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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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Stalingrad on the Eve of Industrialization: Social and Cultural Development and Improvement

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2020
Introduction. The article deals with the issue of the situation in the urban economy and the socio-cultural sphere of the city of Stalingrad in the mid-1920s, on the eve of the beginning of socialist reconstruction. Methods.
Andrei V. Lunochkin, Ekaterina L. Furman
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Socialist Realist Science: Constructing Knowledge about Rural Life in the Soviet Union, 1943-1958 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Agriculture was one of the most vexing problems confronting the Soviet state at the end of the war. In 1943, as the Red Army began liberating Nazi occupied territories, and the state had to collectivize the local population anew, social scientists were ...
Haber, Maya
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What is (de)politicization and what is wrong with it?

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This article attempts to clarify the meaning of (de)politicization. Politicization sometimes refers to the inappropriate intrusion of partisan loyalties in nonpolitical social domains (affective politicization). Politicization can also constitute an ideal of civic agency and energy (contestatory politicization).
Dimitrios Halikias
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After 20 years of status quo: the failure of gradualism in Slovenia’s post-socialist transition

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In the past 20 years, the Slovenia has been praised as the richest former socialist country, having accomplished the advancement from borrower into donor status at the World Bank and having entered the European Monetary Union as the first country from ...
Spruk, Rok
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"I Will Never Become a Soldier for You!": The Relevance of Biographical Learning for Political Action

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2011
This article focuses on the biographical dimension of the processes of developing political awareness and the significance for consistency in political action.
Andrea Neugebauer
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Patterns of emigration among Ural Germans in 1929–1930 (based on local research)

open access: yesВестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2019
In the 20th and early 21st century, the South Ural region, which is located at the crossroads of Asia and Europe, was the focus of routes of cross-border migration. This migration was both voluntary and forced.
Avdashkin A.A.
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Disciplining Prostitutes in the Hospital de la Magdalena in Barcelona (1923‐1959)

open access: yesJDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Summary Background and Objectives The Hospital de la Magdalena, a care home for female prostitutes with venereal diseases, operated in Barcelona from 1923 to 1959. The purpose of this investigation is to highlight how this hospital was used to educate female prostitutes morally in addition to providing medical treatment.
Florian Grafl, Florian Steger
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Would a Second Transition Stage Prolong the Initial Period of Post-socialist Economic Transformation into Market Capitalism? [PDF]

open access: yes
The article attempts to define the relevant yardsticks that can be used to delineate the end of the transition process or, alternatively, a second stage in the post-socialist economic transformation into market capitalism.
Wladimir Andreff
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Politicized Medicine in the GDR: The Example of the Closed Venereology Ward at Dresden‐Friedrichstadt Hospital

open access: yesJDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Summary Background and Objectives Closed venereology wards existed in both Western and Eastern European dictatorships. These institutions isolated, disciplined, and “educated” individuals with Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) or suspected infections.
Maximilian Schochow, Florian Steger
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