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Where do nomads bury their dead? Necro‐ostracism, statelessness, and the pastoral/ peripatetic divide in Afghanistan

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article proposes that stigmas connected to social categories of exclusion prevalent during life extend into dealings with the dead, here referred to as ‘necro‐ostracism’, in the context of death and burial of Muslim nomadic populations in urban Afghanistan. Based on qualitative fieldwork carried out in Kabul, Herat, and Mazar‐e Sharif, it explores
Annika Schmeding
wiley   +1 more source

Searle and Cherenkov\u27s A Future and a Hope: Mission, Theological Education, and the Transformation of Post-Soviet Society - Book Review

open access: yes, 2015
Anniversary reflections on developments since the end of the Soviet Union 25 years ago have started, but rare is the book attempting an assessment of what happened to post-Soviet ...
Sawatsky, Walter
core  

Soviet Inheritance Cases in American Courts and the Soviet Property Regime [PDF]

open access: yes, 1966
Many American states have statutes limiting transmission of monies from estates in this country to citizens of countries behind the Iron Curtain. American courts have come under heavy criticism for construing these statutes unfavorably to foreign heirs,
Bader, W. Reece   +2 more
core   +1 more source

United States During the Cold War 1945-1990 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
United States and the Soviet Union is a country on the part of allies who emerged as the winner during World War II. However, after reaching the Allied victory in the situation soon changed, man has become an opponent.
Kuswono, K. (Kuswono)   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

Complaint culture: the non‐market economy and moral disappointment in a late‐socialist kibbutz La culture des réclamations : économie non marchande et déception morale dans un kibboutz aux derniers temps du socialisme

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In recent years, the kibbutz – a once‐idealized socialist commune in Israel – has become a common object of critique in Israeli popular culture. Many critiques focus on what can be described as the old kibbutz's ‘moral harshness’, highlighting the prevalence of informal surveillance, peer pressure, and public moralizing.
Omri Senderowicz
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in first union formation in post-Soviet Central Asia

open access: yes, 2009
This study used recently available survey data to examine trends in the rate of first union formation in the post-Soviet Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Clifford, D.
core  

‘A long, slow and painful road’: The Anglo-American alliance and the issue of cooperation with the USSR from Teheran to D-Day [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2012 Taylor & Francis.The Second World War Anglo–American alliance was less cohesive on the political side than the military.
Folly, M
core   +1 more source

The Soviet Union

open access: yesJahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 1987
The Soviet civil defence programme is the world’s largest in terms of expenditure, personnel and scope; in its rhetoric at least, it also makes the largest claims for effectiveness. It emphasises both blast shelter construction and crisis relocation and, while concentrating on the special protection of the upper bureaucracies of government and industry,
openaire   +4 more sources

New Methods for Pathogen Risk Assessment: Machine Learning in the Analysis of Toxicity Spectrum of Albifimbria verrucaria

open access: yesВестник войск РХБ защиты
HighlightsThe use of artificial intelligence has great potential for predicting the toxic properties of new little-studied chemical compounds, reducing the time and financial costs associated with identifying the risks of possible threats.Relevance ...
V. T. Tkachenko   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

West Is Preparing to Use Radiological Weapons against Russia and Ukraine

open access: yesВестник войск РХБ защиты, 2023
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I. A. Kirillov
doaj  

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