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The contribution of the humanities to the theory and practice of public administration in the 21st century

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This Forum Article integrates a range of four contributions which are all underpinned by the conviction that the rediscovery of the humanities may be beneficial to the field of public administration. The first piece examines the contribution that philosophy, as a key discipline of the humanities, can provide to the field of public ...
Edoardo Ongaro   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Internal centralization and international integration in the post-Soviet space [PDF]

open access: yes
An important but often neglected factor influencing the changes in power relations in Eurasia is the development of center-periphery relations in individual countries.
Libman, Alexander
core   +1 more source

Intellectuals and Communism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
first para: Grappling with the relationship between intellectuals and communism after 1917 calls to mind two topics long treated as almost entirely distinct.
Michael David-Fox
core   +1 more source

Quantity Versus Quality in the Soviet Market for Weapons [PDF]

open access: yes
Military market places display obvious inefficiencies under most arrangements, but the Soviet defense market was unusual for its degree of monopoly, exclusive relationships, and intense scrutiny (in its formative years) by a harsh dictator. This provided
Andrei Markevich, Mark Harrison
core   +3 more sources

William E. Walling and the Pragmatist Foundations of Proto‐Western Marxism: A Re‐Evaluation and Critique

open access: yesConstellations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reevaluates Walling as a neglected precursor to American Western Marxism, arguing that his 1912–1914 trilogy synthesized Marxist theory of his time and Deweyan pragmatism into a distinct “pragmatist conception of history.” Born into “aristocracy” yet radicalized, Walling's unique trajectory—as a co‐founder of the NAACP and critic ...
Paulo Antunes
wiley   +1 more source

Identity and power in Ukraine

open access: yesJournal of Eurasian Studies, 2013
This paper analyzes the coercive and legitimate forms of power in Ukraine. It describes the crisis of legitimacy in Ukraine as a contradiction between a blatantly cruel system of capitalism dominated by a few oligarchs, and the lingering remnants of a ...
Karina V. Korostelina
doaj   +1 more source

Latvia's democratic resistance: a forgotten episode from the Second World War [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In summer 1943 politicians representing the four main political parties of Latvia's democratic years came together to establish a movement which would both resist the German occupation and prevent the return of the Red Army. They considered the key to re-
Swain, G.
core   +1 more source

Holding together regionalism and the interaction of functional bureaucracies [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper focuses on regional integration projects established by countries originally comprising a single political entity after its collapse. It shows that in this framework the existing economic ties between countries are likely to adversely affect ...
Libman, Alexander, Vinokurov, Evgeny
core   +1 more source

Особенности проявлений политической активности населения УСРР в условиях недородов и голода 1928–1929 гг. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
В статті проаналізовано проблему «антирадянського» та «радянського» громадських «активів» у радянській Україні в умовах недородів і голоду 1928–1929 рр.The article analyzes the problem of the «anti-Soviet» and «Soviet» groups of support in Soviet Ukraine
Hrynevych, L.   +2 more
core  

Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
wiley   +1 more source

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