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Browsing by Subject "Russian Federation"
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Title:Legal protection of linguistic diversity in Russia: past and present
Author(s):ULASIUK, IrynaDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Russia is unique in its size and ethnic composition. There is a further linguistic complexity of more than 150 co-existing languages. Notwithstanding this diversity, the claims of linguistic minorities in Russia were ...
Title:Stranded flagship. 50 years of People's Friendship University in Moscow
Author(s):RUPPRECHT, TobiasDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2010. This showpiece of Soviet internationalism cultivated the ideal of being ideologically neutral & rendering pure development assistance. ...
Title:New regionalism and regional integration: the role of national institutions
Author(s):OBYDENKOVA, AnastassiaDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article focuses, first, on the under-explored issues of new regionalism: its subnational level and transnational regional cooperation as an initial stage of new regionalism. Second, it analyses the development of new ...
Title:Poverty, socioeconomic change, institutional anomie, and homicide
Author(s):KIM, Sang-weon; PRIDEMORE, William AlexDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This study examined institutional anomie theory in the context of transitional Russia. Methods. We employed an index of negative socioeconomic change and measures of family, education, and polity to test the hypothesis ...