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Rozprawa z modernizmem. Centralny Dom Towarowy w Warszawie

open access: yesMiejsce, 2017
Central Department Store in Warsaw (Centralny Dom Towarowy, CDT) was the first modern public building in the city, constructed after World War II according to the Le Corbusier’s concept of ‘5 Points of Modern Architecture’ having entirely glazed ...
Waldemar Baraniewski
doaj  

Institutionalised Indigeneity, State Formation and Crisis: Lessons From the Indio Institucionalizado in Evo Morales' Bolivia

open access: yesBulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the institutionalisation of indigeneity in Bolivia under the governments of Evo Morales (2006–2019) as a central component of the MAS project of crafting state hegemony. We trace the emergence of what we call the indio institucionalizado from the social mobilisations of the 1990s and 2000s through the Constitutional ...
Aiko Ikemura Amaral, Angus McNelly
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Democratic Backsliding: Bureaucracy, Elite Dynamics and Administrative Change in Authoritarian Transitions

open access: yesGovernance, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how political and administrative elites shape regime transformations under authoritarian rule, proposing an elite‐centered analytical perspective that complements prevailing accounts of “democratic backsliding.” We show how embedding political–administrative relations within a broader elite‐theoretical framework clarifies ...
Kutsal Yesilkagit, Johan Christensen
wiley   +1 more source

Policy Innovation in Barcelona and Utrecht: The Role of Advocacy Coalitions in Multilevel Contexts

open access: yesPolitics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores how policy innovation in local social policies emerges within a multilevel governance context. Drawing on the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), it examines how beliefs, coalitions, and institutional arrangements interact across different political arenas—European, national/regional, and local—to foster innovative social
Bruno Miguel Oliveira
wiley   +1 more source

Provocări metodologice ale cercetării comunismului din România (Methodological Challenges of the Research on Communism from Romania) [PDF]

open access: yesPolis: Revista de Stiinte Politice, 2016
Research on Communism from Romania went through a period of radicalism and Manichaeism. Those who were pushed aside by the regime became judges of the phenomenon, and its beneficiaries have adopted a variety of discursive strategies, from the public ...
Sorin BOCANCEA
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Between Practicality and Politics: Factors of Sub‐National Aid Allocation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

open access: yesJournal of International Development, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 347-361, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Bosnia and Herzegovina represents a unique case of aid recipient for its complex history and administrative and political divisions. Yet, little is known about how foreign aid is allocated to local recipients. This qualitative study uncovers factors shaping sub‐national aid allocation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, highlighting donors' and ...
Lenka Dušková   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Landless peasants, soilless cultivation: British agricultural experimentation and intervention in post‐independence Iraq (1932–1958)

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 603-610, March 2026.
‘Greening’ is often depicted as an inherently benevolent practice, turning arid stretches of land into arable and fertile plots. However, by considering a longer history of place and taking archival records into account, such transformations are rendered more complex and, often, more fraught.
Zsuzsanna Ihar
wiley   +1 more source

Fertility Norms as Unifying Framework: Coordinating Migration and Fertility Decisions in China′s Internal Migration

open access: yesPopulation, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Research on the migration‐fertility nexus has generated five theoretical mechanisms – socialisation, assimilation, selection, disruption, and adaptation – that are typically examined in isolation from one another. Drawing on 66 life‐story interviews with internal migrants in Shenzhen, China, this article argues that these mechanisms share a ...
Xijia You
wiley   +1 more source

STATE AND LAW IN THE CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION: CHALLENGES OF THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD

open access: yesBaltic Journal of Economic Studies
The article provides a thorough analysis of the economic transformation of the state and law during a period of transition. It reveals the transitional period to be a regular stage of societal development combining political, legal and economic changes.
Liliia Matvieieva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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