina +6 more
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Higher education reform and the landscape diversity of higher education institutions in the Kyrgyz Republic, 1991–2015 [PDF]
, 2018 Following its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Kyrgyzstan experienced processes of change across all areas of social, political and economic life.
I Silova +8 more
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International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.Estimating water resources is important for regional climate impact analysis and risk estimation. The Middle East and Central Asia have largely reached the limit of sustainably usable water across their river basins and ecosystems. Strategies designed to mitigate environmental risks require a reliable estimation of water availability trends.
Paolo Reggiani +4 more
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Twenty Years of Building International Relations on the Territory of the CIS: the Polish Perspective
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2012 The article presents the main issues of international relations in the post-soviet area since the collapse of the Soviet Union, perceived by Polish political scientists as critical to the modern structure of relations in the region.
A. Kovalchuk
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Problems of Regionalization in Post-Soviet Central Asia
Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law, 2020 Different interpretations of the concept of “Central Asia” (CA) as well as mutual definitions of its geographical borders indicate the incompleteness in the process of forming Central Asia as a region. Regionalization as an effective form of upholding and promoting by Central Asian countries their national interests is distinguished in Central Asia by ...
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Changing Gender Roles and Economies in Taimyr [PDF]
, 2010 This article is an inquiry into the extent to which, and how, roles of men and women in indigenous communities in north-central Siberia have changed along with the changing economic and political context from the 1917 Communist Revolution to the post ...
Ziker, John P.
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