A New Concept of “Kim Jong Un Partizan” Discourse and Authoritarian Durability in North Korea
ABSTRACT How does the North Korean regime secure elite loyalty without institutional transparency or material redistribution? While existing studies have examined the use of Partizan narratives under Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, this paper argues that Kim Jong Un introduces a significant discursive shift: the invention of “Kim Jong Un Partizans.” This ...
Sohee Hwang
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REFORMS AND EFFICIENCY CHANGE IN TRANSITION AGRICULTURE
Studies on efficiency changes in transition agriculture yield mixed results. This paper develops both a theoretical model of efficiency changes during transition and uses a unique set of representative farm survey data to assess efficiency changes during
Swinnen, Johan F.M., Vranken, Liesbet
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Foot-and-mouth disease in Armenia (1958-2003): Historical epidemiology, serotype dynamics, and evolving vaccination strategies. [PDF]
Voskanyan H +5 more
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More Than Regulation: Challenging Habermas on the Future of the Public Sphere
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Bernardo Ferro
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Trust in Regulation in a Time of Revolution
ABSTRACT This article examines trust in regulation as a core value and precondition of the modern liberal democratic regulatory state. It develops a concept of justified trust in regulation, grounded in regulatory trustworthiness—honesty, competence, and reliability—rather than in proxies such as partisan loyalty, blind faith, obedience, or resignation.
Cristie Ford
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Collapse and recovery of livestock systems shape fire regimes on the Eurasian steppe: a review of ecosystem and biodiversity implications. [PDF]
Kamp J +3 more
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The Mental Health of the Young in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
ABSTRACT We report on the wellbeing of the young in twenty‐eight countries located in Eastern Europe and Central Asia including fifteen post‐Soviet countries. We find no evidence of the decline in the mental health of the young relative to older people, which characterizes Western Europe and English‐speaking advanced economies. The mental health of the
David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson
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The slow transformation of the collectivist education of child refugees from Greece in socialist Czechoslovakia. [PDF]
Králová K +2 more
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Utopia Remembers: The Soviet Past in the Imagined Communist Future
Abstract After a twenty‐five‐year hiatus, the reappearance of utopian literature in 1957 prompted Soviet literary watchdogs to corral the subgenre into an ideologically‐acceptable mold. A key requirement was for future generations to be depicted as reverently commemorating the past.
Antony Kalashnikov
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Black Gold in Medicine: Rediscovering the Pharmacological Potential. [PDF]
Hashimova U, Gaisina A, Safikhanova K.
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