Global sustainable development programs: Challenges to the achievement of the goals by V. P. Vasiliev

“…It is noted that the process of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is currently facing a number of serious obstacles, both economic and socio-political in nature. Meanwhile, failure to implement the SDGs is fraught with a sharp aggravation of the problems of global inequality, food security and climate migration, especially dangerous for the most vulnerable groups of the population. …”
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Problems and Challenges Involved in Using Integrated Urban Development Planning Tools. Example of a Development Strategy and Revitalisation Programmes by Ewa M. Boryczka

“… Polish cities are changing constantly and, in the age of intense socio-economic, environmental and political transformation, they have to cope with many problems and challenges. …”
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Angers/Iuliomagus, cité des Andécaves, et Le Mans/Vindinum, cité des Cénomans : deux capitales, deux modes de déploiement urbain by Pierre Chevet, Martin Pithon

“…One hypothesis could be based on clear support or strong pressure from the Roman central administration that could have favoured or imposed such a restructuring on Angers. Whatever the political or military motives, they apparently did not apply in Le Mans, where more local demographic and economic needs undoubtedly predominated.…”
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From Independence Day to Land of Plenty: Screening American Patriotism from German Émigré Perspectives before and after 9/11 by Frank Mehring

“…By turning to the four patterns which political theorist Samuel P. Huntington identified as possible responses to the discrepancy between principles and practices of American democracy, I will analyse Independence Day as a filmic strategy to deny democratic gaps and Land of Plenty as a representative example of a moralistic reaction to democratic gaps. …”
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Forgeries of the Seals of the Kalmyk Rulers by Bembya L. Mitruev

“…These seals, as well as other seals, the impressions of which have been preserved on archival documents, are interesting as monuments of the political history of the Kalmyk people. Until recently, the fact of the existence of forged seals of the Kalmyk Khan Ayuka, his heir Chagdordzhab and the owner of Lubzha remained unknown. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolution of hedging effects in Asia-Pacific countries amid Sino-US competition: Insights from massive event data. by Qiyue Hu, Lihua Yuan, Bin Liu

“…If implemented, these strategies could impact relationships between countries and lead to political instability. Owing to a lack of theoretical evaluation frameworks and methods, few studies have examined the implementation effects of hedging strategies adopted by Asia-Pacific countries amid Sino-US competition. …”
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Avatares discursivos de la estatidad en la prensa gráfica by Norma Fatala

“…It is argued that the very nature of the written material produced over this period, including all the written press and local papers, regardless their own reading contract, generate some kind of construction of the nation State and the Political community which, in spite of any attempts to be objective, is heralds the establishment of a new institution.…”
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The city as context: culture and scale in new immigrant destinations by Wendy Cadge, Sara Curran, B.Nadya Jaworsky, Peggy Levitt

“…In this study of two small, post-industrial cities, we argue that important variations in how cities create and deploy what we call their cultural armature, including differences in urban self-presentation, the prevailing ethos toward immigrants, how culture is harnessed in service of urban renewal projects, and how history and political economy influence the available cultural apparatus explain much of the variation in our two contexts of reception.…”
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Analyzing Forest and Land Fire Disaster Prevention Programs in Riau, Indonesia by Ahmad Fadhillah, Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin, Toetik Koesbardiati

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Peace Building and Social Media in a Cosmopolitan Society by I. Omotayo Adeshina

“…Peace is built on social, political, economic and ecological foundations that serve the welfare of the people. …”
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The Use of Blogs Among Students: Shifts in Utilization, Pragmatism, and Critical Literacy by Rahma Sugihartati, Arya Wardhana, Nadia Egalita

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LONG-TERM FISCAL IMPLICATIONS OF AGING: THE CASE OF MOLDOVA by Valeriu Prohnițchi

“…However, considering the permanent changes in the demographic structure, maintaining debt below the sustainability threshold would involve recurrent increases in the fiscal burden, which is not economically and politically feasible. Additional gains in labor productivity and in labor participation of the working age population are therefore required to ensure long-term fiscal sustainability without eroding the economy’s competitiveness.…”
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Ubuntu as a Dramaturgical Tool for Building Community in Protests by Refiloe Lepere, Tebogo Radebe

“…Methodologically, dramaturgy of everyday life framework is used to analyse the songs sung during the #FeesMustFall protest, emphasising their role in shaping political agency and fostering community. Songs analysed are “Jikijela” by Letta Mbulu, along with its reworked version by Thandiswa Mazwai, the decolonised “Nkosi Sikelela iAfrika,” and the title song from Mbongeni Ngema’s play Asinamali. …”
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Kårebolssätern and other shielings - the emergence and development of Swedish transhumant pastoralism by Eva Svensson, Susanne Pettersson, Annie Johansson

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Enoch Olujide Gbadegesin, Yunusa Kehinde Salami and Kola Abimbola (eds.) Exploring the Ethics of Individualism and Communitarianism. Harvest Day Publications ,2016,365p. by Adeshina Afolayan

“…This is a herculean task because Gbadegesin’s philosophical outputs straddles philosophy of culture, bioethics, social and political philosophy, ethics, and African philosophy. …”
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Dialysis Service in the Embattled Tigray Region of Ethiopia: A Call to Action by Ephrem Berhe, Will Ross, Hale Teka, Hiluf Ebuy Abraha, Lewis Wall

“…Access to haemodialysis is further curtailed in areas of active conflict and political instability. Haemodialysis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has been dramatically affected by the ongoing civil war. …”
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Some Episodes from E. Turauskas' Life and Activities by Aldona Vasiliauskienė

“…Edvardas Turauskas was director of the political department of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, the plenipotentiary minister of Lithuania for Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Romania, Lithuania's delegate at the Union of Nations, the counsellor of the Embassy in Berne, Switzerland, the director of the ELTA who served the longest term in this office in inter-war Lithuania, a participant of international conferences, the editor of the daily „Rytas" and co-worker of numerous newspapers and magazines, a scholar, a person with deep Christian beliefs, an activist of the Ateitininkai movement (the first to write its history), and a member of the LCAS. …”
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Alice’s Non-Anthropocentric Ethics: Lewis Carroll as a Defender of Animal Rights by Anna Kérchy

“…Focusing on pragmatic, political stakes of Victorian animal allegory I unveil in the Alice tales references to Carroll’s support of animal rights, including his anti-vivisectionist commitment explicitly spelt out in his pamphlets and gaining fictional manifestations in his seemingly apolitical fantasies.…”
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ILORIN EMIRATE TYPE OF ADMINISTRATION IN ISINLAND 1836-1947: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS by ADOLARIN TUNDE AARON

“…This Pre[1]Ilorin Emirate type of administration of Isinland was distorted both in organization and direction with the arrival of Ilorin Emirate political agents into Isinland as heads of administration.The objective of this study is to criticallyinvestigate Ilorin Emirate type of administration in Isinland 1836-1947 as typical example of Ilorin Emirate administration in the non-metropolitan center of the Emirate.The research methodology explored was historical.The primary sources comprised oral interview across prominent individuals of Isinland and at Ajia Opelle’s compound of Ilorin. …”
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Sídlo a jeho pán. Rezidenční strategie hraběte Františka Karla Swéerts-Sporcka ve druhé čtvrtině 18. století by Vítězslav Prchal

“…Swéerts-Sporck’s case is also confronted to the existing typical opinion of the aristocratic residential network, which, however, stems from investigations into the situation before the Battle of Bílá hora (White Mountain) and only in the highest circles of political and cultural elites. F. K. Swéerts-Sprock’s residential regime shows some stark differences not only from this widely accepted model in professional literature, but also from the residential strategy favoured by his predecessor F. …”
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