« C’est bien la loi d’un pays à forte émigration » Principes de la nationalité et représentations de la nation au Liban by Thibaut Jaulin

“…This paper questions the relationship between the representation of Lebanon as an emigration country and the supremacy of the right of blood in the Lebanese nationality law, at the expense of the right of soil. …”
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Histoire de constructions et reconstruction de l’Histoire : l’écriture documentaire de Patrick Keiller by Isabelle Cases

“…He offers a vision of the History of his country through its architecture and landscape and associates his images with very numerous references to events, thinkers, artists or works of art, without any strict chronology, as he follows his main character in his reflections and travels. …”
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De Dolores, CO à Lolita, TX : Détours et retours à travers "the crazy quilt of forty-eight states" by Marie Bouchet

“…The novel provides a double mapping process: that of the desired body of the nymphet, and that of the vast country where one finds towns called Dolores and Lolita. …”
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CATALYSTS AND INHIBITORS OF POLITICAL CAREER IN RUSSIA by I. A. Lavrov

“…Studying the basic principles of the political elite formation in Russia is the cornerstone for understanding the country’s future strategy and its development vector, since the development strategy will depend on those people who will be at the helm of the country’s governance. …”
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“Charles Dickens walked past here”: Dickensian Topography and the Idea of Fellowship by Malcolm ANDREWS

“…The essay explores the idea of Dickensian topography, in relation both to Dickens’s own preoccupation with topographical specificity in the novels and to the practices of literary tourism in “Dickens Country.” It suggests that there is a kind of synergy between the experience of his novels and the confrontation with surviving sites connected with their actions and characters. …”
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THE ROLE OF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION IN NIGERIAN NATIONAL INTEGRATION by JIBRIN UMAR OMACHI

“…It equally examines the development communication approaches to enhance national integration and development in the country. It looks at the social media in enhancing effective communication process for national integration and development which provides the way forward in Nigeria. …”
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TRENDS IN SPATIAL-GEOGRAPHICAL DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN AREAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL PLANNING DISTRICT by Michaela Georgieva

“…An assessment is also made from a spatial hunger point of view as the planning area with its main urbanization areas is positioned about the other regions of the country and the role of cities in Southeast Europe. …”
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Imaginando una nación de raza blanca en Costa Rica : 1821-1914 by Ronald Soto Quirós

“…Thus, the article tries to underline how the idea of a particular race with white tones was perpetuated being the result of a feedback process between both speeches, although the first documents of the XIXth century mention the existence of a half-caste country.…”
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Miedos al margen: representaciones de la violencia y la precariedad en Fuerzas Especiales de Diamela Eltit by Sandra Navarrete Barría

“…The aim of this article is to reflect about the social precariousness in Chile and the existence of what we’ve called “marginal fears”, in reference to the fears of the vulnerable population in this country, in the differents facets of their lives. …”
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INSECURITY IN NIGERIA: ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EDUCATION SECTOR by Efeurhobo Davis Ochuko, Thomastina Nkechi Egbon

“…Insecurity arose from poor education etc. the study concluded that poor governance (democratic practice) has done terrible and incalculable damage to the educational sector of the country. It was recommended that good governance is the panacea  to better education in other to reduce insecurity in the country. …”
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Building resilience: India’s network of radiation emergency response centers by Anirudh Chandra, Shashank Saindane, R. K. B. Yadav, Probal Chaudhury, Dinesh Kumar Aswal

“…Currently, the Department of Atomic Energy operates 25 Radiation Emergency Response Centers (RERCs) across the country, which provide technical support to responder agencies during nuclear and radiological emergencies at both nuclear facilities and in public spaces. …”
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Original scientific article legal consequences of special tax regimes for individual entrepreneurs in post-transition economies by Tiutiuriukov Vladimir

“…We analyze the eligibility criteria and main elements of each special tax regime - whether based on lumpsum tax, on taxation of imputed income, or on taxation of actual income - on a country-by-country basis, for both existing and abolished regimes. …”
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Entre Vienne, Londres et Berlin-Est : Eva Schmidt-Kolmer et la genèse transnationale des crèches est-allemandes by Michel Christian

“…It emphasizes the fact that the development of day nurseries in East Germany, even if pushed further than in any other country in the world, did not happen independently of the other European countries. …”
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The Role of Delawar Hossain Sayedee in the Qur’an Studies of Bangladesh by Mizanur Rahman

“… Looking at history, Bangladesh has a rich identity in terms of Islamic studies. In this country, where more than ninety percent of the population is Muslim, some Islamic scholars engaged in political activities have been influential in politics. …”
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Genre et transgression du genre dans le récit de la Guerre des jeunes filles chez Cosmas de Prague by Adrien Quéret-Podesta

“…The episode of the Maiden’s War (in Czech Dívčí válka) is undoubtedly one of the most famous legends concerning the mythical past of the Czech state: this fictive conflict between maidens and men, which is said to have happened during the reign of Přemysl, the legendary ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty which ruled over Bohemia from the end of the 9th century until 1306, had a great influence on the culture of this country. The first mention of the Maiden’s war appears in the ninth chapter of the first book of the Chronicle of the Czechs, a work which was written in Latin in 1125 by Cosmas of Prague, dean of the cathedral chapter of Prague, and which is also the oldest chronicle of this country: in his short narration of this event, the chronicler criticizes the customs of the maidens in the ancient (i.e. pagan) times and accuses them of being responsible for the conflict. …”
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Da contra-hegemonia política às políticas contra-hegemônicas: as ações afirmativas para negros na sociedade brasileira by Marcelo Martins Silva, Ramatis Jacino, Sidney Jard Silva

“…This aspect was historically hegemonic in the projects of nation elaborated in the country. Despite this, the black population produced counter-hegemonic institutions and actions at different times. …”
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L’imbrication classe et sexe à l’œuvre : parcours identitaires et migratoires chez les personnes trans MtF latino-américaines by Olga L. Gonzalez

“…Concerning identity changes, the research shows the country of origin great influence as expressed in social norms relating to gender (heteronormativity, homophobia, sanction of deviant masculinities). …”
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Tourism Public Policies in Brazil (2003-2011): between Neoliberalism and Neodevelopmentalism by Larissa Prado Rodrigues, Cristiane Alcantara de Jesus Santos, Antonio Carlos Campos

“…Neoliberal policies in Brazil were introduced in the political-economic scenario from the 1990s onwards, inciting a late neoliberalization process in the country comparing to Latin American scenario. In 2003, despite a so-called left-wing government having been elected in the country, neoliberal policies continued to perpetuate themselves on the economic agenda; coexisting contradictorily with a series of social policies adopted, revealing the tendency of Lula governments to the alleged "neodevelopmentalism". …”
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Multinational Corporations and the Socio-Economic Unrest in the Niger-Delta Region of Nigeria by Adekunle Alaye

“…Indeed the region and Nigeria in general has been very much affected by the deleterious activities of the multinational corporations, operating in the country. Their abhorrent acts have affected her economy immensely and has inspired unrest in some parts of the country, particularly the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria which host most of the major multinational corporations from different parts of the world.The activities of multinational corporations have been identified as questionable or even unethical because of the harms they have caused the society. …”
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Introduction by Héloïse Faucherre-Buresi, Marie Lucas

“…The demology or “science of the people” that emerged in Italy in the early nineteenth century was distinguished from other European countries’ folklore studies by its strong focus on regional specificities. …”
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