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Beyond Usual Suspects: Revisiting Barriers to Childbearing Decisions in a Low Fertility Setting
Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract Fertility rates in developed countries have declined to historically low levels, yet the reasons remain incompletely understood. This study examines the relative importance of diverse macro contextual constraints on childbearing intentions among young adults (aged 20–35) in Poland, a country emblematic of Europe's fertility decline.
Anna Kurowska +2 more
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Abortion access in the Americas: a hemispheric and historical approach. [PDF]
Front Public Health, 2023 Roth C.
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From Everyman to Hamlet: A Distant Reading
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The sixteenth century sees English drama move from Everyman to Hamlet: from religious to secular subject matter and from personified abstractions to characters bearing proper names. Most modern scholarship has explained this transformation in terms originating in the work of Jacob Burckhardt: concern with religion and a taste for ...
Vladimir Brljak
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Due to their prolonged and multicultural nature, councils functioned historically as hubs for the exchange of ideas, discourse, diplomacy and rhetoric, reflecting broader cultural trends. In the Middle Ages, no international forums were comparable to ecumenical councils, where diverse and influential groups from various regions convened to ...
Federico Tavelli
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime +2 more
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how late bardic poetry transforms the condition of exile into a literary mode that reimagines community and tradition. I argue that poetry of lament, blessing and devotion articulates a broader literary consciousness that anticipates modern notions of a national consciousness. The compilation of bardic verse in manuscript
Daniel T. McClurkin
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From Dependence to Dominance: How Resource Challenges Are Empowering Logistics Providers in Europe
Transportation Journal, Volume 65, Issue 1, Winter 2026.ABSTRACT The interplay among actors in European global value chains (GVC) is evolving due to increased interactions with logistics service providers (LSP). This research explores the characteristics of the emerging business relationships between logistics and manufacturing companies in Europe.
Javier Turienzo
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Legislative Studies Quarterly, Volume 51, Issue 2, May 2026.ABSTRACT Sometimes politicians must take indelible public stances under unresolved uncertainty about an outcome they cannot control, for example, consider the minority on a proposal that is bound to pass. Counter to the expectations that party platforms converge, and that rational individuals balk at betting against one another, we show this can lead ...
Jorge Fabrega, John Londregan
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ACROSS LANGUAGE BORDERS: WRITING INTEGRATION AND BELONGING IN KINDERTRANSPORT DIARIES
German Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 129-147, April 2026.ABSTRACT The diaries of six Kindertransport refugees who fled Nazi persecution in Germany and Austria to Britain in 1938 and 1939 offer unique insights into how language use reflects negotiations of identity and belonging. Moving beyond traditional concepts of bilingualism, a translingual framework reveals how these young refugees navigated between ...
Monja Stahlberger
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