Turkish-Iranian Relations in the Middle East: in Search of the Regional Balance by I. A. Svistunova

“…The competitive arsenal of the Turkish leadership includes historical ties with the peoples of the region and the experience of the Europeanization of the Muslim state.Iran is promoting its vision of Muslim democracy, positioning itself as a staunch fighter against the expansionism of the West and, despite the decline in warlike rhetoric, does not refuse to export the values of the Islamic revolution. …”
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Christian vs liberal conceptions of human rights by Piotr Mazurkiewicz

“…One answer suggests that a liberal state conceived in this way is unstable, and able to exist only for a while. …”
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Ideology and Values in Turkey's Foreign Policy by V. A. Avatkov

“…Government actions both at home and abroad are legitimized through references to religion and fate.«Democratic values». The Republic of Turkey considers itself the most democratic state in the world and contrasts itself with “Western democracies”, which, according to the Turkish leadership, are spreading hegemony rather than democracy.…”
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EVOLUTION OF THE PHENOMENON OF CITIZENSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE WESTERN EUROPE by L. Y. Maximova

“…If, at the initial stage, all women and men who did not possess sufficient property were still excluded from political participation, by the end of the Mid Modern Period  all men had received a full range of civil rights. …”
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Reforming public service of Republic of Kazakhstan as necessary condition for effective development of national economy by S. S. Dontsov, A. S. Kadyrova, S. A. Rakhimova, A. A. Nurgaliyeva, A. A. Titkov

“…Paragraph 5 of the Kazakhstan-2050 Strategy, «Further strengthening of the statehood and the development of Kazakhstan’s democracy», in which the ways of reforming the national public service are detailed in main areas, is analyzed in sufficient detail. …”
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Plaider la « bonne gouvernance sécuritaire » au Maroc : Domestiquer les savoirs de réforme en régime de contrainte consensuelle by Irene Lizzola

“…The analysis questions the construction of “consensual” dialogue, as well as the constraints that structure it, between the actors involved in the circulation of reform knowledge relating to security governance.…”
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Cross-Gendering the Racial Memory by Marlon B. Ross

“…Du Bois, Walter White, and Wallace Thurman—Gaines erects Miss Jane as a she/male icon who prophesies the integrated, interracial, harmonious United States nation that emerges ironically out of black folk’s capacity to endure and transcend an entrenched history of state-endorsed racial violence and abjection. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Maria Lenk, Antony Mason, Markus Rutsche

“… If you had to choose one moment in history in which to be born, and you didn’t know in advance whether you were going to be male or female, which country you were going to be from, what your status was, you’d choose right now.” …”
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IGJR issue 1/2018 by IF and FRFG

“…• How do conclusions of pro-elderly bias change once we incorporate households transfers of resources (cash) and unpaid labour (time), in addition to public transfers, into the analysis (Gál et al. 2016)? • How should concepts and measures of intergenerational justice differ when considering age groups versus cohort (temporal versus inter temporal generations)? …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Marisa dos Reis, Joseph Burke, Raphaelle Schwarzberg (†)

“…Nevertheless, Jodoin marks a clear way forward for all future discussions on this possibility. …”
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Where does the moral groundwork come from in today’s society? by ks. Piotr Mazurkiewicz

“…The article shows sociological and moral dilemmas of modern liberal democracies resulting from the fact that liberalism has become radically secular. …”
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Tordre les archives (queering archives) : oui, mais dans quel sens ? by Ruby Faure

“…Reading along the grain finally makes room for the otherness and contradictions of a subaltern perverse past, which cannot be assimilated to the contemporary narratives of liberal and nationalist democracies. I defend here the idea that queering the archives constitutes an ethical orientation, seeking to resist contemporary homo-nationalist calls, as well as the separation of the history of sexuality from that of the French colonial empire.…”
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The Public Participation in the Drafting of Legislation in Hungary by László Vértesy

“…The general consultation is mandatory and open for the public, all draft bills, governmental decrees and ministerial decrees drafted by ministries are to be published on the Government’s webpage. …”
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND NATIONAL SECURITY: FRANCE IN SEARCH OF THE RESOLUTION OF THE MIGRATION CRISIS by N. V. Shmeleva

“…So the governments of France, as well as other European countries, have to make a difficult choice, as a radical change in immigration policy may contravene the country’s republican values, while the continuation of the previous course risks weakening the ability to ensure the safety of citizens and preserve the national identity, as well as the republican model of a social welfare state. …”
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The ‘Silent Guardians’ in the Fight against Corruption: The Case of North Macedonia by Emilija Gjorgjievska Tudjarovska

“…Based on theoretical, empirical as well as comparative observations, within single case method analysis, this article aims to examine the compliance of the theoretical fingerprints with the actual practice and provide a different angle on the institutional opportunities for social traps, in the context of unconsolidated democracies. …”
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Technology, Electoral Malpractice and the Crisis of Election Administration in Nigeria by Daniel Godwin

“… The integration of technology into the various elements of the electoral value chain has contributed significantly to election administration both in established and transitional democracies of the world. …”
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Problem of Harmonization of Legal Norms with the Needs of Police Investigations by Using High-Tech Instruments for Searching Information by Yu. V. Hnusov, V. M. Strukov, O. O. Mozhayev

“…The authors have accomplished the analysis of international legal norms in the field of personal data protection, as well as the analysis of the most typical national regulations – starting from the approach of solving the problem in democracies, which for centuries strictly adhere to the doctrine of privacy and private property, to the most radical approach in China. …”
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Strengthening Human Rights Protection in Nigeria: Safeguards Under the Police Act 2020 by Ugochukwu Godspower Ehirim, Morrison Ossai, Patrick Chukwunonso Aloamaka, Nwanneka Flora Ehirim

“…The Act introduces provisions such as mandatory accountability mechanism, abolition of use of force or torture to obtain statements from suspects as well as the requirement for the presence of a legal practitioners during a suspect’s interrogation, among others. …”
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USSR in World War II by M. Yu. Myagkov

“…Nazism, racial theory, mixed with far-reaching geopolitical designs, became the combustible mixture that ignited the fire of glob­al conflict. The war with the Soviet Union was planned to be waged with particular cruelty.The preconditions for the outbreak of World War II were the humiliating provisions of the Versailles Peace Treaty for the German people, as well as the attitude of the "Western de­mocracies" to Russia after 1917 and the Soviet Union as an outcast of world development. …”
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Impact of the Rule of Law as a Fundamental Public Governance Principle on Administrative Law Interpretation in the Czech Republic by Jana Janderová

“… The rule of law is a fundamental principle and the cornerstone of Western democracies and their public governance. Its underlying value is the idea of constraint of governmental power. …”
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