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Reform of Economic Instruction in the Former Soviet Bloc
This article suggests that the reform of economic instruction in the Former Soviet Union should focus on both learning and action. The incorporation of mathematical methods into the new economic curriculum will occur based on close cooperation among ...
Osipian, Ararat
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"Assessing the Returns to Education in Georgia" [PDF]
The economic returns to education in transition countries have been extensively evaluated in the literature. The present study contributes to this literature by estimating the returns to education in Georgia during the last transition period 2000-04.
Tamar Khitarishvili
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Essentials of the Soviet narrative of special needs education in transition: a critical perspective
, 2022 This research pays its attention to the history of the formation of education for children with special educational needs [SEN] with focus on Soviet (1917-1991)/Post-Soviet (1991-2012) periods.
Kalinnikova Magnusson, Liya,
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The social life of money for children
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.Abstract Inspired by Nigel Dodd's The Social Life of Money, this article proposes an analysis of entangled economic lives, that is, how meaning, structures and politics jointly shape the flow of monies within households. The past decades have marked a shift from “childrearing expenditures” to “parenting investments” that align with new visions of both ...
Nina Bandelj
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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Higher education in Armenia during and after the Soviet era
, 2011 In the 20th century Armenia was a part of the Soviet Union. For 70 years, Armenia operated within a socialistic higher education system. After the destruction of the Soviet Union, the higher education system of Armenia changed.
Melkonyan, Gegham
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent years, sociological interest in the study of social class—particularly its subjective dimensions—has intensified. This article contributes to this growing body of literature by focusing on Poland as a case within the Central and Eastern European region.
Justyna Kajta, Stefan Bieńkowski
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Living Standards During Transition to a Market Economy: The Kyrgyz Republic in 1993 and 1996 [PDF]
Household survey data from the Kyrgyz Republic are used to analyse changes in the determinants of household expenditure during the transition from central planning.
Richard Pomfret, Kathryn H. Anderson
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From Employment Exit to Occupational Reallocation: Child Penalties in Vietnam*
Economic Record, EarlyView.This study provides new evidence on the magnitude, heterogeneity and mechanisms of the child penalties in Vietnam. Using Labour Force Survey data (2010–2020) and a pseudo‐event study design, we focus on working‐age individuals who experienced their first childbirth between ages 20 and 45. Guided by a conceptual framework, we examine the extent to which
Hang Anh Nguyen +2 more
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China's Strategic Approach to Tech Diplomacy in a Time of Global Uncertainty
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the wake of U.S.‐China technological competition and the COVID‐19 pandemic, “tech diplomacy” has gained prominence in Chinese political and academic discourse. This concept is often ideologically framed to critique Western hegemonic narratives perceived as hindering China's technological advancement.
Zhao Alexandre Huang, Xiang Meng
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