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Genocide concept in Lithuanian history
Genocidas ir Rezistencija, 2001 The term ‘genocide’ has appeared in Lithuanian historiography relatively recently, which may be the reason why its usage varies so much. It can be said that there are different viewpoints justifying or denying the use of the term to describe different ...
Arvydas Anušauskas
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The Aggrieved Subject: Culture Wars and Recognition Rights
Constellations, EarlyView.
Andrew Fagan
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How religion mediates the fertility response to maternity benefits
Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.Abstract Do religious beliefs affect responses to fertility incentives? We examine a 1982 maternity benefits expansion in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in a difference‐in‐differences framework with similar East European countries as comparisons. To isolate the importance of religion, we compare women who did and did not grow up in religious households ...
Elizabeth Brainerd, Olga Malkova
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Magazine “Zona”: exposure of national memory about repressions and GULAG [PDF]
, 2010 У статті йдеться про часопис «Зона», видаваний Всеукраїнським товариством політичних в’язнів і репресованих з 1992 р. в Києві. Здебільшого він публікує спогади, мемуарні свідчення, вірші, а також документи, нариси, публіцистичні й наукові (історичні ...
Koloshuk, Nadiia H. +1 more
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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Armed resistance of partisans in 1944–1953 and its suppression in Skapiškis rural district
Genocidas ir Rezistencija, 2018 There were similarities and differences between armed resistance activities of partisans that took place in various regions of Lithuania in 1944–1953. Still, irrespective of several regional peculiarities, three main periods of the partisan warfare may ...
Ramona Staveckaitė-Notari
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Vernacularizing the Best Interests of the Child: Comparative Insights From Three Legal Systems
Journal of Family Theory &Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The study investigates how the Best Interests of the Child principle in the UN Children's Rights Convention (Article 3) has been adapted in custody disputes in Egypt, Sweden, and Uzbekistan. Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child offers a common normative benchmark, divergent legal cultures shape its domestic meaning: Egypt is ...
Anna Lundberg +3 more
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Some Features of the Lithuanian Resistance Phenomenon
Genocidas ir Rezistencija, 2003 Speaking presently about the post-war resistance, it is already possible to refer to authentic documentation, which allows analysis of the political and ideological features of the resistance.
Arvydas Anušauskas
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Crowding Out the Market: State Religious Policy and Social Capital Among Religious Adherents
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How do governments’ policies toward religion impact the relationship between citizens and civil society? A large body of literature examines the effect of social capital on democratic governance. Studies of State Religious Policy, or SRP, however, have shown complex and potentially contradictory effects on different types of social capital ...
Brendan Szendrő
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Manuscript of Marc Popovski about Tolstoyan movement
Studia Humanitatis, 2014 Publication of archival documents, i.e. manuscripts of Marc Popovski, a famous writer, journalist, human rights activist, dissident, and vice president of the organization “Writers in Exile” American branch of PEN. The manuscript is dedicated to the fate
Kolupaev Vladimir Evgen'yevich
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