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Cinema of the Desert: The Fight of the Ascetic Women

open access: yesReligions
This paper examines the cinematic portrayals of ascetic women within contemporary film. Historically, the early desert fathers and mothers are venerated figures who embody a life of ascesis—spiritual discipline amidst the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and
Milja Radovic
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Transformation of the information sphere of civil society

open access: yesRUDN journal of Sociology, 2019
The author considers new phenomena in the information sphere of civil society, their influence on the nature and forms of its development, emphasizing that the development of the Russian civil society follows the general formation of the global civil ...
V K Levashov
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More than a box to check: Research sponsor and clinical investigator perspectives on making GCP training relevant

open access: yesContemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2020
Background: Good clinical practice (GCP) training is the industry expectation for ensuring quality conduct of registrational clinical trials. However, concerns exist about whether the current structure and delivery of GCP training sufficiently prepares ...
Teresa Swezey   +10 more
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Examining the interaction between vertical and horizontal dimensions of state transformation

open access: yes, 2009
Two dimensions of state transformation often analysed separately can be identified as vertical authority shifts between different levels of government and horizontal authority transfers between state and non-state domains.
Büchs, Milena
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“Your identity is, what God puts into you”—Christian online activism on gender and sexuality politics on TikTok

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
Christian and right-wing actors have been able to push their agenda, which includes the idea of Christian supremacy and fundamentalist views on sexual orientation, gender relations, reproductive rights and family concepts, toward the political center in ...
Michael Hunklinger, Katharina Limacher
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Civil Society and Conflict Transformation in Abkhazia, Israel/Palestine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria and Western Sahara [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper describes and analyses the role of civil society in five conflict cases – Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, Western Sahara and Israel/ Palestine. It evaluates the relative effectiveness of civil society organisations (CSOs) and assesses
Nicoletta Pirozzi, Nona Mikhelidze
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Evolving spatialities of digital life: Troubling the smart city/home divide

open access: yesDigital Geography and Society
While feminist geographers have long aimed to trouble conceptions of the city/home (and, by extension, public/private) divides, the digital city and the digital home are still often theorized as separate phenomena within much digital geography literature.
Casey R. Lynch, Miriam E. Sweeney
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Transformation of normative personality in Russian society [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The aim of the study is to identify the characteristics of normative personality in the different periods of the history of Russian society. The author's methods are comparative analysis and in-depth interview method.
Makarova, L., Макарова, Л. В.
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Community action for sustainable housing: Building a low-carbon future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper presents a new analytical framework of 'grassroots innovations' which views community-led initiatives for sustainable development as strategic green niches with the potential for wider transformation of mainstream society.
Berkhout   +41 more
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