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Patterns of regional differentiation in post-Soviet Russia [PDF]

, 2012
This doctoral thesis aims at contributing to the literature on transition economies focusing on the Russian Federations and in particular on regional income convergence and fertility patterns. The first two chapter deal with the issue of income convergence across regions.
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Marriage and fertility change in post-Soviet Tajikistan

, 2009
This thesis, structured into four separate but related papers, uses survey birth history data to examine marital and fertility change in post-Soviet Central Asia, with a particular focus on Tajikistan.The first paper, ‘Through civil war, food scarcity ...
Clifford, David Michael
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Clarifying Public Policy for Stronger Public Administration in Development

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public policy is ubiquitous, yet its meaning is often unclear. This ambiguity is not just conceptual. Because policy work is a large part of what public administrations do, how we define policy shapes how we structure and organize our administrative mechanisms.
Matt Andrews
wiley   +1 more source

Convergence of Low‐Fertility Policies Beyond Policy Transfer: A Comparative Analysis of Korea and Hungary

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study compares policy responses to persistent low fertility in Korea and Hungary, two countries facing similar demographic pressures but embedded in distinct institutional settings. It asks whether the diffusion of pronatalist policies has produced convergence in the design, implementation, and effects of fertility policy in these cases ...
Kilkon Ko, M. Jin Lee, Tamás Pesuth
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From the disintegration of the post-Soviet space to the integration projects of a multipolar world: A retrospective analysis

Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки
This article reflects upon the integration processes within the post-Soviet space, spanning the period from 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed and the Belovezh Accords were signed, through 2024, which coincided with the BRICS summit held in Kazan on ...
A. G. Bolshakov, A. E. Fominykh
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Polityczna rola diaspory na przykładzie krajów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej i obszaru postsowieckiego

Politeja, 2016
Political impact of diasporas. The case of Central and Eastern European and post-Soviet countries Most of the Central and Eastern European and post-soviet countries have a longlasting tradition of emigration and possess large diasporas, often dispersed
Magdalena Lesińska
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Journal Issue - Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society 1:2 - Back From Afghanistan

, 2016
SPECIAL ISSUE: BACK FROM AFGHANISTAN With contributions by: Felix Ackermann, Jan C. Behrends, Michael Galbas, Markus Göransson, Anna Reich, Yaacov Ro’i, Iryna Sklokina http://www.ibidemverlag.de/Reihen-Schriftenreihen-Institutsreihen/Journal-of-Soviet ...
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski
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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King, Martin R. McAinsh, Michael R. Roberts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Journal Article - G. Slade, "Violence as Information During Prison Reform: Evidence from the Post-Soviet Region", 2015

, 2015
Violence as Information During Prison Reform: Evidence from the Post-Soviet Region Gavin Slade British Journal of Criminology 2015 Published in the British Journal of Criminology, 2015, final version available at http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/content/
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski
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Sustainable Development and Structural Bottlenecks in Transition Economies: New Uzbekistan

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study assesses the sustainable development of Uzbekistan over 2016–2024. The methodology combines min–max normalization and unweighted aggregation to derive goal‐level composite scores and an overall SDG index, correlation analysis, and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to characterize the goals that shape the country's progress; key ...
Khusanboy Abdufattokhov, Yulduz Salakhutdinova   +1 more
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