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When Earth Matters: Bessie Head’s When Rain Clouds Gather

open access: yesOpen Cultural Studies, 2019
This essay discusses Bessie Head’s When Rain Clouds Gather from an ecocritical perspective, asking how her late 1960s’ novel already anticipated some of the politics of early twenty-first-century environmental thinking in the postcolonial sphere.
Bayer Gerd
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A reassessment of the Jordanian identity after the Arab Spring—the construction of the holy trinity identity: monarchical, territorial, and tribal

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities
Since the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan was founded as an independent political entity, the issue of nationalism has been touched upon in several basic elements: the royal house, the image of the king, the territory, Islam, and tribalism. This article
Yael Keinan-Cohen   +2 more
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Does a global young consumer exist? A comparative study of South Korea and Poland

open access: yesJournal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets, 2015
In this paper we analyse the phenomenon of the global young consumer. Taking the example of young people from South Korea and Poland, we show similarities and differences in their reaction to modern socio-cultural trends influencing consumption patterns.
Agnieszka Kacprzak   +1 more
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The role of youth in solving problems of the country [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Before the Kyrgyz Republic faces the diffi cult task of modernization and development. One of the main resources of these tasks would be to involve young people in the solution of these problems. At the heart of democracy in the West, largely support the
Suyunbaev, M. N.
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Narratives of ethnic identity among practitioners in community settings in the northeast of England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The increasing ethnic diversity of the UK has been mirrored by growing public awareness of multicultural issues, alongside developments in academic and government thinking.
Alibhai-Brown Y.   +22 more
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Rethinking Populism in the Digital Age: Social Networks, Political Affects and Post-Truth Democracies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Although populism is not a new phenomena, its rise in the aftermath of the financial crisis presents some novelties that are worth exploring. Mostly, they refer to the transformation of the public sphere in the digital era, which has changed how ...
Arias-Maldonado, Manuel Jesus
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Strange Assemblage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper contends that the power of Deleuze & Guattari’s (1988) notion of assemblage as theorised in 1000 Plateaus can be normalised and reductive with reference to its application to any social-cultural context where an open system of dynamic and ...
Cole, David Robert
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Trends in nursing in South Africa and their implications for nursing education

open access: yesCurationis, 1984
In South Africa there is a unique and difficult problem in that sparsely populated, outlying areas constitute a major load for health services. Varied cultures and degrees of tribalism and seemingly inaccessible terrain often deter or prohibit the ...
H. Loudon
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SOCIO-CUL TURAL DYNAMICS OF MURIDIZM MOVEMENT IN CAUCASIA

open access: yesFırat Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2007
Although much has been written on Sufısm, . there are only some sources or writings evaluating the dynarnics of Muridizm mavement in Circassia in relation with Naqshbandi Sufism.
Anzavur Demirpolat
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Third World Themes in the International Politics of the Ceaușescu Regime or the International Affirmation of the ‘Socialist Nation’ [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The present article aims to offer a synoptic picture of communist Romania’s relations with Third World countries during the Ceaușescu regime. Within these relations, economic and geopolitical motivations coexisted along with ideological ones, thus making
Copilaș, Emanuel
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