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Knowledge about traumatic World War II experiences among ancestors and subjective well-being of young adults: A person-centred perspective.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
ObjectivesThe aim of our study is to examine the association between knowledge about the World War II (WWII)-related traumatic experiences of their ancestors and subjective well-being (SWB) of young adults, i.e., descendants of Polish survivors of WWII ...
Marcin Rzeszutek   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Transnational Constitution of Europe’s Social Market Economies: A Question of Constitutional Imbalances? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Throughout its history the European integration process has not undermined but rather strengthened the autonomy of Member States vis-à-vis wider societal interests in relation to political economy, labour markets and social provisions.
Kjaer, Poul F.
core  

The Impact of a Pre‐Existing Defect on Liability for Property Damage: Taylor v Jones

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
Taylor v Jones involved liability for causing damage to a building that had a pre‐existing defect. The defendant was in principle liable for the cost of repairing the damage. However, the Court of Appeal denied liability for the cost of repairing the pre‐existing defect even though such repair was necessary to restore the building to the state it would
Sirko Harder
wiley   +1 more source

Review, Anke Hilbrenner, Christoph Meißner, Jörg Morré (eds.), Riss durch Europa. Die Folgen des Hitler-Stalin-Pakts. Perspektiven aus Ostmitteleuropa / Rift through Europe. The Consequences of the Hitler-Stalin Pact. Perspectives from East-Central Europe. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2024, 296 pp. ISBN 978-3-8353-5781-5 ( [PDF]

open access: yesPlural: History, Culture, Society
Review of the collective book - Anke Hilbrenner, Christoph Meißner, Jörg Morré (eds.), Riss durch Europa. Die Folgen des Hitler-Stalin-Pakts. Perspektiven aus Ostmitteleuropa / Rift through Europe. The Consequences of the Hitler-Stalin Pact. Perspectives
Sergiu Musteață
doaj   +1 more source

The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
wiley   +1 more source

Planning, equipment and evaluation of monuments from the World War II in Yugoslavia [PDF]

open access: yesArhitektura i Urbanizam, 2019
Monuments created in the 60s and 70s of the 20th century in Yugoslavia, to the glory of the struggle against the occupiers during the WWII, were once the gathering places of pioneers, youth, war veterans and their descendants.
Garača Vuk   +3 more
doaj  

Watching the Watchers: Enemy Combatants in the Internment Shadow [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In the past, the government has avoided accountability for the atrocity of allowing the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. Kang examines whether the federal judiciary is again shying away from its responsibilities of holding the other branches
Kang, Jerry
core   +1 more source

Insights from the Presidential Addresses to the Agricultural Economics Society

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Society's published presidential addresses have embraced a wide range of subject matter, reflecting a ‘road well travelled’ in agricultural economics. The areas covered include the development and use of data and statistics, lessons from history, sectoral analysis, land economics, international trade and international development.
David Blandford
wiley   +1 more source

A Delirious Welcome to Anyone in Uniform: The GI Experience in Paris, July - September 1944 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Previous studies of relationships between American GIs and the French population during and after Liberation paint two extremes: one of a perfectly handsome American man doling out candy, cigarettes, and kisses, and the other of a rapist and conqueror ...
Ashton, Bridget E.
core   +1 more source

Paradigm Shift in the Making? Geopolitical Challenges and Institutional Changes in the International Monetary System: From Neoliberalism to a Pluralist Multipolar Financial Order

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examined the critical challenges facing the international monetary system, arguing that they have created conditions for a shift from a neoliberal framework to a pluralist multipolar financial order. Using an interdisciplinary approach that blends international law and international relations, the paper provides an analysis of the ...
Jiangyu Wang
wiley   +1 more source

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