Our Fascinating and Complex World by Jackson Kelly

“…I began with posting maps of countries in Southeast Asia. …”
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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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AMERICAN POLONIA’S RESOURCES OF IFLUENCE AND US FOREIGN POLICY by I. D. Loshkariov

“…The article analyzes resources of political influence on the foreign policy of the country of residence that Polish diaspora in the United States possesses. …”
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Inter-university cooperation between France and Bosnia and Herzegovina: Student mobility and the role of the French education system in strengthening higher education in Bosnia and... by Lazić Nikola, Perišić Nikola

“…The French education system is one of the world's most successful higher education systems. …”
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Investigation of the Economic Mechanism of Utilizing Distributed Solar Photovoltaic Systems in Iran by Sana Labbafi, Sina Labbafi, Hossein Heirani, Seyedali Sina

“…However, such policies have been ineffective in particular countries where the electricity prices are kept too low to control social atmosphere and enhance the people’s well-being for political purposes—in this case, solar systems have witnessed no growth as they have rendered not economically justifiable. …”
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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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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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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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Specifics of covering migration problems in regional printed mass media by A.Yu. Anisimov, D.V. Tumanov

“…On the other one, they can instil respect for refugees in the recipient society and contribute to their further social adaptation.…”
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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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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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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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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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La demopsicología de Giuseppe Pitrè, la modernidad y el siglo XX : visiones apocalípticas by Maurizio Coppola

“…The work of Sicilian scholar Giuseppe Pitrè is closely linked to the historical and cultural conditions of 19th century Italy. However, the rapid social and political transformations at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries led Pitrè to rethink his understanding of folklore and, above all, the relationship between Sicily and the rest of the country. …”
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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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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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