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Norm Circles and the Limitations of European Union Normative Projection in Afghanistan
ABSTRACT Norm diffusion research explains the international travel of norms in semantic terms, through resonance, framing, grafting and localisation. Such accounts presuppose norms to be portable objects whose identity persists through transit. Yet, ontologically, norms exert causal force only where a real social group endorses and enforces them.
Oz Hassan
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During practically the entire development of Lithuanian architecture in the 20th century, one can observe open architectural politicisation as being one of the most important ideological ways of giving meaning to space. Themes of national romanticism that were exploited during the interwar period were followed by a feverish attempt during the Soviet ...
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Digitized audiocassettes include recordings of Light's conversations with those in Congress, local and national news media, and others involved in the Soviet Jewry movement. There are also interview recordings with leading figures in the Bay Area Council
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews
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Modern confined masonry (CM) construction consists of masonry walls confined by reinforced concrete (RC) tie‐columns and tie‐beams. When built correctly, CM buildings have shown good performance in earthquake's shaking. Even though CM construction has been practised for almost a century in some Latin American countries, its use and standardisation are ...
Ahsana Parammal Vatteri +23 more
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Housing architecture in Soviet and post-Soviet capital of Kyrgyzstan: From Frunze to Bishkek
In this study housing architecture of Kyrgyzstan's capital city is analyzed and compared in two different periods: Soviet and Post-Soviet. The study will lead you through changes Bishkek went through; the way history has affected housing habits of its citizens. In contrast to Soviet Frunze, contemporary Bishkek offers chaotically built but diverse
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Baku and architecture: from Soviet building to archistars
Abstract The present paper intends to analyse the current urban situation of the city of Baku. Starting from its history and the vicissitudes that have seen the alternating city periods of splendour with gloomy moments, some of the great urban projects realised since the end of the 20th century and which are transforming the ...
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Westin, Dr. Jerry, report on trip to Soviet Union (Box 99, Folder 5)
Digitized audiocassettes include recordings of Light's conversations with those in Congress, local and national news media, and others involved in the Soviet Jewry movement. There are also interview recordings with leading figures in the Bay Area Council
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews
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Restoring Autonomy out of Context. Selective Heritagisation of the Drama Theatre in Veliky Novgorod
This article considers the politics of heritagisation in relation to late Soviet built environments within a contemporary authoritarian context. It examines the imaginaries underpinning the 2020 competition for the renovation of the Novgorod Drama ...
Ksenia Litvinenko
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Modernism in the woods: Soviet architecture for rural landscapes
Abstract This paper explores the urban-type reconstruction of Soviet rural non-agricultural settlements during the Cold War, focusing on timber production workers’ settlements in the Republic of Karelia of the north-west Soviet Union.
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Summit Mobilization: Demonstration For Soviet Jews In Washington, D.C. (2 digital images)
Summit Mobilization, Demonstration For Soviet Jews In Washington, D.C., includes crowd and Washington Monument.
Seattle Action for Soviet Jewry
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