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The ‘Forbidden Fruit’:Islam and Politics of Identity in Kosovo and Macedonia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper depicts the interplay of religion and politics, as well as of external and internal actors among Albanian communities in Kosovo and Macedonia. It argues that Islam has never been allowed into the political space, despite occasional attempts to
Krasniqi, Gezim
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Factors predicting the scientific wealth of nations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
It has been repeatedly demonstrated that economic affluence is one of the main predictors of the scientific wealth of nations. Yet, the link is not as straightforward as is often presented.
Allik, Jüri, Lauk, Kalmer, Realo, Anu
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Human Rights Economic Dividends: Estimating the Economic Effects of Preventing Discrimination

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Economies embracing principles like nondiscrimination are presumed to reap significant rewards, while violations incur heavy costs. We call these benefits human rights economic dividends—the economic gains that arise when policymaking is guided by human rights principles.
Jose Cuesta
wiley   +1 more source

When Is a Boundary Not a Boundary? Exploring the Tensions and Potentialities of Creative Practice in Doctoral Research in Art and Design Education

open access: yesInternational Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Alongside their continuing growth in the popularity, both practice research in creative disciplines and arts‐based methods in research in the social sciences have histories now spanning several decades. In doctoral education, art and design education research sits within and across two distinct fields – the art and design doctorate and the ...
Sian Vaughan
wiley   +1 more source

Shades of empire: Evidence from Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian partitions in the Baltics

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 342-376, February 2026.
Abstract In this study, we explore the long‐run effects of Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian imperial legacies in the Baltic region. Using a robust regression discontinuity design, we identify persistent differences in socio‐economic development across the South Livonia–Courland and the South Livonia–Lettgallia borders that emerged as a result of the ...
Theocharis N. Grigoriadis, Alise Vitola
wiley   +1 more source

From Disability Benefits to Gainful Employment: Sub-regional Conference Report, 6-8 Oct. 2005, Reumal Center, Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
In 2004, ILO SRO Budapest asked the Austrian Government to co-fund a sub-regional seminar on disability pension reform to bring together all ILO constituents from all SEE countries (the former Yugoslavia, except Slovenia; but Albania, Moldova; and some ...
ILO
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'Commemorating a Disputed Past: Football Club and Supporters' Group War Memorials in the Former Yugoslavia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article documents the existence of numerous football-related war memorials throughout the former Yugoslavia. Utilizing photographic evidence of these monuments, plaques and other methods of memorialization, it illuminates the ways in which those ...
Mills, Richard
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Big 4 offshore: Transparency arbitrage across legal and geographical boundaries

open access: yesContemporary Accounting Research, Volume 42, Issue 4, Page 2523-2549, Winter 2025.
Abstract How do global firms manage conflicting constituencies in complex markets? The Big 4 accounting firms have expanded their size and scope to the extent that they need to relate to different constituencies simultaneously, sometimes on controversial issues.
Saila Stausholm   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Globalizing the Holocaust: A Jewish “Useable Past” in Serbian Nationalism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Contrary to Anthony Smith’s view that national myth-makers derive meaning primarily from a nation’s own positive “useable past”, this article argues that the globalization and universalisation of the Jewish Holocaust has created new poles of identity for
MacDonald, David B
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