At the Borderline of Public and Private Law: The Restitution of Cultural Property Held in Public Collections in Hungary by Vanda Vadász, Viktória Verebélyi

“…The ownership of the property thus collected was only partially clarified after the war. After the fall of communism, nationalized cultural property was subject to restitution laws, but restitution typically meant partial compensation. …”
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The genesis and development of ideological and theoretical aspects of the formation of the concepts of the “third way” in the East by Sergey A. Voronin

“…The author pays special attention to the fact that the leaders of the countries of the East, the architects of development concepts along the “third way”, were looking for their own authentic path of development, rejecting the capitalism of Adam Smith and the communism of Karl Marx, that is, refusing to follow both the capitalist and socialist paths of development of minority power over the majority. …”
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Spirit și destin sub „teroarea istoriei” by Andrei Milca

“…An Universal Romanian, the writer realized so well the unhappy context and the way of the Romanian Culture under the tyranny of King Carol the 2-nd, or Gheorghiu Dej and Ceausescu, in communism. He was reborn in the whole world from the Act of Creation: his life out of his birth-country is a ,,trial“, a test of labyrinth and, finally, the teacher was reconsidered like a great intellect, a spiritual historian of the Religions. …”
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International Organizations: the Main Factors of Emergence and Development by L. S. Voronkov

“…The article presents the main factors that in later stages of internationalization and development of contemporary international relations gave the impetus to emergence and development of international organizations, including the military-technological revolution, that gave birth to mass destruction weapons and avalanche-like growth of the number of human and material losses during wars and military conflicts, the Cold War between world communism and world capitalism, the collapse of the colonial system and formation ofa new main contradiction of the world politics between the "Club of rich countries" and states of the "global periphery", beginning of development of regional integration processes and, finally, the emergence of global problems. …”
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Russian population’s political activities in the first third of the XX century on the example of the Peasant Union creation movement by G. S. Chuwardin, V. G. Ivanov, O. A. Nesterchuk, V. F. Nitsevich, O. A. Sudorgin

“…Calls to create a union during the Civil War took place against the background of peasants’ disillusionment with the “war communism” policy. In 1921, the idea of creating the Peasant Union was revived. …”
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NEW «PARASITIC CLASS»: ON THE CONCEPT OF MIKHAIL VOSLENSKY by Сергій САВЧЕНКО, Катерина ПРОКОФ’ЄВА, Оксана РЕШЕТІЛОВА

“…Unlike Djilas, who believed in the potential of «true» communism, Voslensky fully breaks away from the system. …”
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An Inconvenient Past of World War II in the Historical Policy of the Republic of Croatia by A. M. Ponamareva

“…In the countries of the former Yugoslavia competing narratives are constructed around certain historical events and personalities: if Serbia concentrates on such topics as Jasenovac and anti-fascism, Croatia invokes the memories of the so-called Bleiburg massacre of 1945, the ‘Way of the Cross’ and the victims of communism. Jasenovac and Bleiburg are counterposed to each other as ‘places of remembrance’, which provide political opponents with yet another opportunity to challenge each other over differences in the interpretation of both the events of World War II and the contemporary bilateral relations. …”
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Community Work Participation and Outcomes in Nyagatare District, Rwanda. by Jean Marie Vianney, Ruzindana

“…Among the motivating factors included the commitment of community leaders in community work participation and their inner voluntarism attitude of communism. Basing on the study findings, it was concluded that the majority of respondents (97%) noted that there were challenges that hindered community work in the study area. …”
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Joseph Roth et Irène Némirovsky dans la France de l’entre-deux-guerres by Amotz Giladi

“…Quant à Némirovsky, elle véhicula le paradigme antisémite qui consistait à associer les Juifs à la fois aux dangers du communisme et du capitalisme.…”
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"Visitez la Pologne à la recherche de votre histoire d’amour" by Sabina Owsianowska

“…En liaison avec des bouleversements économiques, sociaux et culturels suite à l’effondrement du communisme, la promotion du tourisme a agi de multiples manières. …”
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Le « modèle américain » de la consommation de masse by Emily S. Rosenberg

“…La diffusion de l’« American Way of Life », qui accompagne la reconstruction de l’Europe et sert de contrepoint au communisme, démontre sa remarquable flexibilité et lui permet de se traduire moins par une « américanisation » des modes de vie que par un déploiement d’un consumérisme multi-local s’adaptant à tous les contextes nationaux. …”
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Le matin des sociologues. Entretien avec Alain Touraine by Michel-Antoine Burnier

“…Touraine will try to do so in "La société post-industrielle" (Denoël-Gonthier, Médiations, 7,80 F), "Le communisme utopique" (now out in pocket-book, Le Seuil, Politique) and in his latest book (also at Le Seuil) "Université et société aux Etats-Unis".…”
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Critica literară versus critica culturală. Legitimări ale literaturii române ca literatură europeană by Crina Bud

“…Il s’agit là d’un écart discursif et d’une alternance entre les perspectives intérieure et extérieure. Les 50 ans de communisme conduiront même à une sorte de polarisation des deux options critiques, par la spécialisation de la critique littéraire en tant que moyen d’exprimer l’autonomie de la littérature. …”
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