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From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the mental health of Afghan refugee childrenin Peshawar schools [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Children who are forcibly uprooted from their homes experience enormous losses, increased exposure to violent conflict, and severe deprivation. Much research remains to be done concerning the impact of displacement related adversity on the mental health ...
Crowther, Rosalind
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Deterrence, Development, and Denial: Securitising Climate‐Induced Mobility in the European Union

open access: yesContemporary European Politics, Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Climate‐induced mobility poses a mounting governance challenge for the European Union (EU), where climate action, migration control, and security policy intersect in uneven and contested ways. While EU discourse frequently frames climate change as a “threat multiplier,” migration governance remains anchored in deterrence logics, producing a ...
Manasa Bollempalli
wiley   +1 more source

The Pitfalls of Ethnic Aggregation: Iranians And Afghans, And The Problem Of ‘West Asian’ Category In Canada

open access: yesCanadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 63, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT In the Canadian community of official statistics producers and users, there has been an ongoing debate about the feasibility of using ‘visible minority’ categories to capture the experiences of Canada's racial minorities. Rarely, however, has this issue been examined from a factual angle; that is, the success of those categories in capturing ...
Hamid Akbary   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

1919-1939 TURKEY-USSR RELATIONS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
World War I had different effects on different states. Turkey and Russia can be given as an example. These countries were affected in different ways but they started to get closer and develop their relations.
Gürel, Berk Can
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Pak-Afghan Relations after 9/11: Irritants and Prospects of Cooperation

open access: yes, 2022
The paper aims to explore the irritants and opportunities of Pak-Afghan relations after 9/11 period. The paper found that the post 9/11 period involved Pakistan deeply in the peace process and eradication of terrorist activities in the region due to the ...
Mohammad Umar, Amir Jan, Abdul Rab
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Women, Space, Resistance: Kurdish Refugee‐Migrants' Narratives From Lavrio and Skaramagas Camps in Greece

open access: yesPopulation, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 5, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Refugee camps have long been theorized as spaces of exception, where sovereign power reduces displaced people to what Agamben terms ‘bare life’. While this frame captures the violence of camp governance, it depicts refugee‐migrants as passive and says little about how camp space is inhabited, contested and remade in everyday life, least of all
Orkide Izci
wiley   +1 more source

Contemporary Israeli-Turkish relations in comparative perspective

open access: yes, 2021
Contemporary Israeli-Turkish Relations in Comparative Perspective is a comprehensive book written by eleven academics from Turkey and Israel. Even though the book covers a broad range of topics written by authors from different theoretical perspectives ...
Mumcuoğlu, Burhanettin
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Global Fluoride Toxicology Landscape: Bibliometric Approaches and Scientific Mapping

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology, Volume 41, Issue 7, Page 416-458, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed research trends in the 100 most‐cited articles on fluoride toxicology, a topic widely debated due to the toxic effects associated with levels deemed safe for human exposure. A bibliometric analysis was conducted using the Web of Science‐Core Collection, extracting data such as citation count, authors, keywords, journal ...
Maria Karolina Martins Ferreira   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Back to enmity : Turkey-Syria relations since the Syrian Uprising

open access: yes, 2015
Examines the drivers of the return of Turkey-Syria relations to enmity, specifically the Turkish response to the Syrian Uprising. Looks also at Turkish policy in Syria, notably its support for radical Islamists fighting Asad and its policy toward the ...
Hinnebusch, Raymond
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