Oppression of Women in Assia Djebar’s So Vast The Prison by Gönül Bakay

“…The title of the novel suggests that a country shaped by colonialism and patriarchy is one vast prison. …”
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THE POLITICS OF INSECURITY REPORTAGE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA by ISA SA’IDU

“…With the use of the Political Economy of Communication, Framing, Social Responsibility, and Agenda Setting Theories, the paper reviewed relevant literature and established how Nigerian media used their organisations to report the phenomenon of insecurity both for and against the country’s national interest.The study found that many media outlets, both new and conventional, have over the years engaged inan unethical practice that both exacerbates security challenges as well as threatens Nigeria’s corporate existence. …”
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The Role of the Military-Political Elite of Egypt in the Struggle for National Independence in the Post-World War II Period (1945-1952) by I. E. Ibragimov

“…While forming the Egyptian statehood and the Kingdom of Egypt, there were three centers of power – Wafd party led by Saad Zaghloul, the king and his supporters, as well as Great Britain, which retained control over Egypt. Given the absence of one center of power in the country, as well as the weakness and dependence of the existing ones, opposition movements with different views on the development of Egypt were created. …”
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Studies of Migration in Ecuador: From National Development to Mobilities by María Mercedes Eguiguren

“…Three stages go through the academic production: a first one where the internal migrations are approached from a spatial phenomena analysis; a second that deals with the links between agricultural transformations and migration; and a third that shows a transition from a resurgence of migration in the literature to recent studies on the diversification of mobilities in the country.…”
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Les paysages culturels au Japon : concepts et pratiques by Edani Hiroko

“…However, the meaning of cultural landscape had to be adapted to the system of protection policies already existing in the country and to include one of the sub-categories of cultural landscapes as defined by Unesco: “the living landscape”, i.e., “one which retains an active social role in contemporary society strongly associated with the traditional way of life and which continues to evolve”. …”
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A Multi-granularity Decomposition Mechanism of Complex Tasks Based on Density Peaks by Ziling Pang, Guoyin Wang, Jie Yang

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German "Soft power" Policies in the Muslim World by L. R. Rustamova

“…Failure to integrate them into German society and the lack of progress in the formation of its positive image in the Muslim countries resulted, on the one hand, in the split of German society, on the other hand, in the threat of absorption by foreign civilization, as it is observed now in Germany the presence of "soft power" of Muslim countries, which use its former and current citizens to influence German political course. …”
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The "conquest" of historical space in the 21st century Russia: negative historical identity? by Aurimas Švedas

“…The historical narrative which is powerfully established and dominates in Russian society is selective, monological, and expansive; it allows one to call it "negative historical identity." Despite the peculiarities of this historical narrative on the Russian past, present, and future, its creators managed to ensure major public support for the narrative, which became a very important part of social mentality in contemporary Russia. …”
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Ethnographic methods in libraries revisited by Philip Hider, Simon Wakeling, Jane Garner

“…We coded the resulting corpus to establish whether articles were ethnographic using two interpretations of the term (one broad, one narrower). We also coded other aspects, including specific ethnographic methods used, library sector, country of research, and time in the field. …”
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Transformation of Turkey's Anti-Terrorism Policy under the AKP by V. A. Avatkov, A. I. Sbitneva

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Silences and Vulnerabilities by Suruchi Thapar-Björkert, Marion Stevens, Åsa Eriksson, Johanna Gondouin

“…In this paper, we draw on research and activist interventions in Sweden and South Africa to examine the possible implications of the adoption of the ‘Swedish model’ in South Africa – a country with markedly different historical and demographic trajectories, migratory patterns, and a much less extensive and supported social welfare system. …”
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The European Union’s Assistance to Morocco (1999–2011): Strategic Directions, Priority Areas, and Main Outcomes by O. S. Kulkova

“…The paper also considers balance between the so called policy assistance aimed at strengthening the justice sector, promotion of good governance and so on, on the one hand, promotion of economic and social development and security sector reforms — on the other. …”
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Un cercueil dans la cour : des funérailles évangéliques dans une famille transnationale haïtienne by Nadège Mézié

“…The second part offers an analysis of the funerals, and in particular the conflicts that have arised as a result of two broader social dynamics: the religious change in the country, with the massive conversion of rural populations to Evangelical and Pentecostal Protestantism, and the migrations, which fled to most Haitian families having at least one member living abroad.…”
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تعلیم المعلومات والمکتبات فى المملکة العربیة السعودیة وتوجهاته المستقبلیة :دراسة وصفیة تحلیلیة by د. سعد بن سعید الزهیرى

“…Study concludes with exploring opinions of faculty members ofthose I&LS Depts. On the degree that those Departments are accomplishing tohelp Saudi Arabia 2030 Vision.Study found that Information & Library Sciences Academic Departmentsin Saudi Arabia support Country’s 2030 Vision by providing country with bachelor,master and Ph.D. graduates in a very important specialty. …”
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Balancing Requirement Statements, Features and Technology Development Using QFD in Indigenous Macro Products in the Aviation Industry by Mahdi Googerdchian, Mohsen Asadi, Seyed ziaodin Ghazizadeh Fard, Soheil Imamian

“…While maintaining the quality of the product, the time to obtain the products should also be reduced.Social implications: Acquiring large and complex products in the country will accelerate the country's development.Originality/value: The design and production of large and complex products based on technology development with a gradual product delivery approach using QFD is one of the innovations of this research. …”
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RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PRIORITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY by Marina S. Borovskaya

“…Integration of education process with the advanced scientific research and innovation activities, R&D and institutional innovations ensured formation of intellectual and infrastructural basis for social and economic development of the country and training of specialists, which have practical skills and special competences in up-to-date technologies and able to solve creative science-junction tasks. …”
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Information needs of students and the problem of their satisfaction in higher school by Eglė Stalnionienė

“…The article analyzes students' information needs, ways of satisfying these needs, readers' attitudes towards library resources, and the use of information opportunities in universities in Ukraine, Moscow, Vilnius, and other higher education institutions in our country. Based on students' interests, purposes of their activities, and work in scientific and social circles, six types of students were identified. …”
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Agustín Cueva in the 1960´s: Dilemmas about Ecuadorian Culture and Identity by Andrés Tzeiman

“…The present work traces the first stage of the work of Agustín Cueva (1937-1992), an Ecuadorian sociologist who represents one of the most important figures in the legacy of social thought in the second half of the 20th century, not only in his own country but also in Latin America. …”
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The Construction of the Migration’s Field of Study in Chile: Notes of a Reflexive and Self-Critical Exercise by Carolina Stefoni, Fernanda Stang

“…The interest of this article is to analyze the scientific production on migration in Chile during this period, using two approaches: one thematic and the other analytical. In the results of this work, a reflection on the way in which the category of migration is constructed from the field of social sciences in the country and a possible thematic agenda is presented for future research.…”
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Brazil: Between the Alternative Modernity and the Alternative to Modernity by Thiago Aguiar Simim, Daniel Carvalho Ferreira

“…The critique of these two perspectives sheds light on the particular position of Brazil: on one hand, its situation can be analyzed from the broad perspective of Latin America; or on the contrary, the country presents peculiarities that make difficult the task of making a simple overview. …”
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