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The Political U: New Evidence on the Economic Costs of Hybrid Regimes

open access: yesEconomics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent research establishes a positive causal effect from democracy to income, although this evidence relies mostly on binary regime classifications. We extend the identification framework of Acemoglu et al. (2019) to a classification that distinguishes democracies, autocracies, and hybrid regimes for about 170 countries over 1960–2024.
Nauro F. Campos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conflicts and Relative Deprivation in Ein El Hilweh: Palestinian Refugees in the Shadow of the Syrian Civil War

open access: yesJournal of Refugee Studies, 2019
About 450,000 Palestinian refugees live in Lebanon today. With the arrival of over 1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon since the Syrian civil war started in 2011, Palestinians were no longer the largest refugee group in Lebanon, and many newcomers ...
Marco Nilsson, Dany Badran
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Saudi ‘ulama and the Syrian Civil War

open access: yes, 2016
The Syrian conflict has strongly exacerbated regional sectarianism. This chapter examines the rhetoric of Saudi ‘ulama (clerics) against Shi’ism and Syria’s minority Alawite regime. Potentially influential as a conservative force against Islamist radicalism, ‘ulama of different persuasions (establishment, non-establishment, traditionalist, or ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Syrian requiem: the civil war and its aftermath/ Itamar Rabinovich, Carmit Valensi.

open access: yes, 2021
Includes bibliographical references and index."The Syrian crisis is not over yet but the period of full-fledged civil war in that country appears to be drawing to a close, and it is now possible to view this calamity with some perspective.
Valensi Carmit, Rabinovich Itamar
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“Working the Pages”: Entrepreneurship Strategies of Venezuelan Trans Women Refugees Who Enter Sex Work in Brazil During COVID‐19

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Venezuelan refugee crisis has displaced nearly 8 million people, with transgender and queer refugees among the most marginalized groups. This paper explores the intersecting precarity and entrepreneurship of Venezuelan trans women refugees who became sex workers in Brazil during COVID‐19.
Yvonne Su   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of Syrian civil war on status of Syrian Kurds

open access: yes, 2018
This bachelor thesis discusses the Syrian civil war its impact on the Syrian Kurdish minority. Describes the historical events that led to the Arab Spring and then bridged in the Civil War.
Piškulová, Adriana
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Thinking and Talking About War: How the Public in Six Countries Discusses the Outbreak of the War in Ukraine

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The Russian aggression in Ukraine, launched on 24 February 2022, marked the return of conventional war in the European continent. While Western leaders have framed the ongoing conflict through a common narrative when speaking internationally, which varies in its national nuances, much less is known about the images and lenses that the European
Carlotta Mingardi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Security in Lebanon after Syrian civil war 2011 year

open access: yes, 2013
Darba mērķis bija izpētīt, vai Libānas drošībā ir notikušas izmaiņas kopš 2011. gada Sīrijas pilsoņu kara sākuma. Drošība tika pētīta sabiedriskajā un politiskajā sektorā.
Barakate, Sofija
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‘Sawa Aqwa’ (Stronger Together): A multi‐site randomized controlled trial of a brief family systemic intervention for adolescent mental health in Lebanon

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
Background There are no evaluated family‐based mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions for adolescents in Southwest Asia (known as the Middle East), and few whole‐family interventions in low‐ and middle‐income countries, despite consistent evidence for the impact of family support on mental health and well‐being. This study aims to
Tania Bosqui   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Syrian Civil War: Four Concentric Forces of Tensions

open access: yes, 2014
The ongoing Syrian conflict has been subject to considerable amount of political polemics. Nevertheless, little scholarly work has been conducted in order to comprehend the complexities as well as underlying reasons behind the intensity, scope, and ...
Rafizadeh, Majid
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